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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    If I end up dying during a civil war, I hope that I can take at least one of these shitbirds with me.

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    So these right wing nut jobs had families and ancestors that fought a global war to fight against fascists and nazis … so that their children and grandchildren can become fascists and nazis

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    I volunteer to train neonazis. We’ll do lots of live fire drills, get drunk and throw grenades, learn how “clean water” is a woke myth, and so much more.

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

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      “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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          Yeah, the US is sooo McCarthyist Marxist, it’s super fashionable.

          Also, Black Panther is a superhero movie, and Malcolm X is a member of the X-Men.

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          Authoritarians cloaking themselves in Marxism aren’t the same as Marxists.

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            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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    Maybe a good time for some moles to join up while they’re trying to vet a lot of new recruits…

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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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      Of course its everybody elses fault, never your own (typical american who cant take responsibility for his own actions)

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      I dunno man, I was told progressives votes did not matter in the last election, and here you are crying about it like it does matter. Thats confusing-- Why bother if you think progressives had no power? And if their votes DID matter, why didnt the Harris campaign with their ‘biggest-warchest-ever’ consultants factor that into their brilliant calculations/triangulations?

      https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democratic-nonvoters-policy-preferences/

      Seems like a lot of finger pointing when the killer’s call is coming from inside the house.

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        I was told progressives votes did not matter in the last election

        I don’t know who told you that, but whoever they were, they’re an idiot. And if you believed that, well.

        And if their votes DID matter

        Yes, this is the same as 1+1=2. It’s not hard and you’re very well aware of how counting works. Every vote matters.

        why didnt the Harris campaign with their ‘biggest-warchest-ever’ consultants factor that into their brilliant calculations/triangulations?

        What, I got Kamala on line 2? Fuck, I don’t know. But here you are crying about not getting direct mailed on your feelie topic most just when the fucking nazis are literally dismantling the government in front of everybody and lefty-non-voters chose not to stop it.

        It’s unconscionable.

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          k, well, remember this loss and dont try the same shenanigans if there is a next time, alrighty? You can choose either AIPAC money/war crimes OR the votes of the left-- not both. Thats the reality you centrists get. Its not up for debate or negotiation.

          If you think 4 years of Trump will fundamentally change that, try the same thing again and watch what happens. See you in the midterms.

          Also, I want to do a special shout out for you @optional, in bringing this up again and again, and again, and my god, again. Tedious for us all, even me! But the DNC hasnt changed even a little bit, and repeating this exercise until the centrist idiots get the message that they cant force it is going to take a lot of repeating. So keep up the good work buddy. See you in the next post.

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            k, well, remember this loss and dont try the same shenanigans if there is a next time, alrighty?

            Are you fucking for real with this? Go patronize people somewhere else. For some of us, this is serious shit.

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            You can choose either AIPAC money/war crimes OR the votes of the left-- not both.

            centrists would support genocide for free, no matter how many votes they lose.