Michael Edison Hayden
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A Guide to Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
Introduction: Peering Behind the Mask Open source intelligence, which researchers and security services style OSINT, is one of the most valuable tools to a contemporary reporter, because of the vast amount of publicly available online information. Reporters conducting OSINT-based research should aspire to use the information they gather online to peer behind the superficial mask […] → Read More
A Guide to Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
Introduction: Peering Behind the Mask Open source intelligence, which researchers and security services style OSINT, is one of the most valuable tools to a contemporary reporter, because of the vast amount of publicly available online information. Reporters conducting OSINT-based research should aspire to use the information they gather online to peer behind the superficial mask […] → Read More
White Supremacists Have Been Banished From Social Media—But They're Thriving on Podcasts
White nationalists are finding a last refuge in podcasting. And Mike Peinovich has the hottest mic. → Read More
Anti-Trump J20 Protesters Facing 60 Years in Jail Report Financial Woes and Psychological Trauma
Over a year later, 59 protesters are still charged with felonies related to rioting and property damage. → Read More
Republican Mayor Who Told Parkland Shooting Survivor David Hogg to 'Eat It' Faces Recall Election
The embattled mayor blamed the recall effort on "dark money outsiders." → Read More
Republican Mayor Who Told Parkland Shooting Survivor David Hogg to 'Eat It' Faces Recall Election
The mayor of small city in Maine could be removed from office after appearing to mock David Hogg, an 18-year-old gun control activist and one of the survivors of February’s mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. Nick Isgro, a Republican, was reelected as the mayor of Waterville, Maine in November. In → Read More
Teen Wearing Neo-Nazi Group Clothing Arrested With Cache of Illegal Weapons in Illinois
The 19-year-old had been spotted on a college campus wearing clothing associated with the group Patriot Front. → Read More
Republican Senate Candidate Praises Hitler and Sparks Condemnation from California GOP
Patrick Little, who has embraced the tag of white nationalist, brought weapons to a deadly rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last year. → Read More
Anonymous White Nationalists May Have Their Identities Exposed in Lawsuit Over Charlottesville, Virginia, Violence
The plaintiffs named in the case are students, clergy and local Charlottesville residents who seek damages related to the violence that broke out last summer in Virginia. → Read More
Republican Senate Candidate, Who Has Called for Country 'Free From Jews,’ Could be Dianne Feinstein’s Challenger
Overt anti-Semites have been slowly creeping into Republican politics in the aftermath of President Trump’s successful, populist candidacy, and now one of them has a fighting chance of representing the Republican Party in a Senate race. The man in question is Patrick Little, an extremist with hardline → Read More
Republican Senate Candidate, Who Has Called for Country 'Free From Jews,’ Could be Dianne Feinstein’s Challenger
Patrick Little has followed a trend of candidates running for office on an anti-Semitic platform. → Read More
Pro-Trump Pundits Embrace Kanye West After Rapper Takes Apparent Right-Wing Turn
Kanye West is recruiting an unlikely fan base thanks to his apparent embrace of the right. → Read More
Why Are Richard Spencer and David Duke Still on Twitter? The Answer Is Confusing, Rights Groups Say
Richard Spencer and David Duke continue to be allowed to reach wide audiences on Twitter, despite its much-publicized "purge." → Read More
Barbara Bush Quotes: Former First Lady on Trump, Iraq, Katrina and Children
Barbara Bush was praised for her remarks about literacy but made controversial comments about Katrina and did not hide her dislike of Donald Trump. → Read More
'Antifa Civil War' Fake News Story Treated As 'Threat' by DHS Officials, Emails Reveal
The emails were released as late as two weeks after the conspiracy was debunked in Newsweek and other outlets. → Read More
Pro-Trump Troll Shoots Up David Hogg Effigy with Assault Rifle, Gets Banned from Twitter
The Parkland shooting survivor and gun control advocate celebrated his 18th birthday Thursday. → Read More
Will Paul Ryan Be Replaced By a White Supremacist in Wisconsin?
Paul Ryan's primary challenger in 2016 has ties to white supremacists. → Read More
Syria Gas Attack Conspiracy Theories Fueled by Tucker Carlson and Far-Right Fringe
As with other high-profile incidents involving violence in Syria that has been blamed on Assad, conspiracy theorists are calling the attack a hoax. → Read More
Syria Gas Attack Conspiracy Theories Fueled by Tucker Carlson and Far-Right Fringe
Along with an often-paranoid aversion to women and minorities, two dynamics that the now fractured alt-right movement helped inject into President Trump’s base of support were a staunch opposition to military intervention, and a reliance on conspiracy theories to explain away complex problems. Few problems → Read More
Joe Arpaio Claims He ‘Proved’ Obama Birth Certificate Is ‘Fake’ and Will Resume Debunked ‘Birther’ Movement If Elected
Joe Arpaio, who is running for Senator in Arizona despite a criminal conviction, has promised to resurrect a debunked conspiracy theory about former President Barack Obama’s birth certificate, if elected to office. The octogenarian former sheriff, who has repeatedly been accused of human rights abuses → Read More