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

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.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
    173·
    19 hours ago

    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.

    • kreskin@lemmy.world
      46·
      11 hours ago

      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.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        2·
        4 hours ago

        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.

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        6 hours ago

        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.