ExtremismLedger
A citation-backed public-interest database documenting extremism, anti-democratic conduct, serious constitutional and rule-of-law abuses, election interference or subversion, and subversion of American constitutional democratic-republic norms — organizations, people, and incidents, each traced to documented evidence.
Recently updated organizations
Oath Keepers
Oath Keepers is a U.S.-based militia/patriot-movement organization founded in 2009 by Elmer Stewart Rhodes III, recruiting principally among current and former military, law-enforcement, and first-responder personnel. Its founder and members …
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) name has been used by three historically distinct white supremacist movements since 1865/66 -- a Reconstruction-era terrorist group suppressed by federal prosecution in the 1870s, …
Fox News Network
Cable news network, a division of Fox News Media/Fox Corporation. Central subject of Dominion Voting Systems, Inc. v. Fox News Network, LLC (Del. Super. Ct.), a defamation suit over on-air …
Proud Boys
Proud Boys is a U.S.-based, male-only right-wing extremist organization founded in 2016 by Gavin McInnes. The group has described itself as a “Western chauvinist” fraternity. Its national leadership and members …
Patriot Front
Patriot Front is a U.S.-based white nationalist and neo-fascist organization founded in August 2017. It organizes members into a coordinated, flash-mob-style structure for marches, banner drops, and propaganda distribution, and …
Recently updated people
Mike McGirl
Missouri House of Representatives member, District 118. This record documents the person’s signature on the September 2026 impeachment-threat letter concerning the Hoskins contempt proceeding.
Hardy Billington
Missouri House of Representatives member, District 152. This record documents the person’s signature on the September 2026 impeachment-threat letter concerning the Hoskins contempt proceeding.
Chad Perkins
Missouri House of Representatives member, District 40. This record documents the person’s signature on the September 2026 impeachment-threat letter concerning the Hoskins contempt proceeding.
Bob Titus
Missouri House of Representatives member, District 139. This record documents the person’s signature on the September 2026 impeachment-threat letter concerning the Hoskins contempt proceeding.
Jeff Myers
Missouri House of Representatives member, District 42. This record documents the person’s signature on the September 2026 impeachment-threat letter concerning the Hoskins contempt proceeding.
Curtis Trent
Missouri Senate member, District 20. This record documents the person’s signature on the September 2026 impeachment-threat letter concerning the Hoskins contempt proceeding.
Recently updated incidents
Vandalism of "Prosecute ICE" Sculpture at the Minnesota State Capitol
On February 5, 2026, Edward Jacob "Jake" Lang was recorded on video kicking apart letters of a permitted ice sculpture reading "PROSECUTE ICE" installed on the steps of the Minnesota …
White House Press-Access Restrictions on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico (Cable News Network, Inc. v. Trump)
This is an ongoing federal press-access dispute. On September 18, 2026, President Donald J. Trump announced on Truth Social that he was "banning" CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the …
Missouri Legislators Threaten Supreme Court Impeachment Over Hoskins Contempt Proceeding
On September 9, 2026, fourteen Missouri legislators (nine state senators and five state representatives) signed a two-page letter on Missouri General Assembly letterhead to Chief Justice W. Brent Powell of …
Missouri House Bill 1 Referendum Dispute (2025–2026)
In September 2025 the Missouri General Assembly passed, and Governor Mike Kehoe signed, House Bill 1, a mid-decade congressional redistricting plan. The Supreme Court of Missouri later upheld the Legislature's …
Minneapolis City Hall Confrontation and Riot Arrest
On August 22, 2026, Lang arrived at Minneapolis City Hall with a group traveling in two vehicles, which drove onto the sidewalk toward a crowd that had gathered in anticipation …
Threat Against MPD Commander Jason Bagshaw (Washington, D.C.)
At a January 6, 2026 event marking the fifth anniversary of the Capitol attack, Lang was recorded approaching Metropolitan Police Department Commander Jason Bagshaw and telling him he should be …