A) "Reporting Highlights

A Freelance Vigilante: A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell his family or friends. The Future of Militias: He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors and government attorneys. Experts say that militias could have a renaissance under Donald Trump. A Secret Trove: He sent ProPublica a massive trove of documents. The conversations that he secretly recorded give a unique, startling window into the militia movement."

B) There’s also an audio version of the article for those who need vision asst or time asst.

C) The reason I shared this was William’s record dump was just shared on ddosecrets this month - https://ddosecrets.com/article/paramilitary-leaks

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    I have been coming to the realization that most of what we hear and read is highly suspect. We may never know what goes on in our world outside of our immediate communities.

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      Noam Chomsky would call that phenomena Manufacturing Consent, which highlights the importance of citizen controlled media, which has a much better (though not guaranteed) chance of accurately reporting on reality