"Not a lot of things shock me anymore, but they still can turn my
stomach."

SPLC, local journalist expose, derail plan for neo-Nazi enclave in
Maine
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Esther Schrader   Read the full piece here
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Content warning: This article contains graphic language.

Friend,  

It takes a lot to surprise Jeff Tischauser.

A research analyst for the Southern Poverty Law Center's
Intelligence Project who works to expose the growing normalization of
far-right extremism in the United States, Tischauser is used to
hardening himself against the activities of the purveyors of hate he
tracks.

But when known neo-Nazi Christopher Pohlhaus took his penchant for
online harassment live, the cruelty particularly stood out for
Tischauser.

The pivot point came in March, when Pohlhaus marshaled members of the
violent "Blood Tribe" he founded to hound children and
families

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attending a drag brunch fundraiser for the LGBTQ+ community in
small-town Ohio, screaming obscenities and pursuing a call to
"give them PTSD."

"I realized this guy is actually more for real than I thought he
was. He's not just an online podcaster. He's getting
people out into the streets. He is seemingly driven to provoke his
perceived political enemies. And that includes children ...
apparently," Tischauser said. "Not a lot of things shock
me anymore, but they still can turn my stomach. When I heard that, it
made me want to find where this guy is so that he can at least be
stopped or at least kind of track his activities a little bit more
closely."

With determination typical of the research analysts who work for the
Intelligence Project to bring extremists out of the shadows,
Tischauser trained his investigative skills on Pohlhaus.

In July, the Intelligence Project published an exposé

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in its Hatewatch blog
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showing that Pohlhaus had purchased 10.6 acres deep in the pine
forests of northern Maine. The purpose was to build an armed white
supremacist training ground for the group he calls "Blut
Stamm" - German for "Blood Tribe." Unnoticed
by many people in the community, Pohlhaus had been clearing land he
bought in March 2022 and was traveling the country to recruit
followers to broaden his network of extremist connections. Soliciting
cryptocurrency donations on Telegram, an encrypted messaging board
often used by white supremacists, he was using the money to build and
stock the enclave, where he flew a giant Nazi flag.

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