The Base is emerging from shadows and ramping up its ranks as White House turns blind eye to the far right

An international neo-Nazi terrorist organization is boldly continuing to build in the US and planning a new paramilitary training event without fear of local authorities or the FBI, which once dismantled it in a nationwide effort.

The Base, founded in 2018 by a former Pentagon contractor living in Russia and now suspected of Kremlin-sponsored espionage, once boasted close to 50 stateside members before the bureau made more than a dozen arrests in a years-long counter-terrorism operation.

But since the presidential election campaign last year and what many then believed to be a surefire victory for Donald Trump, the Base saw an opportunity in a potential administration uninterested in policing white supremacy and went about ramping up its ranks.

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    14 days ago

    Just a friendly reminder that the 2nd Amendment is for all Americans, no matter how left you lean.

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      14 days ago

      “Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary”

      Even Karl Marx supports gun rights

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            13 days ago

            Dunno which authoritarians you are talking about, most leftists in the wild will be for gun control.

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              Gun control does not always mean outright banning guns.

              Do you think the Russian, Cuban, Chinese, and Parisian revolutionaries did not have or use guns?

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                We are talking about guns for civilians, the revolutionaries usually apply to themselves the same rules they’d use for the army after their revolution.

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      13 days ago

      As I keep pointing out, they know. This group actively chose that name because they seek to emulate the leaderless, decentralized warfare of Al Qaeda.

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    All you lefty accelerationists who ten months ago wanted to “teach the Dems a lesson” - I expect to see you out there lighting up these chuds with weapons. You wanted this, here it is.

    Oh wait what? You have no plan, and no support? Just gonna fold under the weight of your own idiotic arrogance eh? Who could have expected that.

    And no, murdering two unarmed employees of the Israeli embassy at a museum does not count.

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      This consistent guilt tripping of people who refuse to vote for genocide is part of the reason things are the way they are… This rot didn’t start 10 months ago, it didn’t even start 10 years ago, it’s been there for a long time…

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        13 days ago

        Yeah, this is great example of how the liberalism supports fascism. They have literally nothing to offer except for attacking those who actually resist fascism.