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The Era of Disaster Militiaism in America.
The vigilantes running wildfire checkpoints in Oregon are the latest right-wing militants to take advantage of a crisis.
By Melissa Gira Grant
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 militia group.
https://newrepublic.com/article/159362/oregon-fires-militias-disaster-capitalism