Oath Keepers - What Will They Refuse to Owe?

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"When we say those words, it's not just something we say. We know that it means we're writing a blank check made out to the people of the united states for an amount up to and including our lives," he says. "The things in this list are their right wing fever dreams,. Their conspiracy theories that construct a world view where where the federal government is on the brink of tyranny."

Extremists in the right-wing militant organization known as the Oath Keepers are present in law enforcement and in the military. Now, thanks to reporting from ProPublica’s Isaac Arnsdorf, we know they’re in the government, too.

Today’s show was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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