
Extremists, Groups, & Ideologies
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Antigovernment General
Antigovernment groups are part of the antidemocratic hard-right movement. They believe the federal government is tyrannical, and they traffic in conspiracy theories about an illegitimate government of leftist elites seeking a âNew World Order.â In addition to groups that generally espouse these ideas, the movement is composed of sovereign citizens, militias, overt conspiracy propagandists and…
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Jack Posobiec
Jack Posobiec is a political operative and internet performer of the anti-democracy hard right, known primarily for creating and amplifying viral disinformation campaigns. His disinformation typically focuses on making his political opponents seem dangerous or criminal, while ignoring or downplaying the corruption of authoritarians. Posobiec has repeatedly employed self-aggrandizement and acts of deception to boost…
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Constitutional Sheriffs
The origins of constitutional sheriff ideology lie in the two concepts of the county supremacy movement: The county â not the state or federal governments â should control all land within its borders, and the county sheriff should be the ultimate law enforcement authority in the U.S. These ideas were pioneered by Christian Identity minister…
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Asatru Folk Assembly
Originally established as the Viking Brotherhood in 1969, the Asatru Folk Assembly (AFA) has weathered several iterations and is today the largest neo-Völkisch hate organization in the United States.â
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Radical Hebrew Israelites
Since the late 1960s the Radical Hebrew Israelites ideology splintered to form increasingly anti-Semitic, anti-white, anti-LGBTQ, xenophobic and misogynistic sect of groups who preach they and only they are the true Israelites of the bible and perpetuate the anti-Semitic belief that âso-calledâ Jews have stolen their identity and âbirthright.â
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Militia Movement
Militia groups are characterized by their obsession withâŻfield training exercises (FTXs),âŻguns, uniforms typically resembling those worn in the armed forces and a warped interpretation of the Second Amendment. Antigovernment militia groups engage in firearm training and maintain internal hierarchical command structures.
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Nick Fuentes
Nick Fuentes is a white nationalist livestreamer who advocates pulling the Republican Party further to the extreme far-right end of the political spectrum. An outspoken admirer of fascists such as Mussolini, Fuentes emerged as an influential figure on the national stage during the now-infamous âStop the Stealâ movement, which relied on misinformation to falsely claim…
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Conspiracy Propagandists
Conspiracy propagandist groups aim to delegitimize government institutions or government officials by stoking fears concerning door-to-door gun confiscations, martial law, supposed takeover of the U.S. by the âNew World Orderâ and anxieties around the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
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Three Percenters
Three Percenterism is not a group, but a sub-ideology or common belief that falls within the larger antigovernment militia movement. Three Percenters (also known as III%ers or Threepers) claim that only 3% of American colonists fought against the British during the American Revolution, a claim that has never been proven.
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Antisemitism
Antisemitic hate groups seek to racialize Jewish people and vilify them as the manipulative puppetâŻmastersâŻbehind an economic, political and social scheme to undermine white people. Antisemitism also undergirds much of the far right, unifying adherents across various extremist ideologies around efforts to subvert and misconstrue the collective suffering of Jewish people in the Holocaust and…