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Part One: The Complete, Insane History of American Border Militias

Behind the Bastards

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I Love Toss and Bagle Rings and I Love Them All the Time

The c m a was founded in 19 83 by a wholesale grocer from arizona, who wanted to provide aid to anti communist guerrillas fighting in nicaragua. This aid eventually turned into actual volunteerteer fighters, several of whom died in that country. The 19 eighties were a time in which a lot of civil wars were raging all across latin america. All this violence and unrest across the region led a lot of people to flee their homes and search for a better, less violent life in the united states. So, while david duke and lewis beam were content to mostly use the question of illegal emigration to drum up interest in their super cool clubs

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