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National Correspondent, Extremism & Emerging Issues @USAToday. Priors @Reveal, @PRI. Wcarless@usatoday.com https://t.co/XHV8tdE5yX I delete my tweets regularly
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Dec 28, 2023 18 tweets 4 min read
1/ #LATEST exposé on #Jan6 rioters:

Ex-student leader & scion of a powerful San Diego GOP family was working for the Trump administration on Jan. 6.

Evidence points squarely at him entering the Capitol.

Also at him posting hate on a neo-Nazi website:

usatoday.com/story/news/inv… 2/ Oliver Ivan Krvaric, now 25, went on Tucker Carlson to rail against imigration

A trail of evidence points to him posting on neo-Nazi website Iron March a couple years previously, where he expressed admiration for Hitler & hatred of Jews, the LGTQ+ community & non-white ppl.
Sep 14, 2023 8 tweets 2 min read
#LATEST: Following my @USATODAY investigation into the US military’s failing efforts to combat extremism in the ranks, a coalition of dozens of human rights groups calls on @SecDef to release details about what has been done & what hasn’t:

#IMPACT

usatoday.com/story/news/inv… 2/ My story from July outlined how the military appears to have either given up on, or stalled most of the initiatives @SecDef launched in April 2021 in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

At the time, those reformed, which took aim at extremism, were hailed as revolutionary
May 23, 2023 7 tweets 3 min read
1/ Meet Sandra Atkinson,

She’s a county GOP chair in Okaloosa County, FL.

On Jan. 6, she stormed the US Capitol.

Two months later,@GovRonDeSantis appointed her to a state board:

usatoday.com/story/news/inv… 2/ As a member of Florida’s Board of Massage Therapy, Atkinson was responsible for overseeing license applications and approvals.

But her time on the board ended shortly after she went on a ravist tirade during a meeting.
Mar 17, 2023 12 tweets 4 min read
1/ My #LATEST is an update on a prosecution in San Diego that could have huge repercussions for how #Antifa is perceived by the legal system:

As crucial legal test for Antifa ideology heads to trial, right-wing media also scrutinized

usatoday.com/story/news/nat… 2/ On Jan. 9 2021, a mob of white supremacists, Proud Boys & Trump supporters stormed around Pacific Beach trying to start fights.

They were met by an Antifa mob. Scraps ensued. It was all caught on video.

Months later, SD DA Summer Stephan charged 11 people — all Antifa.
Feb 7, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
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Honestly, this is kinda hilarious.

@Jim_Jordan claims fmr. FBI bigwig Jill Sanborn "pressured agents to manipulate govt. stats about domestic extremism."

Dude, everyone who knows anything about this knows govt. stats are utterly ridiculed.

cnn.com/2023/02/02/pol… 2/ The federal government famously doesn't have a clue how big a problem domestic extremism is.

That's the main thrust of much criticism of how the feds deal with (or don't deal with) this problem.

FBI hate crime stats, for example, are despised:

lawfareblog.com/fbis-2021-hate…