Proud Boys
ICERaid: The App That Asks You To Report Illegal Immigrants For Crypto
Proud Boys and a man banned from the financial services industry both promote a bizarre and murky effort to make nativism lucrative.
06.26.25 | 9:35 am
AOC Challenger Helped Lead Encrypted Chat Group Filled With Proud Boys And Racial Slurs 
The extremist Telegram channel featured neo-Nazis, Roger Stone, and ties to the Trump Family.
11.09.23 | 3:45 pm
If Police Had Treated Proud Boys Like A Street Gang From The Start, Jan 6 Attack May Have Been Less Severe
Treating Proud Boys solely as members of a terrorist organization does not actually stamp out white supremacy groups.
09.30.23 | 9:00 am
Where Things Stand: Proud Boys Are Too Busy Battling ‘Woke’ To Defend Trump Right Now
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06.12.23 | 6:08 pm

In the two years since members of the Proud Boys participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, members of the extremist, anti-government group have switched their focus a bit away from Donald Trump and toward making a fuss at the local level.

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Where Things Stand: Flynn Recruits Poll Workers At Proud Boys Event Inside Bunker Community
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10.17.22 | 6:14 pm

The Associated Press has a new piece out today as part of an investigative series it’s producing with PBS’ “Frontline” focused on former national security adviser Michael Flynn and his ongoing descent into extremism and Christian nationalism. The investigative series will roll out alongside a documentary tomorrow night called “Michael Flynn’s Holy War.”

The new AP piece is a fascinating look at The Hollow, a bunker-like, Christian nationalist, far-right community site in Sarasota County, Florida that has become a MAGAworld meeting center and incubator for some of Flynn’s efforts to weave Trump grievances into politics at a hyper-local level. The Hollow has all the markings of a militia-community — even though the founder maintains it’s anything but that — that hosts events sponsored by Proud Boys family members, offers “Biblical citizenship” classes and is home to a gun range that offers classes to children as young as six. Flynn reportedly has visited the site multiple times this past year and financially supports the organization.

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