THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
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This is his story. https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole?utm_source=blueskythread&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
There were debates over whether to commit acts of terrorism.
And they gave a unique, remarkably intimate window into questions like: Why do so many cops join militias?
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/prevalence-white-supremacists-law-enforcement-demands-drastic-change-2022-05-12/
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/27/white-supremacists-militias-infiltrate-us-police-report
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/racism-white-supremacy-american-policing-1167304/
The Vast Majority are men
stochastic terrorism- repeated use of hate speech or other vilifying, dehumanizing rhetoric by a political leader or other public figure that inspires one or more of the figure’s supporters to commit hate crimes or other acts of violence against a targeted person, group, or community.
The real answer is self-explanatory. Violent, militia-sympathetic types join police forces because that’s where they can violently exercise power until they discover a militia.
Experts warn that could trigger a renaissance for militant extremists, sending them an unprecedented message of protection and support.
Merrick Garland as AG was an unqualified disaster. Trump ought to be in prison with them.
Here’s some photos he provided from an Oath Keepers training.
I could see the Tangerine Twatwaffle ordering his minions to start killing democrats. He has come close already.
Anyone that has taken that oath and voted for Trump this time knowingly broke that oath.
Their word is shit. Their honor is shit. Their integrity is shit.
Deplorables
The oath keepers.are.the ones who do violence
With military tactics
When the.oath keepers stopped.coming to Berkeley
The trumpets had to run away
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aeudb1mf-Po
Bowling Green Ohio
Had an oath kepers store
for years
Now closed
https://www.facebook.com/bgindependentmedia/posts/just-posted-oath-keepers-set-up-shop-in-woodland-mallhttpbgindependentmediaorg20/1673953286188671/
No one bothered to to stop them or fascism.
The detective had 3 plaques mounted in his home inscribed with the same Hemingway line: “There is no hunting like the hunting of man."
Bookmarked for later, bravo!
But that was still the tip of the iceberg. Now the mole is coming forward.
My favorite author - can you tell? 😁
https://archive.org/details/esquiresfirstspo00unse/page/63/mode/1up?view=theater
I mean, it's obvious but folks still love to pretend it's a mystery.
Vibes 💯🤞✌️
The history of the Ku Klux Klan can teach...
https://www.vox.com/22229082/capitol-riot-insurrection-kkk-white-supremacy-supremacists
Were?
A doctor on the NationalBOD who led a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group.
Technically they are an irregular military force or mob that actual 2nd Amendment enacted & regulated militias were used in the past to fight.
Stay safe so now that we've come across you, we can keep reading your articles.
Also, for 20+ yrs, rightwing billionaires & foreign enemies saturated online media w emotional, weaponized manipulations. Constantly.
The FBI?
Most Americans will rebel against their sick ideas & bullying, once they realize who the REAL troublemakers are. Don’t give up!
I get the unsettling feeling that this kind of thing is going to become more frequent and necessary in years to come.
Well, I, for one, am shocked.
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well trained, heavily armed with radical idealogy. Absurdly undemocratic.
https://bsky.app/profile/joshtpm.bsky.social/post/3lewhne7o7c2y
To Josh and Propublica: thank you for giving me hope that Journalism in America is not dead yet.
“Williams” gives me hope that good Americans can prevail against these twisted home-made terrorists.
Very worried about Trump’s upcoming release of 1,000+ J6 militia criminals.
PATRIOTS protesting about a CORRUPT ELECTION that had MASSIVE FRAUD in it.
Fraud PROVEN in all 50 states at this point.
Post fixed FOREVAH!
All the local GOP trolls on my Congressman’s Facebook page IMMEDIATELY began blaming Antifa & BLM as soon as the J6 attack started. They KNEW in advance.
Exactly as planned in advance. The J6 attackers were told to wear black, so they could blame antifa.
Although there are several SLTrib journalists who could be the targets Williams was concerned about, my $ is on Bryan Schott who can now be found https://www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/about/
https://www.adl.org/resources/report/oath-keepers-data-leak-unmasking-extremism-public-life
https://bsky.app/profile/schotthappens.com/post/3lewkcdn3qs2s
https://bsky.app/profile/astucieuse.bsky.social/post/3lewht2oc5c2m
exposes many below-the-radar ties of Oath Keepers to elected officials & law enforcement. I wonder if you also found any paramilitary associations?
Are Oath Keepers and other “militias” on the terrorist organization list yet?
ProPublica handles their bizness, but to your point, folks not trying to hear the truth…😔😣😔
Most Americans will rebel against their sick ideas & bullying, once they realize who the REAL troublemakers are. Don’t give up!
It's easy to say..
but
ya haven't Proven it to them or anybody else
until
folk recall that we celebrate the "Well Reg'd" (Honorable) Defense of 13 "Free States" ea July & it's just our #1A
They "Peaceably Assembled & Petitioned the gov for Redress" again & again
Not at all like J6
Is the FBI on this? Before the #CriminalInChief takes office
They will recruit children, SA & kidnap women, especially young girls.
But they will also have territorial wars just like gangs. Chaos will ensue. Innocent's will die.
There are conservative multi wife Mormon towns were women & young girls are SA & imprisoned by their husbands. Forced to have children.
Religious cults like that exist all over this country.
Not denying their disgusting existence.
Thank you
But, I fear, too late.
Mind blowing 🤯
stole classified document and he didn't spent a day behind bars the hipocrisy .
All this because we had black president once. Morons. Every last one.
I'll bet it's bigger than 1.6%.
They wouldn’t sign if had to forfeit their militias.
Washington had no choice but to USE militias to fight British in American Revolution. TODAY: States have National Guard.
ZERO need for militias.
We need
Universal background checks
firearm registration & training
gun owner insurance
to reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban
Neal Brennan understands!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOSqCjMRXWA
And that says a lot about how beloved he was by everyone who isn't a militiaman.
To say y’all really only noticed it since Obama……..
I have to live with it everyday, everywhere I go.
Work, store, everywhere.
I’m 52 and from the time I was old enough to notice it’s only not been there when I’ve been asleep.
onus. Never did I see such blatant racism until then. I'm 53 🤦
On vas faire le plus.
Private militias are illegal in all 50 states. https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-political-violence-unlawful-paramilitaries-and-threats-to-democracy/state-fact-sheets/
e.g. https://mailchi.mp/reasonstobecheerful.world/year-in-cheer-5372521?e=950d5459ae
On yards all through the Midwest and TN, KY. It’s a pandemic in itself
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/10/5/17940610/trump-hitler-history-historian
Hitler led a coup on German govt. at age 25: armed himself he led the mob. He was arrested/convicted/imprisoned. A FELON he later ran for office and won.
Trump led coup on U.S. govt. A COWARD, he ordered others to fight.
But, was caught in a much smaller crime: election interference in 2016 where he HID infidelities to defraud voters. Convicted. Guilty of 34 felonies. THEN re-elected.
Now? We know Trump absolutely wants to abolish elections.
“If the US has someone whom historians will look back on as the gravedigger of American democracy, it is Mitch McConnell.”
Zack BeauchampOct 5, 2018
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putinism
Yup.
Question: I saw somewhere on bluesky that someone had done an investigation as to the approximate percentage of police and military that are Maga. Was that you, or do you know who?
I never thought they would elect Hitler as a response.
How recklessly naive of me.
China has one leader chosen by CCP representatives. No riots.
America has a democracy where you burn your own country down because one charismatic black guy got in 🤷🤷♀️🤷♂️
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-65231790.amp
In 1983, a movie called The Survivors came out which featured a survivalist group. Walter Matthau and Robin Williams were the stars.
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374605445/whentheclockbroke/
This was a great read, if you’re interested in some deeper history.
What we didn't count on was sooooo many people from the Middle just shrugging their shoulders at its return. And even worse they would admonish those of us who RIGHTFULLY wanted to harshly pushback against it.
Everyone on the left needs to buy guns.
Why are they like that??
The middle is no different from the far right. They’ll slow equality before slowing fascism.
@VP
Kids often idolize parents no matter what they do, and as for wives? Don't assume men are the only ones to hold views that the world needs "correcting". And who better to trust that "correction" to than your own mate?
Bluesky needs a "see everything this person posts" setting.
I currently have both lists and chrome bookmarks to do this.
Assume that’s the path.
✌️🇬🇧
I know it's convenient and grammatically easier. But we have legally sanctioned militias, so calling these groups by the same name gives them a veneer of acceptability.
in this case, there is absolutely no meaningful obstacle
I'm not sure the Next Occupant would want them under the color of law anyway, though. /1
I wouldn't be shocked to hear of an oath of personal loyalty eventually, either. That's how these things normally go. /2x
But if he does it anyway, and they come to *your* house, your argument that they were not constitutionally sanctioned may not matter much.
USC 10, §246 is the LAW that governs militias. It’s not the ‘He-Man Woman Hater’s Club’ of the Little Rascals. Can’t just call oneself a militia and BE one. There are ways these men COULD serve. State Defense. National Guard. Regular military.
Truth is? They are UNFIT for joining lawful militias.
But we both know it ain't happening.
😢
But I think there's a distinction to be made. /1
In any event, these paramilitaries very much more like the S.A. than the I.R.A. to me: open intimidation as opposed to surreptitious terror attacks and assassinations. /2
https://www.jandehn.com/post/i-beg-your-pardon
The US is no longer safe for any of us. I wish him well wherever he ends up
I especially appreciated your allegiance to fact-checking & digging deeper & deeper
(like a, er, mole! 😉)
I’m sorry I just… I’m annoyed at journalists holding onto info and letting what happened happen…
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-secret-ap3-militia-american-patriots-three-percent
Thanks.
They'd lose their goddamn minds.
Maybe next Christmas.
Enumclaw, where the men are men and the horses are scared.
It's hardly filthy.
Now if you went south--past King and Pierce County...?
You might run into a few.
But most of the state is the bluest of blue:
When it comes to politics. Not much Republican influence here.
Moms for Liberty are active as are America Firsters.
In the first place?
Same with people who are uneducated and dream of a national book ban across the board?
Being manipulated, brainwashed & goaded into attacking the US Capitol on January 6th?
And they will still hate their own government--even the Orange Dipshit they voted for?
The PNW (where I live) is infamously notorious with them.
I don't think that leaving the country will help, only that it will delay the inevitable.
Finally pushed that donate button.
We are no longer in a climate where truth can defeat the right.
Thanks @josh-kaplan.bsky.social and @propublica.org for opening my eyes yet again.
Plus, @propublica.org is national news at this point, no? It's an organization breaking important stories that the mainstream news is too bought and paid for to pursue.
It runs deep. I didn't realise how deep.
Tell John Williams he's a Patriot.
Court case "we have on record where you praised his genitalia, but now you say you didn't want to sleep with him?" Get the wrong judge and jury in the wrong county, you're screwed.
So, yes.
You go home and watch some TV after work. They go home and rant on Stormfront about the Jews and plan their next training session for the weekend with the terrorist cell.