(i remember back when George W. Bush was president, Thom Hartmann was reporting how shite supremacists wee purposely trying to infiltrate law enforcement. Those infiltrators have moved up and now are in positions of authority.)

A membership database containing some 38,000 names linked to the Oath Keepers extremist group includes hundreds of people running for or in public office, military officials, and law enforcement officers.

A report on the list was published on Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League, which describes itself as an "anti-hate organization" that works to counter extremism and bigotry.

The ADL's Center on Extremism wrote in its report that more than 600 people in professions with "power and influence" — such as elected officials, law enforcement officers, and first responders — were listed in the database.

According to the group, the data was first obtained and published by journalist collective Distributed Denial of Secrets in September 2021 and contained information on those who had paid dues to the organization. ...