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Did Nothing Wrong
Politics at the intersection of extremists, propaganda and Cold War 2.0. Cutting through the noise to help you make sense of a chaotic information space. www.didnothingwrongpod.com
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Mar 8, 2024 • 38min
Episode 128 - Happy International Women's Day w/Amanda Moore and Samantha Kutner
Friends of the Pod Amanda Moore and Samantha Kutner return to discuss some of the challenges and obstacles that they and other women in the Journalism and CVE space are grappling with.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:Amanda's SubstackAmanda Moore's linkshttps://linktr.ee/noturtlesoup17Amanda Moore at The Nationhttps://www.thenation.com/authors/amanda-moore/I Was Banned From CPAC, but the Extremists Weren’thttps://www.thenation.com/article/politics/cpac-far-right-nazis/Undercover With the New Alt-Righthttps://www.thenation.com/article/society/undercover-maga-alt-right/The Plan Was Simple: Infiltrate MAGA World and Tell Everyone What She Saw. Then She Was Found Out.https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/02/amanda-moore-undercover-maga/Samantha's Websitehttps://proudboyswhisperer.comSamantha's Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/TheGlitterpillCommunitySamantha’s Upcoming EventsSamantha Kutner is partnering with Red Wine and Blue for an Instagram Livestream on March 21st 12pm EST on her instagram to promote Episode 4: Turning Point USA: The Alt-Right Radicalization of Young Men. This episode is part of a limited series podcast with Red Wine and Blue and will be released on March 20th, 2024. Comments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe

Mar 4, 2024 • 54min
Episode 127 - God, Guns, and Sedition w/Jacob Ware
Jacob Ware is a Research Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and a professor at Georgetown University. He and I discuss his book, "God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America".Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:Jacob Ware - Council on Foreign Relationshttps://www.cfr.org/expert/jacob-wareGod, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in Americahttps://cup.columbia.edu/book/god-guns-and-sedition/9780231558808How ‘The Turner Diaries’ Incites White Supremacistshttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/books/turner-diaries-white-supremacists.htmlLouis Beam: An iconic figure of the radical right, Louis Beam played a key role in shaping the revolutionary racist movement in the United States during the three decades following the Vietnam War as one of its principal theorists and strategists.https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/louis-beamVietnamese Fisherman's Suithttps://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1981/05/09/vietnamese-fishermans-suit/bbdb1c87-0bfc-4944-be06-79afc4394dd5/High-Tech Network for Extremistshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1986/11/04/high-tech-network-for-extremists/0599bf92-3bed-4888-946f-3aedee3b4351/UNDERGROUND' OF RACIST LEADERS COORDINATED CRIMES, FBI TAPS SHOWhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/12/28/underground-of-racist-leaders-coordinated-crimes-fbi-taps-show/62f58121-547e-4a96-8e41-79ccb88b1846/13 WHITE SUPREMACISTS ACQUITTED IN ARKANSAS MURDER AND SEDITION TRIALhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/04/08/13-white-supremacists-acquitted-in-arkansas-murder-and-sedition-trial/21c30cbe-c120-40ac-8fec-33420d1b0d2e/TERRORISM'S NEW PROFILE: THE LONE WOLFhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/07/22/terrorisms-new-profile-the-lone-wolf/3dff71da-cddc-4014-b578-347b667a83af/Hatemongers make their voices heardhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/1999/aug/26/onlinesupplementOklahoma City bombing: 20 years later, key questions remain unansweredhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/13/oklahoma-city-bombing-20-years-later-key-questions-remain-unansweredLone Wolves Connected Online: A History of Modern White Supremacyhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/us/louis-beam-white-supremacy-internet.htmlComments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe

Feb 26, 2024 • 1h 15min
Episode 126 - Growing up Oath Keepers w/Dakota Adams
Dakota Adams is the son of the founder of Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes, who was recently convicted of Seditious Conspiracy. He and I discuss growing up in the militia world, and much more.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:Deprogram An inside perspective on militias, extremism, and domestic terrorism.EXCLUSIVE: OATH KEEPERS LEADER STEWART RHODES' CHILDREN SPEAKhttps://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/05/12/exclusive-oath-keepers-leader-stewart-rhodes-children-speakStewart Rhodes' son: ‘How I escaped my father’s militiahttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63709446Jury convicts Oath Keepers leader of seditious conspiracyhttps://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/29/stewart-rhodes-oath-keepers-verdict-00071248Operation Vampire Killer 2000 : American police action plan for stopping the program for world government rule.https://vault.library.uvic.ca/concern/generic_works/79f30599-76ff-4e55-b25f-f012a44d4e4eBundyville: The Remnant, Chapter Four: The Preacher and the Politicianhttps://longreads.com/2019/07/18/bundyville-the-remnant-chapter-four-the-preacher-and-the-politician/An oath of his own: Stewart Rhodes' son takes GOP criticisms to the campaign trailhttps://helenair.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/stewart-rhodes-dakota-adams-montana-militia-legislature-ryan-busse-neil-duram/article_9182dd06-a5ae-11ee-a090-ef329928529d.htmlDakota Adams - ActBluehttps://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/154110Comments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe

Feb 19, 2024 • 1h 12min
Episode 125 - Patriot Front On Trial w/Daniel Walters
Journalist Daniel Walters joins the pod to talk about the recent Patriot Front trial in Idaho, as well as schisms in the far right, and the idea of redemption and paths forward after leaving hate. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:Daniel Walters at InvestigateWesthttps://www.invw.org/author/danielw/Daniel Walters at The Inlanderhttps://www.inlander.com/author/daniel-waltersHow Local Idaho Prosecutors Lost The Case Against Patriot Front’s White Nationalist Leaderhttps://www.invw.org/2024/02/08/how-local-idaho-prosecutors-lost-the-case-against-patriot-fronts-white-nationalist-leader/Manufacturing Fear Spokane's Republican sheriff says members of his own party are dangerously dividing peoplehttps://www.inlander.com/news/manufacturing-fear-2534837A new report accusing state Rep. Matt Shea of 'domestic terrorism' shrinks his number of supporters, but also stokes their fervorhttps://www.inlander.com/news/a-new-report-accusing-state-rep-matt-shea-of-domestic-terrorism-shrinks-his-number-of-supporters-but-also-stokes-their-fervor-18804117The Bundyville Podcast by Leah Sottilehttps://www.npr.org/podcasts/606441988/bundyvilleKicked Out Of The Proud Boys, A Portland Neo-Nazi Launched His Own Group — And He’s Gone To War With His Former Allieshttps://www.invw.org/2023/10/25/kicked-out-of-the-proud-boys-a-portland-neo-nazi-launched-his-own-group-and-hes-gone-to-war-with-his-former-allies/Skinhead convicted in racial attackhttps://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/12/14/Skinhead-convicted-in-racial-attack/8044598078800/The Wizard of Spokanehttps://www.inlander.com/news/the-wizard-of-spokane-2271516A tech executive from San Diego wanders the streets of Spokane with one mission — find his sonhttps://www.inlander.com/news/a-tech-executive-from-san-diego-wanders-the-streets-of-spokane-with-one-mission-find-his-son-25892369Let my aged wisdom and accrued cynicism guide you, young reporterhttps://www.inlander.com/culture/let-my-aged-wisdom-and-accrued-cynicism-guide-you-young-reporter-26090105Comments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe

Feb 12, 2024 • 1h 5min
Episode 124 - The GOP's Got Political Issues w/Ross, the "Abbott of Unreason"
The Republican Party has some serious issues going into the 2024 elections. Ross wrote a really brilliant essay about it, and we discuss it in this episode.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:The Republican Party is Falling Apart, and Nobody’s Noticinghttps://themedianvoterderogatory.wordpress.comRoss on Twitterhttps://x.com/merovingiansDemocrats hold vast fundraising advantage as Republicans face cash problems, disarray in crucial swing stateshttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-hold-vast-fundraising-advantage-republicans-face-cash-problems-disarray-crucial-swing-statesMultiple State Republican Parties Are Going Brokehttps://www.newsweek.com/multiple-state-republican-parties-going-broke-1858680Election results point to major GOP liability on abortion heading into 2024https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/election-results-point-major-gop-liability-abortion-heading-2024-rcna123103Can DSA Go the Distance?https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/can-dsa-go-the-distance/US: DSA and the Democratic Partyhttps://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article7819It’s Party Time: As socialists, we need to help decide who runs the Democratic Party.https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/its-party-time/Comments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe

Feb 5, 2024 • 47min
Episode 123 - Naziland - How White Nationalists Are Plotting Their Comeback w/Claire Goforth
Journalist Claire Goforth joins the pod to discuss her new four part series "Naziland", about how white nationalists are attempting to infiltrate communities, and how the residents are fighting back.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:Naziland - A four-part series examining right-wing radicals’ impact on communities nationwidehttps://www.dailydot.com/naziland/Anti-immigration power couple has big plans to shape U.S. laws—from their castle in West Virginiahttps://www.dailydot.com/news/vdare-white-nationalists-peter-lydia-brimelow-berkeley-castle/VDARE - The SPLC Extremist Fliehttps://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/vdare‘You have to take the little towns first’: White nationalism infiltrates Idaho Republicans, where the ‘Christian Taliban’ is gaining influencehttps://www.dailydot.com/news/idaho-white-nationalism/KEENAN V. ARYAN NATIONS - The case that bankrupted a notorious hate grouphttps://www.splcenter.org/seeking-justice/case-docket/keenan-v-aryan-nationsOPINION: The extremist branch of Idaho’s GOP is producing a moving experiencehttps://cdapress.com/news/2024/feb/01/opinion-the-extremist-branch-of-idahos-gop-is-producing-a-moving-experience/Idaho's traditional Republicans realizing their new far-right transplant overlords are radicals‘He knows when to use humor; he can be very friendly and nice’: The neo-Nazi up the roadhttps://www.dailydot.com/news/chris-pohlhaus-blood-tribe-maine/Maine Wants These Nazi Squatters Gonehttps://www.thedailybeast.com/maine-wants-blood-tribe-neo-nazi-squatters-gone‘They do have blood on their hands. And they will have more’: Why Florida is a sunny haven for white nationalistshttps://www.dailydot.com/news/florida-white-nationalism-jon-minadeo/Neo-Nazi Litterbug Is Spending Thanksgiving in the Slammerhttps://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/jon-minadeo-neo-nazi-goyim-defense-league-leader-jail-1234894095/Comments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe

Jan 29, 2024 • 50min
Episode 122 - No, Patriot Front are not Feds, you stupid, stupid people w/David Neiwert
The dumbest people keep saying that the White Supremacist group "Patriot Front" are "Feds" and a "Psyop" In this episode, I talk to David Neiwert, to try and get to the bottom of this.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:Patriot Front’s neofascist spread a product of Rousseau’s ‘white nationalist pyramid scheme’https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/9/2/2120505/-Behind-a-neofascist-fa-ade-Patriot-Front-is-really-just-another-white-nationalist-pyramid-schemeData leak gives an inside look at neofascist Patriot Front: Clownish operations with military edgehttps://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/2/2/2078346/-Data-leak-gives-an-inside-look-at-neofascist-Patriot-Front-clownish-operations-with-military-edgePATRIOT FRONT MEMBER JAILED IN TEXAS FOLLOWING IDAHO ARRESThttps://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/07/11/patriot-front-member-jailed-texas-following-idaho-arrestElon Musk Feeds Viral Conspiracy Theory That Patriot Front Actually ‘Feds’https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2024/01/20/elon-musk-feeds-viral-conspiracy-theory-that-patriot-front-actually-feds/?sh=53a9bf2b10f3Joe Rogan Doubts White Supremacist March: 'Where's the Fat People?'https://www.newsweek.com/joe-rogan-doubts-white-supremacist-march-wheres-fat-people-1800468Shawn Vestal: Yes, Elon, the Patriot Front was unmasked in Coeur d’Alenehttps://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jan/23/shawn-vestal-yes-elon-the-patriot-front-was-unmask/The Age of Insurrection - THE RADICAL RIGHT'S ASSAULT ON AMERICAN DEMOCRACY By David Neiwerthttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720886/the-age-of-insurrection-by-david-neiwert/Comments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe

Jan 22, 2024 • 48min
Episode 121 - Charlie Cancels MLK Jr. (with Karl Folk)
* Charlie Kirk and TPUSA have decided that Martin Luther King is canceled. Karl Folk from the Institute of Unreality and I discuss what could possibly have motivated this.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:How Charlie Kirk Plans to Discredit Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Acthttps://www.wired.com/story/charlie-kirk-tpusa-mlk-civil-rights-act/Charlie Kirk: Martin Luther King Jr. “is not worthy of a national holiday. He is not worthy of godlike status. In fact, I think it's really harmful.”https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-martin-luther-king-jr-not-worthy-national-holiday-he-not-worthy-godlikeArmstrong Williams: Charlie Kirk’s absurd attack on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.https://www.ocregister.com/2024/01/19/armstrong-williams-charlie-kirks-absurd-attack-on-dr-martin-luther-king-jr/Tucker Carlson’s top writer resigns after secretly posting racist and sexist remarks in online forumhttps://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/media/tucker-carlson-writer-blake-neff/index.htmlLegal Highlight: The Civil Rights Act of 1964https://www.dol.gov/agencies/oasam/civil-rights-center/statutes/civil-rights-act-of-1964Comments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe

Jan 15, 2024 • 49min
Episode 120 - Ali Alexander's Permanent Record
Accused pedophile Ali Alexander is back on the political scene, proving once again that the GOP has no floor. This is his Permanent Record.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:“Stop the Steal” organizer Ali Alexander brags that “our perspective” and “fact set” on January 6 is “now being shared, is being taken in consideration”https://www.mediamatters.org/january-6-insurrection/stop-steal-organizer-ali-alexander-brags-our-perspective-and-fact-setDid Nothing Wrong Pod #56 - Our interview with Robert SilvermanHow Republican Politics (And Twitter) Created Ali Alexander, The Man Behind ‘Stop The Steal’https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-twitter-ali-alexander-stop-the-steal_n_6026fb26c5b6f88289fbab57‘New Right’ Activists Pivot Backwards, Share Laughs With ‘Unite The Right’ Demonstratorhttps://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/new-right-activists-pivot-backwards-share-laughs-with-unite-the-right-demonstrator/Videos show ‘Stop the Steal’ rally organizer saying he would work with extremist groupshttps://www.cnn.com/2022/01/22/politics/ali-alexander-january-6-extremists-kfile/index.htmlJust Security - January 6 Clearinghousehttps://www.justsecurity.org/77022/january-6-clearinghouse/‘Stop the Steal’ leader hands over communications with GOP lawmakers to January 6 committeehttps://www.cnn.com/2021/12/18/politics/ali-alexander-january-6-investigation-gop-lawmakers/index.htmlAli Alexander and the alt-right feud that finally explodedhttps://onlysky.media/ccassidy/ali-alexander-and-the-alt-right-feud-that-finally-exploded/‘Stop the Steal’ Organizer Apologizes After Being Accused of Asking Teen Boys for D*ck Picshttps://www.thedailybeast.com/stop-the-steal-organizer-ali-alexander-apologizes-after-being-accused-of-asking-teen-boys-for-sexual-picsFear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72 by Hunter S. Thompson (1972)https://notevenpast.org/fear-and-loathing-campaign-trail-72-1972/Comments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe

Jan 8, 2024 • 52min
Episode 119 - Chris Rufo's war on the institutions w/Mike Senters
Mike Senters joins the Pod to discuss the firing of Harvard President Claudine Gay, as well as Chris Rufo's and the Right's potential next targets.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:Harvard President Claudine Gay Resigns, Shortest Tenure in University Historyhttps://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/1/3/claudine-gay-resign-harvard/How We Squeezed Harvard to Push Claudine Gay Out - Conservatives can prevail in the culture wars by understanding how power works, and using it.https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-we-squeezed-harvard-claudine-gay-firing-dei-antisemitism-culture-war-a6843c4cPerspective: Did social conservatives go too far in celebrating the fall of Claudine Gay?https://www.deseret.com/2024/1/4/24025671/christopher-rufo-harvard-claudine-gay-resignation-new-right-manifestoCrisis communicators face blowback after disastrous college hearinghttps://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/22/college-presidents-debacle-over-antisemitism-hearing-meets-pr-blame-game-00132994Incel Influencer Sneako’s Young Fans Yell ‘All Gays Should Die’ in Viral Videohttps://www.advocate.com/media/disturbing-sneako-video-kids-transphobicOur Permanent Record episode on Nick FuentesComments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe


