Thread by @afainatl

On 8/29, anti-vaxxers & anti-maskers will rally at Piedmont Park in Atlanta. Far-Right militias are expected to attend.

The rally is organized & promoted on the "Worldwide Georgia" Telegram channel. Say hello to channel owner "Hayloft44": Joshua Isaac Caleb Weintraub of Rome GA.

https://twitter.com/afainatl/status/1428391262965665793

How do we know that Josh Weinstraub is "Hayloft44", the owner of the "Worldwide Georgia" Telegram channel?

In one comment in the channel, "Hayloft44" states that he lives in Rome, Georgia.

On the MeWe social media site, there is a group named "Hayloft44".

In the chat for this MeWe group, a user named "Josh Weintraub" mentions that he is "Hayloft44" on Telegram.

There are only a couple Joshua Weintraubs in Georgia... and just one who lives in Rome, GA.

To cinch the ID:

In the "Hayloft44" MeWe group, there are two "Josh Weintraub" profiles -- seemingly a primary & then a backup account.

One profile owns the MeWe group. The other account's profile image shows a background that matches Joshua I.C. Weintraub's living space.

According to a comment in the "Hayloft44" MeWe group, Weintraub was part of mobilizations to overturn presidential election results in Georgia.

Weintraub/"Hayloft44" writes that "we were at burger house", i.e. protesting outside GA Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's home.

Joshua Weintraub has accounts as "Hayloft44" on Gab and Clouthub. He also had an account on Parler.

The Gab account shows that Weintraub was deeply involved in the QAnon movement.

On his Clouthub account, Weintraub advertised the July "Worldwide" rallies in Atlanta and Dalton GA.

Here is a good account of the July rally in Atlanta from @DSRWNews.

https://twitter.com/DSRWnews/status/1419801152611397638

An archive of Weintraub's posts on Parler includes a "sho[u]t out" to the far-Right street fighters of the Proud Boys. This was posted one day after 11/14/2020, when Proud Boys engaged in nighttime attacks in Washington, DC.

Parler archive: parler.adatascienti.st/user/Hayloft44

(CW: abuse/violence)
In 2018, Joshua Isaac Caleb Weintraub was charged with one count of "family violence - simple battery" in Floyd County.

A 2020 ruling suppressed the use of audio & video from this incident as evidence at trial. The state then decided to drop the prosecution.

As the owner of "Worldwide Georgia" on Telegram, Weintraub does not just rally against masks & vaccinations. His channel unites QAnon-ers, election conspiracy theorists & far-Right militias.

From a different channel: Weintraub knows that III% militias will attend the next rally.

We've already documented plans by the violent "III% Security Force" to rally on 8/29. III%SF's Jonathan Darsey is in Weintraub's channel.

Here are some other obvious militia guys in "Worldwide Georgia". ("W.T.P." on profile = We The People III% militia.)

https://twitter.com/afainatl/status/1425312743121379331

To conclude: Joshua Weintraub of Rome, GA was active in QAnon circles & attempts to overturn the presidential election.

Weintraub is now the owner of the "Worldwide Georgia" Telegram channel. He facilitates far-Right militia involvement within anti-vax/anti-mask mobilizations.