“Let’s Go Brandon”: A test case for the post-Trump American rightSubversion, amplification, and commodification of an anti-Biden memeOct 25, 2021Oct 25, 2021
Published inMilitiaWatchNew SiteMilitiaWatch has now moved off Medium, to a new URL. Find new MW writing here. All old stories are being slowly migrated over as well.Mar 5, 2021Mar 5, 2021
Published inMilitiaWatchThe Uprising, The Boog, and A ShootingThe murder of George Floyd has sparked uprisings across the country. This week, as with others prior, resulted in armed violence.Jun 17, 2020Jun 17, 2020
Published inMilitiaWatchMilitias March on Richmond, Post-Mortem 01: a new year of militia activity, cold feet, and the…The first of a few posts on the 20 January 2A rally in Virginia, this on a new schism among an already divided field.Apr 16, 2020Apr 16, 2020
Published inMilitiaWatchReflections on November 9: The ‘Declaration of Restoration’, the path to it, and its near futuresFrom a “redress of grievances” on February 23, 2019 (termed “223”) to its March 23 follow-up to a planned November 9 rally in DC to here.Jan 19, 2020Jan 19, 2020
Published inMilitiaWatchHB2020, Truckers, and Oregon’s Militia: A timeline of recent eventsIn Summer 2019, around an environmental bill at the Oregon State House, threats of militia involvement at the State House forced a closure…Jul 14, 2019Jul 14, 2019
Published inMilitiaWatchRevisiting GSFIII: ‘Civil disobedience’, anti-abortion activism, and splinters new and oldThis post is a long read on the III% movement, filling in some of the gaps from my original GSFIII piece and in the time since. This will…Jun 15, 2019Jun 15, 2019
Published inMilitiaWatchMilitia Tourism: Trouble at the border, a new round of infighting, and a fake identityThe first of a short series on the topic of militia tourism. This one is on some hijinx at the border in New Mexico and Arizona.Mar 12, 20191Mar 12, 20191
Published inMilitiaWatch“We The People Rally”: ‘Free speech’, a militia connection, and a community foundationMilitias, right wing activists, and their close coordination in 2018 in PennsylvaniaNov 25, 2018Nov 25, 2018
Published inMilitiaWatchKISSATA: ‘Concerned Citizens’, recon, and internet conspiracy theoriesThis is a story not of an active militia group, but of an interesting phenomenon in American militia history that didn’t make much of a…Sep 3, 2018Sep 3, 2018