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Salon: Behind Trump's push for civil war: A deep history of white supremacist paranoia - September 26, 2020

Political Research Associates

“Dr. James Scaminaci III has just published a report about the long historical genesis of this recent push for Political Research Associates, ” Battle With Bullets: Advancing a Vision of Civil War.”…

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Media Matters: Extremist sheriffs have made 83 appearances on Fox News since 2017 - September 25, 2020

Political Research Associates

‘Think tank Political Research Associates recently mapped the connections between leaders in sheriff departments nationwide and far-right and anti-immigrant movements. PRA looked at sheriffs with…

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Vice: Neo-Nazis Are Using Eco-Fascism to Recruit Young People - September 25, 2020

Political Research Associates

“Extreme-right ideologies are an obvious and growing threat. Eco-fascism—broadly, the desire for a totalitarian regime to force sacrifices from (usually minority) populations to protect the…

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Press Release: Political Research Associates Releases Interactive Map of Right-Wing Aligned U.S. Sheriffs - September 15, 2020

Political Research Associates

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 15, 2020 Contact: Greeley O’Connor, Managing Director, g.oconnor@politicalresearch.org SOMERVILLE, MA. – Political Research Associates (PRA)—a 4-decades old national…

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The New Republic: The Era of Disaster Militiaism in America - September 15, 2020

Political Research Associates

“The citizen preservation militias now go by the more anodyne title ’ Community Preparedness Teams,’ a deliberate part of the Oath Keepers’ base-building efforts and attempts not to look like a…

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Pink News: ‘Gaslighting’ gay ex-Trump official joins ‘religious right powerhouse’ that fought to keep homosexuality illegal in the US - September 2, 2020

Political Research Associates

“The legal organisation is now led by father-son team Jay Sekulow and Jordan Sekulow, and under their leadership the ACLJ has doggedly worked through their offices in Zimbabwe and Kenya to make sure…

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Magic Valley: ‘No Body of Men:’ A militia movement, recast, takes to the streets of North Idaho - August 30, 2020

Political Research Associates

“In the four weeks following the killing of George Floyd, there were 136 incidents of paramilitary groups attending protests, harassing, or threatening protesters, according to a report by Political…

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HuffPost: White Vigilantes Have Always Had A Friend In Police - August 28, 2020

Political Research Associates

“Steven Gardiner, a research analyst at Political Research Associates, a social justice think tank that monitors the far-right, said there has been a ‘tremendous increase’ in right-wing paramilitary…

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Carroll County Times: Batavick: Amid pandemic, racial unrest, looming election, we’re living in a tinderbox - August 7, 2020

Political Research Associates

“Social justice think tank, Political Research Associates, recently documented nearly 150 instances of right-wing, paramilitary groups, many of them heavily armed and wearing body armor, at anti…

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Intelligencer: Parents Are Flocking to Virtual Schools and Homeschooling. They’ll Find a Minefield - August 4, 2020

Political Research Associates

“As Political Research Associates observed in a recent watchdog report, HSLDA has lobbied hard against any proposal to regulate home education, most often in the form of testing requirements, school…

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