MilitiaWatchThe Oath Keepers are a far-right national militia organization formed in 2009 in reaction to Barack Obama’s 2008 electoral victory. The group arose from the broader far-right reaction to the United States’ first Black president that also drove the rise of the Tea Party and a resurgence of the contemporary militia movement. The group’s members are also well-steeped in the prepper community and many members thereby also hold extremely conspiratorial worldviews. Since 2009, the group has been highly active in paramilitary operations, bomb threats, and more.
Below, you will find all MilitiaWatch articles mentioning the movement.
Happy late summer, MW reader! Here’s a quick news round-up of things relevant to US-based militia groups from July 2025. This month, these stories are featured:
Greetings, MW reader and happy June! It’s been a minute. Here’s a quick double dose of MW Monthly (time-wise, not length or volume), covering both April and May of 2025. This time, we focus in on a few key stories:
Greetings MW reader! Here’s another Monthly, summarizing some of the developments within the Patriot Movement for February, as reported in the news. Overwhelmingly, this is about January 6 pardons and the antics their members have been up to this past month.
Greetings, MW reader, and happy 2025 to you. Here’s the first MW Monthly of the year, kicking off with some big news–condensed here for brevity. Here are the highlights for this update:
Greetings, MW reader! Since publication delays last month led to a no-send on last month’s MW Monthly, here’s a compounded bi-monthly update spanning September and October’s recent militia news updates. These include:
Heya, MW reader! Here’s the monthly roundup for September 2024, featuring stories on the following:
It’s September 2023, which means it’s time for a MilitiaWatch Monthly. This time, however, the Monthly includes two months, July and August 2023. Here are some of the main stories this time:
Given the tardiness of this update and the added timeframe, some stories may be left out or shortened more than usual.
The previous MW Monthly (June) can be read here:
Hey y’all and happy July. Here’s the MilitiaWatch Monthly for June 2023, featuring some such stories as:
Last month’s MW Monthly (May) can be read here:
Another month, another MW Monthly. Here’s some news from May 2023 (the past month). If you’d like to read about April 2023, that post is available here.
Some things this month include some major Oath Keepers sentencings, a VT paramilitary site organizer refusing to comply with state orders, and a transphobic prankster joining a militia patrol of the US-Mexico border.
Greetings, MilitiaWatch readers! Here’s a review of militia activity in March of 2023. Apologies for the delay in publication. Last month’s update (February 2023) is available here. This month’s updates include more Oath Keepers convictions, Kenosha militia appointments, more updates in the Southwest, a late update on a militia leader running for mayor, and some discourse on a county militia in Virginia.