Hey, fam, it's Amara.

Before the election, I wanted to make sure you heard the latest season of the anti-trans hate machine.

You're about to hear the second episode, where you will learn about how far-right extremists are using one state

as a petri dish to get the right mix of paramilitary violence, political support, with help from

local supposedly non-profit organizations in order to destabilize democracy from the ground up.

You can catch the first episode in your podcast feed here or binge listen to the full season

by subscribing right now to the anti-trans hate machine wherever you get your podcast. It's June 222 men are packing themselves into the back of a U-Haul move truck. It's in a parking lot of a hotel in Cordillane, the most populous city in North Idaho.

Stepped inside the truck, the men wear a uniform of white balaclava mask, baseball caps, and sunglasses.

Several hold red, white, and blue riot shields.

They're following a detailed plan to cause violent confrontations,

ready to kick off all the chaos with a smoke bomb.

Now, these men have traveled from all over the country,

and they are members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front.

Their destination? A pride in the park event in downtown Cordelaine, Idaho,

where entertainment, concessions, face painting for kids, and one of several drag performances,

were in full swing.

The event was expected to attract hundreds of families.

But on the perimeter of downtown Cordillane, about a half mile away from the park,

Patriot Front's truck comes to a rumbling stop.

Its members were ready to crash into the party. Patriot Front is ready for combat.

I'm Amara Jones, and this is the anti-trans hate machine, a plot against equality. When I saw the news coverage of what happened in Cordillane, I knew that trans people were facing a different type of danger.

This group that I had not heard of until then showed that it wasn't just the Western chauvinist proud boys targeting people like me.

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