Heidi Beirich, who was reportedly arrested today related to her work tracking hate groups for the SPLC, is quoted in my story today. She calls out a State Dept. report on Cuba for "effectively demonizing dissent as foreign-directed subversion." www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

New from me: Thomas Massie showed up in Iowa last weekend to test the waters on a 2028 presidential run, shortly after gathering with Tucker Carlson, MTG and Joe Kent in Maine for what MTG described as the beginning of a "movement." (paywall) www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

Chinese influence campaigns: "They wanted to make you sound like your president wasn't so hot, when actually your president has done a great job." #trump

And here's that same intelligence officer's dissenting view reflected in the intelligence assessment that was declassified and publicly released on 3/15/21 www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/d...

Here's an email from the intelligence officer from 11/20/20 — part of the trove of files released by the White House last night — expressing concern that the larger intelligence community was downplaying China's efforts to influence the election.

Absolutely wild: The plot to attack the UFC White House event w/ drones & snipers was hatched by an online network that trafficked in QAnon ideas that govt officials "sacrifice and consume infants." Safe to say the WH Counterterrorism Strategy didn't anticipate this www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

I'm going to say it: The left's lionization of Luigi Mangione points towards a downward spiral of nihilism, not revolution. I wrote this nine months ago. www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

In another ex., David Harvilicz, a DHS official described by ProPublica as "setting policy on protecting the nation's infrastructure, including voting machines," re-posted Mike Cernovich assailing assurances that the election was secure as "Soviet era slop." 3/4

In one example, federal prosecutor Bill Essayli replied to a post by Nick Shirley questioning why the feds can't arrest state election officials for refusing to turn over California voter rolls to the DOJ. 2/4

ICYMI: Sarah Kellen, former assistant to Jeffrey Epstein, revealed in statement to Congress that she worked at a hotel owned by Tom Barrack — now ambassador to Turkey — when she was recruited. This 2012 email from Epstein confirms: "I thank him every day for Sarah." www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

I didn't realize that Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) had placed a hold on Marine Corps Col. Thomas Siverts' promotion to brigadier general, while citing my reporting. Wyden eventually released his hold, and Siverts' promotion was unanimously confirmed after Siverts wrote a letter condemning antisemitism.

SCOOP: NEW: Candace Owens is scheduled to appear on a "family values" panel at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Thursday with Russian politicians & media figures under sanctions, including one accused of “publicly promoting Russian war crimes." www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

Flagging this, in light of today's news about DNI Gabbard's resignation. www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

I get a citation in this story! A NV energy facility targeted in February was one of a few dozen "critical electrical substations" listed in a doc called the "Garden" that was circulated by associates of an Atomwaffen spinoff in 2022, per @hannahgais.bsky.social www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...

Via @npr.org: 15 congressional districts currently represented by Black members and previously covered under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act could be eliminated by Republican-controlled legislatures. UCLA professor Rick Hasen describes the decision as an "earthquake" www.npr.org/2026/01/08/n...

DOJ charged Milton Roblero, the man mistakenly targeted by ICE, with assaulting officers with a deadly weapon, despite the fact that ICE rammed his car, as shown in this video. On Monday, federal prosecutors agreed to allow Milton Roblero to plea his charges down to impeding federal officers. 2/2

EXCLUSIVE at @rawstory.com: Jeffrey Epstein attempted to broker a meeting between Steve Bannon & the leaders of Time's Up. Bannon, architect of the right-wing populist movement who harnessed white male resentment through Gamergate, was envious of #MeToo (gift link) www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

Holy cow. The most powerful Republican in North Carolina is trailing his challenger by 2 votes in unofficial primary results.

Last summer, Carla Cunningham, a Dem state lawmaker from Charlotte, took the floor of the NC House and talked about the "culture" immigrants "bring with them" and said "they must assimilate." That was before ICE's "Operation Charlotte's Web" Voters took note www.theassemblync.com/news/politic...

I read a lot of Noam Chomsky in my 20s, and it's fair to say his work influenced my understanding of American foreign policy as much as anyone else's. It's disconcerting, to say the least, to learn he had dinner with Steve Bannon in 2019. news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/2...

Definitely opposed to the pro-Palestine rally: "The group seemed to be attempting to confront subjects that were part of the demonstration.... The defendant was attempting to provoke the subjects inside the demonstration."

In this photo from May 2025, some of the probates have shaved heads or closely cropped haircuts, and are wearing boots and suspenders. Do you have to have a fully shaved head to be a skinhead? And maybe they grew their hair out after October because they knew they were under investigation.

Walk for Peace, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, High Point, N.C.

The targeted grocery store is located "not far from" Burger King, so it's likely the Harris Teeter across the street. Per the affidavit: Defendant's "grandfather, who is his legal guardian, works at [the store], apparently in addition to serving as a Christian minister in Charlotte." 3/3

Defendant speaking to a covert agent he believed was his ISIS handler: "The target is taghuti Christian pagans and lgbtq" Later, defendant discloses that the target is a national chain "food market" The affidavit states that defendant worked at Burger King in Mint Hill, NC. 2/3

That raises obvious national security concerns about the Russian state potentially using far-right proxies to undermine Western democracies. I also obtained Discord chats in which Weidlich talked up plans for an "off-grid lab community" in Russia to his fellow researchers. 6/6

This is wild. In October 2024, I was able to review chats in almost real time from a Signal group comprised of dozens of Nazis in Europe, the US & Australia. They were calling for coordinated strikes against Jewish institutions, migrant camps, government buildings and other targets on 10/16/24 1/6

The indictment against nine "antifa" defendants cites a private chat for planning the July 4 Prairieland ICE facility attack. Notably, the indictment cites evidence of only one defendant indicating an intention to shoot at law enforcement. Debate in the chat centered on a "noise demonstration." 2/2

Very on brand for national socialism, aka Nazism. (Also, I'm not going to validate the antisemitic premise of the comment by confirming whether or not I'm actually Jewish — it doesn't matter one way or the other.)

Ironically, the government shutdown is kind of on-brand for militant accelerationist ideology, described by federal prosecutors as being centered on the belief "that violence and terrorism is necessary to ignite a race war and 'accelerate' the collapse of the government...."