Wiley D Cope
wileydcope.bsky.social
Wiley D Cope
@wileydcope.bsky.social
researcher & occasional investigative reporter (allegedly)

wileydcope@proton.me
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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.
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MUST WATCH: Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill
A Phil Williams NC5 Investigates report on a neo-Nazi targeting kids online, telling them to prepare for a 'race war'
www.newschannel5.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Solidarity with Steven, and thank you for doing the work. I didn't realize he had been targeted by a bogus pizza delivery. This happened to me also.

The notion that someone could impersonate the FBI to make a false DV report (or worse yet, that the local PD just fabricated it) is really disturbing.
Last Thanksgiving, two Dallas Police officers knocked on my door, citing a tip from the FBI national threat operations center that I was beating my girlfriend. The incident report confirms this. Today, I obtained a file from the FBI via FOIA that states the FBI has no record of receiving such a tip.
November 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Last Thanksgiving, two Dallas Police officers knocked on my door, citing a tip from the FBI national threat operations center that I was beating my girlfriend. The incident report confirms this. Today, I obtained a file from the FBI via FOIA that states the FBI has no record of receiving such a tip.
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Today we published the last of three articles investigating the exposed web server for the neo-Nazi magazine Rope Culture. We’re identifying several far-right figures involved, including a Canadian Nazi podcaster-turned-Orthodox priest, a Danish metal musician, and a notorious American pedophile.
“Rope Culture” propagandists exposed and emails explored: From Iron March leaks to FashyLeaks
Part III: Exploring the podcasts hosted on the site and sifting through the private emails found in the web server leak
decoherence.media
October 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Based on data in the web server, the most common website that users were referred to Rope Culture from (clicking a link that took them to the Rope Culture website) was Facebook.
October 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Yesterday we published the first of 3 articles that investigate the exposed web server for the neo-Nazi magazine Rope Culture. Today we've just published the second part, which analyzes the published articles, reader comments, and web traffic data.
Uncovered: Identities and tactics behind the neo-Nazi “Rope Culture” web server
Part II: Examination of the magazine's publication decisions, its odious commenters, and the platforms that promoted it
decoherence.media
October 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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MUST WATCH: Tennessee sheriff defends jailing liberal activist for posting Trump meme about school shooting www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Tennessee sheriff defends jailing liberal activist for posting Trump meme about school shooting
A Middle Tennessee sheriff is defending the arrest of a man for posting an online meme quoting President Donald Trump.
www.newschannel5.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Extremely important legal analysis about what happens if the FTO designation gets applied to “antifa.” if you’re organizing against the far right, you absolutely need to read this.
October 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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MUST WATCH: He thinks Hitler may have been right, now he wants a Whites-only community in Tennessee www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
He thinks Hitler may have been right, now he wants a Whites-only community in Tennessee
He thinks Adolf Hitler may have been right. He talks about preparing for civil war. And, now, he hopes to establish a Whites-only community in Tennessee.
www.newschannel5.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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We found the exposed web server of Rope Culture, a neo-Nazi online magazine from the same Nazis behind the notorious Iron March forum. It contains hundreds of email addresses of the site’s commenters, emails sent to & from their mail server & the IP address of every visit to the site.
Neo-Nazi “Rope Culture” Web Server Reveals the Structure and Culture of a Far-Right Network
Part I: The exposed web server of Rope Culture, a neo-Nazi online magazine, contains a trove of data for understanding the transnational far-right
decoherence.media
October 27, 2025 at 3:55 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.
October 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Meta did not reply to multiple requests for comment.
October 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Insane article from @wileydcope.bsky.social about how Active Club and Patriot Front members started the American franchise of a sketchy Russian bareknuckle boxing promotion
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 8:43 PM
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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...
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
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Pro tip: if you're trying to hide the location of your latest far-right 'fight night' all the blurring and and tight shots won't help you if you host it in a place with bright orange walls (and also lie to the owner about why you're renting the place)

www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09...
Geolocating an Active Club 'Fight Night' in San Diego
An orange wall helped Bellingcat identify the location of an annual far-right event attended by neo-Nazis and white nationalists.
www.bellingcat.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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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...
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.
September 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Far-right fight nights are events bringing together combat fighting, extremist bands and merch, in an attempt to bring in new recruits and solidify existing relationships. @colborne.bsky.social locates the latest event for a California-based group: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/09...
Geolocating an Active Club 'Fight Night' in San Diego
An orange wall helped Bellingcat identify the location of an annual far-right event attended by neo-Nazis and white nationalists.
www.bellingcat.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM