The John Birch Society—
Looks like a truther attempt at exposing everything back in the 50s and 60s like were doing now…Any Oldfags know a lot about this group?Trumps father was said donated to this society. William F Buckley was also a member. Trumps pretty fond of the man if I remember from back during the presidential debates.
John Birch Society
Formation December 9, 1958; 60 years ago
Founder Robert W. Welch Jr.
Founded at Indianapolis, Indiana
Type Political advocacy group
Legal status Active
Purpose
Anti-communism
Paleoconservatism
Far-right politics
Headquarters Appleton, Wisconsin[1]
CEO: Arthur Thompson
Website: www.jbs.org
The John Birch Society (JBS) is an advocacy group supporting anti-communism and limited government.[2][3][4] It has been described as a radical right and far-right organization.[5][6][7][8]
Businessman and founder Robert W. Welch, Jr. (1899–1985) developed an organizational infrastructure in 1958 of chapters nationwide. After an early rise in membership and influence, efforts by those such as conservative William F. Buckley, Jr. and National Review led the JBS to be identified as a fringe element of the conservative movement, mostly in fear of the radicalization of the American right.[9][10] However, more recently, Jeet Heer, in The New Republic, has said that while the organization's influence peaked in the 1970s, "Bircherism" and its legacy of conspiracy theories has become the dominant strain in the conservative movement[11] Politico has said the Society is making a resurgence,[12] and a large number of political analysts from across the spectrum have argued that it shaped the modern conservative movement and especially the Trump administration.[13] Writing in the Huffington Post, Andrew Reinbach described the Society as "the intellectual seed bank of the right."[14]
Originally based in Belmont, Massachusetts, it is now headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin,[15] with local chapters throughout the United States. The organization owns American Opinion Publishing, which publishes The New American.[16]