🧵Last month, two neo-Nazis were federally charged with trying to blackout the city of Baltimore.

I spent the past couple of weeks trying to figure out why. Here is what I found:
thebaltimorebanner.com/community/loca… The accused — Sarah Beth Clendaniel & Brandon Clint Russell (founder of neo-Nazi org Atomwaffen) — are part of a movement called accelerationism, which aims destroy society through violent acts & spark revolution.

To them, that meant trying to attack 5 MD substations.

🧵The far-right is usually seen as a national issue. But, really, it’s a local one.

@RyanLittleE and I found that a white supremacist group's nationwide propaganda campaign is significantly impacting a neighborhood in Baltimore County. More below: thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power… We followed the story of Tim Fargus, whose family kept on finding stickers saying "Patriot Front" throughout their neighborhood. Fargus started looking into what Patriot Front was, and grew very concerned. It made him question his neighbors and the safety of his children.

👇🧵When Renee signed onto her federal benefits portal, her heart sank. Her prior balance of $3,000 was down to $66 dollars.

The police and DHS are responsible for figuring out how this happened. But, she solved the mystery on her own. My latest story:thebaltimorebanner.com/community/crim… Renee filed a report with both her local police and DHS. Both were initially responsive, then DHS declared there wasn't evidence of fraud. Radio silence followed. So, she started collecting evidence herself.

As Russian forces pushed toward Kyiv, they stormed an apartment complex in a nearby suburb and held residents hostage. The New York Times spoke with seven people who escaped and obtained security camera footage and witness videos. nytimes.com/2022/03/20/wor… From the first day of the war in Ukraine, the residents of the Pokrovsky apartments in Hostomel watched from their homes as Russian forces attacked nearby Antonov Airport. A fleet of attack helicopters fired missiles, and day-by-day the fighting drew closer.

The New York Times verified videos from the firefight at Europe's largest power plant in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. It appears to show a line of military vehicles shooting at buildings inside the complex resulting in fires breaking out.

Read more here: nytimes.com/live/2022/03/0… IAEA Director General @rafaelmgrossi said that earlier in the day a large number of Russian military entered a town next to the plant and were moving towards the site. Grossi also called for a halt to the fighting warning of “severe danger."

https://twitter.com/iaeaorg/status/1499557251627069450

We rolled back the film from over 100 fatal traffic stops to understand how the most routine police interactions can turn deadly. We found a striking pattern — right before the “final frame” of the fatal encounter, officers put themselves in imminent peril.nytimes.com/interactive/20… Some policing experts call it officer-created jeopardy: when officers make tactical mistakes that put themselves in danger — stepping into the path of a car, jumping onto a moving vehicle — then use lethal force to defend against that danger.

[THREAD] 👇*warning: it's a long one*
Yesterday, Treasury sanctioned 11 BTC addresses (& 1 LTC address) belonging to Chinese narcotics traffickers. Here is what I've been able to dig up about them...

treasury.gov/resource-cente… These sanctioned individuals have operated a highly sophisticated drug manufacturing and smuggling operation for years, contributing to the U.S. opioid crisis and the death of many Americans latimes.com/politics/la-na…