Guessing somebody (e.g., admin figure, DOJ careerist, SPLC) put this case together out of existing info and pitched it as something Biden admin could use to make an early splash.
The question isn't the case; the question is: once they start shaking Ricky Vaughn, what falls out?
* the investigation evidently got started with a re-interview of Paul Nehlen on October 5, 2020
* four co-conspirators are listed by twitter id number, but not account name
it's focused on a couple of DM groups in which he was involved, called "Fed Free Hatechat," "War Room," and "Infowars Madman," of which the feds evidently have archives (and it sounds like they have substantial twitter archives)
Wonder who the co-conspirators are.
update: those accounts were down but somebody kept archives
and uh this is *not* a good month for Baked Alaska
ME. “And you’ll never guess what the Boogaloo Bois did next!”
EVERYBODY WHO READS MY TWITTER, dully and in unison. “They kept using Discord”
ME. “THEY KEPT USING DISCORD” leftcoastrightwatch.org/2021/01/citize…
“well, there’s the official proof the Boogaloo is a right-wing movement”
“the content of their Discord, huh”
“...content?”
RADICAL RIGHTIES. “The entire platform of Discord is compromised!Let’s go elsewhere”
ME. “Gonna make one big chatroom?”
RR. “Uh, yeah”
ME. “Gonna advertise it via general publicity in public forums?”
RR. “Of course”
ME. “Gonna let anybody join?”
RR. “Absolutely”
ME. “...carry on”
Very interesting after-action report from the Hard Lefty side of December 12 in DC. Quite unlike Hard Righties’ comments in similar circumstances: Hard Lefties are very tactically minded and are also willing to admit failure when they fail. itsgoingdown.org/d12-report-bac…
Hard Lefties also think socially, in terms of making friends.
Lots of frank thought about successes and failures, with ideological shoring-up after having had to rely on police protection.