Despite the rise in attacks, due to both the deliberate obscuring of violent crime data by the Department of Justice and a certain hesitancy on the part of media outlets to report on these subjects, it has never been easier for right-wing extremists to maintain their anonymity. The growth of so-called \u201cActive Clubs,\u201d an international network of decentralized white supremacist cells organized through social media, with ties to the militia movement and the fascist Patriot Front, largely organized through social media networks like Telegram. As of June 2025<\/a>, there were 187 Active Club chapters operating in 27 countries. The relatively quick spread in popularity of these groups led Alexander Ritzmann, an advisor to the Counter Extremism Project, to remark<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019ve never seen a network in right-wing extremism grow so fast. Usually, it takes years to build a transnational network.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Jan. 21, 2026, Decoherence Media<\/a> published an article identifying Jacob Daniel Jones, a 32 year-old man from Olathe, KS, as the leader of the HAC. Working under the Telegram username \u201cPrairie \u2d32 Nationalist \ud83c\udf32,\u201d Jones has claimed to be a proponent of \u201cNational Socialist thought\u201d<\/a> for over a decade, and has said that after leaving the United States Marine Corps, he was briefly a member of the neo-Nazi Identity Evropa group. Jones has also made posts praising the white supremacist mass murderer Anders Brevik for fighting against \u201cinternational communism.\u201d Under Jones\u2019 leadership, the HAC has engaged in actions ranging from sparring and martial arts training, to stencil painting Patriot Front insignias on buildings and engaging in pseudo-military exercises held at outdoor shooting ranges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jacob Jones\u2019 tenure as head of\u00a0the HAC has also coincided with increased collaboration with right-wing militia groups<\/a> to deepen their network of nationalist cells. Through Telegram, the HAC has held regular communications with the Mid-Missouri Minutemen (MMN), active largely in the Ozarks region of Missouri. This is particularly troubling, as the MMN is among the larger militia groups in the country and has cultivated a particularly virulent white nationalist base, with members openly calling for genocidal race war within their Telegram chats. While the recruitment tactics of these groups are still woefully understudied, the Southern Poverty Law Center believes that the close connections between Active Clubs and both the militia movement and the Patriot Front has contributed to the rapid spread of these groups. While in-person events do take place, most of the development of these groups is taking place on-line and with members remaining more-or-less anonymous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is under the protection afforded by online messaging and communication networks\u00a0that the HAC is actively preparing for violent action<\/a>. While some Active Clubs in the U.S. have downplayed the role of military training in the movement, this is not the case with the HAC. At least four HAC members took part in a \u201crun and\u00a0gun\u201d style shooting event held in Versailles, Missouri. Even more disturbing was the discovery of pictures showing Jacob Jones posing in military gear, holding a rifle while recreating the image of a recruitment poster used by Rhodesian Security Forces. The legacy and imagery of the white minority-led Republic of Rhodesia has long been used as a rallying point for fascist groups. This particularly holds true for HAC, as Jones has explicitly stated that he has developed the military standard operating procedures for the group using the training and policy of the Selous Scouts, a special forces unit of the Rhodesian military known for committing atrocities, including the use of biological weapons<\/a>. When these details are coupled with Jones\u2019 aforementioned celebration of Anders Brevik\u2019s murders, the violent intentions of the HAC become clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yet despite the obvious danger posed, the HAC and similar groups are receiving little notice. As of the time of writing, there has been no coverage of Jacob Jones outside of the aforementioned Decoherence article, and only a handful of stories from various outlets have addressed the HAC. While the emphasis these groups place on secrecy is partly to blame, it would be unwise to ignore the role of deliberate obfuscation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last year, the Department of Justice quietly removed a study<\/a> it had published finding that far-right extremists commit far more violence than other domestic terrorist groups. This policy was further developed with the 2026 Counterterrorism Strategy<\/a> released by the Trump regime. This document made no references to right-wing terrorist groups but primarily concerned itself with leftists, \u201cpro-transgender groups,\u201d and Trump\u2019s typical political targets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redphoenix.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-15.png?fit=1024%2C419&ssl=1\")
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