Jordan Green

Jordan Green

@byjordangreen.bsky.social

Seasoned extremism reporter at @rawstory.com. Investigations: law enforcement, national security, politics. Contact me at jordan@rawstory.com or jordangreen.03 on Signal. Here for the long haul. https://www.rawstory.com/u/jordan-green-special-to-raw-story

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Jordan Green
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I was excited to learn yesterday that I won 2nd place for investigative reporting from the NC Press Association for my story about militant accelerationism for @theassemblync.bsky.social This is a story I'm continuing to tell. More to come soon! www.theassemblync.com/news/media/n...

theassemblync.comI’ve Seen How the Neo-Nazi Movement Is Escalating. You Should Worry.After unmasking extremist groups, reporter Jordan Green got a first-hand look at how the ‘militant accelerationism’ movement operates.
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New from me: North Carolina was supposed to be the GOP's firewall. It was the one swing state that Trump kept in his column in 2020 Michael Whatley's loyalty propelled him into this year's Senate race. Now, NC exemplifies the GOP's dismal midterm prospects (paywall) www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

rawstory.comTrump risks decimating GOP in must-win state by rewarding loyaltyNorth Carolina was supposed to be the Republicans’ backstop. What happened?Among seven swing states in the 2020 presidential election, North Carolina was the one that remained in President Donald Trum...

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ProPublica
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NEW: Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of the town. with @nytimes.com

propublica.orgThe Small-Town Cop Who Helped ICE Deport His NeighborsIngram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of t...
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EXCLUSIVE: Emails released by the FBI show for the first time that the White House was directly involved in crafting the July 2025 memo jointly issued by DOJ and FBI on Jeffrey Epstein that determined "no further disclosure would be appropriate." (paywall) www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

rawstory.comSecret email puts White House fingerprints on Epstein memo: 'Someone needs to own this'Following a briefing in June 2025 to inform President Donald Trump that his name was in the Epstein files, the Department of Justice and the FBI quietly issued a joint memo that shook the administrati...
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Jordan Green
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On 7/5/25, WH Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich insisted that the memo on Jeffrey Epstein go on DOJ/FBI letterhead. "Someone needs to own this," he told DAG Todd Blanche. "I can't give a doc to a reporter that could easily be confused for a HS term paper." www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

documentcloud.orgTaylor Budowich email 3Email exchanged between White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on the Epstein memo
Jordan Green
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ICYMI, I previously reported that an FBI whistleblower warned that DOJ leadership was at risk of breaking the law by disclosing protected Epstein victim information, and a rushed deadline would "lead to mistakes that could destroy people’s lives.” (paywall) www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

rawstory.comTrump's DOJ unmasked Epstein victims after ignoring FBI whistleblower’s urgent alarmThe warning came from one of the hundreds of FBI employees tasked with a round-the-clock scramble to process more than 100,000 pages of investigative files related to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey ...
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“From the beginning it has been clear that Pam Bondi, Todd Blanche and the rest of President Trump’s team would and will do anything to cover up the president’s close relationship with Epstein and to protect their political allies,” @repdean.bsky.social told us. www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

rawstory.comSecret email puts White House fingerprints on Epstein memo: 'Someone needs to own this'Following a briefing in June 2025 to inform President Donald Trump that his name was in the Epstein files, the Department of Justice and the FBI quietly issued a joint memo that shook the administrati...
Jordan Green@byjordangreen.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: Emails released by the FBI show for the first time that the White House was directly involved in crafting the July 2025 memo jointly issued by DOJ and FBI on Jeffrey Epstein that determined "no further disclosure would be appropriate." (paywall) www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

rawstory.comSecret email puts White House fingerprints on Epstein memo: 'Someone needs to own this'Following a briefing in June 2025 to inform President Donald Trump that his name was in the Epstein files, the Department of Justice and the FBI quietly issued a joint memo that shook the administrati...
Jordan Green
@byjordangreen.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: Emails released by the FBI show for the first time that the White House was directly involved in crafting the July 2025 memo jointly issued by DOJ and FBI on Jeffrey Epstein that determined "no further disclosure would be appropriate." (paywall) www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

rawstory.comSecret email puts White House fingerprints on Epstein memo: 'Someone needs to own this'Following a briefing in June 2025 to inform President Donald Trump that his name was in the Epstein files, the Department of Justice and the FBI quietly issued a joint memo that shook the administrati...

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wiley cope
@wileycope.bsky.social

Oh it gets weirder. Following publication, "Delta9", the anonymous "third party, not associated with the SoapGirls" who speaks for them anyway, now claim a "third party line with the President" and are proposing to make it illegal for any "current or former Antifa member" to criticize a band.

Kat Abughazaleh@katmabu.bsky.social

lmao the soapgirls saga continues thanks to @wileycope.bsky.social and it gets weirder!! leftcoastrightwatch.org/articles/you...

leftcoastrightwatch.org“YOU WILL BE BURIED ALIVE”: SOAPGIRLS SUPERFANS THREATEN CRITICS AND JOURNALISTS... | Left Coast Right WatchSince LCRW’s September investigation, the band’s tweets have vanished from the Wayback Machine, its Instagram account shed thousands of followers, and a superfan threatened to bury our reporter alive.

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Christopher Mathias
@letsgomathias.bsky.social

Post from GOP nominee for Florida state House seat, calling for “Remigration” (ethnic cleansing) & touting protests against “Sharia.” He was active w/ white supremacist group; marched at infamous Nazi rally in Charlottesville; advocated executing LGBTQ people No pushback from GOP. Expected to win

Jordan Green
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In Mecklenburg and Forsyth counties, both Democratic strongholds, the rejection rate for mail-in ballot is as high as 7-8%, following a ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder upholding a Republican-backed rule requiring the envelope to be sealed. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comExclusive: Thousands of North Carolina ballots set to be rejected after GOP imposed strict new rules, data showsIf 3% of mail ballots statewide end up being rejected, it would lead to an estimated 3,942 ballots being thrown out, Democracy Docket calculated. Those voters would be disenfranchised unless they come...
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SCOOP: I found an FBI whistleblower complaint raising alarm that DOJ leadership's rushed review of the Epstein files risked breaking the law by disclosing protected victim information. They warned the process "could destroy people's lives." (paywall content) www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

rawstory.comTrump's DOJ unmasked Epstein victims after ignoring FBI whistleblower’s urgent alarmThe warning came from one of the hundreds of FBI employees tasked with a round-the-clock scramble to process more than 100,000 pages of investigative files related to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey ...
Jordan Green
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Read the March 2025 complaint by an FBI whistleblower alleging that DOJ leadership was "pushing for the release of records" containing protected information about Jeffrey Epstein's victims that could violate the law. #EpsteinFiles www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

documentcloud.orgFBI whistleblower complaintWhistleblower complaint filed by FBI employee alleging potential violations of law by the U.S. Department of Justice through the disclosure of protected victim information during the redaction of the ...

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Jeff Tischauser
@jtischauser.bsky.social

Bovino got fired in March, attended a neo-Nazi rally in May, appeared on a white nat podcast in June and a podcast hosted by J6er and Proud Boys this week. Bovino is now working with another J6er who hosted a rally in Minneapolis named after a racial slur.

1312 Antifascists (Chicago)@1312antifascists.bsky.social

🚨ALERTA - DETROIT MICHIGAN! Saturday! Disgraced Bovino has organized a hate rally against Abdul El-Sayed, and is welcoming neonazi Jake Lang and his motley crew of racist crusaders. Lang Gang has been on a 2 week hate-tour across the country, w/ disruptive acts in MI, IL, NJ, FL, NY. #CrusaderWatch

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wiley cope
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NEW: Since @lcrw.news’ investigation into South African punk band The SoapGirls last month, the band’s tweets have vanished from the Internet Archive, its Instagram account shed thousands of followers, and a superfan threatened to bury me alive. leftcoastrightwatch.org/articles/you...

leftcoastrightwatch.org“YOU WILL BE BURIED ALIVE”: SOAPGIRLS SUPERFANS THREATEN CRITICS AND JOURNALISTS... | Left Coast Right WatchSince LCRW’s September investigation, the band’s tweets have vanished from the Wayback Machine, its Instagram account shed thousands of followers, and a superfan threatened to bury our reporter alive.
Jordan Green
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I spoke to organizers in four critical battleground states as they brace for ICE deployments at polling places. “We want to make sure everyone in our community knows that they’re not alone, and they should not be intimidated," Chriselda Vera of south Texas told me. www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

rawstory.com'Terrorized' battlegrounds turn into 'ghost towns' as ICE swarms early votingAs early voting in the midterm elections gets underway, voting and immigrant rights organizers across the country are bracing for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deployments at polling places...
Jordan Green
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New from me: Even the most hardcore election deniers are questioning Trump ally Ed Martin's claim about a "crisis stage" of foreign election interference, noting that by the same logic the outcome of primary elections should also be called into question. (paywall) www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

rawstory.com'Dunno what he's doing!' Republicans terrified Trump ally's 'crisis' cry just backfiredWhen a prominent election denier with close ties to the Trump administration took to X last week to call for “all hands on deck” in response to a midterm election “crisis,” even many of Donald Trump’s...
Jordan Green
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Stop what you're doing and read this story by my colleague, Alexandria Jacobson: Fears swirl as armed guards swarm USPS weeks before midterms: 'Really suspicious' www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

rawstory.comFears swirl as armed guards swarm USPS weeks before midterms: 'Really suspicious'Alarms are blaring as the United States Postal Service orders an influx of contracted-out armed security at facilities just weeks before the midterm elections.Nearly 1,000 armed security officers (ASO...

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Ali Winston
@awinston.bsky.social

The ICE agent seen brandishing an AR-15 at the scene of yesterday’s shooting in NYC’s Marble Hill has a record of lying, excessive force & getting caught by judges. He also goes by “Shooter Cuni” on social media, & posts the same gun he had on him today W/@dmehro.bsky.social @regret.bsky.social

Andrew Couts@couts.bsky.social

NEW: ICE agent in a high-viz vest holding a rifle at the scene of shooting near the Bronx has a history of allegedly lying, using excessive force, and courts have found his arrests unlawful. @dmehro.bsky.social @awinston.bsky.social, @regret.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-ag...

wired.comICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal ArrestsBrenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.

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Teddy Wilson
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Republican group with white power ties openly plots infiltration of Florida government www.rawstory.com/raw-investig... by @byjordangreen.bsky.social

rawstory.comRepublican group with white power ties openly plots infiltration of Florida governmentA network of Florida Republicans with links to hate groups and the violent 2017 Unite the Right rally is mobilizing to seat members on local government boards and run for elected office in the Sunshin...

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Devin Burghart
@dburghart.bsky.social

Blood and Politics is Leonard Zeskind's unprecedented, sweeping history of white nationalism's rise over four decades. Banned by the U.S. Naval Academy in April 2025, its October re-release could not be more timely. Join us to celebrate the release on our fall book tour, starting in the Midwest.

Jordan Green
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New from me: A network of Florida Republicans with links to hate groups and the violent 2017 Unite the Right rally is mobilizing to seat members on local government boards and run for elected office in the Sunshine State and beyond. (paywall) www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

rawstory.comRepublican group with white power ties openly plots infiltration of Florida governmentA network of Florida Republicans with links to hate groups and the violent 2017 Unite the Right rally is mobilizing to seat members on local government boards and run for elected office in the Sunshin...
Jordan Green
@byjordangreen.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of pages of newly released FBI documents shed light on the agency's role in the Greensboro Massacre. Two Klansman, including one who was a former FBI informant, separately warned the agency about the potential for violence. (paywalled) www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

rawstory.comBombshell memo on horrific race massacre exposes complicit FBI: 'They lied like crazy'GREENSBORO, N.C. — In July 1979, a North Carolina Ku Klux Klan leader named Joe Grady summoned two FBI agents to a Waffle House to warn them “about possible violence in the future.”Earlier that month,...

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Christopher Mathias
@letsgomathias.bsky.social

NEW: @talkingpointsmemo.com can reveal GOP nominee for Florida legislature: -marched at deadly Charlottesville Nazi rally w/ white supremacist group's flag -has *many* white supremacist donors -appears to advocate lynching He is expected to win Nov. election talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...

talkingpointsmemo.comExclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...
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EXCLUSIVE: The school founded by Iowa Republican gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn once cited Elon Musk & Jordan Peterson as heroes. As Lahn launched his campaign last year, @rawstory.com learned, the names quietly came off the school website (paywall) www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

rawstory.comMystery swirls as far-right heavyweights scrubbed from school GOP hopeful foundedAs Republican Zach Lahn launched his campaign for Iowa governor, the private school he founded in Kansas quietly scrubbed the names of controversial right-wing figures from its website.The effort to p...
Jordan Green
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Striking to see Texas Sec'y of State trying to root out noncitizens from voter rolls when evidence shows its exceedingly rare. His own investigation showed that 1 in 5 of the people initially flagged were actually citizens. This is who will certify the election. www.rawstory.com/texas-voters...

rawstory.comExtreme errors plague red state's effort to smoke out noncitizen voters: 'Staggering'The office of the Texas Secretary of State announced the results of a lengthy effort to root out noncitizens on voting rolls — but made a staggering admission in the process about just how error-prone...

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Christopher Mathias
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It's my official first day as a reporter at @talkingpointsmemo.com! Hit me up with tips/ideas: chrism@talkingpointsmemo.com. & join me and @jragazzo.bsky.social at 2pm to hear us discuss my story abt the Charlottesville marcher poised to take office in Florida talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/youtu...

talkingpointsmemo.comYouTube Live at 2 PM ET: Chris Mathias on the Charlottesville Marcher Poised to Take Office in FloridaICYMI, TPM’s new reporter Chris Mathias just published a new investigation revealing...
Jordan Green
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Exclusive: Pentagon employee Jennica Pounds aka @datarepublican.bsky.social put antifascist websites under a bright light, calling them an "elaborate doxxing scheme." Some of the sites exposed violent extremists before they were prosecuted by the USG for terrorism. www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

rawstory.comPentagon insider smears antifascists who unmasked Nazi terrorists later convicted by DOJDays after the State Department designated an Italian tech group as a terrorist entity, thousands of antifascist sites on its web hosting service wound up on a searchable online research tool describe...
Jordan Green
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Secretaries of State are are the front line of the battle to protect elections. "I've been through the fire in Arizona at the very gestation of election denialism," Sec'y of State Adrian Fontes tells @rawstory.com. "I'm not going to let the bastards intimidate me." www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

rawstory.com'Here's my secret': Republican plot flagged as way to terrorize voters — and 'sow chaos'When MAGA supporters fueled by conspiracy theories angrily protested Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 win in Arizona, it fell to Recorder Adrian Fontes to certify the results in Maricopa, the state’s largest...

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wiley cope
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Punk venues cancel The SoapGirls over racist lyrics and conspiracy posts. Band says tweets were faked; the Internet Archive says otherwise. Then the band’s booking agent came for the critics. My latest for @lcrw.news with words from @katmabu.bsky.social leftcoastrightwatch.org/articles/soa...

leftcoastrightwatch.orgMEET THE SOUTH AFRICAN PUNK BAND THAT CANCELED ITSELF | Left Coast Right WatchPunk venues cancel The SoapGirls over racist lyrics and conspiracy posts. Band says tweets were faked; the Internet Archive says otherwise. Then the band’s booking agent came for the critics.

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stereotopical
@stereotopical.bsky.social

No mention in this NYT story that DOJ only brought these charges against the ICE agent to delay MN prosecuting him and setting a precedent. Federal Prosecutors Charge ICE Agent With Lying About Minnesota Shooting www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...

nytimes.comFederal Prosecutors Charge ICE Agent With Lying About Minnesota ShootingThe charges are a rare instance of President Trump’s Justice Department accusing a federal agent of breaking the law while on the job.
Jordan Green
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Proud Boys crashed a DSA meeting in North Carolina and tried to intimidate members by filming them, but wound up enjoying the free pumpkin spice donut holes. (gift link) www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

rawstory.comTerror move backfires as 'loser' Proud Boys' socialist hate collides with love for donutsDozens of Proud Boys showed up at a Democratic Socialists of America meeting in North Carolina over the weekend in a play for relevance by an aging fascist street gang amid a right-wing backlash again...
Jordan Green
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I'm glad the response to Mullin's threat to deploy ICE to make arrests at polling places is "shockwaves" Also, DHS has been signaling this for some time. This is the statement the agency gave me in July attributed to a "DHS official." www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

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DHS boss sends shockwaves over 'specific threats' that could trigger election response www.rawstory.com/markwayne-mu...

rawstory.comDHS boss sends shockwaves over 'specific threats' that could trigger election responseHomeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin confirmed Tuesday that immigration agents could deploy to polling locations during November's midterms under certain circumstances, offering the administra...