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#SPLC, local journalist expose, derail plan for #NeoNazi enclave in #Maine

[CW - full article contains graphic language]

Esther Schrader
January 5, 2024

"It takes a lot to surprise #JeffTischauser.

"A research analyst for the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project who works to expose the growing normalization of far-right extremism in the United States, Tischauser is used to hardening himself against the activities of the purveyors of hate he tracks.

"But when known #NeoNazi #ChristopherPohlhaus took his penchant for online harassment live, the cruelty particularly stood out for Tischauser.

"The pivot point came in March, when Pohlhaus marshaled members of the violent '#BloodTribe' he founded to hound children and families attending a #DragBrunch fundraiser for the #LGBTQ+ community in small-town Ohio, screaming obscenities and pursuing a call to 'give them PTSD.' "

Read more:
splcenter.org/resources/storie

#SouthernPovertyLawProject #NoPlaceForHate #TheBase #MAGADeathCult #WhiteEthnostate #WhiteSupremacy #NeoNazis
#WhiteSupremacists #USPol #MainePol

Southern Poverty Law CenterExposure derails plan for ‘Blood Tribe’ enclave in rural Maine | Southern Poverty Law CenterA painstaking SPLC investigation into a known neo-Nazi’s move led to local attention and proposed changes in statewide policy.

US #NeoNazi group with #Russia-based leader calls for targeted #Ukraine attacks

#TheBase, #terrorist group founded in 2018, free to export violence abroad as #Trump pulls FBI from pursuing #FarRight

Ben Makuch
Sat 5 Apr 2025

"A US neo-Nazi terrorist group with a Russia-based leader is calling for targeted assassinations and attacks on the critical infrastructure of Ukraine in an effort to destabilize the country as it carries out ceasefire negotiations with the Kremlin.

"The Base, which has a web of cells all over the world, was founded in 2018 and became the subject of a relentless FBI counter-terrorism investigation that led to several arrests and world governments officially designating it as a terrorist organization.

"Now, with the Trump administration pulling the FBI from pursuing the far right, the Base, left unchecked, is trying to export its violence abroad.

"This is the first time the Base has openly allied itself with the Kremlin’s broader geopolitical goals, a sudden change experts say signals its likely involvement in Russian sabotage and propaganda operations now being carried out across Europe.

"The Base founder and leader, #RinaldoNazzaro, a semi-defected American who worked with US special forces during the war on terror and now lives in Saint Petersburg, has for years garnered suspicions of being a Russian intelligence asset. Even members of the Base mused that he was a spy and grew wary of the source of his cash flow."

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a

The Guardian · US neo-Nazi group with Russia-based leader calls for targeted Ukraine attacksBy Ben Makuch

HT @ThatWeltschmerz

"The complaint also says Smith told the informant he had thought about joining a #NeoNazi terrorist group called '#TheBase.' According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, 'The Base believes society should be pushed to collapse so a #WhiteEthnostate can arise out of the ruins.' "

kstp.com/kstp-news/local-news/

Ben Makuch: Neo-Nazi group ‘actively seeking to grow in #US’ with planned paramilitary training event. The Base is emerging from shadows and ramping up its ranks as White House turns blind eye to the far right

#TheBase #nazis #neonazis #paramilitary #militia
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j

The Guardian · Neo-Nazi group ‘actively seeking to grow in US’ with planned paramilitary training eventBy Ben Makuch

FBI Arrests Members of #NeoNazi Cell Whose Plot to Murder #Antifa Couple Was Foiled By a Bad Back

By Mack Lamoureux
January 17, 2020

"Three men in Georgia allegedly associated with the neo-Nazi terror group #TheBase have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit murder.

"#LukeAustinLane, #MichealHelterbrand, and #JacobKaderli were arrested on Wednesday over a plot to kill an 'Antifa couple' in Georgia. The arrests of the three young man bring the total of Base members arrested this week to six.

"The affidavit surrounding the arrests paints a dramatic story in which an undercover agent infiltrated the #Georgia cell of the neo-Nazi terror group and learned how the group planned to kill a couple. The affidavit shows Lane, known as #TMB (#TheMilitantBuddhist), as the leader of the group, who would organize meetups on his father’s property in #SilverCreekGeorgia."

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vice.com/en/article/fbi-arrest

VICE · FBI Arrests Members of Neo-Nazi Cell Whose Plot to Murder Antifa Couple Was Foiled By a Bad BackBy Mack Lamoureux

#NeoNazi group ‘actively seeking to grow in #US’ with planned #paramilitary training event

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

Ben Makuch, Sat 7 Jun 2025

"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 #WhiteSupremacy and went about ramping up its ranks.

"Now, the Base has a presence in #Ukraine, performing #sabotage operations inside the country against the embattled government, and new and dangerous cells emerging across Europe, and it appears to be growing in the US, where the FBI under the #Maga acolyte #KashPatel has signalled it isn’t prioritizing investigations of #FarRightExtremism.

"In its early history, part of what first piqued the interest of authorities was the Base’s courting of military veterans who could help drill its foot soldiers in a series of training camps across the US. Eventually implicated in an assassination plot, mass shootings and other actions in Europe, the Base went so far as to have a fortified compound and cell in #Michigan, led by a US army dropout.

"Online evidence from its various accounts, several of which live on #RussianServers to avoid censorship on American sites, shows the Base has real plans for a national gathering this summer where members intend to train in paramilitary drills as in years past.

" 'The Base in [the] USA is preparing for an upcoming national training event,' reads one of its recent posts soliciting crypto donations. 'This one might be our most attended training event in [the] USA in a while. We could really use some financial support to help our members with travel expenses.'

"The post continued: 'When you donate money to the Base, you’re investing in a #WhiteDefenseForce that’s aiming to protect white people from political persecution and physical destruction.'

"The Base then published a new photo of armed members claiming to be in the #midwest, which follows a trend in 2025 of the group bragging about its unafraid American presence. As a sort of taunt to its enemies, on the day of Trump’s inauguration the Base released a photo of four members somewhere in Appalachia, in what was the largest number of American members in one photo in over a year.

" 'The upcoming national training event indicates that the group is seeking to grow and is willing to take the risk of advertising it publicly in advance,' said Joshua Fisher-Birch, an analyst of #FarRightTerrorism who has been following the Base’s movements for close to a decade. 'The Base appears to be actively seeking to grow in the US.'

"Fisher-Birch notes that even if the gathering involves 'fewer than 20 people', it is by no means 'low profile' and suggests the group sees momentum is on its side.

" 'An event entails planning, coordination, travel and face-to-face meetings between different regional groups, indicating that they operate in an environment where they view the potential amount of risk as acceptable,' he said. 'The group has previously stated multiple times that being a member or training with them is a risky endeavor; however, planning a meetup, which they will inevitably use for propaganda purposes, is a different approach than even a year ago, when the group advertised regional activities.'

"In response to queries about the Base’s latest movements, the FBI told the Guardian that it only investigates people who have or are planning to commit a federal crime and pose 'a threat to national security'." [Of course Patel's FBI won't take action against #VeryFinePeople!]

Read more:
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j

#USPol #NeoNazis #RightWing
#nsn #nazisnitchnetwork #nazisooknetwork #NationalSocialistNetwork #bigots
#hypocrites #fascists #alerta #Ukraine #Russia #USnews #Race #FBI #Fascists #Nazis #FuckNazis #NoPlaceForHate

The Guardian · Neo-Nazi group ‘actively seeking to grow in US’ with planned paramilitary training eventBy Ben Makuch

#TheBase: Violent Neo-Nazis Align with Moscow, Rebuild in U.S. – #terror
The white supremacist neo-Nazi terrorist organisation known as The Base is expanding its scope, aligning its interests with Russian goals, and leveraging FBI Director Kash Patel’s stand down on domestic terrorism investigations to increase its footprint in the U.S. The Base has aligned its operations with Russia’s strategic interests and we do not see any indications that this trend will abate.
dokmz.com/2025/05/12/thebase-v

dokmz.com#TheBase: Violent Neo-Nazis Align with Moscow, Rebuild in U.S. – #terror – dokmz

Neo-Nazi terror group believes its leader is a #Kremlin spy, the Guardian reports – #terror #theBase
Some members of the white supremascist terror group the Base believed that their leader is an agent for the Russian federal intelligence services. The allegations against Rinaldo Nazzaro, leader of the Base, a terrorist group, could bring additional insight to the terror group’s attempts to assassinate and politically sabotage Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
dokmz.com/2025/04/26/neo-nazi-

dokmz.comNeo-Nazi terror group believes its leader is a #Kremlin spy, the Guardian reports – #terror #theBase – dokmz

Rechtsextreme Chatgruppen bei #Telegram – »Großartig, ich wünsche ihm gute Jagd« – #terrorgram #awd #TheBase
Eine militante Neonazi-Subkultur im Netz propagiert Gewalt. Neue Zahlen zeigen: In dieser Parallelwelt »Terrorgram« sind Hunderte Rechtsextreme aus Deutschland aktiv. Viele sind noch Jugendliche. Die SPIEGEL-Recherche. »Hunter« nennt sich der junge Deutsche auf der Messenger-App Telegram, »Jäger«. Und er lässt keinen Zweifel daran, wo er politisch steht
dokmz.com/2025/04/16/rechtsext

« #US #NeoNazi #terrorist group w/ #Russia-based leader→calling 4 targeted #assassinations & attacks on critical #infrastructure of #Ukraine in effort 2 destabilize the country as it carries out #ceasefire negotiations w/ #Kremlin

#TheBase, which has web of cells all over world, was founded in 2018 & became subject of a relentless #FBI #CounterTerrorism investigation that led to several arrests & world governments officially designating it..a #TerroristOrganization »

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a

The Guardian · US neo-Nazi group with Russia-based leader calls for targeted Ukraine attacksBy Ben Makuch

US neo-Nazi group with Russia-based leader calls for targeted Ukraine attacks – #terror #TheBase
The Base, terrorist group founded in 2018, free to export violence abroad as Trump pulls FBI from pursuing far right. A US neo-Nazi terrorist group with a Russia-based leader is calling for targeted assassinations and attacks on the critical infrastructure of Ukraine in an effort to destabilize the country as it carries out ceasefire negotiations with the Kremlin
dokmz.com/2025/04/05/us-neo-na

dokmz.comUS neo-Nazi group with Russia-based leader calls for targeted Ukraine attacks – #terror #TheBase – dokmz

Nazistnätverk poserar med vapen i Sverige: ”Oroväckande” – #TheBase #Terror
Medan Donald Trump trappar ned USA:s arbete mot högerextremism har den nazistiska terrorgruppen The Base fått nytt liv. I sociala medier poserar anhängare med vapen – och några av bilderna ska vara tagna i Sverige. ”Säpo måste ta tag i detta”. Mellan nazistflaggor och Hitlerhälsningar dyker en bild upp där två anonymiserade personer poserar framför en husvägg.
dokmz.com/2025/03/05/nazistnat

dokmz.comNazistnätverk poserar med vapen i Sverige: ”Oroväckande” – #TheBase #Terror – dokmz

Hoe Nederlandse jongens worden verleid tot geweld in extreemrechtse appgroepen – #terror #theBase
Beeld dat werd gedeeld in extreemrechtse groepen op Telegram. Drie jongeren worden verdacht van opruiing tot een terroristisch misdrijf. De Volkskrant kreeg inzage in duizenden berichten vol geweldsverheerlijking en vreemdelingenhaat uit extreemrechtse appgroepen waarvan zij lid waren
dokmz.com/2025/03/03/hoe-neder

dokmz.comHoe Nederlandse jongens worden verleid tot geweld in extreemrechtse appgroepen – #terror #theBase – dokmz

Northumberland teenager denies planning #terror attack for neo-Nazi group – #TheBase
A Northumberland teenager has denied being part of a neo-Nazi group and planning a terrorist attack. The 15-year-old boy appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday accused of engaging in conduct in preparation for committing acts of terrorism, contrary to Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006
dokmz.com/2025/02/27/northumbe

dokmz.comNorthumberland teenager denies planning #terror attack for neo-Nazi group – #TheBase – dokmz