The Militia and the Mole: How a Freelance Vigilante Infiltrated U.S. Militias

[@rocioaguilera3555]

Sooner or later the empire employs the same tactics in its territory that it employed in its colonies

[@curious_one1156]

Mr Bolsen some ?

[@xibalbalon8668]

"Fascism is imperialism coming home" forgot the origin of this quote

[@Namesdontreallyinterestme]

💫the imperial boomerang💫

[@lukashrgovic8707]

@@xibalbalon8668 Aimé Césaire from Discourse on Colonialism

[@QuinnOsgood-c9v]

Fascism 101

[@nebulousvoid]

Isn't it interesting how wicked people use the honesty of decent folks as a weapon against them and smirk while doing so.

[@Squeej-w2p]

The GOP in a nutshell

[@emhu2594]

Decent folks refuse to fight for themselves. You get what you fight for. Nothing.

[@GotstandardsDiamondNedFlanders]

You love that Kool aid don't ya, Moonbat?

[@curtrice1264]

@@emhu2594We the people, have been taught for 81 years , not to fight ! 😞🥺🧐😢

[@bunnypeople]

"decent folk" is doing a lot of heavy lifting for Neo-Nazis

[@jayleeper1512]

The fact that both parties ignored the explicit text of the constitution, Amendment 14, Section 3 shows the absolute corruption of both parties and that our political system is broken beyond repair.

[@curtrice1264]

Oh Jay , you and I are on the same page. 📃 If they steal my money 💵, I will protest ! 🦅⚜️🗽🇺🇸

[@MyWalk3296]

Yep

[@t-love2366]

If you are an adult, there's no excuse for you not to know that. Both parties are what's dividing and causing havoc in America. They're pitting poor against poor and race against race.

[@jayleeper1512]

@ They are one Party, the Uniparty and they represent the Billionaires, not the people. They have two sides so they can play the good cop/ bad cop routine to keep us divided. They use the culture war to do this. If people would actually stop and talk to each other, we would find that we all pretty much want the same thing, a decent paying job, food on the table, a roof over our heads, a decent education for our kids, a little security in old age, decent affordable healthcare and enough time and money so we can occasionally take a break and enjoy life a little bit instead of spending our whole life working to make some body else richer. The Oligarchs and the government they control want us to work our selves to death as cheaply as possible to make them richer. Quit falling for the divisive BS and start to realize the division is top to bottom, not left to right.

[@apoliticalandatheists]

@@t-love2366 I agree with you that's why I'm anti political

[@talleman1]

George Carlin warned us for decades about this. We just laughed it off.

[@noodles2459]

America was always greedy and racist

[@monicar8875]

naw; YOU JUST LAUGHED people like me? cmon

[@DonnieIsNotAmerican]

Well its Carlin. How can you not laugh at the funniest comedian to ever live?

[@JohnSmith-c9i]

Carlin was a coke head

[@rarecandy3445]

they’re infiltrating the state. what will you do about it when they come for you?

[@The.End.Begins24]

This is and has always been America. Thank You Joshua Kaplan and Mr Williams for trying to tell the world.

[@yotinpimohktiw7766]

Namoya moneyaw. Miskinak Ministik oti. Nehiyawak askihk kakikiy. Instotin Nehiyawewin kiya? Kiyaskin namoyanantaw "america". Europe sakastinohk ota, kiwiy semak.

[@MalikShaunte]

Right... Nothing new under the sun

[@godislove544]

@@MalikShaunte The numbers of these militias have grown exponentially since a certain someone came on the scene.

[@oceanwave4502]

KKK was never erased. It just went into silent mode.

[@rikkenielsen8678]

@yotinpimohktiw7766 👌Free Turtle Island!

[@KHarnack9]

Florida is not a celebrity state... politics are not a TV show. Politics is our safety net for freedom. We don't have politics, we have a super slow coup. Almost to the Fascist finish line...

[@shelleyabbate9824]

Yep I agree

[@Americawtff]

Yeah Biden and Harris over saw the killing of 40k Gazans, and 121 more journalists than nazi Germans killed. What’s more facist than Germany? Oh isreal.. which Biden supports…

[@EC2sit]

Another Elon musk and Russia collusion on our democratic government

[@EC2sit]

Y'all have been fooled again and again all o ught be h ung for tre ason

[@Americawtff]

nothing can be more facist than Biden and Harris watching 40k women and children and over 150 journalists get shot in the head and do nothing but send more weapons to the ones blowing up hospitals. And schools. And mosques. And I am tired of hearing “but Hamas was in the tunnel” , You know how many Jo ur a list that Germany killed on all of world wars 2 … 78. Isreal has killed 188 in ten months. Both isreal and Germany believe that their people belong to the “chosen race” .. there’s nothing more facist than bowing down to that believe system If you support Biden you are worse than Germany in 1941

[@Titus9508]

Signs of a crumbling Society.

[@BRunner12]

Yes, paid for CIA Propaganda

[@sunnywestside4210]

long overdue. the American empire is the head of the snake.

[@memyselfandi8544]

When your own party sends you into an ambush.

[@kennybachman35]

Late stage capitalism.

[@TheObeyMayhem]

​@@kennybachman35literally has nothing to do with capitalism.

[@dashikibraxton5537]

Whew this country has an IMMENSE bill of karma heading straight toward it and it genuinely thinks it’ll never come. But it’s coming.

[@rthompson7282]

It’s here.

[@mongoharry7765]

Lets try and follow the Golden Rule. I don't know if G-d exists, but the G.R. sums up prosocial behavior that has been inculcated into us for 4.5 + billion years of evolution ♥️

[@abraxasjinx5207]

I just hope the karma is going in the right direction. We've all got a tab to pay, but I'm worried the most indebted will use the powers they've gained to keep steamrolling over those they are indebted to.

[@greenemonster]

Enjoy the sense of regularity while you can In the next few years shit is gonna go down Not just here in the states but overseas too We're all at a boiling point Just enjoy yourself while you can and hope for the best

[@lameetcalice3845]

Malum In Se/Malum Prohibitum Nothing moral requires authority. Authority is the claim to the exclusive exemption to morality. It is a monopoly on violence. Violence is a violation because it is the initiation of aggression, not self-defense. Offense/defense are ontologically distinct. All crime has a legal equivalent (ie, taxation is extortion). Every government is founded on Ad Baculum. Petitio Principii can and will be used against you. Warren v. District of Columbia Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales DeShaney v. Winnebago County Lozito v. New York City Salinas v. Texas You are legally compelled via the logical fallacies Ad Populum, Ad Baculum and Ad Verecundiam to pay for protection that they are not legally obligated to provide. That's a mafia. Operation Flicker The highest Abrahamic value is Ignorance of Good and Evil. It's right there in Genesis. They worship Yaldabaoth, God of the Scapegoaters: God blames Man; Man blames Woman; Woman blames Serpent; Serpent blames God, more accurately - the Serpent defines God. God Condones Child Rape No.s 31: 17-18 God Condones Rape Deut. 22: 28-29 God Condones Abortion No.s 5: 11-31 Unquestioning Obedience to Government Rom.s 13: 1-7 Ritualistic classifying surgery as a means of psychic castration, like circumcision and sub-incision, are hallmarks of patriarchal culture, a demonstration to the young that the venerable old ones still wield the all-powerful knife - and the beginning of transsexualism. Those who do not perform the cult's rite can never enjoy full social status. Symbols of the castrated member, the tie and bow-tie, are mandatory accoutrements of the political wardrobe and phallic monuments are erected to commemorate the minds conquered long ago. Brute force is no longer necessary. The capitalist priest class of Psychiatry, working in tandem with the State bureaucracy, regulates and polices the new Restriction and gelding of desire. Psychiatrists, along with other legal arbiters, help to obscure justice with grey areas of intentionality, mental state, etc. Some mistake this as a system of Liberty, ignorant of the fact that Psychiatric Control is a cornerstone of the perfected Totalitarian State. All modern illnesses come from the absurd and tragic struggle of man's inability to bridle Nature. This dogma echoes perpetually, omnisciently by understanding voices in self-help books, billboards, radio commercials and television talk shows to convince the public to practice continual self-suppression and hormonal restraint. Any deviation is an indication of something severely wrong with the individual. Perhaps Lycanthropic Transformation Rites are in some way a Psychic Preparation for the millennial calamities that are thought to lie ahead. Legalism is a Language of Equivocations, a process of assimilation to violence and illogic. Etymology: government Gubernare: to control Mens/Mentis: mind culture Colere: to inhabit, to till Cult: collective mind -ure: process of civilize, etc. Civitas: city -ize: to do/to make like police, policy, politics, polite Polis: city authority Auctor: master, father, creator -ity: quality of religion Religare: to bind fast, to place an obligation on -ion: noun-forming suffix uniform Uni-: one Form: shape They lump themselves into a group. They want all the collective praise and none of the collective blame (No True Scotsman). If they were truly concerned for their reputation they wouldn’t wear a uniform. Badges are just snowflakes. Ad Baculum + Ad Populum = Democracy "Everything is metamorphosed into its opposite to perpetuate itself in its expurgated form. All the powers, all the institutions speak of themselves through denial, in order to attempt, by simulating death, to escape their real death throes. [...] For example: it would be interesting to see whether the repressive apparatus would not react more violently to a simulated holdup than to a real holdup. Because the latter does nothing but disturb the order of things, the right to property, whereas the former attacks the reality principle itself." - Jean Baudrillard (Simulacra & Simulation - 1981) "Our rulers, who rule our symbols, and so rule a symbolic class of life, impose their own infantilism on our instituitions, educational methods, and doctrines. This leads to maladjustment of the incoming generations which, being born into, are forced to develop under the un-natural (for man) semantic conditions imposed on them. In turn, they produce leaders afflicted with the old animalistic limitations. The vicious circle is completed; it results in a general state of human un-sanity, reflected again in our instituitions. And so it goes, on and on." - Alfred Korzybski (Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics - 1933) "I am a cosmopolitan." - Diogenes "If I could not be Alexander, I should wish to be Diogenes." - Alexander the Great "A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years." - Lysander Spooner (No Treason: Constitution of No Authority - 1867) "It is incredible how as soon as a people become subject, it promptly falls into such complete forgetfulness of its freedom that it can hardly be roused to the point of regaining it, obeying so easily and willingly that one is led to say that this people has not so much lost its liberty as won its enslavement." - Étienne de la Boétie (Discours de la servitude volontaire ou le Contr'un - 1577) "Leadership in government is political power, and political power is an official form of antagonizing the people. Politics are rules imposed upon the people. They have every man in a straight jacket and without a passport he cannot move a toe. In a free world, they violate the natural rights of every citizen. They have become the weapons of political despots and if you don't think as they think you're deprived of your passport." - Michael Chaplin as Rupert Macabee (A King in New York - 1957) "Imagine, if you will, a world filled only with criminals of whom there are two classes: those too honest to rationalize their crimes and the powerful who scapegoat them." - Rod Serling "Eye have no Moral Obligation to ask permission from the person to whom Eye Morally Object if Eye may exercise mEye Moral Objection." - Unknown

[@MrDayna39]

That is the troubling part, many of these militia groups have alliances with some police forces

[@Leslie_ann_h]

Worse- some police forces are a militia...... I mean, have you seen the amount of killing gear that they carry? One should really wonder 🤔🤔🤔 🤨🤨🤨

[@MrMarumari]

ACAB

[@ER-ru6qp]

What militia group? And how are they defining “militia”? If any group of Trump supporters is a “militia” then that’s just fear mongering

[@oohbabybloo]

And military. Even if they don’t have official ties, they have sympathizers who go easy on them and have respect for them.

[@intothemystic3374]

The pro publica article reveals a few of them. But not necessarily by name but can easily be googled with info in article.

[@marcspence1905]

Try serving in the U.S military and you will see the same pattern. They have some questionable people I would never invite over for a bbq. There were some good ones but I noticed it was the republicans who acted all weird and didn’t like you because of skin color, where you came from and political beliefs. We were told not to have this interfere but here they were using that crap as a reason to treat you differently.

[@kenwaltson7113]

White men should be the only ones allowed to be officers in the military

[@cpersiani4466]

That never happened lol

[@XxGyromancerXx]

Yes, and those same people will backstab and target those they deem unworthy. No amount of proof proving otherwise will be good enough.

[@Watson135]

@@cpersiani4466your not from america. Lol

[@cpersiani4466]

@@Watson135 yes I am. I’m a Native American.

[@pupusanukes]

if you see any of this activity contact your local sheriff, they will mind the situation after they are done with their proud boys meeting

[@peterprovenzano9039]

I’ve seen this activity with groups call the Socialist Rifle Association and John Brown Gun club. Should I call the cops on them?

[@kylefrear7419]

"911? Yes, there was a militia training outside of town!" "We know, we were there."

[@Jszar]

I hope the mole is somewhere safe. People like that are known to hold a grudge.

[@VPixll]

How countries deal with Coups South Korea: The president tried to forcibly hold power? SIEZE HIM! The US: Applauds the guy with one coup under his belt for a "peacful transition". We're so cooked.

[@sophiasometimes9818]

😢 facts

[@sunnywestside4210]

that bar is so low & even the US found a way to go under it lol

[@BRunner12]

TDS

[@sophiasometimes9818]

@@BRunner12 TCS

[@BRunner12]

@@sophiasometimes9818 you should be on a automative channel to discuss Traction Control Systems

[@nsbd90now]

"Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses."

[@lacydoe]

Ugh!!!!

[@memyselfandi8544]

Google Klanbake. Look who that is, and wave 👋.

[@ghostbucket]

@@lacydoe guitar riff

[@ryanm7832]

"Fk you I won't do what ya tell me! Fk you I won't do what ya tell me! FK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YA TELL ME!!" xD

[@bradwiller7706]

Rage on behalf of the machine! Make people inject themselves with an experimental MRNA drug is the definition of antiestablishment... right?

[@mongoharry7765]

It's terrible our country has come to this.

[@AvelierPlays]

All empires fall

[@ulissesarredondo8674]

And yet liberals are still pretending that owning guns is not on the table.

[@Troc313]

You should see what CVS, Walgreens & Rite Aid are into now.

[@Spacecadet499]

Our country always been this racist and letting white ppl have militias but call us thugs when we protect ourselves . This is nothing new just them feeling embolden with trumps hate .

[@Spacecadet499]

@@Troc313denying us medication , how come US THE DAMN ppl aren’t this mad that we make our own militias , these ppl are going to mur*** us

[@MindEyeMediaVR]

It's scary to think that for some people, participating in a democracy does NOT mean getting involved in local political groups or running for office, but joining a militia that stalks journalists, attacks activists, and plots to overthrow our country. 🙁

[@norvikgrigorian4518]

That is why China, Russia and Iran are not worried about their goals! We will be destroyed by our own actions!

[@norvikgrigorian4518]

China, Russia and Iran are laughing on USA! They are not worried about their goals and they know USA will be destroyed by its own actions! 😂

[@starShadowe]

It's a maga militia actually, they're not pro democracy

[@TRICHOMETRIST]

Isnotreal 😮

[@rbruin123]

Do you know how funny that sounds???😅

[@patrickmileham1364]

They knowingly certified a criminal,a felon and a traitor

[@DeepStateofIsrael]

Not a felon. Speak of only what you know. Law isn't it. And Jan 6 was a FEDSERECTION.

[@Hands2HealNow]

When you change laws, standards of evidence, and allow mass media prejudice published while also allowing extremely biased judges one is at least seeking to eliminate all previous reapect for due process to interfere with all individual rights or blinded by fears because of a lack of free and reale tful open exploration.

[@GalenJoyce-ff2cp]

Don't forget domestic terrorist.

[@curtrice1264]

@@Hands2HealNowOh 💩 poop 😢. How do we correct this situation, Hands ? This is not democracy at its best 🥺😢.

[@sunnywestside4210]

not to mention a rapist but yeah they’re all in the same the club. it’s the ultra rich vs us

[@bretherenlee1404]

It will be interesting to find out the private money and foreign money being poured into these militias in America

[@blackiecortez1668]

Good point.

[@kennybachman35]

Koch, Devos, Prince, Trump, Musk, Zuckerberg, AIPAC, Adleson, Kirk, Prager, Pool, Carlson, FOP, Republican Party, Klan, and the Arch Diocese to name a few.

[@bretherenlee1404]

@kennybachman35 interesting

[@mikefreeman4430]

Most of our support comes from Intel as a former member of the largest militia in America we do not receive logistical funding like ammunition training from foreign entities. What we do receive is from the patriotic community and Patriots in law enforcement and government roles.. gas to and from events and rallies paid for by us weaponry, ammunition, training room and board. we don't get shipped around like Kamala supporters we have to get there ourselves..

[@shanesmith734]

Russia...

[@X3r0.]

I love Amy's no nonsense reporting , and the set of Democracy Now! Thanks for all you do.

[@raincadeify]

Stay safe, Amy. We'll need you, especially in the next 4 years. Stay with us.

[@X3r0.]

@raincadeify absolutely agree. Be safe and well 🙏🏼

[@davidgreenwood6029]

Its all nonsense. Moral panic with basically zero facts or data. All they really said was to fear they neighbor. Very undemocratic.

[@ConstantGardener-q9q]

While the GOP is responsible for not indicting Dump, Garland is to blame for Dump not being in jail

[@cattymajiv]

100%. Garland belongs in jail with Trump, in the same 9x6 ft cell together, for life.

[@FrydClips]

In Jail for what?

[@Kinoko314]

@@FrydClips For insurrection. @ConstantGardener-q9q I think you meant the GOP is responsible for not IMPEACHING Trump.

[@amusedBYfools]

They all worked in concert to ensure another Trump victory. Even Obama in 2016 kept his mouth shut when his administration became aware the Trump's were meeting with Russian agents.

[@2012_cats]

No, if Mitch McConnell had done is job during the impeachment, Garland would never been involved. J6 wouldn't have happened. He's the one with blood on his hands.

[@norrisrobinson2349]

Thank you Amy and democracy now for your uncensored journalism ❤️👍🔥❤

[@Davidpath9127]

“Lack of Insurance to Blame for Almost 45000 Deaths: Study” Physicians for a National Health Program“Israel says it has secured $8.7 billion U.S. aid package” Reuters , September 26, 2024

[@karenballe2355]

Its so funny that luigi is some how a terrorist but we wont call the people who did jan 6th terrorists. Lmao insanity🎉

[@Jalapeno101]

Im glad you brought up Luigi. Everyone seems to have forgotten about him already 😢

[@BenDiver-s5o]

Hes a murderer and you scumbags idolized him. Get ready

[@user-zu5do6ri6r]

@karenballe2355 The 2020 election fraud has been proven in court. You can give it up.

[@curious_one1156]

True. The white supremacist militias are actually terror organisations.

[@24and79]

You mean the people that were let in the capital building to go on a tour.. the camera crews were already inside waiting on them.. just a bunch of fake as psyops

[@nakfoor1846]

I think an unprecedented connection between the executive branch and militia groups will exist in this term for the purpose of harassing and intimidating dissenters.

[@mattb5464]

Orange ss

[@TheSundayShooter]

Black ss

[@richpomanFU]

The Nazis were left wing socialist. Did you know that.

[@nakfoor1846]

@@richpomanFU lol, they were not. In fact, the name socialist in their party was a ruse to get the workers parties on their side, who they later betrayed.

[@richpomanFU]

@nakfoor1846 sure they were. The dark secret they convinced the masses so they only look at one side of things. Slight of hand. When the Germans Voted to join Austria it was socialism pure and simple. When everyone started going broke is when they went full on Dictatorship Authoritarian. If you look at this transition its all the same policies the left proposes now. They nationalized everything and made tons of beauracracys to divide everything in equitable ways. It was socialism.

[@caligulajones1237]

are you telling me Nazis flourish in a Bourgeois democracy?! thats unpastabowl!

[@FrankDad]

Republic. (Insert starch pun here)

[@kennybachman35]

Since when is almost 50% disenfranchisement a “democracy”?

[@davidgreenwood6029]

where are these nazis that are flourishing? What planet are you on right now?

[@royburnacoven3559]

This is very racist towards Italians

[@caligulajones1237]

@@royburnacoven3559 Italians aren't real, they were manufactured by nintendo to create mascots.

[@MyBlitz7]

The fact that militias have been training near Peter Sinks, UT which is like 20 mins from my house, and there is no local media attention 🙃

[@Bruizer61]

It’s not illegal it says to do it in the constitution.

[@iplaydodgeball]

​@Bruizer61 neither is reporting on it

[@JohnSmith-bh8um]

Sounds like your in good hands then.

[@alexandersheridan2179]

You should be grateful that when the illegals get illegal guns, and the police are told to stand down by corrupt and cowardly politicians, Americans will be ready to stand the sheep and the wolves.

[@alexandersheridan2179]

You should be grateful that when the illegals get illegal guns, and the police are told to stand down by corrupt and cowardly politicians, Americans will be ready to stand the sheep and the wolves.

[@kdcndw1]

Don''t be surprised if more than a few members of the Utah legislature are discovered to have ties to APIII

[@intothemystic3374]

The previous AG

[@kayfitzgerald309]

After they leave morman "church"😅

[@melissabruhn1429]

Excellent work by Joshua Kaplan of ProPublica but especially amazing dedication by "John Williams" who infiltrated.

[@mrbrooklynite]

Wow trumps coup succeeded. with modern technology it took trump half the time of that ww2 guy in Germany

[@GotstandardsDiamondNedFlanders]

You like that Yummy Kool aid Moonbat?

[@tedthoman6580]

Their lives, and their ends [ "exits" ] will probably share many similarities; also that ww2 guy in Italy.

[@nunyabusiness1755]

He said PEACEFULLY!! Unlike BLM and ANTIFA

[@kenofken9458]

Yes, in a way, but the GOP has been working on this one way or another for 30 years. This really started back with the Newt Gingrich era in the mid 90s. It was then that the GOP seriously began the mantra that any who disagreed with them were not just wrong headed about policy, but evil and anti-American. It picked up in the mid 2000s with the Tea Party movement and the GOP deciding it should harness the energy of extremists and militias and fringe conspiracy elements. What defined the Trump era is that the lunatics in the GOP, who had been used as foot soldiers, took over the asylum.

[@Poqanics]

wow, looks like Chinese Subversion is working wonders in 25' yet again :)

[@thatonewhiteguy991]

I like this guy he's like a strung out Harry Potter

[@sunnyadams5842]

Funny and true!! He is almost a throw back to real academics. I miss reality.

[@harima36]

🎃

[@mercedesruiz3356]

Gracias sr. Kaplan y gracias Amy, por tu invitado.

[@KushiteComplex]

"Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within." ~Mike German w/Beth Zasloff.

[@24and79]

No such thing as white supremacy

[@memyselfandi8544]

Every town has a good ole boys club/masonic lodge. Even your little urban neighborhood.

[@lewisschreffler]

@@24and79tell that to Nazi Germany. Their entire ideology was founded on the idea that the Aryan race was superior. Read up dingus

[@donovanstone4095]

@@memyselfandi8544 my small area does too, many in locales surrounding. no secret!

[@KushiteComplex]

@memyselfandi8544 You equating ubiquitous "Good 'Ole Boys" Clubs with virulent and violent racists is duly noted, albeit undefensible.

[@KushiteComplex]

"F.B.I. Says It Found Largest Cache of Homemade Explosives in Its History at Va. Farm." ~NY Times, Dec. 31, 2024.

[@Teeveepicksures]

MAGA wont acknowledge that nor discuss it.

[@JohnSmith-bh8um]

FBI is reputable?

[@Teeveepicksures]

@@JohnSmith-bh8um you: "my cult leader has taught me to hate everything that disagrees with him."

[@Poqanics]

@@Teeveepicksures FBI is compromised, you blanket statement of an account

[@alexandersheridan2179]

But they still haven't found the pipe bombers from Jan 6?

[@SteepWriter]

Very fascinating yet disturbing article, but definitely worth a read.

[@cpersiani4466]

It’s just some far left conspiracy theory nothing to get your panties in a bunch about just like Covid

[@abdulrahmanraheem423]

I'm from Michigan and I know all about these guys/girls. They are extremely well trained and are not afraid to "bus a cap" at anyone not apart of their group.

[@kenwaltson7113]

Sounds very antisemitic

[@intothemystic3374]

Or a part of their own group

[@abdulrahmanraheem423]

@intothemystic3374 yeah thanks my grammar is bad!

[@John-mf6ky]

​@@abdulrahmanraheem423 He's mot trying to correct your grammar. He's only saying that they're also not affraid to do the same to people of their own group.

[@kenofken9458]

Well trained? If you call having more teeth than sense, doing meth and running around the woods playing soldier "well-trained", they fit the bill. They're good enough to intimidate unarmed civilians, but they wouldn't last five minutes against professional troops.

[@longshank59]

As a Vet4Peace this is what happens when Veterans return from war zones. Some get radicalized towards the right others such as myself get radicalized to Political Revolutionary. No matter which side we choose it doesn't take long for us to change.

[@blackiecortez1668]

Interesting- thank you.

[@kenofken9458]

That's true, although the great bulk of these "militia" never served in any real military. Most of them are fat old guys who think carrying an AR-15 and tactical gear makes them soldiers. They've never been closer to real combat than a video game.

[@mikenerdcore]

Vetforpeace sounds like a nice group

[@JessicaLeist-oh9go]

They should definitely not be pardoned! I am sorry they were duped and missed lead, some of them, but none of them should be pardoned! And especially the ones that cause physical harm to anyone! Not acceptable, do you hear me not acceptable!

[@royburnacoven3559]

The capital police attacked them.

[@KushiteComplex]

"White Supremacism in the U.S. Military, Explained." ~NY Times, Feb. 27, 2019.

[@MarshallMathers-s8c]

They a bunch of fairies now

[@KushiteComplex]

"The Violent Far-Right Terrorist Threat to the U.S. Military." ~Council of Foreign Relations, Jan. 31, 2023.

[@Poqanics]

right....the far right terrorist threat to the military..uh huh, ok, lets ban/screen white males into oblivion so you're diverse fighting force can take showers in peace together...ok

[@royburnacoven3559]

So the CFR is the good guys? Ok blue anon

[@KushiteComplex]

So you have neither the guts nor intelligence to offer a valid rebuttal or counterargument. Points Scored: 0.

[@royburnacoven3559]

@KushiteComplex The CFR's policy has led to the genocide of millions. For example the most literate country in Africa Libya was destroyed and reduced to having open air slave markets under CFR operatives Obama and Secretary of state Clinton. Anything else to say Blue Anon?

[@royburnacoven3559]

@KushiteComplex The CFR destroyed Libya and you have blood on your hands blue anon

[@CharmaineRanford]

This is sad 😢

[@danielcaraveo4844]

We need the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense back!

[@Joe-z8t]

😂 nothing stopping you from starting your own group! It’s one thing to talk, but step up and do something about it or STFU😂

[@Joe-z8t]

@funiculifuniculà-h7f right! The black panther party would be murdered!

[@Joe-z8t]

@ Right! The Black Panther party wouldn’t have a chance🤣

[@ronbunn1349]

There are such groups still, and you’re free to join them.

[@theoldschoolconnoisseur2991]

Delusional . Are you caught up on your vaccines ?

[@sc-sc828]

To lose to that guy and then have to announce it, horrible and horrifying.

[@raincadeify]

Mike Johnson knows he wasn't going to do the honorable thing if Trump had lost. His smirk says it all.

[@blyt5046]

The most depressing revelation in my life

[@intothemystic3374]

Kaplans pro publica article of Jan 4 is remarkable. A must read. Looking forward to Williams release of AG's, police, and govt officials who are members of these domestic terrorist groups. (I also think there's a mole in this new administration.

[@Rippypoo]

Excellent segment. Thanks, Amy.

[@michaelccopelandsr7120]

MAGA mentality on full display

[@Poqanics]

blanket statement

[@michaelccopelandsr7120]

@@Poqanics Disclaimer and Trigger warning: This comment contains truth and common sense. These values have been found to break what ever MAGA cultists use to think with.

[@abraxasjinx5207]

America is about to see what The Troubles means. Look out for fascists and tighten your connections with the people you know, love, and trust.

[@cowsandpigsmaketheearthwar1471]

This memoral honors the brave men and women who broke into the United States Capitol on January 6th, 2021 to loot, urinate, and dofecate throughout those hallowed halls in order to overtum an election. President Trump celebrates thesa heroes of January 6th as "unbelievable patriots" anc "warriors." This monument stands as a testament to their daring sacrifice and lasting legacy.

[@kenwaltson7113]

God bless the FBI agents in the crowd who helped get everyone exited and break into the capital

[@WhyTheHorseface]

If these guys were as much of a threat as everyone says, why didn’t Biden take care of them? If Trump was really this dangerous, why was Barack Obama chatting and laughing with him at Jimmy Carter’s funeral?

[@2012_cats]

Laughing with or laughing at?

[@wayneroberts6642]

No pardons for violent mobs..

[@theoldschoolconnoisseur2991]

But pardon for xdidler hunter right .

[@24and79]

But Antifa and blm get a pass… GFY

[@wayneroberts6642]

@theoldschoolconnoisseur2991 well yeah I didler Hunter should be. But hey we have the king of diddlers as president..Didler Trump .

[@theoldschoolconnoisseur2991]

@wayneroberts6642 yeah keep sniffing hair buddy . Even if that is true and it's probably not, it's better than a completely incompetent president on the left going on about the change of time

[@royburnacoven3559]

Even if it was instigated by the government?

[@fredsimmons2793]

Excellent work Joshua Kaplan and Mr.Williams,and Amy.

[@andrew9360]

Now this is journalism.

[@MF-ty2zn1]

14th Amendment section 3 disqualified Donald Trump from holding any office.

[@royburnacoven3559]

Nope lol

[@margaret4898]

I hope John Williams will be safe and Kaplan's information kept safe from the militias.

[@Wealldeservebetter2]

My god, if these militia put half the effort into actually learning how our democracy works and look at actually bills on the docket we'd accurately have a country good for everyone here and not just for billionaires and their mercinaries

[@mommytsunami]

“So this is how democracy dies; with thunderous applause.” -Padme Amidala 😂

[@blackiecortez1668]

Not funny, unfortunately.

[@MindEmancipationist]

Their control over critical institutions enables them to inflict harm on those they oppress while securing their dominance within society.

[@royburnacoven3559]

Your talking about the democrat party right?

[@lightbulb76]

Why have we not heard anything about the reason why Capitol Police that committed suicide? No mention of suicide notes or why.

[@neilivory7278]

Brilliant first class journalism.Thankyou.

[@Obsidian_snake161]

This is just a confirmation of what we already suspected

[@Guy-j7i]

In no way am I accepting this as an excuse for the Insurrection. Absolutely not.

[@tedthoman6580]

"Peaceful tourists", and Dump's "love day" are ultimate insults to the American people.

[@michaelccopelandsr7120]

"This is your brain. 🥚 This is your brain on MAGA. 🍳 Any questions?" This has been a public service announcement

[@ScipioAfricanus-i6b]

@@michaelccopelandsr7120 O please stop the tears It's a waste of good suffering

[@complexblackness]

Lol I remember those commercials.

[@greenvelvet]

😂😂 imagine thinking the problem is only one party and not both parties arming and funding a genocide perpetuating a corporate takeover. You must live in a different reality where we didn’t witness Democrats handing the country over to Trump not for the first time but for a fucking second time

[@JohnDoe-yi9rm]

LMAO.

[@royburnacoven3559]

Democrat brain = 🤡

[@debwefox]

Thank you to you and your source

[@dharma404_]

A fool and their power are soon parted...

[@LondonView-q4x]

They have been already. Musk is in charge now.

[@heather-celestephoenix4125]

More importantly from the river to the sea free Palestine!

[@amitsunoko7270]

More importantly free America from Israhell

[@joshjohnston2986]

Free the hostages

[@heather-celestephoenix4125]

@@joshjohnston2986 i agree im not 4 hamas but they are innocent ppl dying there by thousands and hamas still got them

[@reneesimerale]

I am sorry, mam, but wake up. America has now WAY MORE problems now that America has this person as President!! 😔

[@theoldschoolconnoisseur2991]

Please take your passion back to your home land . The need support on the Frontline

[@irishart1361]

The stark difference between 1/6/2021 and 1/6/2025 tells it all! Yesterday, a classy Lady had to certify her own and our country’s defeat!! Let’s make sure 1/6/2029 will show that we have finally learned

[@brendanobern5535]

To govern whatever remains.

[@anthonettedillard3999]

Happy New Year, I've missed you!!! Glad to once again be informed by your Honest reporting of current events!!😊

[@Dani-cg9hn]

😳😂😂

[@power966]

Release the names the names of the sheriff’s in each state.

[@wartooththegreat]

Long Live The United States of America, a Republic, for which it stands.

[@FreeSpeechJohnny]

Sorry she went all in for genocide she would have one if she had stood by real principles

[@Peaceatanycost]

I hope Americans enjoyed the certification. Might be the last time it's that peaceful, boring, and procedural.

[@bettyjenkins2162]

This is nothing new , as American as apple pie.

[@tedthoman6580]

Sad, pathetic, tragedy....

[@BankC6969]

We’re so screwed.

[@mightyturkeyneck1349]

Call em what you will-- Citizens' Patrols. Militias. Western Chauvinist Clubs. LAPD. But a GOON SQUAD is a GOON SQUAD, no matter the nomenclature...🦃✊🦃

[@grendel3701]

The weight of the law weighs most on those who follow it.

[@adambram]

Wake me up when there’s a Progressive Party. I’m done with Democrats is they don’t shift progressive.

[@guy577]

True, US politics is only authoritarian right also i recommend instead of waiting do some activism, protest, riots and what not

[@Teeveepicksures]

May as well order a headstone because that's not happening.

[@davidgreenwood6029]

Progressivism is always geared towards disruption and undermining things. A progressive party cannot be the establishment, and still be a progressive party. Why do you wish for progressivism, and not a return to classic liberal values? Is this something you can defend or have even thought about, or is progressivism just inherently good to you?

[@adambram]

@@davidgreenwood6029 This oversimplifies progressivism into some kind of chaos machine, which it’s not. It’s about fixing structural issues that classic liberalism didn’t fully address. You can’t just romanticize “classic liberal values” and ignore how they often left people behind. Progressivism moves us forward-why should we settle for less?

[@davidgreenwood6029]

@@adambram Its not a simplification tho, you state it in an idealized way, that doesn't address how it interacts with the real world. Which is typical of progressivism. Spending money on drag shows while the fire hydrants have no water. The way I describe it is accurate in the real world, its only inaccurate in the idealized make believe world, which is exactly the point, thats why progresvists live. I ask again, why progressivism instead of classical liberalism? Progressivism doesn't have a values system the way other ideologies do, its inherently based on the belief that disruption and subversion have inherent value. If that wasn't true, it would be classical liberalism. It doesn'thave a values system on which to gauge what is a better direction, and what is problematic, it does not operate off discussion and consensus to find these things, it operates off mob rule and feelings. This isn't a mischaracterization, its endemic to it. No one can really say what its real values or ideologies are, except, that we just always be making things better. Its a magical thinking lens, a nonsense concept to shoehorn things into as a way to claim moral high ground and insist you're on the right side of everything without questioning anything. The worst people in history are progressivists. Stalin, and hitler both. So thinks for dismissing, not actually addressing the real points, and just saying something make-believe that makes you feel good. Typical progressivist.

[@gregtestagent]

He goes up and down several octaves throughout his sentences. The less oxygen, the lower the octave.

[@DIURYL77]

Didn't expect Josh's voice to be so deep. 😂

[@Naturevsnurture86]

You cant get anywhere near the capitol anymore. Its fort netanyahu, no matter who wins

[@PeterMayer]

Donated! Keep up the good work!

[@newbpocalypse6613]

I hate how they cheer each other on when they do literally nothing for the people who elected them. 🤢🤢

[@georgeanderson291]

They all suck

[@IndependantMind168]

Excellent interview.

[@JBBost]

Training someone in firearms in the context of a militia is a felony

[@AbdoulaMubeidin]

They should be ashamed

[@Happy_Biker]

Still time to call for the vote to remove the disability of being an insurrectionist in Congress. Call your representatives and Senators.

[@royburnacoven3559]

Ok blue anon

[@Happy_Biker]

@royburnacoven3559 No, actually, but the Constitution makes it clear that an insurrectionist (and it's clearer that DJT is, and SCOTUS didn't disagree, they just said Colorado can't keep him off the ballot) cannot take any public office at all, unless Congress votes to remove "the disability" by a 2/3 vote- which, theoretically, they could- but will they? If he's inaugurated on the 20th without that vote, we are in a "Constitutional crisis." Does anyone care? What do you think?

[@blackiecortez1668]

It’s so disturbing - will any of this matter? I hate to say that this man will just be vilified by Trump and his minions.

[@nowhere474]

CONSTITUTION PROTECTS MILITIAS NOT ONE WORD ABOUT DEMOCRACY, THOUGH

[@menotonline]

Thank you sir Williams for your noble work

[@CZ-PC]

He definitely should write an lengthy op-ed or book about this.

[@oscarmora4602]

Informative

[@bradfloyd8225]

Thank you, Amy!!!

[@wilmerumana8022]

The Americans have elected a clown for president , This shows how USA is becoming a circus !!!

[@tedthoman6580]

How, exactly did Rome fall ? Oligarchs, dissolution, and lead poisoning ?

[@tedthoman6580]

How, exactly did Rome fall ? Oligarchs, dissolution, and lead poisoning ?

[@susanperry4177]

He is so much more dangerous than a clown.

[@josephbarnes3099]

Thank you for your reporting on information main stream media fails to report on.

[@tobiisiba1641]

Lmao fbi agents infiltrating fbi groups, this is Netflix worthy.

[@Akofenaz81]

seems like your coping

[@letahundredflowersblossom.4479]

Cope harder

[@Teeveepicksures]

"Everyone who doesnt love Trump is FBI."

[@JohnSmith-bh8um]

It already came out that there were 200+ undercover agents there. What is there to cope. If your waiting for a confession your going to be waiting your whole life.

[@A.M.T.E]

Don’t listen to the replies

[@stephenohimor2206]

Where is the spreadsheet of sheriffs?

[@ambesa1]

he should of never of been certified. No backbone

[@arminBiH]

We need more good people in this world

[@Gracundrprssure]

Kamala Harris - no whining - no lies - she stands with such grace.

[@royburnacoven3559]

She was a horrible candidate bro

[@Gracundrprssure]

@ she had 100 days and came within 2 million votes. The Democratic platform was basically the same as Joe Biden‘s so she hit a tripleheader. She rallied the entire Democratic congress and senate behind her, immediately knocked the convention out of the park, killed Trump in the debate “Mr. they’re eating the pets” …. Her fundraising efforts were off the charts. There were several factors against her: the voter suppression, the gerrymandering which all influences the electoral college, She was not perfect - no one is….we have work to do on the Democratic platform, that is true and we can’t soft-pedal an opportunity economy that’s true as well, but give credit or credit is due - she did a phenomenal job. Who could’ve done better in 100 days?