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Online forum My Mili­tia — which pro­motes itself as an “Amer­i­can Patri­ot Net­work” — has more than 20,000 users and has seen a flur­ry of activ­i­ty in recent weeks.

The net­work claims there are 544 mili­tias cur­rent­ly active in the US, car­ries instruc­tions on how to make explo­sives and impro­vised weapons, sur­vival­ist tips, threads ded­i­cat­ed to con­spir­a­cy the­o­ries, and lists of names of mem­bers of “Antifa”.

Many of the self-appoint­ed mili­ti­a­men say they are prepar­ing to ride out mass civ­il unrest, while oth­ers more dra­mat­i­cal­ly pre­dict an upcom­ing “Civ­il War”.

It comes after a string of vio­lence over the sum­mer with Don­ald Trump blam­ing extreme left-wing groups for stok­ing mayhem.

Some groups are braced for attacks by “Antifa” who Trump brand­ed “scum” after clash­es at a recent march­es in Wash­ing­ton DC.