The report cites examples of groups that predicted civil war and tyranny after Obama's executive orders on gun control, including Fox News Radio host Todd Starnes who tweeted, " Freedom ends. Tyranny begins." and ConservativeDaily.com's Tony Adkins, who wrote, "Martial law in the United States now a very real possibility."My influential book "So Wrong For So Long," on the media and the Iraq war, was published this week in an expanded edition and for the first time as an e-book.
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Domestic Terror Threat at New High
And the Southern Poverty Law Center should know, as they've tracked this stuff for years. They've issued a report today finding that the "number of militias and radical anti-government 'patriot' groups operating in the USA reached an all-time high in 2012...The center tracked 1,360 radical militias and anti-government groups in
2012, an eightfold increase over 2008 when the center recorded 149 such
groups, the report says. The explosive growth began four years ago,
sparked by the election of President Obama and anger about the poor
economy, the center says." In fact, the atmosphere mirrors the mood in the six months before the Oklahoma City blast.
is author of a dozen books (click on covers at right), ;He was the longtime editor of Editor & Publisher. Email: gregmitch34@gmail.com Twitter: @GregMitch
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