Michael John Helterbrand of "The Base" white supremacist murder conspiracy in Georgia will enter a guilty plea later today at Floyd County Superior Court.

Helterbrand and two others conspired to murder a Georgia couple who they believed to be part of Atlanta Antifascists. Image
Helterbrand's co-defendants in the Georgia conspiracy case, Luke Austin Lane and Jacob Oliver Kaderli, both have motion hearings on Friday.

However the court has not specified the nature of the motion. ImageImage
One of the people targeted by The Base's murder conspiracy had earlier been listed in articles by racist propagandist Bradley Dean Griffin, which claimed to expose "Georgia Antifa[scists]". Griffin strongly suggested those being named were part of our org.
Here's a profile of our organization in the aftermath of The Base arrests.

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19 Nov
THREAD: The last two defendants from "The Base" murder conspiracy in GA were sentenced today, to six and thirteen years respectively. A third defendant was sentenced to twenty years on Wednesday.

Here's some background on the neo-Nazi murder conspiracy.
Luke Austin Lane, the leader of the Georgia cell, believed that the couple he was targeting for murder were "affiliated" with Atlanta Antifascists.

Murdering the couple was meant as punishment for antifascists identifying neo-Nazis.

(Text: from affidavit in support of arrests.) Image
Neither of the targets were members of our group.

However, one of them was listed a series on Brad Griffin's racist Occidental Dissent website purporting to expose "Georgia Antifa[scists]". The series heavily suggested those listed were part of our org.
Read 21 tweets
4 Sep
Longtime neo-Nazi Michael Carothers (AKA Michael Weaver) poses with racist & antisemitic US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene at today's "anti-[vax] mandate" rally in Rome GA.

Carothers has served a sentence for attacking Black man in Columbus GA. He attended 2017's "Unite the Right". Image
Carothers has been involved in hardcore white supremacist organizations such as the World Church of the Creator & the National Alliance.

His "White Information Network" blog--finally taken down by blogspot this year--supported racist bombers and murders.
Read 5 tweets
3 Sep
Yesterday, Real America's Voice held an event in Cartersville GA.

Neo-Nazi Michael Carothers ("Michael Weaver") asked Bartow Co. Board of Education chair Derek Keeney--now running for State Senate--about "anti-white discrimination".

Keeney pandered to the Nazi's talking point.
Carothers/Weaver is a longtime white supremacist who was active in organizations such as the World Church of the Creator and the National Alliance.

He has a conviction for attacking a Black man in Columbus, Georgia.
Carothers attended 2017's "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, VA alongside white power propagandist Brad Griffin.
Read 10 tweets
3 Sep
The "Christian Veterans United" conference featuring Jew- and women-hater Roosh Valizadeh has now been canceled.

Anti-trans writer Michael Robillard was the conference's public face. But someone named Jason was "event coordinator" according to correspondence. Who is Jason? A 🧵. Image
Michael Robillard referred to a "business partner" and veteran, "David Wilson," who was helping bring Valizadeh to metro ATL. archive.is/qMIch

"David Wilson" is a conveniently common name. Someone with that name may have been involved but Jason seemed to do the real work. Image
The phone number listed by Jason in his "Christian Veterans United" correspondence seems to be a VoIP number with a generic voicemail message. It wouldn't be surprising if Jason also used other numbers.
Read 18 tweets
31 Aug
Patriot Front -- an openly fascist and white supremacist organization -- seem to have distributed propaganda at Trump's Cullman, Alabama rally earlier this month.

Patriot Front claim that they are not pro-Trump, but they often flyer Trump rallies expecting a positive reception. Image
In May 2019, a Georgia member of Patriot Front with the alias "John GA" traveled to Florida, to give out PF flyers at Trump's Panama City Beach appearance.

<3 months later, "John GA" and Chris Brooks targeted Columbus GA synagogues for Patriot Front.
Read 4 tweets
31 Aug
On the site for his District 14 labor commissioner run, GA State Senator @BruceThompsonGA confirms he's speaking at the upcoming Christian Veterans United conference. (Venue info is old, though.)

He will speak alongside notorious antisemite & male supremacist "Roosh" Valizadeh. ImageImageImage
Campaign page archive link: archive.is/DHXqe
Here's our original story. Bruce Thompson refused to clarify why he was listed as speaking at the women- and Jew-hating event.
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