A North Texas lawyer notorious for his involvement with far-right extremist groups — and his legal representation of members of white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups — is working as a court appointed attorney in Denton County.

My latest for @thebarbedwire.com.

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"The ADL Center on Extremism has identified, with a high degree of confidence, Sean Salas of Allen, Texas, as a member of the group and likely its leader. ABM is primarily active in Texas, Florida and Georgia, and has alleged a propaganda reach far beyond those states."

www.adl.org/resources/ba...

Just authored a full backgrounder on the American Blackshirts, which unmasks and identifies their leader as Sean Salas of Texas.

www.adl.org/resources/ba...

I find the discourse around Roman vs Nazi/fascist salutes interesting, with people talking about them as if they aren't exactly the same thing.

Oh no! “Louisiana Aryan” is on to me!

"Hate Club" held a demonstration in Columbus yesterday. A clear Blood Tribe rip off, they were formed by an individual who was quite active with BT (and GDL), but was spurned by the Ohio chapter's leadership back in October.

Read the full letter based on our report: www.warner.senate.gov/public/_cach...

Great coverage from @cecianasta.bsky.social on my new report examining extremist content on Steam. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

ABM is a growing white supremacist group to keep an eye on. They are intensely anti-immigrant, advocating for a white Christian ethnostate. Their ability to mobilize dozens of members has come quicker than I've seen with other similar groups. My glossary entry: extremismterms.adl.org/glossary/ame...

The Proud Boys want to own the libs by... celebrating on Juneteenth?