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Feb 27 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
A special update on the Hitler praising antisemitic Florida lawyer William Bavier who we revealed Last year to be behind the infamous “attorney fren” Twitter persona.

He is now working immigration cases for the prominent Miami law firm of Alex Hanna @AlexHannaLawyer 1/ Top left: Screen shot of Alex Hanna law firm website which advertises immigration services.   Top right: Twitter post by William Bavier aka “attorney fren” posting a GIF of Hitler with text “I miss him 😢😭”  Bottom left: LinkedIn profile picture of Miami-Fort Lauderdale attorney William Bavier, aka “attorney fren.”   Bottom right: Dec 18, 2023 Facebook post by Alex Hanna law firm with William Bavier in center.   All images from public sources and posted as part of our ongoing coverage of far-right extremism. How did we find him?

Easy. William Bavier, aka “attorney fren,” has a Florida bar profile which lists his email address as “” and it took only minutes to find him in a December 2023 social media post from Alex Hanna’s law firm @AlexHannaLawyer. 2/ alexhanna.com
Top left: William Bavier’s current LinkedIn profile.   Top right: William Bavier’s Florida bar profile with mailing address that matches Alex Hanna’s law firm and with email as “alexhanna.com”   Bottom left: Social media posting from Alex Hanna law firm with William Bavier, center, wearing white button up shirt and an ill fitted sports coat.   Bottom right: Image showing caption for bottom left image. Posted Dec 18, 2023 with caption “Merry Christmas from our Immigration law department at Alex Hanna PA.”   All images from public sources and posted as part of our ongoing coverage of far-righ...
Jan 8 • 17 tweets • 8 min read
Meet groyper Haralambos Alejandros Sarris (age 24) aka "Harris Walker" / "Hardy Walking" / "HW" / "Baby Driver" of Davie, #Florida!

HW is a streamer and neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes sycophant with absolutely horrendous behavior. Let’s go! 🔥

1/🧵 Image Offline, Haralambos Sarris has attended numerous events across the US in support of leaders in the America First groyper movement.

Here he is at the Million Maga March in Washington, DC, meeting up with Nick Fuentes. 2/ Image
Dec 18, 2023 • 12 tweets • 8 min read
BREAKING - Miami Young Republican @MiamiYRs board member & Proud Boy associate Barbara “Barby” Balmaseda is finally arrested on felony charges for her role in Jan 6th. #PinkGaiterPBG

She’s well connected in local GOP circles and we’ve been tracking her the whole time… 1/
Image Let’s dive in. But first, see the below thread for local media coverage. 2/
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Dec 4, 2023 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
The holidays are coming early for South Florida’s Proud Boys! 🎁🕎

Let’s give a warm introduction to 29 year old Jan 6 rioter Brian Patrick Connerton of Sunrise, FL. This Proud Boy is also formerly streamer “lauderdudecreates” and the nerdy Souncloud rapper “yung caprisun.” 1/ Top left: Proud Boy Brian Connerton at a BBQ meet up for Floridians First, a defunct Proud Boy front group run by Broward attorney & Proud Boy Gabe Carrera.   Top right: Brian with former PB leader Enrique Tarrio posted on his “lauderdudecreates” account.   Bottom left: Brain, highlighted by blue square, inside one of the tunnels leading inside the Capitol on J6.   Bottom center: Brain posing in a group picture with Broward Proud Boys.   Bottom right: Brian holding a sign near the Capitol building on Jan 6.   All photos from public sources and posted as part of our ongoing coverage of far-r... In July 2023 the Broward Proud Boys made the mistake of posting this group picture of themselves in a lonely industrial lot.

We instantly recognized Brian (bottom left), who was previously identified but missing his own thread, and we also learned he was still active! 2/ Note the Totenkopf Nazi SS image over the face of the bottom center Proud Boy, likely Miami Villain City Proud Boy Alex Gonzalez.
Oct 18, 2023 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
This Saturday, Oct 21, anti-LGBTQ groups Moms for Liberty & others will once again be spreading hate in Fort Lauderdale.

Today we will introduce a participant of the previous Dec 6, 2022 held by all the same groups: Say hello to Gisela Suarez @GISELS007 of Sunrise, FL. 👋 1/ Top left: Flyer for Oct 21, 2023 rally held by Moms for Liberty and similar far-right groups. The flyer is nearly a duplicate of the Dec 6, 2022 rally held by all the same groups and which hosted a large contingent of Proud Boys.   Top right: Gisela Suarez holding a sign at the Dec 6 rally. Photo posted on her public social media account.   Bottom left: telegram profile for Gisela showing her name and with nearly identical username to her Instagram account.   Bottom right: Gisela posting in the telegram group of “Revolution of Revival” a religious group organized by Miami based far-right QA... Gisela Suarez of Sunrise, FL is in deep with far-right politics: anti-vaccine, pizzagate conspiracy, gay people are the devil and in her own words is familiar with the Proud Boys who attended the Dec 3, 2022 rally. 2/
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Oct 2, 2023 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
ALERT! 🚨Once again hate mongers like realtor Elon Gerberg, Miami Moms for Liberty head Eulalia Jimenez & LGBTQ hate crime promoter Chris Nelson will attempt to invade the gayest and bluest county of Broward with Proud Boys & hate on Sat, Oct 21st.

Let’s dive in. 🧵 1/ Image Last year the same coalition of far-right anti-LGBTQ groups held an identical rally on Las Olas which played host to two dozen out of town Proud Boys.

The main organizer being far-right anti-vaccine activist & realtor for SVN Commercial Partners @SVN_CP Elon Gerberg. 2/ Image
Sep 9, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Tfw you make the mistake of getting into our comments to hype a Nazi rally…

We know all about white supremacist & Proud Boy Joseph “Joe” Boswell Gartrell IV. Born in Miami, Canes fan, US Navy vet, lived in Orlando and now in North Carolina.

1/ Bottom right: Joseph Gartrell’s comment with Nazi imagery in response to our post on the “March of the Redshirts” Nazi rally held in the Orlando area on Labor Day weekend Sept 9, 2023 organized by Blood Tribe and GDL.   All photos from public sources and posted as part of our ongoing coverage of far-right extremism. Joseph “Joe” Boswell Gartrell IV was born in Miami, now lives in North Carolina and has a long track record of promoting white supremacy with ‘White Lives Matter’ & using Nazi symbols.

Gab: Joereb93 on Gab
Twitter: jshark305 (suspended)
Telegram: WhiteShark / jreb93

2/ All photos from public sources and posted as part of our ongoing coverage of far-right extremism.
Sep 6, 2023 • 32 tweets • 16 min read
The gangs all here — we have Proud Boys, Moms for Liberty, book banners and all the usual suspect far-right extremists outside the Miami school board @MDCPS right now campaigning against LGBTQ History Month.

Let’s name the names! 🔥😈🧵 1/ Image First up, we have we have book Miami banner, Proud Boys supporter and Elders of Zion poster Daily Salinas. She claimed she’s not part of M4L but her posting for selfies begs to differ.

She also refused all media interviews, so now is your chance! 😂 2/



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Sep 5, 2023 • 17 tweets • 11 min read
Proud Boy leader Enrique Tarrio received a 22 year sentence for his role in J6, the judge calling him the "ultimate leader of the conspiracy.”

But Tarrio existed within an ecosystem of Miami & south Florida’s far-right and it’s time to shine some light on that. 1/🧵 Image First and foremost would Tarrio’s longtime mentor and unindicted co-conspirator in Jan 6th, Roger Stone. He always played a behind the scenes role guiding Tarrio & the local Proud Boys. 2/


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Jun 14, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Meet the man who screamed “stupid bitch” at UK journalist Sophia Alexander after she asked a question to Trump at Versailles cafe in Miami yesterday.

Say hello to the “TradCatholic” Communications Officer for @AmericanoMedia, Micheal Caputo @MichaelRCaputo. 👋 Image Video of the incident for reference.
Jun 13, 2023 • 34 tweets • 16 min read
WATCH THIS THREAD. We will be on the ground covering the Miami Trump indictment circus today. Stay tuned for more.

1/ Image First on the scene is Micheal Symonette aka “Micheal the Black Man” of Blacks for Trump. Close ally of the Miami Proud Boys & recently associated w the -48 QAnon cult.

Former member of the Miami antisemitic Yahweh Ben Yahweh cult and really his politics haven’t changed. 2/
Jun 10, 2023 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
🚨 FLORIDA NAZI ALERT 🚨

Literal Nazis currently are currently flag waving in front of Disney with the National Socialist Movement (NSM).

But we’ve infiltrated their communications! Find them tonight in Wildwood, FL and send them our best regards. 🔥😈 #FAFO Image Always good to remember these people have names and addresses.

This one at the flag wave known as “Grandfather” is 74-year-old veteran David Howard Wydner.

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May 30, 2023 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
🚨 Nazi Alert in West Palm Beach, FL 🚨

Members of the neo-Nazi group Goyim Defense League (GDL) were out doing Nazi stuff with their banners. Those spotted include Jon Minadeo, Nicholas Bysheim aka “JEHU” & Jonathan K Baldwin.

If encountered, you know what to do. 🔥😈 1/ Image First up we have GDL leader Jon Minadeo aka “Handsome Truth” giving a Nazi salute literally in front of a literal sewer.

Known for targeting children to promote his sick ideology, this past week he was arrested in Florida for not providing ID. 2/

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May 23, 2023 • 20 tweets • 10 min read
Yesterday the @MiamiHerald published an article on Miami Lakes parent Daily Salinas who challenged several books such as The ABCs of Black History.

But what they didn’t report & we will reveal is Salinas’ ties to far-right groups like M4L & open support of the Proud Boys. 🧵 1/ Left: Image of the May 22, ... While we are glad that @MiamiHerald is highlighting book censorship in schools locally, their coverage here shows an ongoing pattern of failing to do the most basic research & reporting on the players & politics behind local school board politics. 2/

miamiherald.com/news/local/edu… Top left: Text from the Mia...
May 8, 2023 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
The Allen, TX mall shooter has been revealed to be Latino with connections to white supremacist politics & wearing a “Right Wing Death Squads” patch.

Here’s a collage of Cuban members of the Miami Proud Boys sporting “RWDS” slogans and embracing Pinochet. 1/ Top left: Miami PB Gilbert ... Another Cuban Miami Proud Boy who has sported a “RWDS” patch and embraced violent pro-Pinochet rhetoric is Pedro Barrios, a former GOP candidate + @MiamiDadeGOP executive committee member, social worker and past leader of member of Coral Gables Masonic Lodge 260. 2/ Top left: Facebook posting ...
Mar 31, 2023 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
Clowns on a plane. 🤡🛩️

New video released of Miami Proud Boys on a private jet funded by former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne. They flew from CPAC in TX to do street fighting in DC at the Stop the Steal rally.

Let’s remind everyone who they are … 1/ Miami Proud Boy and former Miami GOP committeeman Gilbert Fonticoba — known for ironing his beard.

Currently laying low as he’s facing felony charges for his involvement in Jan 6 — he was on the front lines and inside the Capitol. #SumoPB #RightHandPB 2/
Mar 28, 2023 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
Since his name was mentioned in testimony at the Proud Boy conspiracy trial by PB witness George “Asher” Meza #RabbiPB, it’s time for a reintroduction…

Meet Alberto “Al” Torna, online alias “Micheal Priest”, DJ + producer with InFraktor Records and early Miami Proud Boy. 1/ Top left: Alberto “Al” Torn... Al Torna / “Micheal Priest” is ex-military and joined Miami Vice City Proud Boys right at the beginning.

ALSO he was active in the @MiamiDadeGOP as we will reveal down thread.

Al Torna also appears in the 2019 Vice News documentary on the Miami Proud Boys. 2/ Top: 2019 Vice News documen...Image
Mar 14, 2023 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
TONIGHT - DeSantis appointed Broward school board member Torey Alston @ToreyAlston will be speaking alongside a rogues gallery of hate pushing and QAnon/Proud Boy aligned figures to attack the ADL for calling out them out as “right wing extremists.” 1/ Image This “America First Patriots Club” event will be held tonight at Galuppi’s restaurant in Pompano Beach — known for hosting fringe far-right events for years.

Let’s detail the line up! 2/

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Mar 3, 2023 • 17 tweets • 7 min read
Let’s all welcome to the sunlight white supremacist “groyper” lawyer William C. Bavier Esq of Hollywood, FL. Read to end of thread for the Proud Boy connection too.

William spewed endless racist, anti-Semitic and pro-Hitler content under his “AttorneyFren” persona. 1/ Image How did we connect the Nazi lawyer “Attorney Fren” persona to William Bavier?

Easy: This dummy used an account that linked right to his name. Former account names are all archived under unique account IDs for Twitter. 😈 2/ Image
Feb 10, 2023 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
REPORT BACK on the Nazis who showed up at Florida International University @FIU today in Miami.

“Groypers” Dalton Clodfelter, Tyler Russell & crew were on site for just over an hour. Brave students were ready + quickly organized a counter protest to chase them out. 1/ Top left: Dalton Clodfelter, Tyler Russell and crew with the Groyper Nazi Dalton Clodfelter looked like a scared freak wearing a full mask, cringey garbage bag hoodie and orange Home Depot gloves.

Do you know the heavy set man holding the chairs who was with them? 👀 2/ Top left: Nazis Dalton Clodfelter interviewing likely an uns
Feb 10, 2023 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
🚨 COMMUNITY ALERT! 🚨

White supremacist anti-Semite Dalton Clodfelter of Vero Beach is promising to make an appearance TODAY at University of Miami @univmiami to promote his “Ye is right” campus tour.

Spread the word & chase this racist clown show off campus! 1/ Dalton is likely to appear with ginger headed Canadian Tyler Russell who makes no secret of his neo-Nazi beliefs.

Both Dalton & Tyler are figures in the white supremacist “groyper” movement led by Nick Fuentes, who together w Ye met with Trump in 2022. 2/