Whelp, I guess I know where I should be depositing my pee bottles. I'll be sure to remove the caps first.

Here’s an idea for tracking far-right extremist groups. Create a government program with an innocuous, good-citizen-sounding name, like say, “Adopt-A-Highway.” Then use it as bait, getting the extremist anti-government groups to self-register with the government!

(Plus, as a bonus, we can yell at them if they leave our trash lying around.)

I appreciate that, after the initial expected hand-wringing about "why can't the government restrict speech by groups I don't like?" this post then goes on to respond to the disliked speech with critical speech, taking the group to task for their actual, stated positions. Good job! That's how the free speech game is played.

Now all the people who were ready to write this 2% group a fat check on the basis of a sign they passed going 60mph on some rural highway can have some context to consider before dropping that check in the mail.

And all joking aside, this is what happens when the government sets up an opportunity for any group to look like the State is endorsing their views. Content discrimination is really problematic.

I don’t think that anyone who looks at a highway sign and sees that (for instance) the First Assembly of God has adopted the highway thinks that the state is endorsing holy rollers.

Excellent well researched article. The Northwest really should have stronger legislation against militia groups that are considered terrorist groups in other nations.
Of note, the Three percenters held the "March for our Rights" rally in Olympia - the one Borat crashed as a hillbilly singer in his movie "Borat Subsequent Movifilm". Don't know why they went after Sasha on the stage...he was just expressing his first amendment rights!