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  1. CW: RE: Uspol, state of the Union

    Good God, this idiot really can be appeased with participation trophies

    " I tried to give myself the Congressional medal of Honor and they said I couldn't. " So he wants to change the law to give himself one.
    #StateOfTheUnion #SotU #HateWatch

  2. #LeftCoastRightWatch (#LCRW)

    "LCRW is an #InvestigativeJournalism outlet dedicated to covering politics and #extremism. It evolved from reporting done by Editor-In-Chief Abner Häuge’s time at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

    LCRW also produces #TheAbsoluteState #Podcast.

    LCRW is an independent outlet, supported by readers like you. If you enjoy our coverage, consider supporting us with a donation."

    leftcoastrightwatch.org/

    #IndependentMedia
    #IndependentJournalism
    #ReaderSupportedNews
    #HateMovements #HateWatch
    #Resistance #USPol

  3. Puget Sound Anarchists: **Dragged into Moonlight Part I: Exposing the Northwest Pioneer Association**

    pugetsoundanarchists.org/dragg

    submitted anonymously INTRO The Northwest Pioneer Association (NPA), also known as Torchlight, are a yet undisclosed group that follows the path set out…

    #AntiFascist #Featured #PNWHatewatch #Hatewatch #NorthwestFront #NPA #Portland #Research #Seattle

  4. Boycott Ravitz-Owned Shoprites In South Jersey

    Anonymous Submission to Jersey Counter-Info

    Jason Ravitz, the owner of several Shoprite grocery store chains in Southern NJ, has been revealed to be a racist genocide supporter.

    Due to Jason Ravitz’ racism and support of Israel’s ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people it is requested that antifascists and those of good conscious boycott every Shoprite location that Jason and his family own. This includes 6 separate locations across South Jersey including two locations in Cherry Hill, one in Marlton, two in Mount Laurel, and one in Camden. Hit this Zionist trash where it will hurt him the most, store profits and his wallet!

    #antiZionist #anticolonial #Antifascist #general #HateWatch #news #solidarity

  5. Co-Leader of Philly Area Nazi group, S14, Dies: Her Newborn Struggling On Life Support

    Republished From Idavox

    Normally, “Sara Sheaffer-Kauffman, Rot In Hell” would be the headline greeting you. But we weren’t feeling it this time because—and ONLY because—of her baby Elle. Let’s not get this twisted. The only innocent in this disturbing neo-Nazi saga is the infant currently fighting for her life. Her drug-addled Nazi parents, who were founders and members of at least three fascist organizations in PA, are not getting sympathy from us.

    In June, neo-Nazi Storm Division (S14) founders Mark Kauffman and Sara Sheaffer tried to get married. Their wedding celebrations were interrupted because Mark, 32, was picked up at the venue by law enforcement. He had an outstanding warrant in Massachusetts for drug trafficking and weapons charges from six years ago. Kauffman managed to post bail and the couple  wed, though in a much smaller ceremony. Six months later, Sara, 29, was dead.

    Sara Kauffman’s death was  announced on Jan. 12 on a GoFundMe campaign set up for her and her baby. She was 32 weeks pregnant Sept. 12 when she suffered a heart attack while driving Mark to work in South Philadelphia. After Mark flagged down a Black police officer, who immediately began CPR, Sara was transported to the University of Pennsylvania hospital. She then had a second massive heart attack, while the doctors performed an emergency c-section. Sara suffered massive brain damage, never woke up, and died on Jan. 6. Their baby has been in the hospital since the birth and intubated as doctors are working to save her life.

    According to a July article, Sara and Mark were co-leaders of S14. This group is active on the social platform Telegram, encouraging pop-up style protests – surprise rallies –  to avoid opposition, and vandalizing neighborhoods with Nazi stickers, spray paint and flyers. Sara can be seen in many photos participating in these events. S14 works closely and shares members with White Lives Matter PA, New Jersey European Heritage Association and the now defunct Embrace Struggle Active Club. Sara and Mark attended flash mob style demonstrations with all of these groups. They promoted their groups’ hate activities alongside these other groups. They recruited members such as convicted sex offender Ben Ryder, for demonstrations.

    S14 with the NJEHA.

    Sheaffer and Kauffman holding a new S14 flag at an action in Easton PA with S14, NJEHA, Embrace Struggle Active Club, and other fascists. Sara is in the foreground.

    Both Mark, an Army veteran, and Sara were using hard drugs in 2018 and living in Massachusetts when there was an arrest warrant issued for him, after a shotgun, rocket launcher and methamphetamine were found in a storage unit in Hadley, Mass., that was connected to him. The couple fled to Philadelphia before he was arrested, after evading his legal troubles for years. In June 2024, wedding announcements and websites led authorities to finally catch up with him. Mark was arrested on the night before their wedding in the Airbnb they had rented for the occasion. The couple married in July 2024, after Mark posted bail.

    Mark Kauffman is still out on bail. No further information about his case has been released.

    #Antifascist #general #HateWatch #news #NJEHA #Republished #S14

  6. “Under Meta's newly relaxed moderation policies, women can be compared to household objects, ethnic groups can be called "filth," users can call for the exclusion of gay people from certain professions and people can refer to a transgender or non-binary person as an "it."
    Why it matters: Meta's move to do away with third-party fact checkers made headlines, but some experts are even more troubled by policy shifts they say could chill online speech and lead to more real-world violence. —Axios #Meta #HateSpeech #hate #HateWatch #Moderation

  7. I don't mean to keep boosting Bluesky accounts today (I seldom actually use it), but this is kind of important in the world of monitoring far-right activity in the US: the Southern Poverty Law Center has apparently completed the process of gutting the investigative journalism part of its own operation.

    There's been a lot to criticize about the SPLC for a long time. They've sometimes done good, useful work in the world (perhaps most famously by suing the Aryan Nations compound in Idaho out of existence), but at this point their management also has a long history of treating their staff like complete shit, up to and including sexual harassment and racial and gender discrimination, not to mention union busting and a big round of layoffs several months ago. And this is all apart from their sometimes dubious categorization of hate groups, whereby they have historically regarded, for instance, Black nationalist organizations as equivalent to white nationalist organizations, which, if you've ever been to the United States, doesn't actually make a lot of sense on the ground (I believe they've revised some of this over the past few years, but I haven't really kept up all that closely).

    So now they've done away with their longstanding 'Hatewatch' reporting unit, which was one of their more useful outward-facing elements. They also shut down their legal aid program for immigrants last spring, all while sitting on a fund of nearly $1 billion. In the absence of those two rather important projects, it's hard not to wonder just what that money is there for.

    The SPLC has always operated on a liberal NGO model, which is extremely limiting and inevitably prioritizes profit-making over responding directly to people's needs. Until relatively recently, I was under the impression they were at least cleaning house and addressing some old problems after their implosion a few years ago. I seem to have been wrong about that.

    bsky.app/profile/michaelehayde

    #SPLC #Hatewatch #Hopewatch #fascism

  8. This is a pretty big catch in the US white nationalist scene.

    Kai Liam Nix (22) is both a member of Patriot Front and the former admin of the Appalachian Archives (AA) channel on Telegram (later rebranded as "American Archives" before it shut down last spring).

    AA was really active last year doxxing journalists, researchers, and anyone who was on the outs with the neo-nazi scene. It particularly blew up on Telegram through its collaboration with the Tennessee Active Club (TAC), a prominent, self-proclaimed "actual, literal Nazi," and a sleazy little recruiting crew calling itself Patriot Youth during last year's mayoral race in Franklin, Tennessee, just outside Nashville. (TAC was led at the time by Sean Kauffmann, who had to step down earlier this year after his most recent round of domestic violence charges).

    You may recall that race due to candidate Gabrielle Hanson's open acceptance of support from local neo-nazi factions like these.

    At any rate, that whole nazi circuit operating in Middle Tennessee was getting very aggressive for a while last year, though I haven't kept up more recently. And what's more disturbing is that Nix, the AA admin, is in the US Army, 82nd Airborne Division, stationed at Fort Liberty in North Carolina. According to this report, he has been charged with “illicit sales of firearms and lying on a background check," which is an indication of the actual danger a little shit like this poses.

    Solid article here. Worth reading.

    Edit: I had included [hashtag]Appalachia in this initially, but I took it out, because you know what? This dickhead isn't from Appalachia, the people he worked with in/around Nashville aren't in Appalachia, and really, none of this has anything to do with Appalachia except the name that this little cockwad saw fit to co-opt for his little stupid nazi club. So I'd like to apologize to the good, decent, and often misunderstood people of Appalachia for having taken the bait. Fascists really are nothing if not dishonest little opportunists, and, to paraphrase Mary McCarthy, everything they say is a lie, including "and" and "the". You literally can't take a word they say at face value.

    #PatriotFront #ActiveClub #HateWatch #fascism #NeoNazis #fcknzs #Tennessee #82ndAirborne #GabrielleHanson #FranklinTennessee #NorthCarolina #PaulGancarz #USArmy #AppalachianArchives

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  9. Anonymous Submission in Collaboration with Philly Fash Watch

    Takhistov, aka Cossack, upon his arrest. Takhistov is pictured here without glasses, although he typically wears them.

    Just a few days ago Andrew Takhistov, an 18 year old from East Brunswick, was arrested in a federal sting operation where he allegedly solicited an undercover federal agent to blow up two different electrical substations in Central NJ (CNJ). Takhistov is now facing one count of soliciting another individual to engage in criminal conduct, which could result in a maximum prison term of 10 years and a $125,000 fine if convicted. Idavox covered Takhistov’s arrest and charges in depth, more about the specifics can be read here.

    Since the release of the federal complaint, Takhistov has been positively identified as a very active neo-nazi that has been a part of the Tristate (NYC, PA, NJ) nazi scene for at least the last two years. Takhistov who goes by the Telegram handles “Cossack” and “Taraz”, is highly dedicated, holding membership in WLM NJ/PA, S14, NJEHA, Atlantic Nationalist Club, and Embrace Struggle, among running his own projects dubbed “White Legion” and “Defend Europe” respectively.

    Takhistov’s main Telegram handles. Prior to his arrest a few days ago he was primarily using the “Taraz” account, while his “Cossack” account was on the back burner.

    Takhistov first became involved with the tristate nazi scene when he was 16 years old, starting off virtually and connecting with group leaders like S14’s Mark Kauffman and NJEHA’s Dan D’ambly. He quickly became immersed and began to get involved in-person during 2023. Throughout 2023 and 2024 Takhistov was a regular presence at actions and became closer with older more senior members and leadership.

    Takhistov, circled in red, during a late December 2023 nazi rally. Mark Kauffman is to his right.

     

    Takhistov at the December 2023 nazi rally. He is standing and is the second individual from the left. Nazis Mark Kauffman and Dan D’ambly are also pictured on the right hand side.

    With Takhistov’s further entrenchment he began to reveal more information about himself in public Telegram chats. Specifically, Takhistov discussed his Ukrainian heritage and nationalism at length, often going on long diatribes.

    Takhistov’s rant about Ukrainian nationalism. He also reveals personal details about his family history and status as a Ukrainian.

    During this time Takhistov attempted to move his project, White Legion, offline into the real world but had limited success. Largely White Legion functioned as a showy propaganda group claiming to do physical conditioning and supporting nationalists in Ukraine. This is also verified by the press release from the federal government about his arrest.

    Takhistov’s now dormant White Legion project.

    Other than a few propaganda based photo ops across CNJ White Legion was not involved in or planned any independent actions, nor did it become its own individual group focused on recruiting or centralized goal like S14 or NJEHA.

    Takhistov boosting his White Legion project. The pictures depict one of the few in-person activities the group did.

     

    Takhistov further bragging about his White Legion project in an S14 chat.

     

    A photo from one of the few activities White Legion did in CNJ at a baseball field in the middle of the night. Takhistov is pictured on the left with another taller (unidentified) nazi on the right.

     

    Commentary from the federal government about Takhistov’s project White Legion.

    In early 2024, Takhistov began to get more involved in nazi accelerationist ideology, reposting pictures from Injekt Division, a nazi accelerationist crew similar to Atomwaffen Division, and other Terrorgram channels. Takhistov also expressed his desire to go and fight in Ukraine and assist fellow nazis in propelling the country towards national socialism. It was at this juncture he created his other project/Telegram channel “Defend Europe”.

    Takhistov’s new “Defend Europe” project he started in 2024.

    Takhistov used this new Telegram channel to produce Ukrainian nationalist/fascist content. He centered Defend Europe around his supposed journey to Ukraine and claimed he was shipping out soon to help fight against the Russian invasion and push for a national socialist Ukraine. Takhistov’s Defend Europe content read more as a LARP fantasy than something that he was actually doing, given the way he went about posting and bragging.

    Takhistov pictured holding a Ukrainian nazi flag “prior to shipping out”.

    Throughout 2023 and 2024 as Takhistov was engaging in nazi accelerationist activities, he began to connect more with those on Terrorgram, and ended up connecting with an undercover federal agent. Takhistov was essentially catfished by the federal government in early 2024 when he was trying to organically connect with other NJ-based neo-nazis. Takhistov met up with the federal agent several times, with other currently unidentified NJ neo-nazis.

    This massive security blunder led to Takhistov being entrapped by the feds in a plot to blow up two different electrical substations in CNJ. The federal agent that Takhistov was in contact with from Terrorgram pushed for a way to get further involved, joining Takhistov and other nazis for a March 2, 2024 action in New Brunswick, NJ. Takhistov and the federal agent met up a few times after this and discussed different tactics used by national socialists, including electrical substation attacks. Takhistov told the agent that he had a trip booked for July 2024 to visit Ukraine and intended to join up with a pro-Ukraine Russian fascist volunteer group fighting against Russia. The agent asked for more details locally and Takhistov passed them off, noting that the agent could plan on doing an attack when Takhistov was over in Ukraine. For several months after that Takhistov sent the agent guides on industrial sabotage, further information on local electrical substations, and details on how to make homemade weapons. Takhistov, the agent, and another unidentified NJ nazi, then went around and scouted out different electrical substations, with the agent providing in-depth insight on how to access the buildings.

    An excerpt from the criminal complaint filed by the federal government against Takhistov.

    While the federal briefing detailed that Takhistov was arrested at Newark International Airport on his way to Ukraine, it is unclear if Takhistov was accepted into any kind of formal fascist volunteer force. Despite Takhistov’s bravado that he was set to join a group of pro-Ukrainian Russian fascist separatists fighting against Russia it has not been confirmed that Takhistov had solidified plans prior to his arrest. It is more likely that Takhistov intended to forge concrete connections on the ground once he got to Ukraine and try to meet up in-person with the group in an effort to join.

    The federal government is famous for trying to entrap the far right, the far left, religious groups, and everyone in between often trying to convince individuals to engage in illegal activities. In this case, Takhistov was duped by the feds to help plan an attack on CNJ infrastructure to be theoretically executed by the federal agent. By no means is this a defense of Takhistov, he is nazi scum who was dumb enough to contact random accounts on a highly surveilled platform (Terrorgram) and got wrapped up in a would be terrorism plot. It is important however to acknowledge that it was the state who pushed the alleged crime and Takhistov.

    S14 members: With addition of Andrew Takhistov, 9 of your people have been identified and doxxed including Alex Chubbuck, Benjamin Ryder, Jackson Bradley, Paul Minton, Daisy McGowan, Mathew Bair, Mark Kauffman, and Sara Sheaffer. If you continue to operate, more of your members will be exposed and the pressure will increase. You will be held responsible for the nazi filth that you are.

    Send tips and information: [email protected]

    https://jerseycounterinfo.noblogs.org/nj-hate-watch-s14-njeha-and-wlm-member-andrew-takhistov-of-east-brunswick-nj/

    #Analysis #Antifascist #atlanticNationalistClub #EmbraceStruggleActiveClub #general #HateWatch #news #NJWhiteLivesMatter #NJWLM #NJEHA #S14

  10. Anonymous Submission to Jersey Counter-Info

    Jason Dare, the NJ State Trooper that went viral in March 2023 for both disappearing from rehab and having highly visible neo-nazi tattoos has been fired from the NJ State Police.

    Jason Dare, pictured in both plain clothes and in his NJ State Trooper uniform.

    Since 2021, local law enforcement agencies and the NJ State police have been compelled to put together yearly reports, that are accessible to the public, which detail all “major disciplinary” actions against police officers that have resulted in suspension or termination.

    The 2024 NJ State Police major disciplinary report. A key is outlined displaying what action was taken against the officer in addition to the investigation’s findings.

    After a year long “investigation”, the neo-nazi cop was quietly fired in May 2024, with NJ State Police citing multiple illegal actions and violation of division policies in their major disciplinary report which detailed Dare’s firing. Dare was originally placed on unpaid leave in March 2023.

    A breakdown of Dare’s actions and what laws and division policies he violated.

    As outlined in the report, prior to his admission into rehab for drug and alcohol addiction, Dare entered into some kind of plea agreement with NJ State Police, presumably for some illegal action he took while on or off-duty. The exact nature of what led Dare into this plea agreement is unknown, however, it should be noted that as the larger major disciplinary report details, as well as what national reports reflect, both on and off-duty cops have a habit of public intoxication and operating motor vehicles while inebriated.

    After Dare entered into a plea deal with the NJ State Police he was sent to rehab in Delco (Delaware County PA), the same one he would eventually flee from. After fleeing the Delco rehab facility Dare reportedly broke into an unoccupied home in the area and was presumably on a bender for the next several days. At some point after he was found and returned to NJ, he used a shotgun he owned to shoot out a front window in his Vineland home. It should also be noted, that while not referenced in the description, the NJ State Police categorized one of Dare’s violations as a “uniform and grooming standards” violation. This can be surmised as a back-handed reference to his many visible neo-nazi tattoos.

    Some of Dare’s neo-nazi tattoos, including his “blood honor” throat tattoo, iron crosses, and fascist inspired runes. In the picture on the right he is wearing a nazi death head shirt, or “totenkopf”, as he hangs out with friends from the NJ State Police in his free time.

     

    Additional neo-nazi inspired tattoos including a pitbull that is identical to the PA neo-nazi gang Keystone United.

    At the time in March 2023, the mainstream local media reported on Dare’s disappearance and return as copaganda, not referencing his neo-nazi tattoos or investigating the nature of his disappearance. Dare’s discovery and return to NJ was broadly covered by many local news outlets as a positive event. Since Dare’s firing however, there has been virtually zero local news coverage.

    Despite Dare’s documented actions of violating a plea agreement, breaking and entering, trespassing, discharging a firearm in a residential area, putting residents at risk for serious bodily harm, and being a neo-nazi, he was only fired from NJ State Police and is not facing any criminal charges or barred from future employment as a state employee or police officer.

    As antifascists we understand why this is, the state protects its agents even if they are compelled to sacrifice them in some manner. Even with this knowledge though it is still baffling to see the stark difference between how average NJ residents are treated in comparison to agents of the state. We all understand that if this was anyone else other than a cop that they would facing decades in prison and character assassination in the media.

    At the time of publishing, Dare’s current employment details are unknown, but it has been confirmed that he has relocated from his prior residence in Vineland, NJ to Galloway Twp, NJ.

    https://jerseycounterinfo.noblogs.org/neo-nazi-nj-cop-jason-dare-fired-from-nj-state-police/

    #Antifascist #general #HateWatch #news

  11. So #music, #movies, #tv, & #games. All 4 #culture #industries.

    All 4 treated like merely playpens for intellectual property and exploitable revenue streams.

    The concept of #enshitication seems to only encompass services, but to me you can also enshitify creative cultures by homogenising them so much that what you get in the end is the creative equivalent of canned spam.

    Nowadays they design films purely to #hatewatch. Think about that for a second the next time a film is memed to death.

  12. It has been confirmed that Jackson Bradley, who was exposed as a S14 member in October 2023, has died at the age of 25 of septic shock. Bradley had been prolific in his online career as a neo nazi, and was revealed to have an extensive network to local neo nazi crews around the United States, like NSC 131, and was behind the White Lives Matter PA Telegram channel, the White Pill Cafe 2.0 Telegram channel, and a number of other national socialist Telegram content. Among his in-person neo nazi activities, Bradley was a member of NJEHA and S14, in addition to other crews like Embrace Struggle Active Club.

    A recent photo of Bradley.

    One of Bradley’s friends, a fellow (unidentified) S14 member who goes by the handle booboo kittyfck, reported the news of his death to S14 this week. Booboo kittyfck appeared destroyed, as she had worked closely with him for years, helping run the White Pill Cafe 2.0 Telegram channel and other virtual projects.

     

    Reportedly, booboo kittyfck was in touch with Bradley’s family and received confirmation from them that Bradley had died. She also confirmed that she talked to Bradley on the phone on Christmas day.

    A few different neo nazi organizations put out memorial statements for Bradley and not only verified that he went by the Telegram handle Robert Mathews, something that antifascists exposed in October 2023, but that he worked on other projects such as the New Dawn of White Action. Looking at the reactions that booboo kittyfck and others had over his passing, one would think Bradley was the epitome of national socialist ideals, intelligence, and masculinity.

    The hilarious truth here is that couldn’t be further from the truth. Bradley’s death was his own doing and completely avoidable.

    Mark Kauffman also confirms that Bradley was on the ground for the December 16 Jackson, NJ action that NJEHA and S14 held.

    Bradley was reportedly not feeling well for over a week prior and talked to booboo kittyfck about it when they spoke on Christmas day. She tried to get him to go to the emergency room that day, but Bradley did not listen.

    Bradley’s stubbornness was so bad that he needlessly suffered for days on end as his infection got worse. At this time  its not clear what kind of original infection Bradley had, but given how sepsis commonly forms he likely had an easy to treat lung or urinary tract infection that evolved over time, going into his bloodstream. This means that Bradley actively ignored his primary infection and did not receive initial treatment.

    Additionally, if an infection progresses into sepsis and is caught early, the survival rate is around 80%. If the infection is allowed to get worse and develops into septic shock, the survival rate is only 20%. In plain terms, if Bradley had listened to his fellow S14 members and went to the hospital, he likely would still be alive.

    Bradley was also upper middle class and his mom helped support him financially, so it’s not like he couldn’t have afforded medical care either. Bradley had every option possible to him to receive treatment, but refused, due to his own arrogance. In the end Bradley killed himself with his own poor decision making, and likely endured a very painful death, when he succumbed to septic shock.

    Bradley’s death is both ridiculous and from his own hand. Rest in Piss.

    Send tips and information: [email protected]

    https://jerseycounterinfo.noblogs.org/nj-hate-watch-s14-member-jackson-bradley-dead-at-25/

    #Analysis #Antifascist #general #HateWatch #news #S14