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- White supremacist "active clubs" are spreading across the US.
- The clubs recruit disaffected white men and promote physical fitness and masculinity.
- The groups also sometimes mock and fat-shame Donald Trump and his supporters.
A network of white supremacist fitness clubs is spreading across the US, recruiting men to prepare for what they believe will be a race war.
The groups, known as "active clubs," target disaffected white men by offering a sense of community, with members regularly meeting to practice martial arts or work out.
But the groups have a much darker agenda that's rooted in white supremacist ideology.
Their Telegram channels reveal their extreme views — they are filled with neo-Nazi iconography, racist and antisemitic memes, and negative news articles about people of color and LGBTQ+ people.