Will Carless, USA TODAY

Trump’s new America.gov AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years ago

Milo Yiannopoulos got deported! washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... "Yiannopoulos is one of the loudest and most loathsome proponents of Trump’s immigration policies. His deportation as an illegal immigrant reaches such high levels of irony that the news should come with an FDA warning."

Why hasn't President Trump freed Andrew & Tristan Tate? Because the manosphere's "Top G" no longer holds that title. And he's accused of child porn, raising the specter of the #EpsteinFiles for Trump. My latest analysis video for @usatoday.com's Extremely Normal: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyOJ...

"Top G" ain't top G any more ...

"Tate, who calls himself the “Top G,” no longer holds a position atop the manosphere as he once did. Secondly, the Tates are charged with possession of child pornography, an accusation that raises the specter of the Epstein Files"

There are two main reasons observers say Trump hasn't intervened in the Andrew & Tristan Tate case: 1. Tate is accused of child porn, and this would remind people about the Epstein files; 2. Tate is no longer "Top G" in the manosphere, so backing him has little political gain.

My LATEST: My LATEST: Will Trump free Andrew and Tristan Tate? Epstein files loom over case www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...

Exclusive: Trump DOJ’s Top ‘Antifa’ Prosecutor Marched With Crowd on Jan. 6 talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...

LATEST w/ @khjelmgaard.bsky.social Andrew and Tristan Tate face UK extradition: What to know www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...

Also, if you're following the #AndrewTate news and you haven't yet read @heidiblake's INCREDIBLE and gut-wrenching piece on the Tates' "Empire of Abuse" then that's what you should read right now: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

For those not in the know: The Tate brothers have forged close alliances w/ the Trump administration and family. Those alliances will now be tested. Sec. Marco Rubio will have the final say on whether the Tates are extradited. This will get interesting ...

Huge news as Andrew and Tristan Tate are arrested by Federal Marshals in Miami to face extradition to the UK. Story soon. In the meantime, here's my episode of Extremely Normal on the Manosphere and Tate et. al: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoC7...

Our latest episode of Extremely Normal is out! It examines at how soaring antisemitism is being driven by the conflicts in Gaza and Iran: youtube.com/watch?v=5cym...

Missed this last week, but superb reporting from @willcarless.bsky.social here.

Continuing a long trend that has continued for 30 years or so I am currently flying to a country on vacation that is experiencing a significant news event. This time I’m on a plane heading to Tirana, Albania, where people are protesting a luxury resort on untouched coastline planned by the Kushners

New from me @notus.com: The DOJ has cancelled biannual election-crimes classes for investigators. It deleted the manual that explains how to avoid tampering with votes. And it isn't prepping for the usual Election Day command center at FBI hq. www.notus.org/2026-electio...

It’s wild how many people are in my mentions saying things like “All thanks to the SPLC” — like that’s something witty or clever. The SPLC paid informants to infiltrate groups like this, sure. To suggest those few people account for most extremists is just ignorant and smacks of denialism.

ICYMI: I had a pretty big story today: A source leaked me Patriot Front’s internal guidance, membership list, and other documents. More coming …

"Members of Patriot Front idolize Hitler, they joke about the Holocaust, they use racial slurs and they very much want to psychologically traumatize nonwhite groups – they are very comfortable being white supremacists in private.” -- @jtischauser.bsky.social

I was leaked Patriot Front’s manuals, membership list and other key documents from inside the racist hate group:

SCOOP: I got exclusive internal documents from the white supremacist group Patriot Front, showing the group is in 49 states and has grown fast. The docs outline strict rules on propaganda and show the group’s expansion into racist “active clubs”: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

The teenagers behind a shooting at a San Diego mosque last week wore patches associated with Atomwaffen Division, a defunct neo-Nazi group, and drew clear inspiration from "Terrorgram," a loose network of neo-Nazis that supports the use of terrorism. Latest: www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...

"The words 'replace' or 'replacement' appear on 14 of the 75 pages of the document being studied by law enforcement."

The FBI says these teenagers "didn't discriminate" in their hate. They did. They left a document laying out explicitly who they discriminated against, and why. Experts say it clearly espouses a mishmash of far-right neo-fascism:

This is getting so boring. Stop doing this.

#IMPACT:

Earlier this year, @writerbarton.bsky.social & I wrote the story of a horrific death in an Alabama jail & a sheriff hanging on to power despite nearly half his staff being charged. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n... The sheriff just lost his reelection bid: www.usatoday.com/story/news/i...

To wit: www.usatoday.com/videos/news/...

The word "hero" gets thrown around a lot. But it's clear the attack on the San Diego Islamic Center yesterday could have been SO much worse. 140 children were feet away from the attackers. Security guard Amin Abdullah engaged these cowards in a gunfight, and they ran away.

Very curious whether Trump’s $1.8 billion January 6 fund includes money for journalists traumatized by the events of that day, including watching colleagues get assaulted, fearing for their lives, seeing people die and witnessing countless unprovoked attacks. Asking for a friend

It’s absolutely bonkers to me that Americans are being completely gouged at the pump, ostensibly because of geopolitics, and at the same time oil companies are making record profits! Why are we all OK with this? www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/b...

FWIW: I worked as a bartender for years before I became a journalist. We would “86” people all the time. This meant banning them from the premises. Not killing them.

It was very interesting interviewing Hasan Piker this morning. We had a long, respectful conversation about rising antisemitism in America and the responsibility involved with shaping the conversation

www.usatoday.com/story/news/n... Important perspective on the SPLC story from @willcarless.bsky.social (Will is excellent and it is not his fault that USA Today has added an "AI Overview" section up top)

An indictment is literally a list of allegations. That just what it is.

Is it fraud if nobody thinks they’ve been defrauded?

People keep pointing out that the big #SPLC indictment is a *fraud case But I didn’t see a shred of evidence in the indictment that a single donor was actually concerned about informants being paid to infiltrate hate groups That seems … relevant?

Today would be a great day for current and former FBI agents and DOJ prosecutors to reach out to me and detail some of the hate group infiltrators the feds have paid over the decades. Reach me confidentially on signal/telegram at 415.416.5231

Former fed prosecutor told me: “The idea that people who contribute to the SPLC would have objected that some of their funding was going to pay people who infiltrated extremist far-right groups like the Ku-Klux Klan is ridiculous on its face … it’s stupid. It doesn’t pass the laugh test”

In announcing yesterday’s indictment, FBI Director Kash Patel claimed the SPLC was essentially supporting extremism by paying high-level informants That’s the *exact criticism that’s been made of the FBI & DOJ’s use of paid confidential informants for decades. Stones. Glass houses.

The DOJ indicted SPLC for paying informants. But the FBI does it too Paying sources to infiltrate hate groups is a tried-and-tested tactic long employed by federal law enforcement agencies. My latest for @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

BREAKING: I'm suing the federal government for access to evidence in the shootings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and Julio Sosa-Celis. It's astonishing this lawsuit is even necessary, but in Minnesota, nobody is above the law.

Trump, Who Calls Mail-in Voting ‘Cheating,’ Just Voted by Mail: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...

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As attacks and threats continue, Americans — especially Jewish Americans — should be vigilant in public spaces, particularly places of worship, experts say: #LATEST www.instagram.com/reel/DVzYq4p...

I spent the last week in the UK visiting family and friends. The paranoia and fear about visiting the US is very real. People are genuinely scared to fly here. They think they'll be arrested or shot. My plane home was half-empty