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douglas9

(4,358 posts)
Fri Jul 28, 2023, 08:12 AM Jul 2023

NEO-NAZI EX-MARINE BUYS UP LAND IN RURAL MAINE FOR 'BLOOD TRIBE'

Since the beginning of 2023, neo-Nazi and ex-Marine Christopher Alan Pohlhaus has ramped up his efforts to create a white supremacist enclave in Maine by accumulating rural property, soliciting cryptocurrency donations on Telegram and embarking on a cross-country recruiting trip, according to messages Pohlhaus posted to Telegram.

“Let’s just be frank, Maine’s a white state, has always been a super-white state. Let’s keep it the way it is,” Pohlhaus said in a May 11 interview with a journalist that Pohlhaus recorded and posted to Telegram.

Pohlhaus, who has led members of his swastika-toting “Blood Tribe” to disrupt LGBTQ+ community events in Ohio three times, appears to be in the early stages of building a headquarters for his group near Springfield, Maine.

Over the past four months, Pohlhaus also appears to have broadened his network of extremist connections. Along with his previously reported connections to the neo-Nazi Nationalist Social Club (NSC-131) and convicted Jan. 6 rioter Riley June Williams, Pohlhaus recently posted images of blood ritual initiations and has claimed associations with neo-Nazi activists and publishers around the country.

“Whatever, you doxed me. Whatever, old news,” Pohlhaus said in a voice message in response to a request for comment Hatewatch sent via Telegram.


https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/07/27/neo-nazi-ex-marine-buys-land-rural-maine-blood-tribe

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NEO-NAZI EX-MARINE BUYS UP LAND IN RURAL MAINE FOR 'BLOOD TRIBE' (Original Post) douglas9 Jul 2023 OP
he seems nice CurtEastPoint Jul 2023 #1
The U.S. really needs... Think. Again. Jul 2023 #2
My poor state! GPV Jul 2023 #3
The idea that Maine is purely white is a nazi fantasy. Martin68 Jul 2023 #6
Good Luck With That modrepub Jul 2023 #4
Eyes are watching................. Lovie777 Jul 2023 #5
Native Americans? Jughead Jul 2023 #7
How long before this becomes a meth lab? Crowman2009 Jul 2023 #8
he couldn't hack it elsewhere so he runs away to Maine mainer Aug 2023 #9

Martin68

(22,801 posts)
6. The idea that Maine is purely white is a nazi fantasy.
Fri Jul 28, 2023, 11:11 AM
Jul 2023

Unfortunately, people like this can cause a disproportionate amount of harm in a state with relatively low population.

modrepub

(3,495 posts)
4. Good Luck With That
Fri Jul 28, 2023, 09:03 AM
Jul 2023

Luckily, it's not in the part of ME that my family usually visits.

Rural ME, especially in the winter, is not the easiest place to set up. Given this guys history, I don't think he can make it work. Doubt he has much experience eking out a living in such a rural location.

The good news for him is there's a Walmart only half an hour drive way. My guess is he'll be there as long as he can beg others for $.

Jughead

(42 posts)
7. Native Americans?
Fri Jul 28, 2023, 12:49 PM
Jul 2023

White? Many native Americans live in Maine and have thousands of acres of land.
He’s obviously not informed well about Maine.

mainer

(12,022 posts)
9. he couldn't hack it elsewhere so he runs away to Maine
Sun Aug 13, 2023, 10:15 AM
Aug 2023

Loser. As if he thinks this move will fix his sad, horrible life.

I predict that in a few years he'll give up and move somewhere else. If the winters don't get him, the black flies and mosquitoes will.

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