Jacob Wagner
@jacobwagner.bsky.social
I research far-right hate and extremism in the US @ISDGlobal: https://www.isdglobal.org/
long-suffering Vikings fan | opinions are my own
long-suffering Vikings fan | opinions are my own
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If you’re thinking “huh, it’s pretty notable that they didn’t just pop this guy federally, especially since that would undermine the administration’s narrative about political violence,” astute observation, have an inquiry into the U.S. Attorney’s Office about that. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump charged with threats against Hakeem Jeffries
Prosecutors said that Christopher Moynihan was among the first rioters to enter the Capitol grounds and watched rioters fight with police at the rotunda door.
www.nbcnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
If you’re thinking “huh, it’s pretty notable that they didn’t just pop this guy federally, especially since that would undermine the administration’s narrative about political violence,” astute observation, have an inquiry into the U.S. Attorney’s Office about that. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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FLASH: Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to murder Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week
www.cbsnews.com/news/pardone...
www.cbsnews.com/news/pardone...
Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to murder Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week
A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill the top House Democrat.
www.cbsnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
FLASH: Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to murder Hakeem Jeffries at NYC event this week
www.cbsnews.com/news/pardone...
www.cbsnews.com/news/pardone...
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Last week, I broke the story of how a Russian street fight promotion expanded into the US with help of neo-nazis from the Active Club network & Patriot Front.
Streets Fight Club (SFC) has promoted no-rules, bare-knuckle fights on Instagram & YouTube while raising funds for Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Streets Fight Club (SFC) has promoted no-rules, bare-knuckle fights on Instagram & YouTube while raising funds for Russia’s war on Ukraine.
October 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Last week, I broke the story of how a Russian street fight promotion expanded into the US with help of neo-nazis from the Active Club network & Patriot Front.
Streets Fight Club (SFC) has promoted no-rules, bare-knuckle fights on Instagram & YouTube while raising funds for Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Streets Fight Club (SFC) has promoted no-rules, bare-knuckle fights on Instagram & YouTube while raising funds for Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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As someone doxxed by Andy Ngo, myself, I understand the drama it can bring.
His latest target, Daryle Lamont Jenkins is the hero of the film SKIN, and an even greater hero in real life: A Black man who, on his own for decades, has targeted and transformed white supremacists.
Now, he needs our help
His latest target, Daryle Lamont Jenkins is the hero of the film SKIN, and an even greater hero in real life: A Black man who, on his own for decades, has targeted and transformed white supremacists.
Now, he needs our help
Donate to Support One People's Project in Crisis, organized by Daryle Jenkins
The past two years have taken a toll on One People's Project, particularly in re… Daryle Jenkins needs your support for Support One People's Project in Crisis
www.gofundme.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
As someone doxxed by Andy Ngo, myself, I understand the drama it can bring.
His latest target, Daryle Lamont Jenkins is the hero of the film SKIN, and an even greater hero in real life: A Black man who, on his own for decades, has targeted and transformed white supremacists.
Now, he needs our help
His latest target, Daryle Lamont Jenkins is the hero of the film SKIN, and an even greater hero in real life: A Black man who, on his own for decades, has targeted and transformed white supremacists.
Now, he needs our help
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Patriot Front and Active Clubs are working with a Russian fight promoter to sell pay-per-view tickets to its fight club events. The article includes previously unidentified PF/AC guys like Thomas Denton a former member of the accelerationist group the Base. 1/4
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: how a Russian fight club expanded into the US with the help of American neo-Nazis
Members of white supremacist ‘active clubs’ spearheaded a US expansion of a Russian fighting group that has raised money for the Kremlin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Patriot Front and Active Clubs are working with a Russian fight promoter to sell pay-per-view tickets to its fight club events. The article includes previously unidentified PF/AC guys like Thomas Denton a former member of the accelerationist group the Base. 1/4
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
October 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
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What happens when a fandom obsessed w/ mass killers starts generating its own? Since 2024, the True Crime Community (TCC) has been linked to 16 school shootings/disrupted plots. Attackers seek notoriety, borrowing from past killers w/ a “memetic” twist. ISD analysis & what prevention requires below.
Memetic violence: How the True Crime Community generates its own killers
What happens when a fandom obsessed with high-profile murderers consequently becomes one of the biggest producers of them?
www.isdglobal.org
October 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What happens when a fandom obsessed w/ mass killers starts generating its own? Since 2024, the True Crime Community (TCC) has been linked to 16 school shootings/disrupted plots. Attackers seek notoriety, borrowing from past killers w/ a “memetic” twist. ISD analysis & what prevention requires below.
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After the 10 Sept. Charlie Kirk shooting, ISD & CIS (Center for Internet Security) analysts found a spike in Russian-linked posts online. ABC News reports these used fake quotes, news and images to stir anger among a wide range of US audiences. Read it below. www.isdglobal.org/isd-in-the-n...
Analysts warn of Russian-linked online content surge following Charlie Kirk shooting
Much of the content identified by ISD and CIS appeared to target audiences using fake news reports, fabricated celebrity quotes and misleading images aimed at stirring political anger.
www.isdglobal.org
September 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
After the 10 Sept. Charlie Kirk shooting, ISD & CIS (Center for Internet Security) analysts found a spike in Russian-linked posts online. ABC News reports these used fake quotes, news and images to stir anger among a wide range of US audiences. Read it below. www.isdglobal.org/isd-in-the-n...
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The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
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Sunday reading: The Right Wants a Reichstag Fire
I wrote about the murder of Charlie Kirk, political violence in the United States, and the Trumpists’ desire to find a pretext for purges and mass arrests.
This week’s piece:
I wrote about the murder of Charlie Kirk, political violence in the United States, and the Trumpists’ desire to find a pretext for purges and mass arrests.
This week’s piece:
The Right Wants a Reichstag Fire
The military patrolling in the streets, an assassination, and a movement longing for escalation. America is teetering on the brink
thomaszimmer.substack.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Sunday reading: The Right Wants a Reichstag Fire
I wrote about the murder of Charlie Kirk, political violence in the United States, and the Trumpists’ desire to find a pretext for purges and mass arrests.
This week’s piece:
I wrote about the murder of Charlie Kirk, political violence in the United States, and the Trumpists’ desire to find a pretext for purges and mass arrests.
This week’s piece:
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I touch on this assault in my @bellingcat.com latest on their ‘fight night’ 2 weeks ago, but SoCal Active Club founder and leader Robert Wheldon is indeed one of the attackers - he kicks the man on the ground twice and strikes him with the flagpole twice before running away
bsky.app/profile/acat...
bsky.app/profile/acat...
Huntington Beach, CA - As Patriot Front, Ryan Sanchez and Neo-Nazi groups are leaving they began to pummel one man in a leather jacket, who told me he was there to mourn Kirk but “hated Nazis.”
Attackers include members of the GDL and Robert Wheldon.
Attackers include members of the GDL and Robert Wheldon.
September 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I touch on this assault in my @bellingcat.com latest on their ‘fight night’ 2 weeks ago, but SoCal Active Club founder and leader Robert Wheldon is indeed one of the attackers - he kicks the man on the ground twice and strikes him with the flagpole twice before running away
bsky.app/profile/acat...
bsky.app/profile/acat...
“In an interview with law enforcement agents, Allen said he identifies as a neo-Nazi, ‘hates Jews and minorities,’ and ‘believes a civil war is inevitable in the United States and wants to help spark the civil war by terrorizing people online’…”
www.abqjournal.com/news/courts/...
www.abqjournal.com/news/courts/...
19-year-old New Mexican accused in violent threats after Kirk assassination
A McKinley County teenager is in federal custody after allegedly making violent threats on social media following the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.
www.abqjournal.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“In an interview with law enforcement agents, Allen said he identifies as a neo-Nazi, ‘hates Jews and minorities,’ and ‘believes a civil war is inevitable in the United States and wants to help spark the civil war by terrorizing people online’…”
www.abqjournal.com/news/courts/...
www.abqjournal.com/news/courts/...
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Huntington Beach, CA - As Patriot Front, Ryan Sanchez and Neo-Nazi groups are leaving they began to pummel one man in a leather jacket, who told me he was there to mourn Kirk but “hated Nazis.”
Attackers include members of the GDL and Robert Wheldon.
Attackers include members of the GDL and Robert Wheldon.
September 14, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Huntington Beach, CA - As Patriot Front, Ryan Sanchez and Neo-Nazi groups are leaving they began to pummel one man in a leather jacket, who told me he was there to mourn Kirk but “hated Nazis.”
Attackers include members of the GDL and Robert Wheldon.
Attackers include members of the GDL and Robert Wheldon.
Seems relevant today
welcome to the age of Weird Terrorism
Apparently the IVF terrorist self-identified as an anti-procreation, pro-death vegan
September 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Seems relevant today
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any outlet that reported the “pro-trans ideology on bullet casings” thing owes the public an apology and an explanation
if you are serious about turning down the temperature, start by showing some shame and regret for your role in turning it up in the first place by allowing yourself to be played
if you are serious about turning down the temperature, start by showing some shame and regret for your role in turning it up in the first place by allowing yourself to be played
September 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
any outlet that reported the “pro-trans ideology on bullet casings” thing owes the public an apology and an explanation
if you are serious about turning down the temperature, start by showing some shame and regret for your role in turning it up in the first place by allowing yourself to be played
if you are serious about turning down the temperature, start by showing some shame and regret for your role in turning it up in the first place by allowing yourself to be played
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Each alleged mass shooter is even more On the Computer All the Time than the previous one. Probably nothing to worry about there
September 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Each alleged mass shooter is even more On the Computer All the Time than the previous one. Probably nothing to worry about there
Palm Bay city council member Chandler Langevin posted on X that he sent a letter to U.S. Representative Mike Haridopolos to obtain a presidential pardon on behalf of Robert Rundo, a neo-Nazi who founded the Rise Above Movement and the conceptual godfather to the Active Club network. 1/5
September 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Palm Bay city council member Chandler Langevin posted on X that he sent a letter to U.S. Representative Mike Haridopolos to obtain a presidential pardon on behalf of Robert Rundo, a neo-Nazi who founded the Rise Above Movement and the conceptual godfather to the Active Club network. 1/5
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I don't post much any more, but for everyone poring over the manifesto, scrawlings, and footprint following the Minneapolis shooting, here's a timesaver.
The aim is to be remembered, discussed, to turn oneself into content that then becomes the next reference on a gun.
The aim is to be remembered, discussed, to turn oneself into content that then becomes the next reference on a gun.
August 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I don't post much any more, but for everyone poring over the manifesto, scrawlings, and footprint following the Minneapolis shooting, here's a timesaver.
The aim is to be remembered, discussed, to turn oneself into content that then becomes the next reference on a gun.
The aim is to be remembered, discussed, to turn oneself into content that then becomes the next reference on a gun.
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NEW: an extremist file on the white nationalist website Gab
"Self-described as the “home of free speech online,” Gab has long served as a digital haven for the far right, including its most violent and extreme manifestations."
By @hannahgais.bsky.social and me
www.splcenter.org/resources/ex...
"Self-described as the “home of free speech online,” Gab has long served as a digital haven for the far right, including its most violent and extreme manifestations."
By @hannahgais.bsky.social and me
www.splcenter.org/resources/ex...
Gab
Gab is an alt-tech social media platform that provides digital infrastructure to far-right extremist groups and their supporters, some of whom have been banned from mainstream social media platforms a...
www.splcenter.org
August 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
NEW: an extremist file on the white nationalist website Gab
"Self-described as the “home of free speech online,” Gab has long served as a digital haven for the far right, including its most violent and extreme manifestations."
By @hannahgais.bsky.social and me
www.splcenter.org/resources/ex...
"Self-described as the “home of free speech online,” Gab has long served as a digital haven for the far right, including its most violent and extreme manifestations."
By @hannahgais.bsky.social and me
www.splcenter.org/resources/ex...
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Reuters interviewed 12 members of extremist groups, nine experts on political extremism and reviewed data on far-right violence, and found Trump's rhetoric has galvanized a new wave of far-right activists, fueling growth in white supremacist ranks reut.rs/4ftv4ne
August 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reuters interviewed 12 members of extremist groups, nine experts on political extremism and reviewed data on far-right violence, and found Trump's rhetoric has galvanized a new wave of far-right activists, fueling growth in white supremacist ranks reut.rs/4ftv4ne
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🧵 Last week, CBC released an article on Active Clubs and Second Sons in the Hamilton area, as well as this video investigation.
We are glad they’re covering this important topic, building on our years of work exposing these groups and their activities.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c66x...
We are glad they’re covering this important topic, building on our years of work exposing these groups and their activities.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c66x...
Exposing fascist fight clubs training for 'race war' in Canada
YouTube video by CBC News
www.youtube.com
July 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
🧵 Last week, CBC released an article on Active Clubs and Second Sons in the Hamilton area, as well as this video investigation.
We are glad they’re covering this important topic, building on our years of work exposing these groups and their activities.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c66x...
We are glad they’re covering this important topic, building on our years of work exposing these groups and their activities.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c66x...
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ISD’s analysis of the 2024 terrorist landscape found that loosely defined ideologies—such as nihilistic subcultures—now account for most deadly attacks. While the threat landscape evolves rapidly, our frameworks remain static & ill-equipped to meet these challenges. Read ISD’s latest to learn more.
Online radicalization and the nexus to violence in the US: 2024 year in review
ISD’s 2024 analysis found most deadly attacks stemmed from nihilistic subcultures, outpacing defined ideologies in a shifting threat landscape.
www.isdglobal.org
July 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
ISD’s analysis of the 2024 terrorist landscape found that loosely defined ideologies—such as nihilistic subcultures—now account for most deadly attacks. While the threat landscape evolves rapidly, our frameworks remain static & ill-equipped to meet these challenges. Read ISD’s latest to learn more.
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Probably noteworthy that this seems to be Blood Tribe’s first major demonstration since the ADL sued them over their activities in Springfield, Ohio, and their numbers are much thinner than past actions in Tennessee.
Blood Tribe (Neo-Nazi chuds) are out in Johnson City, Tennessee today.
If you have video, pictures, license plates, cars, U-Haul markings, etc, even *bad* pictures can help identify them! This may be related to child activity in Athens, OH a couple weeks ago.
Please send to email in bio.
If you have video, pictures, license plates, cars, U-Haul markings, etc, even *bad* pictures can help identify them! This may be related to child activity in Athens, OH a couple weeks ago.
Please send to email in bio.
June 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Probably noteworthy that this seems to be Blood Tribe’s first major demonstration since the ADL sued them over their activities in Springfield, Ohio, and their numbers are much thinner than past actions in Tennessee.