Now that everyone's talking about how Kenneth Chesebro, architect of Trump's fake electors plot, was at the Capitol with Alex Jones on Jan 6, let's think about how bad that is. Because Jones was used for a strategic purpose in the Capitol attack. And Chesebro was watching. 1/
It is clear that Alex's movements serve the Capitol attack. The crowd was too thin; the MPD arrive and stall the attack. Alex then gets a call to come to the Capitol. Once there he helps move the mob where they need to be to help in breaches. Chesebro was with him, filming. 2/
Chesebro isn't with Alex in the morning; he connects up with Alex only on Capitol grounds. Once Alex arrives, the NW Scaffolds are taken in a rush. Alex then urges the crowd to move East, where the next breaches will soon happen. From this point on, Chesebro stays with him. 3/
Much of their journey is covered in the CNN article. But, it's important to emphasize: Chesebro is not just a tourist, or an Alex Jones fan. He keeps his camera pinned on Alex's group almost the entire time, dropping it only for a few key moments. 4/ cnn.com/2023/08/18/pol…
Chesebro drops his camera to check his phone, or to lift his hat - could be nothing, but it's a gesture we see used at the Capitol to signal. As he walks up across the NW path, leading the Jones group, he lifts his hat just as the first flag goes up on the NW Scaffolds. 5/
Jones' group round the corner of the Capitol onto the E. Plaza at 2:02 PM, 5 minutes after a group including Proud Boys tore down the barriers. (Remember Joe Biggs, one of the Proud Boys leaders, is Alex Jones' former employee). Once there, they wait. This is 2:05:33 PM. 6/
At 2:05:56 PM (to +/- a few s), Chesebro gets some kind of text on his phone, lifts his hat again, looks around the E. Plaza, and then looks back down at his phone. It is now 2:06:04 PM. Seconds later, the crowds break the police lines on the East steps. 7/
At that point the entire Jones group moves forward partway down the E. Plaza, then abruptly halt again. Chesebro is in the lead, but angles his camera to catch Jones. The stop-start progress of Jones' group is striking on Jan 6. Tim Enlow, Jones' right-hand man, steers him. 8/
What Chesebro is doing at the Capitol is fundamentally tied to what Alex Jones is doing there. We know Jones was paid to come, that Tim Enlow arranged it, that Alex waffles and fudges, and yet that he is always in the right place, on time, matching events at the Capitol. 9/
Chesebro watches while Alex goes up the E. Steps at 2:17 PM. Other VIPs run over to join Alex's group; Alex gives a half-hearted speech, stopping and starting, then says "lets go down". Two minutes after Alex descends, the Columbus Doors are thrown open for the first time. 10/
Alex stops at the back of the E. Plaza for 15 minutes, blaming Antifa and provocateurs to his InfoWars listeners. He is the most reluctant revolutionary you can imagine. At 2:38 PM, as the Columbus Doors are opened for a 2nd time, he bugs out. 11/
Chesebro stays with Alex as they leave the Capitol, taking an odd path. InfoWars had rented a rooftop at 101 Constitution overlooking the W Capitol, but the group head EAST instead, around the Russell Senate Office building. Flagged by volunteers in 2022; no-one knows why. 12/
By 3:26 PM they are at 101 Constitution, since Michael Coudrey sends a text: "We are across from the Capitol on the rooftop". Jones and Shroyer blame Antifa even as fighting at the tunnel and the North Doors rages behind them, for over an hour more. 13/
Alex Jones' importance was clear from the start. He moved strategically; the Proud Boys openly coordinate with those movements. The J6C showed us Alex was paid, and that he was tied to very high levels. Now Chesebro shows he was watched on Jan 6. 14/
Alex Jones was one of the first J6 figures to get a 'reel' of his movements, with footage found by #SeditionHunters. @StevieG54099097 has now made an updated version, 25 minutes long. Use it to understand: Alex is central to the attack that day. 15/ rumble.com/v38vfg6-alex-j…
New resource for journalists: a slightly longer version of the Alex Jones reel, 33 minutes. All primary sources are listed in the notes field, with links to live or archived versions of videos. Watch it, use it. Sunshine is the best disinfectant. 16/ rumble.com/v38ynrq-alex-j…
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The Trump-appointed chairman of the panel approving his fascist arch turns out to be an architect who restores palaces in Russia, lectures in Russia, and publishes in Russia: Rodney Mims Cook Jr., son of a famous GA politician, a cartoonishly pretentious monument builder. 1/
The current version of Rodney Mims Cook Jr.'s floridly self-aggrandizing website lists five lectures or presentations in Russia (including at the Kremlin) and one at the Russian embassy in DC. He's proud of his ties (h/t @nycsouthpaw) 2/
Another bio for Rodney Mims Cook Jr. (oddly, he's on the board of a Caribbean medical school) omits a talk at 'Spaso House, Russia' and a 2017 presentation at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, but does include writings in Izvestia and Pravda. 3/
The only bright side of the DOJ's disgusting effort to vacate the convictions of the Proud Boys who led the Jan 6 Capitol attack (they weren't pardoned, just commuted): now they can all be subpoenae'd to testify and can't plead the 5th anymore. They'd have to talk. 1/
The next DOJ dirty trick to watch for is an attempt to throw the pipe bomber case, to let Brian Cole wiggle out scot-free by casting doubt on the case. He's already filed a motion fingering an innocent cop. Expect Todd Blanche to do everything in his power to help him. 2/
The Jan 6 pipe bombs were deeply connected to many people including sitting Congressmen. No way do Trump and Blanche want any of that to come up in court. They will want that case to go away and if they will work the corrupt DOJ to make it go away quietly. 3/
It's great that autocrat Viktor Orban, the model for MAGA, was crushed in Hungary's election today. But prep for backlash: Trump's backers will rush to grab what they can before he falls too. Trump is already paying off the techbros by seizing SF's Presidio for them. 1/
The techbros have dreamed of taking San Francisco's beautiful Presidio for decades; they want it for a dreamed-of libertarian "Freedom City" they'd rule. The plot is sophomoric and nutty but dangerously real. Trump's been helping them since 2023. 2/ bsky.app/profile/capito…
The broligarchs plotting to take the Presidio are among the richest men in America but @PoojaSalhotra's NYT article makes not one mention of them, saying only vaguely that Trump wants to "reshape the bureaucracy." 3/ archive.is/dNlhJ nytimes.com/2026/04/12/us/…
For those still behind: Melania's Epstein presser yesterday ("I was not a participant") was almost certainly driven by Amanda Ungaro, an Epstein victim who had a child with Paolo Zampolli, who brought Melania to the US. Zampolli just got Ungaro deported; she's vowing revenge. 1/
Back in the 1990s Paolo Zampolli, a friend of Trump and Epstein, created "ID Models" and brought the young Slovenian Melania Knaus to the US. She hooked up with Epstein, then Zampolli introduced her to Trump. She's now your First Lady and seems worried about this past. 2/
Zampolli started a relationship with a young Epstein victim, Amanda Ungaro, and had a child with her. In 2025, he decided to solve his custody dispute by getting ICE to deport Ungaro, then taking the child. She's now vowing to tell all in revenge. 3/ oglobo.globo.com/mundo/noticia/…
Let’s talk about Graham Platner’s Big Lie. In 2009, at the height of the Gulf War, the Marines barred him from active duty. Platner claims it was his forearm tattoos. But his one forbidden tattoo was the Nazi symbol on his chest. He left the Marines rather than give it up. 1/
This thread is not about whether Platner is a Nazi. It’s about how he lies like a toddler when he’s cornered. And that’s enough. He’s not electable, and Susan Collins knows it. You can too, if you can read this thread, or this 18-page document. 2/ docs.google.com/document/d/1fN…
Back to 2009: Platner had finished 4 years active duty and enrolled in college, but quickly dropped out and wanted to go back to war. The Gulf War was raging; the Marines were so shorthanded they were recalling servicemen to duty. But they didn’t want Platner. 3/
Dec. 18, 2020 was the decision point that set the Capitol attack in motion. Around midnight, Flynn and Byrne were kicked out of the White House. At 1:42 AM Trump sent the first message about Jan 6 instead. But Jan 6 failed, and now Trump is desperate. 2/
Flynn and Byrne, the two key men Trump has asked to help him steal the 2026 election, were both compromised by Russian agents. Flynn dined in Moscow with Putin. Byrne was seduced by Russian agent Maria Butina. And now they want to steal your vote. 3/