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Karl and Griff talk about the recent ICE escalations and about how Trump’s cronies are looting the US treasury. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/ Comments? Suggestions? Email: griff@didnothingwrongpod.com Did Nothing Wrong is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support this work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 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

Dr. Jonathan Howard and I discuss his new book “Everyone Else Is Lying To You”, about the academics and scientists who sold their souls for clout and Trump administration jobs during the pandemic. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/ Here are some of the sources and references from this episode: Dr Howard’s books are chock full of statements and receipts about the scientists and academics who sold their souls to “make Andrew Wakefield’s dream come true”, as Dr Howard says. It’ll make you extremely angry all over again seeing it all in one place like this. EVERYONE ELSE IS LYING TO YOU: How the medical establishment weaponized doubt to spread COVID, normalize quackery, and undermine public health. https://redhawkpublications.com/EVERYONE-ELSE-IS-LYING-TO-YOU-How-the-medical-establishment-weaponized-doubt-to-spread-COVID-normalize-quackery-and-undermine-public-health-p774121522 We Want Them Infected How the failed quest for herd immunity led doctors to embrace the anti-vaccine movement and blinded Americans to the threat of COVID https://redhawkpublications.com/We-Want-Them-Infected-p547021769 Dr Howard on Bluesky: Comments? Suggestions? Email: griff@didnothingwrongpod.com Did Nothing Wrong is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 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

Karl and Griff talk about 80s movies and how certain narratives are fueling the ICE pushback. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/ Comments? Suggestions? Email: griff@didnothingwrongpod.com Did Nothing Wrong is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 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

Some thoughts about the weekend’s No Kings protests, and what a big tent/coalition/Popular Front roadmap might look like going forward. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/ Comments? Suggestions? Email: griff@didnothingwrongpod.com Did Nothing Wrong is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 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

Karl and Griff discuss what the defection of Pepe means for MAGA, and the absurdity of ICE attacking protesters in inflatable frog costumes Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/ Here are some of the sources and references from this episode: American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming https://www.theverge.com/policy/798491/frog-portland-trump-national-guard Jack Posobiec Links to Russian Intelligence-Backed Website https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/jack-posobiec-links-russian-intelligence-backed-website/ Portland conservative writer suing 'antifa' for injuries https://katu.com/news/local/portland-conservative-writer-andy-ngo-suing-antifa-for-injuries-during-protest Comments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com Did Nothing Wrong is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 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

The former Women’s Director of Identity Evropa discusses her time in the movement, how she got out, and how she’s helping others do the same. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/ Here are some of the sources and references from this episode: IDENTITY EVROPA/AMERICAN IDENTITY MOVEMENT https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/identity-evropaamerican-identity-movement WHITE NATIONALIST GROUP IDENTITY EVROPA REBRANDS FOLLOWING PRIVATE CHAT LEAKS, LAUNCHES ‘AMERICAN IDENTITY MOVEMENT’ https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/03/12/white-nationalist-group-identity-evropa-rebrands-following-private-chat-leaks-launches Samantha’s Journey Into the Alt-Right, and Back https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/samanthas-journey-into-the-alt-right-and-back A Former Far-Right Extremist Testified About How “Unite The Right” Rally Organizers Planned For A Racial Holy War https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/unite-the-right-witness-violent-plans-testimony Former Identity Evropa Organizer Tells Secrets In Trial Deposition https://unicornriot.ninja/2021/former-identity-evropa-organizer-tells-secrets-in-trial-deposition/ White Nationalist Group Forms ‘National Justice’ Political Party https://www.newsweek.com/white-nationalist-group-forms-national-justice-political-party-1526903 PRO-KREMLIN PROPAGANDIST TIES TO WHITE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT DEEPER THAN PREVIOUSLY KNOWN https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/09/19/pro-kremlin-propagandist-ties-white-nationalist-movement-deeper-previously-known Collapse of White Nationalist Party Offers Lessons for Anti-Fascist Strategy https://truthout.org/articles/collapse-of-white-nationalist-party-offers-lessons-for-anti-fascist-strategy/ Life After Hate Launches New Initiative to Provide Hope to Those Seeking to Leave Lives of Violent Far-Right Extremism https://www.lifeafterhate.org/blog/2023/5/1/the-daily-former/ Comments? Suggestions? Email: griff@didnothingwrongpod.com Did Nothing Wrong is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 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

Journalist and Author Chris Mathias joins the pod to discuss his upcoming book, "To Catch a Fascist", and to explain what the Right always gets Wrong about "Antifa" Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/ Here are some of the sources and references from this episode: To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right By Christopher Mathias https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Catch-a-Fascist/Christopher-Mathias/9781668034767 Christopher Mathias - Simon and Schuster Author Page https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Christopher-Mathias/207859756 Episode 108 - Chris Mathias https://www.didnothingwrongpod.com/p/episode-108-christopher-mathias Christopher Mathias Senior Reporter, HuffPost https://www.huffpost.com/author/christopher-mathias Trump issues promised ‘terrorist organization’ designation for antifa https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/22/trump-issues-terrorist-organization-antifa-00575921 The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition https://history.wisc.edu/publications/the-second-coming-of-the-kkk-the-ku-klux-klan-of-the-1920s-and-the-american-political-tradition/ The Strongest Chapter in WA - Bellingham's KKK https://depts.washington.edu/civilr/kkk_bellingham.htm Questions? Comments? Email: griff@didnothingwrongpod.com Did Nothing Wrong is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 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

Griff and Glitterpill Community founder Samantha Kutner discuss the assassination of TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk and the chaotic immediate information space response. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/ Comments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com Did Nothing Wrong is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 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

Professor Seth Cotlar from Willamette University joins the Pod to discuss the history of the Radical Right in the Pacific Northwest and beyond in Part 2 of a two part 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: Seth Cotlar - Willamette University https://my.willamette.edu/people/scotlar "Rightlandia", Seth's newsletter https://rightlandia.ghost.io/ Radical Traditionalist Catholics Spew Anti-Semitic Hate, Commit Violence Against Jews https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/radical-traditionalist-catholics-spew-anti-semitic-hate-commit-violence-against-jews/ Did Nothing Wrong Episode 111 - Dr. Amanda Rogers https://www.didnothingwrongpod.com/p/episode-111-dr-amanda-rogers Two Protesters Disrupt ‘Julius Caesar’ in Central Park https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/theater/julius-caesar-central-park-trump-protesters.html Right-Wing Provocateur Jack Posobiec is in Fremont Protesting Lenin Statue https://seattlemag.com/food-and-culture/right-wing-provocateur-jack-posobiec-fremont-protesting-lenin-statue/ Fremont Public Art: The Lenin Statue – Fremont Historical Society https://www.fremonthistory.org/wp/fremont-public-art-the-lenin-statue/ How Portland Stopped the Proud Boys https://newlinesmag.com/argument/how-portland-stopped-the-proud-boys/ Mayors of Democratic cities beyond D.C. decry Trump's takeover threats https://www.npr.org/2025/08/14/nx-s1-5501273/trump-dc-takeover-cities-mayors-police-national-guard ‘The Klansman’s Son’ https://njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com/the-klansmans-son/ For “Club and Community”: The Timbers Army Took on MLS Over Political Speech in Stadiums https://www.theringer.com/2019/10/18/soccer/portland-timbers-major-league-soccer-ban-iron-front-symbol Questions? Comments? Email: griff@didnothingwrongpod.com Did Nothing Wrong is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 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

Professor Seth Cotlar from Willamette University joins the Pod to discuss the history of the Radical Right in the Pacific Northwest and beyond in Part 1 of a two part episode. Tune in next week for part 2! Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/ Here are some of the sources and references from this episode: Seth Cotlar - Willamette University https://my.willamette.edu/people/scotlar The Rise and Fall of the Ku Klux Klan in Oregon During the 1920s https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1126&context=vocesnovae A look back at how white supremacists sowed seeds of hate in Oregon in the 20th century https://www.opb.org/article/2022/03/14/rise-of-klan-white-nationalism-hate-racism-oregon/ SPLC's civil lawsuit against Tom Metzger and WAR https://www.splcenter.org/resources/civil-rights-case-docket/berhanu-v-metzger/ White supremacists killed Ethiopian man but his son thrives - OPB https://www.opb.org/article/2020/11/13/bc-us-white-supremacist-ethiopian-adoption/ Lon Mabon Terrified Portlanders With Ballot Measures but Now Sells Them Gourmet Salsa https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/10/04/lon-mabon-terrified-portlanders-with-ballot-measures-but-now-sells-them-gourmet-salsa/ Questions? Comments? Email: griff@didnothingwrongpod.com Did Nothing Wrong is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 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

Karl and Griff talk about the military occupation of DC and Los Angeles, as well as where they are going next, and what kinds of resistance make sense as well as which ones don't. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/ Questions? Comments? Email: griff@didnothingwrongpod.com Did Nothing Wrong is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. “If we don't try If we just lie If we can't find A way to do it better than this Who will?” 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

Karl and Griff discuss the recent ICE occupations of Los Angeles and Washington, DC, as well as the Politics of Dignity, and what a terrible President Gavin Newsom would make. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/ Questions? Comments? Email: griff@didnothingwrongpod.com Did Nothing Wrong is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 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

Griff takes a look at a fascinating right-wing rhetorical battle over whether MAGA is actually the "Woke Right". 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 Woke Right Stands At The Door" Drug bust scores 2 1/2 pounds of pot, hallucinogens, allege prosecutors https://www.silive.com/eastshore/2014/06/drug_bust_scores_2_12_pounds_o.html Manhattan GOP Goes Full Trump https://www.gothamgazette.com/opinion-pieces/130-opinion/8487-manhattan-gop-goes-full-trump-ruining-chances-for-years-to-come Professor Seth Cotlar - Willamette University https://my.willamette.edu/people/scotlar Questions? Comments? Email: griff@didnothingwrongpod.com Did Nothing Wrong is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 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

The one where we talk about Nayib Bukele, an indictment from the EDNY, the curious crackdown on some gang members in El Salvador, and MAGA's fawning approval of these measures. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/ Here are some of the sources we used while assembling this episode: Behind Trump’s Deal to Deport Venezuelans to El Salvador’s Most Feared Prison https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/us/politics/trump-deportations-venezuela-el-salvador.html Judge Demands Answers About Deal to Return MS-13 Gang Leaders to El Salvador https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/nyregion/bukele-ms-13-trump-deal.html The Legal Fig Leaf: The US-El Salvador Detainee Diplomatic Notes https://www.justsecurity.org/117271/us-elsalvador-diplomatic-notes/ El Salvador moves suspected gang members to 40,000-capacity ‘megaprison’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/25/el-salvador-moves-2000-suspected-gang-members-to-new-megaprison Damian Merlo's Foreign Agent Registration(FARA) for his work on behalf of El Salvador https://efile.fara.gov/docs/6898-Supplemental-Statement-20230130-4.pdf EDNY's indictment for the MS-13 gang leaders https://www.justice.gov/d9/press-releases/attachments/2023/02/23/ranfla_ii_indictment_foreperson_signaturepdf_0.pdf El Salvador Government Protection of MS-13 from Extradition Emerges in DOJ Indictment https://elfaro.net/en/202302/el_salvador/26739/el-salvador-government-protection-of-ms-13-from-extradition-emerges-in-doj-indictment Bukele Government Dismantled Gang Presence in El Salvador https://elfaro.net/en/202302/el_salvador/26694/Bukele-Government-Dismantled-Gang-Presence-in-El-Salvador.htm “He says that, for some time now, the gangs’ street "soldiers" believe that their leaders "sold them out.""It’s true. These structures have no management. The ranflas [leaders] claimed to be looking out for their soldiers’ wellbeing. Not anymore. We came to the conclusion that it wasn’t the case." He thinks that the concentration of power in the hands of the historic leaders of the organizations had backfired on them."The ranflas [in prison] didn’t want to appoint substitutes [in the streets]. I don’t know why. Maybe because they didn’t want to leave to someone else what was theirs. So they didn’t do it. These locos negotiated for their own benefit. What did they negotiate? I don’t know," he said.” Bukele's Pact with the Gangs Lasted Three Massacres https://elfaro.net/en/202303/opinion/26745/Bukele's-Pact-with-the-Gangs-Lasted-Three-Massacres.htm The Guardian on the beginnings of ISIS https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/11/-sp-isis-the-inside-story Comments? Suggestions? Email: griff@didnothingwrongpod.com Thanks for listening, Jay and Griff Did Nothing Wrong is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 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

Karl and Griff discuss the bizarre reaction of the Trump administration to the calls for release of the "Epstein Files", and rate the incredibly cringe new video from ICE. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/ Questions? Comments? Email:griff@didnothingwrongpod.com Did Nothing Wrong is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 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

Karl and Griff discuss the dismantling of FEMA, ICE's escalated tactics, information environment poisoning, and One Weird Trick to avoid "Fedposting"(DHS Hates It). Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/ Questions? Comments? Email:griff@didnothingwrongpod.com Did Nothing Wrong is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support this work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 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

Karl and Griff talk about ICE as the new secret police, Musk's new "America Party" and the disturbing lack of empathy from certain Blue MAGA content thieves. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/ Questions? Comments? Email:griff@didnothingwrongpod.com Did Nothing Wrong is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support this work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. “There's one thing that makes me sickIt's when someone tries to hide behind their politicsI wish that time could go by fastSomehow they manage to make it last” 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

Scott Kelley Ernest is a former white supremacist who walked away from hate and now helps others leave the white nationalist movement. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/ Here are some of the sources and references from this episode: Scott on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/mxscottkernest.bsky.social Former Florida white nationalist reckons with his past, America’s present https://www.tampabay.com/narratives/2021/01/23/former-florida-white-nationalist-reckons-with-his-past-americas-present/ Former white nationalist explains how he escaped from world of hate https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/former-white-nationalist-discusses-escape-from-world-of-hate Scott on the "In Their Own Words" Podcast https://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-their-own-words-feat-christine-cormier-and-scott-kelley-ernest--64849156 SPLC artice on Pioneer Little Europe https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/closed-circuit/ In Montana, An Unease Over Extremist Views Moving Out Of The Woods https://www.npr.org/2016/11/29/503620409/in-montana-an-unease-over-extremist-views-moving-out-of-the-woods White Supremacist Town Manager Envisions "Homeland" for Whites https://www.adl.org/resources/article/white-supremacist-town-manager-envisions-homeland-whites Christian Identity in the Northwest: Where White Supremacy and Religion Intersect https://researchguides.gonzaga.edu/c.php?g=1279748&p=9391343 “I was a specialist in normalizing white nationalism.“ https://hscweb3.hsc.usf.edu/health/publichealth/news/from-white-nationalism-to-lgbtq-advocacy-coph-alum-shares-his-transformation-from-hate-to-love/ Center for Extremism Prevention and Intervention/Hands of Eir https://x.com/handsofeir Comments? Suggestions? Email: griff@didnothingwrongpod.com Did Nothing Wrong is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support this work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. 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

Karl and Griff discuss their experiences at the No Kings protests, and talk about the violent right-wing responses. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/ Questions? Comments? Email:griff@didnothingwrongpod.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

Karl and Griff discuss the Trump/Musk “Breakup”, as well as the powderkeg of tension and police violence in the streets of America. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/ Questions? Comments? Email:griff@didnothingwrongpod.com Did Nothing Wrong is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. ”The troops are quiet tonight, But it's not alright, Because we know they're planning something. Don't you know things have settled down, Down, down but silence is a dangerous sound, We must, we must, We must keep our eyes open, See what we see, What once was promised now will be. Still uncertain? Get off that hang, Don't wait for the bang, The tools, They will be swinging, But we will not be beaten down.” 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