On April 19, 1995, anti-government extremist Timothy McVeigh detonated a truck bomb in front of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to retaliate against the federal government for its handling of the Branch Davidian standoff... Read more

Operation Homeland was an organization formed in December 2017 by Elliot Kline and Richard Spencer, who described it as a core "professional" group of alt right leaders and activists poised to lead the movement as a whole... Read more

The optics debate refers to a debate among white supremacists about whether it is better to promote their white supremacist ideology via overtly National Socialist symbolism (swastikas, for example), or with less overtly racist imagery (including American... Read more

"Paper terrorism" is a term given to a range of tactics developed by the sovereign citizen movement to use against their perceived enemies. These tactics typically involve the filing of bogus legal documents or the misuse of... Read more

The Parkland shooting refers to a deadly February 14, 2018 shooting spree at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, perpetrated by Nikolas Cruz. 17 people and 17 others were injured during the shooting. Cruz was... Read more

Parler is an alternative social media site popular among conservatives. While the site itself is not extremist, extremists have joined in large numbers alongside millions of mainstream users, creating the potential for extensive and worrying commingling of... Read more

Patrick Casey was Identity Evropa's chief of staff when he replaced Elliot Klien as the group's leader in November 2017. In March 2019, Casey rebranded Identity Evropa as the American Identity Movement (AIM) which he led until... Read more

Patrick Crusius is a white supremacist who allegedly killed 23 people and injured 23 others in the El Paso, Texas Walmart shooting in 2019, saying it was "a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas." The shooting... Read more