The #ProudBoys and #Militias Come to Tesla’s Defense
After weeks of “Tesla Takedown” protests, #extremist groups are showing up to back Elon Musk’s beleaguered car company.
#tesla #musk
https://www.wired.com/story/proud-boys-and-militias-come-to-teslas-defense/
He's a traitor, according to MAGA, because he didn't say thank you after being brutally beaten on 1/6/21. If they are coming for this guy and his family, they will come for anyone. #tyranny #militias
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2025/01/27/michael-fanone-jan-6-pardons
Is there anyone in the fediverse who hasn’t read this extraordinary story? Just in case, we’re posting it here. It’s about John Williams, a man who infiltrated right-wing militia, and then shared what he found exclusively with @ProPublica. “Williams turned on a recording device and dialed. [Retired detective Bobby] Kinch picked up after one ring: ‘What’s going on?’ he bellowed. ‘How you doing, man?’ ‘I don’t know if you remember me,’ Kinch continued, but they’d met years before … ‘Well I’m the sitting, current national director of the Oath Keepers now.’”
https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole
The reporter who wrote the big @ProPublica militia story was interviewed on Democracy Now today
#militia #militias #Threepers #ThreePercenters #ProudBoys #PissBoys #Fascist #Fascism #Antifascist #Antifascism
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/7/the_militia_and_the_mole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yok7V3fVgUE
The #Militia & the Mole: How a #Freelance Vigilante :Infiltrated U.S. #Militias
A mole spent years infiltrating right-wing militias, never telling his family or the police. Here’s what he found.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole
Scary stuff. The militias are out to end America. #Militias #MAGA #GOP #Trump
Simply stunning and horrifying. Thank you Joshua Kaplan. "Sowing that distrust is why Williams is going on the record, albeit without his original name. He still plans to release thousands of files after this article is published — evidence tying sheriffs and police officers to the movement, his proudest coup, plus other records he hopes could become ammo for lawsuits."
Simply stunning and horrifying. Thank you Joshua Kaplan. "Sowing that distrust is why Williams is going on the record, albeit without his original name. He still plans to release thousands of files after this article is published — evidence tying sheriffs and police officers to the movement, his proudest coup, plus other records he hopes could become ammo for lawsuits."
#January6th #militias #OathKeepers #extremism
This is a shocking, breathtaking, and pretty frightening story. 
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
"Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter."
https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole
The militia… and the mole who exposed them. A long, fascinating read very much worth the time. #Militias #insurrection #Militants #DomesticTerrorism
https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole
A good read. Scary, as it shows the monsters are real.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole
This is one of the most gripping and informative articles I've read in some time – incredible work @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @propublica.org
https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole
Long article, but worth reading from @ProPublica
A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing #militias.
He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors and #government attorneys.
He sent ProPublica a massive trove of documents. The conversations that he secretly recorded give a unique, startling window into the militia movement.
Trump says he’ll pardon Jan 6 felons, this illegal order could lead to violence, as #militias are empowered.
“Experts warn that could trigger a renaissance for militant extremists, sending them an unprecedented message of protection & support. The infiltrator is John Williams.”
He revealed how the paramilitary mvt operates, & dangers the members pose.
The founder of a major 3 Percenter militia he infiltrated declined to comment- sent a follow-up email: “MAGA.”
#USPol
https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole
Reporting Highlights
A Freelance Vigilante: A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell his family or friends.
The Future of Militias: He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors and government attorneys. Experts say that militias could have a renaissance under Donald Trump.
A Secret Trove: He sent ProPublica a massive trove of documents. The conversations that he secretly recorded give a unique, startling window into the militia movement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole
"In the daylight, Williams dropped an envelope with no return address in a U.S. Postal Service mailbox. He’d loaded it with a flash drive and a gold Oath Keepers medallion.
It was addressed to me.
The documents laid out a remarkable odyssey. Posing as an ideological compatriot, Williams had penetrated the top ranks of two of the most prominent right-wing militias in the country. He’d slept in the home of the man who claims to be the new head of the Oath Keepers, rifling through his files in the middle of the night. He’d devised elaborate ruses to gather evidence of militias’ ties to high-ranking law enforcement officials. He’d uncovered secret operations like the surveillance of a young journalist, then improvised ways to sabotage the militants’ schemes. In one group, his ploys were so successful that he became the militia’s top commander in the state of Utah.
Now he was a fugitive. He drove south toward a desert four hours from the city, where he could disappear."
https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole
Well. uhn, this is alarming. [ProPublica]: The Militia and the Mole by Joshua Kaplan,January 4, 2024
A Freelance Vigilante: A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell his family or friends.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole
onathan S. O’Dell, 34, of Warsaw, Mo., and Bryan C. Perry, 39, of Clarksville, Tennessee were found guilty on Thursday, Nov. 7, of conspiracy to murder officers and employees of the United States government. They planned to travel to Texas to shoot at illegal immigrants crossing the United States – Mexico border. They also planned to murder officers and employees of the U.S. Border Patrol who would attempt to stop them."
