David Neiwert
@davidneiwert.bsky.social
Journalist/author based in the Pacific Northwest. Enemy of fascists, friend of whales. Author of ‘The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right’s War on American Democracy’ and nine other books. Subscribe to my work at https://davidneiwert.substack.com/.
I was watching this two days ago and musing to myself about what big distraction might land this weekend.
Jack Smith: I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases.
January 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
I was watching this two days ago and musing to myself about what big distraction might land this weekend.
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It is kind of wild that no big media outlet has busted open the story of who is making DHS' posts on X. Whoever that may be is certainly plugged into hardcore white supremacist internet propaganda with a harder edge. "Groyper" would be underselling it. This is Daily Stormer-tier sludge.
January 1, 2026 at 2:01 AM
It is kind of wild that no big media outlet has busted open the story of who is making DHS' posts on X. Whoever that may be is certainly plugged into hardcore white supremacist internet propaganda with a harder edge. "Groyper" would be underselling it. This is Daily Stormer-tier sludge.
Happy holidays!
A member of the neo-Nazi white separatist group PNW Wolf Pack fell to his death trying to pick a mistletoe from a tree this holiday season 🎄❄
December 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Happy holidays!
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really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
This is just so freaking fascist. These people are unapologetic irredeemable Nazis.
December 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This is just so freaking fascist. These people are unapologetic irredeemable Nazis.
Puka Nakua today: “At the time, I had no idea this act was antisemitic in nature and perpetuated harmful stereotypes against Jewish people.”
Uh huh. Right. Sure.
Uh huh. Right. Sure.
December 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Puka Nakua today: “At the time, I had no idea this act was antisemitic in nature and perpetuated harmful stereotypes against Jewish people.”
Uh huh. Right. Sure.
Uh huh. Right. Sure.
I’m extremely gratified that @polphilpod.bsky.social has so thoroughly appreciated the Cassandra complex that those of us who saw Trumpist fascism coming and were ignored and dismissed by so many of our peers (especially in journalism) have been living with.
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Toby Buckle (@polphilpod.bsky.social)
Host of the Political Philosophy Podcast & occasional writer. US & UK politics, philosophy, religion, & the odd food pics.
polphilpod.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I’m extremely gratified that @polphilpod.bsky.social has so thoroughly appreciated the Cassandra complex that those of us who saw Trumpist fascism coming and were ignored and dismissed by so many of our peers (especially in journalism) have been living with.
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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A leaked memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi has set off alarm bells across civil liberties circles and for good reason. Dated December 5, 2025, the internal Justice Department guidance reportedly directs the FBI to expand its domestic terrorism priorities
Pam Bondi wants FBI to put cash bounties on trans activists
Pam Bondi has reportedly ordered the FBI to place cash bounties on trans activists promoting so-called 'radical gender ideology'.
www.thepinknews.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A leaked memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi has set off alarm bells across civil liberties circles and for good reason. Dated December 5, 2025, the internal Justice Department guidance reportedly directs the FBI to expand its domestic terrorism priorities
Good to know that Puka Nakua is an antisemitic POS who dallies with neofascist podcasters.
sports.yahoo.com/articles/puk...
sports.yahoo.com/articles/puk...
Puka Nacua’s Adin Ross appearance results in antisemitic touchdown dance promise
If you’re both a fan of Puka Nacua and a decent human being you might not want to read any further — but also you should, because he doesn’t have a right to be free of criticism for engaging in antise...
sports.yahoo.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Good to know that Puka Nakua is an antisemitic POS who dallies with neofascist podcasters.
sports.yahoo.com/articles/puk...
sports.yahoo.com/articles/puk...
Eba and her pal Dr. Giles are awesome.
From the new issue: Meet the scientists (and a very good dog named Eba) rushing to save southern resident killer whales off the coast of Washington State
These Orcas Are on the Brink—And So Is the Science That Could Save Them
Inside the desperate rush to save the southern resident killer whales
www.scientificamerican.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Eba and her pal Dr. Giles are awesome.
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This is full-on fascist propaganda that bears an uncanny resemblance to the "Letter Box," a feature of the notorious Nazi newspaper Der Stürmer highlighting lurid accounts of alleged "Jewish crimes."
December 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This is full-on fascist propaganda that bears an uncanny resemblance to the "Letter Box," a feature of the notorious Nazi newspaper Der Stürmer highlighting lurid accounts of alleged "Jewish crimes."
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Calling a dead man deranged while also referring to yourself in third person.
December 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Calling a dead man deranged while also referring to yourself in third person.
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The beauty of a term like "Americanism" is its vagueness. What American could disagree with promoting "Americanism," right? But it's vagueness is precisely why far right White Christian Nationalists like Walter Huss (future chair of the OR GOP) embraced it as a way to mainstream their radicalism.
August 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The beauty of a term like "Americanism" is its vagueness. What American could disagree with promoting "Americanism," right? But it's vagueness is precisely why far right White Christian Nationalists like Walter Huss (future chair of the OR GOP) embraced it as a way to mainstream their radicalism.
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Kristi Noem claimed a few months ago that they arrested the girlfriend of the leader of Antifa and that was going to lead to the prosecution of the entire “organization.” What happened with that? Any updates?
December 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Kristi Noem claimed a few months ago that they arrested the girlfriend of the leader of Antifa and that was going to lead to the prosecution of the entire “organization.” What happened with that? Any updates?
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So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
December 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
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A gripping story that reveals what happened to a small American town when an influential white nationalist group relocated its headquarters there, illustrati...
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December 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Hey folks, my first book is out in April! It's a narrative non-fiction account of five years of life in Berkeley Springs, WV after the "great replacement" fixated group VDARE bought a 19th century castle there.
Get 20% off now with the code STRANGE20:
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...
Get 20% off now with the code STRANGE20:
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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No, America's rising anti-Semitism is not an online illusion created by foreign-run social media accounts on X. I wrote about how this comforting fiction is contradicted by real world events and survey data. Foreigners can fan the flames, but they didn't start the fire. We did. Gift link:
People Are Underestimating America’s Groyper Problem
Rising American anti-Semitism isn’t a foreign influence operation.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
No, America's rising anti-Semitism is not an online illusion created by foreign-run social media accounts on X. I wrote about how this comforting fiction is contradicted by real world events and survey data. Foreigners can fan the flames, but they didn't start the fire. We did. Gift link:
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DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
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The Trump administration announced that starting Jan. 1, the cost of an annual national park pass for non-U.S. residents will jump from $80 to $250 more than triple the current price.
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The Trump administration announced that starting Jan. 1, the cost of an annual national park pass for non-U.S. residents will jump from $80 to $250 more than triple the current price.
Not an exaggeration.
November 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Not an exaggeration.
Just another reminder that the primary problem with Seattle law enforcement is that the officers they hire (usually not residents) have a deep and abiding contempt for the city’s residents fed by a steady Fox News diet. And their union chief embodies that.
Mike Solan, SPD guild president, issued a statement openly questioning the validity of the votes for Katie Wilson.
Solan's embrace of the far right & SPD's history of aggression could make a dangerous situation if the national guard is sent to #Seattle.
www.theurbanist.org/2021/01/12/b...
Solan's embrace of the far right & SPD's history of aggression could make a dangerous situation if the national guard is sent to #Seattle.
www.theurbanist.org/2021/01/12/b...
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Just another reminder that the primary problem with Seattle law enforcement is that the officers they hire (usually not residents) have a deep and abiding contempt for the city’s residents fed by a steady Fox News diet. And their union chief embodies that.
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Mike Solan, SPD guild president, issued a statement openly questioning the validity of the votes for Katie Wilson.
Solan's embrace of the far right & SPD's history of aggression could make a dangerous situation if the national guard is sent to #Seattle.
www.theurbanist.org/2021/01/12/b...
Solan's embrace of the far right & SPD's history of aggression could make a dangerous situation if the national guard is sent to #Seattle.
www.theurbanist.org/2021/01/12/b...
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Mike Solan, SPD guild president, issued a statement openly questioning the validity of the votes for Katie Wilson.
Solan's embrace of the far right & SPD's history of aggression could make a dangerous situation if the national guard is sent to #Seattle.
www.theurbanist.org/2021/01/12/b...
Solan's embrace of the far right & SPD's history of aggression could make a dangerous situation if the national guard is sent to #Seattle.
www.theurbanist.org/2021/01/12/b...