#SeditionHunters have heard a lot about PA & AZ; now it’s time for NV! You may know that Proud Boys just tried to take over the GOP in NV’s largest county. On Jan 6, a suspicious meet-up is tied to Joey Gilbert, potential NV gov, & to Vets for Trump. Hang on for tangled thread 1/
On Jan 6, a group incl. Joey Gilbert (#PurpleMeathead) pushed through police barricades on the E. Plaza, then gathered on the E. steps just before the arrival of Alex Jones & Ali Alexander. We called these 3 #GnarleyParley, #WoodlandNorris, and #KleenKutKen. All are from NV. 2/
#GnarleyParley is Warren Gilbert of Reno, NV, Lt. Col. Marines (ret.), Joey’s dad. Served on NV Homeland Security Commission 2011-2019, advising on “potential acts of terrorism”. Maybe he’s now trying out domestic terrorism from the other side? (At R is III%er Rocky Pastorino) 3/
At the Capitol on Jan 6, Warren Gilbert was photographed on the E. Plaza with a group including anti-vaxxer #IamTyBollinger, Bikers for Trump, and Vets for Trump officials #IamTeddyDaniels of PA & #IamAnthonyLamotta (out on bail on federal weapons charges). 4/
#WoodlandNorris is Boone Cutler of Reno, NV, U.S. Army veteran (infantry and “Tactical PsyOp in Iraq”, per his site), former podcaster and radio host (Fox News) on veteran’s affairs. #KleenKutKen is Wade Cutler, an intern in Joey Gilbert’s law firm. 5/
Boone Cutler is involved with Vets for Trump - here he is with co-founders Joshua Macias and Vlad Lemets at the 2019 DC “Faith and Freedom Coalition” conference (selfie from Lemets’ FB with Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA). Next pic is them at the conference dinner. 6/
Macias was also at the Capitol on Jan 6, with LaMotta; both went to Philly with guns in Nov. to disrupt the vote count. Cutler’s website: “America has become disgusted with the political climate of today so the only place to turn to and trust for leadership is the Warfighter.” 7/
Cutler & Lemets appear in a Vets for Trump promo film with a theme: U.S. should stop fighting wars abroad, come home to fight leftists. Rear Adm. Kubic: “America was spread too thin.” Narrator: “We never imagined that the wars could come to our shores.” 8/ vimeo.com/boonecutler
Cutler: “We’re standing for the only candidate..that protects the sovereignty of America” Lemets: U.S. must “..fight an emerged asymmetrical threat on our shores - this requires that we strengthen America’s core.” Lemets himself was born & raised in Russia, enlisted in 2005...9/
..began Vets for Trump 2015. In 2019, the Vietnam Vets of America found the group’s FB page “was run entirely by foreign entities”, “infamous Macedonian trolls” who also ran disinformation campaigns in 2016. Lemets & Macias say they were naive & duped. 10/ washingtonpost.com/technology/201…
VVA began researching disinformation when their identity was stolen and used to post fake news. Read their report to the House Committee on Veteran’s Affairs, “Hijacking our Heroes”. VVA warned of disinformation in 2020 too... 11/ vva.org/wp-content/upl… washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
..and tried to reach out to veterans in their #Protect2020 campaign. “This is psychological warfare taken to an extreme, and it impacts our national security.” washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
So NV perps lead us to the radicalization of vets…
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..but NV also warns us about radicalization of local politics. This month NV saw “open warfare..between state & local [GOP] officials over a pro-Trump insurgency involving far-right activists w/ ties to the Proud Boys” (Politico)13/ politico.com/news/2021/05/2… reviewjournal.com/news/politics-…
NV might be a roadmap of the future: Jan 6 perps are seeking office in 4 swing states where they would have authority over elections..
NV: Gilbert (Gov, pot.)
PA: Mastriano (Gov), Daniels (U.S. Congress)
AZ: Finchem (Sec. of State)
MI: Kelley (Gov) 14/
Finally, doxxing people is never done lightly. Naming a Capitol #SeditionVIP happens only after screening by a team to verify identity, location, and importance, & vetting the resulting thread. But when perps touch on national politics, it’s important to tell their stories. 17/
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As Israel's Netanyahu hysterically calls US campuses "horrific..German[y] in the 1930s", remember who took him to power: the divisive US operative Arthur Finkelstein, who also gave us autocrat Viktor Orban, antisemitic conspiracy theories, and indirectly, Donald Trump. 1/
From 1970, Finkelstein changed politics in the US and around the world with virulently negative campaigns that pushed fear & division ("rejectionist voting"), microtargeted messaging, 3rd party spoilers, and a complete disregard for truth and values. 2/ nytimes.com/2017/08/19/us/…
Finkelstein, who was both Jewish and gay, won races for homophobic candidates with antisemitic messaging. It's beyond twisted. He got Bibi elected in 1996; Bibi referred him to Viktor Orban - and to help Orban win he created the George Soros conspiracy. 2/ buzzfeednews.com/article/hnsgra…
Tonight the Ukraine aid bill finally passed. That vote lets us ask: does being "anti-Ukraine" correlate with "pro-insurrection"? Answer: it sure does, especially in the Senate. The 18 Senators who voted no tonight (or didn't vote) all lie in the top 22 of Senate Jan 6 scores. 1/
None of the 8 Senators most culpable in supporting Trump's attempt to seize power Jan 6 voted for Ukraine aid. That's Cruz (TX), Tuberville (AL), Hawley (MO), Marshall (KS), Johnson (WI), Blackburn (TN), Lee (UT), and Paul (KY). 2/ docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
Of the other 8 Senators who did something measurable in support of Trump's Jan 6 coup, half voted against aiding Ukraine. One of the yeses is Steve Daines, who earlier today voted against breaking the filibuster at all. (Another is Lankford who wrote the aid bill.) 3/
The newly-released transcript of Walt Nauta's 2022 FBI interview is interesting for what it says about the investigation: FBI talked to him just four days after he started moving boxes at Mar-a-Lago. A week later, Nauta helped load boxes into an SUV to be taken to Bedminster. 1/
Trump was subpoenaed for documents "bearing classified markings" on May 11, 2022. Evan Corcoran warned him Mar-a-Lago might be searched; box-moving started May 22 and went to June 2. By June 19 Trump seemed to prep a defense that he'd declassified them. 2/ docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
On June 19 Trump designated new representatives to the National Archives, including Kash Patel. On June 22 Patel started a PR binge about declassification, the same day Trump got a subpoena for security cam footage that would have shown Nauta. Events were moving very fast. 3/
The week that was, the world we're in: terrorists attacked Moscow and Russia's friends blamed Ukraine. Elon Musk and friends tried to squash free speech. JFK Jr. picked Musk's ex-lover as VP. The religious right (note the Ted Cruz-Josh Hawley axis) tried to ban mifepristone. 1/
Note how the mifepristone case went through a 3-judge chain: first Matthew Kacsmaryk, sworn in by James Ho, whose wife got payments from ADF, which brought the suit. Then to Ho, sworn in by Clarence Thomas, whose wife got payments from Harland Crow, who hosted the ceremony. 2/
This case shows the creeping influence of "religious liberty" legal advocacy groups. Matthew Kacsmaryk and James Ho both worked for First Liberty; so did Mike Johnson, briefly, before he went to ADF, which hired Josh Hawley's wife, who argued the suit. 3/ firstliberty.org/news/taking-th…
Several former military officers filed a brief in Trump's immunity case today. One is Keith Kellogg; that name matters! Kellogg was with Trump all morning on Jan 6. Kellogg, part of Trump's inner circle since 2016, was also on the call that led to Trump's 1st impeachment. 1/
Here's Keith Kellogg in the Oval Office with Trump on Jan. 6 morning. He was there when Trump called Mike Pence, threatened him, called him a 'pussy'. Any filing by Kellogg is intended to help Trump. 2/
In 2016, when Trump named a council of 5 foreign policy advisors, pundits were baffled: why these guys? Keith Kellogg, Carter Page, George Papadopoulos, Joseph Schmitz, and Walid Phares, all obscure - but all are now tied to Russia and/or to Jan. 6. 3/
Why do politicians endorse Trump in lockstep? Because today's GOP controls its members via threats and kompromat. Consider Rep. Matt Rosendale: elected 2022, announced for Senate, withdrew after 6 days, now is leaving politics entirely: "death threats" and "defamatory rumors". 1/
The Hill mentions whispers about "impregnating a staff member", others suggest his interests swing another way. It doesn't matter which; this is how the GOP rolls. People with secrets are useful - and easily disposed of if they do not comply. 2/ thehill.com/homenews/house…
In a world of secrets, journalism is essential: exposing secrets removes their power. Rosendale is out but others are still in: Mike Johnson and Matt Gaetz with their "adopted sons". Elon Musk with his ever-shifting stories about his education. So many more. Who will report? 3/