@og-bobbyjohnson.bsky.social
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Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
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This is getting very bad:
*FBI raids top Trump critic's home
*Trump loyalist gins up "mortgage fraud" pretexts for DOJ probes of Schiff, Letitia James, Lisa Cook
*Bannon says ICE will monitor 2026 voting
*DHS memo vows LA operations "for years to come"
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1994...
*FBI raids top Trump critic's home
*Trump loyalist gins up "mortgage fraud" pretexts for DOJ probes of Schiff, Letitia James, Lisa Cook
*Bannon says ICE will monitor 2026 voting
*DHS memo vows LA operations "for years to come"
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1994...
Trump’s FBI Raid of John Bolton’s Home Looks Like a “Five Alarm Fire”
Thus far little is known about Friday’s law enforcement action against a top Trump critic. But we’re seeing an escalation of authoritarian power on many fronts that has grown unmistakable.
newrepublic.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is getting very bad:
*FBI raids top Trump critic's home
*Trump loyalist gins up "mortgage fraud" pretexts for DOJ probes of Schiff, Letitia James, Lisa Cook
*Bannon says ICE will monitor 2026 voting
*DHS memo vows LA operations "for years to come"
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1994...
*FBI raids top Trump critic's home
*Trump loyalist gins up "mortgage fraud" pretexts for DOJ probes of Schiff, Letitia James, Lisa Cook
*Bannon says ICE will monitor 2026 voting
*DHS memo vows LA operations "for years to come"
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1994...
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🚨 Be Aware:
The idea of enrolling your child in Jiu-Jitsu / mixed martial arts class might seem appealing, but a White Supremacy movement has been using the combat sport to recruit young boys into their neo-Nazi ranks...most recently in Tennessee.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The idea of enrolling your child in Jiu-Jitsu / mixed martial arts class might seem appealing, but a White Supremacy movement has been using the combat sport to recruit young boys into their neo-Nazi ranks...most recently in Tennessee.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Wolves in sheep’s clothing’: how a neo-Nazi cell infiltrated a martial arts school in Tennessee
Across the US, the Active Club network uses combat sports to lure boys and young men into white nationalist circles
www.theguardian.com
June 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
🚨 Be Aware:
The idea of enrolling your child in Jiu-Jitsu / mixed martial arts class might seem appealing, but a White Supremacy movement has been using the combat sport to recruit young boys into their neo-Nazi ranks...most recently in Tennessee.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The idea of enrolling your child in Jiu-Jitsu / mixed martial arts class might seem appealing, but a White Supremacy movement has been using the combat sport to recruit young boys into their neo-Nazi ranks...most recently in Tennessee.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Ocoee, Florida. 1920.
Black voters were met with bullets & fire. An entire community, erased for trying to vote
Dozens killed. Hundreds fled.
History stayed silent
📖 ERASED tells the stories they buried. If they won’t teach it, we will
Read it. Share it. Never forget: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
Black voters were met with bullets & fire. An entire community, erased for trying to vote
Dozens killed. Hundreds fled.
History stayed silent
📖 ERASED tells the stories they buried. If they won’t teach it, we will
Read it. Share it. Never forget: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
June 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Ocoee, Florida. 1920.
Black voters were met with bullets & fire. An entire community, erased for trying to vote
Dozens killed. Hundreds fled.
History stayed silent
📖 ERASED tells the stories they buried. If they won’t teach it, we will
Read it. Share it. Never forget: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
Black voters were met with bullets & fire. An entire community, erased for trying to vote
Dozens killed. Hundreds fled.
History stayed silent
📖 ERASED tells the stories they buried. If they won’t teach it, we will
Read it. Share it. Never forget: stan.store/gxldsociety/...
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The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.
Tulsa announces reparations for the 1921 ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre
It took decades of research by historians and journalists — and reports by state and federal commissions — to uncover the violence that claimed more than 300 Black lives.
wapo.st
June 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.
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NPR has identified three Trump administration officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a prominent Holocaust denier.
Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists
NPR has identified three Trump administration officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a prominent Holocaust denier.
www.npr.org
May 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
NPR has identified three Trump administration officials with close ties to antisemitic extremists, including a prominent Holocaust denier.
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Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy, has begun baselessly claiming that birthright citizenship is a massive welfare scam.
Miller has previously endorsed a theory called “remigration” that refers to the forcible removal of non–ethnically European immigrants.
Miller has previously endorsed a theory called “remigration” that refers to the forcible removal of non–ethnically European immigrants.
Stephen Miller Unveils Bizarre New Attack on Birthright Citizenship
Stephen Miller has found a new excuse to ignore the Constitution.
newrepublic.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy, has begun baselessly claiming that birthright citizenship is a massive welfare scam.
Miller has previously endorsed a theory called “remigration” that refers to the forcible removal of non–ethnically European immigrants.
Miller has previously endorsed a theory called “remigration” that refers to the forcible removal of non–ethnically European immigrants.
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Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim.
We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file…
projects.propublica.org
April 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim.
We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
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MUST WATCH: 'This isn't your granddad's KKK.' Inside the influential hate group that's expanding in Tennessee www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
'This isn't your granddad's KKK.' Inside the influential hate group that's expanding in Tennessee
They are the largest hate group in America, wrapping themselves in the red-white-and-blue of the flag, marching into the middle of American cities and claiming to be patriots.
www.newschannel5.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
MUST WATCH: 'This isn't your granddad's KKK.' Inside the influential hate group that's expanding in Tennessee www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
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I'm thrilled to announce that we are adding Substack to @justsecurity.org's reach and to enhance engagement with our audiences.
🙏Please join us there too! And encourage others to join as well.
🥳Here's my first Newsletter!
❤️We aim to keep all our content free for all subscribers.
🙏Please join us there too! And encourage others to join as well.
🥳Here's my first Newsletter!
❤️We aim to keep all our content free for all subscribers.
April 17 | Stay in the Know with Ryan Goodman on Just Security’s Trump Administration Litigation Tracker
Welcome to the first installment of the Trump Administration Litigation Tracker Newsletter!
justsecurity.substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I'm thrilled to announce that we are adding Substack to @justsecurity.org's reach and to enhance engagement with our audiences.
🙏Please join us there too! And encourage others to join as well.
🥳Here's my first Newsletter!
❤️We aim to keep all our content free for all subscribers.
🙏Please join us there too! And encourage others to join as well.
🥳Here's my first Newsletter!
❤️We aim to keep all our content free for all subscribers.
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The Trump regime is targeting America’s Black history — dismissing it as government waste. Aiming to quickly dispose of the monuments and facts of our past.
DOGE-driven cuts led the General Services Administration — the agency that manages federal property — to put the historic Montgomery,…
DOGE-driven cuts led the General Services Administration — the agency that manages federal property — to put the historic Montgomery,…
April 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The Trump regime is targeting America’s Black history — dismissing it as government waste. Aiming to quickly dispose of the monuments and facts of our past.
DOGE-driven cuts led the General Services Administration — the agency that manages federal property — to put the historic Montgomery,…
DOGE-driven cuts led the General Services Administration — the agency that manages federal property — to put the historic Montgomery,…
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NEW: The Fourth Circuit REJECTS the Trump admin's appeal of Judge Xinis's orders to "facilitate" Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release: "We shall not micromanage the efforts of a fine district judge attempting to implement the Supreme Court's recent decision." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
NEW: The Fourth Circuit REJECTS the Trump admin's appeal of Judge Xinis's orders to "facilitate" Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release: "We shall not micromanage the efforts of a fine district judge attempting to implement the Supreme Court's recent decision." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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JUST IN: Judge Boasberg finds probable cause to hold administration in contempt of court for defying his order to turn around planes, demands new details in order for officials to “purge” their contempt. Details TK
April 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
JUST IN: Judge Boasberg finds probable cause to hold administration in contempt of court for defying his order to turn around planes, demands new details in order for officials to “purge” their contempt. Details TK
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NEW: Judge Boasberg finds probable cause to hold the Trump administration in contempt for their decision not to turn the planes around on March 15.
He orders them either to fix their mistake or identify who made those decisions (presumably for further sanctions).
He orders them either to fix their mistake or identify who made those decisions (presumably for further sanctions).
New filing: "J.G.G. v. TRUMP (Boasberg: Alien Enemies Act)"
Doc #80: Order
Download PDF | View Full Case
#CL69741724
Doc #80: Order
Download PDF | View Full Case
#CL69741724
April 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
NEW: Judge Boasberg finds probable cause to hold the Trump administration in contempt for their decision not to turn the planes around on March 15.
He orders them either to fix their mistake or identify who made those decisions (presumably for further sanctions).
He orders them either to fix their mistake or identify who made those decisions (presumably for further sanctions).
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Fears over extremism in US military as soldier revealed as neo-Nazi TikTok follower.
US army investigates after young private follows the Base, which has vowed to recruit soldiers for so-called race war.
#MomSky
#Voices4Victory
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US army investigates after young private follows the Base, which has vowed to recruit soldiers for so-called race war.
#MomSky
#Voices4Victory
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Fears over extremism in US military as soldier revealed as neo-Nazi TikTok follower
US army investigates after young private follows the Base, which has vowed to recruit soldiers for so-called race war
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Fears over extremism in US military as soldier revealed as neo-Nazi TikTok follower.
US army investigates after young private follows the Base, which has vowed to recruit soldiers for so-called race war.
#MomSky
#Voices4Victory
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US army investigates after young private follows the Base, which has vowed to recruit soldiers for so-called race war.
#MomSky
#Voices4Victory
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
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BREAKING: The 4th Circuit has *denied* the Trump administration's effort to resist an order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States by midnight tonight.
Judge Xinis' order is still in effect. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Judge Xinis' order is still in effect. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
April 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
BREAKING: The 4th Circuit has *denied* the Trump administration's effort to resist an order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States by midnight tonight.
Judge Xinis' order is still in effect. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Judge Xinis' order is still in effect. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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And to be clear, the government's argument in the Abrego Garcia case would apply even if it sent someone, including a U.S. citizen, to a foreign prison intentionally and with full knowledge that it was violating the law in doing so.
If the Supreme Court decides that the government can "erroneously" disappear you off the street to a foreign torture prison, and that federal courts have no power to do anything about it, that is, in a meaningful way, Pretty Much It www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
April 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
And to be clear, the government's argument in the Abrego Garcia case would apply even if it sent someone, including a U.S. citizen, to a foreign prison intentionally and with full knowledge that it was violating the law in doing so.
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If the Supreme Court decides that the government can "erroneously" disappear you off the street to a foreign torture prison, and that federal courts have no power to do anything about it, that is, in a meaningful way, Pretty Much It www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
April 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If the Supreme Court decides that the government can "erroneously" disappear you off the street to a foreign torture prison, and that federal courts have no power to do anything about it, that is, in a meaningful way, Pretty Much It www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
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Trump admin admits it should not have deported Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, but tells SCOTUS no court can require his return because it would intrude on Article II powers to conduct foreign negotiations.
If this stands, why can't Trump deport anyone "in error" and not have to undo?
If this stands, why can't Trump deport anyone "in error" and not have to undo?
April 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Trump admin admits it should not have deported Abrego Garcia to El Salvador, but tells SCOTUS no court can require his return because it would intrude on Article II powers to conduct foreign negotiations.
If this stands, why can't Trump deport anyone "in error" and not have to undo?
If this stands, why can't Trump deport anyone "in error" and not have to undo?
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60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
cbsn.ws
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
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1/ Big rulings
Court orders USG bring back man DOJ admitted sent to El Salvador prison in "administrative error" (Garcia v. Noem)
How the government responds will have significant implications for likely Alien Enemies Act contempt order.
Boasberg signaled return of detainees could remedy contempt
Court orders USG bring back man DOJ admitted sent to El Salvador prison in "administrative error" (Garcia v. Noem)
How the government responds will have significant implications for likely Alien Enemies Act contempt order.
Boasberg signaled return of detainees could remedy contempt
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
www.justsecurity.org
April 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
1/ Big rulings
Court orders USG bring back man DOJ admitted sent to El Salvador prison in "administrative error" (Garcia v. Noem)
How the government responds will have significant implications for likely Alien Enemies Act contempt order.
Boasberg signaled return of detainees could remedy contempt
Court orders USG bring back man DOJ admitted sent to El Salvador prison in "administrative error" (Garcia v. Noem)
How the government responds will have significant implications for likely Alien Enemies Act contempt order.
Boasberg signaled return of detainees could remedy contempt
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Barack Obama has had enough. Here’s what the former president said about Trump’s administration: www.thedailybeast.com/obama-breaks...
April 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Barack Obama has had enough. Here’s what the former president said about Trump’s administration: www.thedailybeast.com/obama-breaks...
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Barack Obama just delivered a blistering takedown of Trump's lawlessness. Importantly, Obama also offered Dems a way to argue that Trump's dictatorial abuses of power and his imminent wreckage of the economy are the same story.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1936...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1936...
Obama’s Blistering New Takedown of Trump Gives Dems a Way Forward
In an appearance on Thursday, the former president laid out the connection between Trump’s lawlessness and—yes—the price of eggs. Will other Democrats follow?
newrepublic.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Barack Obama just delivered a blistering takedown of Trump's lawlessness. Importantly, Obama also offered Dems a way to argue that Trump's dictatorial abuses of power and his imminent wreckage of the economy are the same story.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1936...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1936...
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I was vocal during 1st Trump Admin & I'll re-emphasize now that - absent destroying very fabric of our democratic system - lawyers will hold this govt accountable, both from within & absolutely those of us on outside.
#Whistleblowers #Impeachment
www.npr.org/2025/04/01/n...
#Whistleblowers #Impeachment
www.npr.org/2025/04/01/n...
Justice Department lawyers struggle to defend a mountain of Trump executive orders
The Justice Department lawyers defending the president's executive orders are struggling to answer questions and correct the record in front of judges.
www.npr.org
April 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I was vocal during 1st Trump Admin & I'll re-emphasize now that - absent destroying very fabric of our democratic system - lawyers will hold this govt accountable, both from within & absolutely those of us on outside.
#Whistleblowers #Impeachment
www.npr.org/2025/04/01/n...
#Whistleblowers #Impeachment
www.npr.org/2025/04/01/n...