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Palestinian Islamic …

Palestinian Islamic Jihad is a radical Islamist terrorist organization, established by Egyptian students inspired by the 1979 Iranian revolution. PIJ's goal is the violent destruction of the state of Israel, and like Hamas it frequently attacks Israeli... Read more

Groups / Movements Islamist

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Patriot Prayer

Patriot Prayer is a putatively religious far-right group claiming to promote free speech while primarily agitating against left-wing/progressive activists. Members are often involved in confrontations with left-wing protesters. The group was founded by Joey Gibson and is... Read more

Groups / Movements Right-wing

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Aryan Circle

The second largest white supremacist prison gang in Texas (just behind Aryan Brotherhood of Texas), the Aryan Circle are also one of the largest prison gangs in the country. Members, active both in prisons and on the... Read more

Groups / Movements White supremacist

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Wolverine Watchmen

The Wolverine Watchment militia is an anti-government extremist group. Many members were arrested in October 2020 on either federal or state charges for their roles in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

Groups / Movements Anti-government

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Three Percenters

"Three Percenters" are a concept created by a former Alabama militia leader, Mike Vanderboegh, to popularize the militia movement and its anti-government ideology. The term itself refers to the erroneous belief that only three percent of colonists... Read more

Groups / Movements Anti-government

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17th Special Operati…

The 17th Special Operations Group (17 SOG) is an anonymous group of writers behind the QAnon-linked "reconstitution" theory, which outlines how former President Trump allegedly attempted to dismantle the Deep State during his presidency. See also: reconstitution... Read more

Groups / Movements Right-wing

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3 stars

3 stars is a symbol used by some QAnon adherents to express support for former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, by adding 3 star emojis to their username. The stars represent Flynn's three-star military rank as a... Read more

Numbers / Symbols Right-wing

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True The Vote

True The Vote (TTV) is a conservative, Texas-based "election integrity" group founded by Catherine Engelbrecht in 2009. Since 2020, TTV has become known for promoting false claims that the 2020 presidential election was "rigged." TTV was the... Read more

Groups / Movements Right-wing

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We The Media

We The Media is a popular Telegram channel run by a collective of QAnon influencers. It was created in January 2021 as a way for QAnon influencers to quickly rebuild their followings after Twitter banned thousands of... Read more

Groups / Movements Right-wing

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Totenkopf

Totenkopf is German for the "death's head" or skull. During the Nazi era, Hitler's Schutzstaffel (SS) adopted one particular Totenkopf image. Since World War Two the image has been adopted by neo-Nazis and white supremacists.

Numbers / Symbols White supremacist