The Oath Keepers Next Door

[Nevilledog]

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Noah Shachtman
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NEW: A @RollingStone investigation finds that nearly 40 people signed up for the antigovernment militia the Oath Keepers with government-issued email addresses.

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The Oath Keepers Next Door
Rolling Stone found dozens of government employees who were listed as members of the Oath Keepers, an extremist far-right militia group.
rollingstone.com
7:31 AM · Oct 26, 2021

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/oath-keepers-investigation-public-employees-1246358/

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https://archive.ph/9h7ip

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The Oath Keepers ideology is steeped in conspiracy theories. The militia asks its members to defend America from federal tyranny, and swear to defy “unconstitutional orders,” which they imagine with feverish foresight. (For example: “We will NOT obey any order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps.”) Membership in the organization is not illegal. But militia activities by Oath Keeper members have long been suspect. The Oath Keepers are infamous for vigilantism — including showing up toting guns in moments of social unrest. More than 20 Oath Keepers have been charged for participating in the siege of the U.S. Capitol on January 6th that sought to block President Joe Biden from assuming office.

The Oath Keepers organization has not responded to questions about the hack or its data. The leaked records, which date back as far as 2009, do not indicate which memberships are current — although some individuals are listed as “life” members. (Oath Keeper memberships today cost $50 a year, or $1,000 for life.) The leaked rolls have been reported on by media outlets including USAToday, ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting, as well as by Rolling Stone. This reporting has identified dozens of members of the military and law enforcement, as well as Republicans in elected office, as Oath Keeper members. A number of these individuals have gone on record confirming their affiliations.

At least one individual who appears to have signed up for the Oath Keepers using his public work credentials made no secret of his ideology. Robin Cole is the former Sheriff of Pine County Minnesota, north of Minneapolis. The leaked records show him joining in 2013, when he was sheriff — about the same time he sent an open letter to constituents pledging not to enforce any new federal or state gun restrictions, decrying them as an erosion of freedom and a “moral sin.” Reached by telephone, Cole confirmed his identity but hung up after this reporter began asking about his inclusion on the alleged Oath Keeper rolls. The Pine County Sheriff’s Department — reached on the telephone number listed with Cole’s apparent membership — declined to comment for this story.

Several less-high ranking officers also appeared to sign up for the Oath Keepers with their government-issue email addresses. They include an officer in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, police department; a recently retired police detective from Wyoming; a former member of the sheriff’s department from Hamilton County, Tennessee; and a former member of the Texas State Guard, who noted on his purported membership that he was, “Extremely worried about the current state of government and the disdain for the US Constitution and general US and WORLD Rule of LAW.”

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[uponit7771]

1. just damn

[Irish_Dem]

2. They could care less about the citizens who pay their salaries, benefits, pensions.

And they are a part of the government they hate.

[RKP5637]

3. K&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[Omnipresent]

4. Notice to law enforcement:

The oath keepers are really cleverly disguised Antifa, as the real Oath keepers wear plain clothes in public.

They will try to kill you, because they hate your authority.

If you should see them with weapons, please waste no time and fire upon them, until they are dead.

[Permanut]

6. Good catch, Omnipresent..

You saw right through their efforts to cover up their involvement with the deep state, communist libtard tax-and-spend gun grabbing atheist One-World pro-abortion America hating anti-family forces of the Devil.

I think it will all come out when we see her emails, which are probably on Hunter's hard drive.



Appreciate your black humor.

[Omnipresent]

9. Ixnay on the blaque umeray!

[Johnny2X2X]

5. Terrorists!

This is the most dangerous terrorist threat the US faces. It seems a mass casualty event is needed before the DOJ starts treating this group like the craven blood thirsty terrorists they are. Arrest them all! If I joined ISIS tomorrow I could be arrested, so should every one of these people.

[central scrutinizer]

7. Why isn't this a Hatch Act violation?

I worked for a Department of Education funded program and every election cycle, my boss reminded us of what was OK and not OK to do. Basically we couldn’t use our time while on the job or any work resources for political work. Using an email address and servers provided by taxpayers should be a no-no.

[LeftInTX]

8. Hatch is only federal govt..But it is also illegal by many state governments...

But, it's the responsibility of the AG/DA to investigate....

Somehow an AG/DA would need to get this info too...People can get away with alot of crap using a local email address, such as [e-mail]. It would be up to Redneck County or the state that Redneck County is in to monitor emails coming out of RedneckCounty.org.