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Southern California-based research collective that monitors, shares and publishes information on local active clubs, hate groups, extremist spaces and the connections between larger neo-nazi networks.

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It’s still up on the State Dept. site, it’s just been moved to the archives from the previous administration.

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March 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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This is equal parts pathetic and tacky.
An excerpt from the article being quoted that reads: "In a set of pretrial hearings and motions over the limits of evidence in Russell's trial, federal prosecutors convinced US District Court judge James K. Bredar to allow in evidence of Russell's deep neo-Nazi indoctrination, including background about his founding role in the Atomwaffen Division. Russell's alleged involvement in the Terrorgram Collective is bolstered by a pendant allegedly recovered by FBI agents in a search of his home after his February 2023 arrest: The necklace is made of swastika-bearing beads that contains a larger golden swastika pendant with "Terrorgram" inscribed along the side."
January 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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“There is no political solution” is a favorite phrase of militant accelerationists.

This core belief isn’t about the desire to remove a single political party, and it certainly isn’t about praising any politician or party, both of which were expressed the Las Vegas bomber.
January 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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A couple of considerations:

The Hard Reset (the Terrorgram publication) and militant accelerationism in general revolves around a desire for total collapse of “the System”.

A call to action in order to “avoid collapse” is antithetical to the type of accelerationism ideology espoused by Terrorgram.
January 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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A meme where Marcia Brady says “Sure, Jan”, with the name “Evelyn” written over the name “Jan”.
December 15, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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According to her man, 'BoObS aRe DeGeNeRaTe' or whatever 🥴
A Twitter comment written by John Anthony Provenzano (aka: "Bullzeye") reads: "Especially not to a girl with her tits out on her pinned post." His comment is an unsolicited response to tweets written by two women. The first post reads: "I wonder if certain men know they're not boyfriend/husband material. I feel like I always hear about what's not "wifeable" but do they know they aren't husbandable? lol" The second post reads: "Most of them don't want to be boyfriends or husbands", followed by a laughing emoji.
December 5, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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...so the Qanazi pivoted to becoming a Twitter nazi.

But one thing we didn't know was that John Anthony Provenzano was working for the U.S. Navy.

But now everyone knows thanks to the Texas Observer's investigation.

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An image showing an excerpt from the Texas Observer article. The header reads: "John Anthony Provenzano/Utism_" Below the header is an image showing a screenshot of Provenzano's Twitter account. The caption reads: "Archived snapshot of the now deactivated @utism_ account" The text below reads: "Prior to being deactivated in October, the account utism_ (screen name Bullzeye) had around 70,000 followers and regularly posted pro-Nazi, pro-Hitler, and antisemitic content. Based on memory.lol (a tool developed by Travis Brown that tracks changes to X accounts), the account appears to be the second or third account created by the same user after prior accounts with the username JohnnyBullzeye were suspended. An old profile photo preserved in web archives from when Provenzano’s account was still named JohnnyBullzeye features the same words in a circle around the photo as the utism_ account: “You’ve just been fucked by psyops because physical wounds heal.” The old profile photo provided a face that image recognition programs matched with high probability to photos on other social media platforms including on an old Facebook account named 'John Anthony' with the username 'johnprovenzan0.'" A second image contains three screenshots with a caption that reads: "Left: Archive of previous twitter account with username “JohnnyBullzeye”; Center: Screenshot of instagram post showing a man with a similar looking face according to facial recognition tools, tagged with the username “Bullzeye_”; Right: Screenshot of Facebook account of a man named “John Anthony” with the username “johnprovenzan0” that facial recognition programs indicate is a high-probability match". The last paragraph included in the excerpt reads: "A database of hacked or leaked emails shows that Provenzano used the same username, JohnnyBullzeye, to create accounts on other websites that were associated with emails that include his first initial and last name."
December 5, 2024 at 5:49 AM
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John Anthony Provenzano had been acting as a personal cameraman for his ex-girlfriend, "citizen journalist" Toria Brooke.

Riding his ex's coattails and yelling at Steve Bannon about honey badgers wasn't enough for Provenzano to establish himself within the ranks of mid-tier Qonspiracy peddlers...
Images showing Instagram posts from 2022 where Toria Brooke tags John Anthony Provenzano ("Bullzeye") and credits him for filming the videos she posted, a Telegram post from Brooke's channel showing her sign off with the Qanon slogan "WWG1WGA", an undated social media post showing the couple snuggling with a message to their haters, and a random meme featuring the couple alongside Qanon 'influencers' "The Kate Awakening", "Pavel Patriot" and a third guy (we have no idea who he is).
December 5, 2024 at 5:49 AM
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It turns out, Crystal Farrar is a failed Playboy Playmate and wannabe fitness model turned diaper baby fetish model (and eventual neo-nazi).

(Not included is a photo of her Playboy Plus profile for obvious reasons)
Photos of Instagram posts featuring Crystal Farrar. The first post shows her sporting bright pink hair and a bikini, and the following three show her wearing oversized onesies.
December 5, 2024 at 5:49 AM
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It didn't take long to discover that the white power couple had already failed at becoming influencers in different realms before buying influence on Twitter through Musk's blue check pay-to-play scheme.
An image showing a blonde woman wearing glasses and an oversized onesie, screenshots from "CueBacca" and "Bullzeye" confirming that the two are both a couple and neo-nazis, and a photo of a stocky man who appears to be wearing an oversized flip-flop over his entire body.
December 5, 2024 at 5:49 AM
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"Cue Bacca" was identified through just two Twitter posts.

In one post, she told us exactly where she lived in Long Beach, CA.

In an archived post she had made using the same account back in 2019 she wrote, "My name is Crystal Farrar and I believe in fitness".

Her identity was quickly confirmed.
Screenshots from Crystal Farrar's Twitter account.
December 5, 2024 at 5:49 AM
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John Anthony Provenzano's girlfriend, Crystal Farrar (who went by "Cue Bacca") was leading an online campaign to try to get the ADL to designate the hedgehog as a hate symbol by using AI to create antisemitic and racist renderings of the cute critters and captioning them with an unclever hashtag.
A photo of a blonde woman wearing glasses next to screenshots from Twitter from user "Cue Bacca". The posts read: "Ok here’s the whole story: "KittenWaffy14 randomly posted a photo of a hedgehog one day with “HH #HappyHedgehog” in the caption. I immediately picked up on the innuendo, and started pushing it. Now it is our mission to get #HappyHedgehog on the ADL hate symbol list. HH \o" ""Thank you!!! It started as a way to bypass censorship by playing stupid and saying HH actually means #HappyHedgehog lol. But now I just want the ADL to claim the Hedgehog is a hate symbol so I’m just relentlessly pushing it. Also GM new fren!" "Oh haha. I’m trying to get the hedgehog listed as a hate symbol by the ADL for fun. Cuz HH means #HappyHedgehog... or does it? \o"
December 5, 2024 at 5:49 AM
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John Anthony Provenzano, one of the formerly anonymous Twitter neo-nazis exposed in this Texas Observer article, landed on our radar earlier this year - but it wasn't due to his status as a neo-nazi 'Twitter influencer'.

It was actually his girlfriend's tweets that first caught our attention.
An image showing a photo of a blonde woman who is wearing glasses and holding a baby Yoda, a screenshot showing the bios of two neo-Nazi twitter accounts ("Cuebacca" and "Bullzeye") and a photo of a stout man in a suit.
December 5, 2024 at 5:12 AM
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Thank you for covering the trial in real time and keeping us up to date on the case against Patrick Gordon MacDonald (aka: Dark Foreigner) (aka: the Canadian Nazi with a Kentucky Waterfall).
December 3, 2024 at 8:36 PM
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Amazing.

www.courtlistener.com/docket/63171...
A photo of Hulk Hogan and Anthony Hammer. Anthony is wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with the number 88 written across the front. A photo from court filings showing the same hooded sweatshirt was used as an exhibit in the case against Anthony Hammer. A screenshot showing the source of the exhibit: Court filings in United States v. Hammer
November 19, 2024 at 10:33 PM
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Court documents also mentioned comments Kyle Benton made in a Telegram chat run by Terrorgram leader Matthew Allison.

Benton encouraged others to commit acts of racially motivated murder (while Dallas Humber encouraged his encouragement).
Telegram chat comments between Kyle Benton (posting as "Free American Resistance Anti-State" and Dallas Humber (posting as "Ryder Returns") read: Benton: "Everyone loves saints and any lurkers in this chat, know that once you become a saint you will be in the annuls of time forever as a hero. You're already hated for being White, and they'll still hate you for being a White warrior. May as well gain the love and adoration of millions of awakened Whites across the world. Hall the Saints!" Humber: "Well said brother, HAIL" Benton: "Any sin of the past is instantly washed clean with the blood of our enemies." Part one of an excerpt from the Government's Response to Motion for Review and Revocation of Detention Order in United States v. Benton reads: History and Characteristics of the Person As with the nature and circumstances of the offense, Benton's history and characteristics also favor continued detention. In support of his motion, Benton offers letters of support from his family, former colleagues, and select friends, who attest to his work history, work ethic, and commitment to his friends and family. From these letters it is clear Benton successfully kept considerable aspects of his life compartmentalized and away from people. The investigation here shows that since at least 2020 Benton has been engaged with individuals and groups advocating for violence based on race and/or ethnicity. Not only has he been engaging with such groups he reported to others that he has been involved in recruiting others to join these groups. Moreover, he reported to others he views himself as a uniter of various white supremacist and alt-right groups. Although in his motion he suggests he was on a positive trajectory of change and that he had mostly withdrawn from posting racists and hateful language on social media, his recent postings show the opposite. In August of 2024, investigators observed a Telegram account associated with Benton posted about his activity to inspire action. In that Telegram channel he wrote, "Going into random chats and hyping up saints might get some weirdo to become a saint because he knows people will love him." Part two of an excerpt from the Government's Response to Motion for Review and Revocation of Detention Order in United States v. Benton reads: The same account then posted in another Telegram chat encouraging acts of homicidal violence. The account posted, "Everyone loves saints and any lurkers in this chat, know that once you become a saint you will be in the annuls of time forever as a hero. You're already hated for being White, and they'll still hate you for being a White warrior. May as well gain the love and adoration of millions of awakened Whites across the world. Hall the Saints!" As noted previously, the term “saint" in this community is reserved for individuals who kill at least one person in a deliberate attack in furtherance of a white supremacist worldview. Benton's solicitation to commit a crime of violence as recently as August of 2024 is of considerable concern for the safety of persons in the community, particularly minorities communities. Furthermore, while Benton has not committed acts of violence recently, the August 2024 postings demonstrate a different sort of danger: the solicitation of others to carry out crimes of violence. For an individual like Benton, who is a self-described leader and unifier of others operating in this community, his encouragement of others to carry out acts of violence in furtherance of his worldview is of particular concern because he has the ability to inspire and galvanize others to act on his words.
November 13, 2024 at 8:12 PM
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While Kyle Benton wasn't arrested or charged for his involvement with the Terrorgram Collective, his long-held neo-nazi beliefs and his ties to the transnational terrorist group were cited in court documents.
Part one of an excerpt from the Order on Motion for Review of Detention Order in United States v. Benton reads: Nature and Seriousness of Danger to Any Person or the Community In its response, the Government details Mr. Benton's troubling, recent, and extended history of extremist views and activities: An Army investigation of Mr. Benton (which concluded with an arrest in 2019) included an investigation of his social media accounts, which contained “anti-Semitic and neo-Nazi propaganda," as well as "violent extremist content." Mr. Benton "had been communicating with another about the idea of killing a homeless person to see how it would feel." He was a member of several extremist groups, including the O9A (Order of Nine Angles), “an occult-based, neo-Nazi, and white supremacist group." He actively recruited soldiers to join such groups. He expressed sympathy for Brenton Tarrant, the person who committed a shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019, and said he wanted to shoot up "the alphabet boys," a reference to federal law enforcement agencies, or a local police station. An FBI investigation of social media accounts linked to Mr. Benton uncovered "iconography and ideology in support of accelerationism, a white supremacist belief in violent action to precipitate societal and governmental collapse with an attendant race war." The online activity spanned "years." In 2021, Mr. Benton told a confidential source that he supported the Butler Plan, "which has, at its core, the creation of a white ethno-state in the Pacific Northwest." He also told the source that "he viewed himself as a leader and unifier of white supremacists and alt-right groups and that he wanted to recruit more individuals into his group." Part two of an excerpt from the Order on Motion for Review of Detention Order in United States v. Benton reads: In 2022, following the shooting of ten African Americans in Buffalo, New York, Mr. Benton wrote in a private Instagram message, "Today has been another glorious entry into the annals of Aryan Terror," and went on to celebrate the shooting. Also in 2022, a family member said Mr. Benton "regularly spoke about how Jews and African Americans needed to be killed." The family member also said that Mr. Benton "and his associates trained together in the woods frequently and that another training event was upcoming." Further investigation revealed that Mr. Benton was associated with Terrorgram, a network of Telegram accounts promoting "neo-fascist" ideology. The network has created “manuals on how to carry out acts of racially-motivated violence” and “a documentary extolling the attacks of so-called 'saints,"" a term referring to certain individuals who carry out racially motivated killings. In August 2024, a social media account associated with Mr. Benton posted about so-called “saints": "Going into random chats and hyping up saints might get some weirdo to become a saint because he knows people will love him." The account posted in a forum an image of Dylann Roof, the person who committed the shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, and called him "Saint Roof." The account went on to comment, "I f**king love the saints," and encouraged readers to become "saints." A social media account associated with Mr. Benton also posted a video of a person (identified by investigators as Mr. Benton) firing a fully automatic rifle.
November 13, 2024 at 8:12 PM
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Kyle Benton, a PNW-based neo-nazi accelerationist, was arrested on September 6 on firearms charges (the same day as Dallas Humber and Matthew Allison).

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Count 1 of the Grand Jury charges listed in the indictment in United States v. Benton reads: (Unlawful Possession of a Machinegun) On or about September 6, 2024, in Snohomish County, within the Western District of Washington, Kyle Christopher Benton did possess a machinegun, that is, a black M16 type 5.56x45 caliber rifle with no apparent markings. All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 922(0). Count 2 of the Grand Jury charges listed in the indictment in United States v. Benton reads: (Possession of an Unregistered Firearm) On or about September 6, 2024, in Snohomish County, within the Western District of Washington, Kyle Christopher Benton knowingly possessed a firearm which was not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, as required by law, that is, a Palmetto State Armory PA-15 5.56 x45 caliber rifle with an approximately 12-5/8 inch barrel, a rifle having a barrel of less than 16 inches in length. All in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Sections 5861(d) and 5845(a)(3).
November 13, 2024 at 8:12 PM
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The arrests of high-profile Terrorgram Collective leaders (Dallas Humber and Matthew Allison), as well as those of their highly stupid associates (Skyler Philippi), have made headlines recently.

But one Terrorgram-related arrest flew right under the radar: Kyle Christopher Benton.
A selfie taken by Kyle Christopher Benton, sporting a safety vest and hard hat with his name written across the brim, as he stares wild-eyed into the camera.
November 13, 2024 at 8:12 PM
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2011:
WE. ARE. THE 99%!

2024:
Oh, hell yeah. Things are looking up.
September 17, 2024 at 4:57 AM
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Last weekend the 'mixed martial artists' from both of SoCal's active clubs participated in separate MMA tournaments.

SCAC held their annual fascist fight night in the Inland Empire while CWC's co-founder got his ass whooped down in the Imperial Valley.

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September 4, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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IDENTIFIED: Nicholas Bauer is the founder of Crew 319, a short-lived neo-nazi group based out of Iowa.

Since moving back to San Diego, CA, he’s joined the ‘white power activists’ of Clockwork Crew in fucking around and finding out — the hard way.

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April 28, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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Ignite the Right: One Year Later

“A year in review: Coalition of anti-fascists ensure that participants of the deadly Unite the Right rally are still being identified.”

From @ignitetheright.net:

https://ignitetheright.net/ignite-the-right-one-year-later/
A graphic depicting images of some of the hundreds of Unite the Right participants who have been identified. The text overlaying the graphic reads: "Ignite the Right Year in Review 607 Faces Listed 320 Identified"
August 11, 2023 at 2:00 PM
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Tracing Sean Spaulding’s history with hate groups was a blast from the alt-right past. 

It was also more confirmation of an unsettling pattern we've observed over the past two years: So many of the familiar fashy faces from that era didn’t just fade into obscurity.

They're getting active again.
A series of three images showing a man in a bright mustard-yellow colored polo shirt. While his expression differs in each image, he consistently looks very confused.
July 4, 2023 at 2:57 AM
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Spoiler Alert: Sean Spaulding got his ass handed to him by a man with an uncanny resemblance (and matching tattoo) to another SoCal-based Unite The Right participant and Identity Evropa member: Sean Michael Miner.

Like Spaulding, Miner also rallied with RAM and appeared in the groups propaganda.
Two side-by-side images. The first image shows one bare chested man punching another bare chested man in the face. Both of their faces are blurred, but both have brown hair and beards. The man throwing the punch has his hair pulled back into a ponytail and has a tattoo with a very distinct pattern on his upper left chest. The second picture shows the same man, face and tattoo fully visible, back in 2018.
July 4, 2023 at 2:54 AM