Tagged: Stuart Rhodes
OATH KEEPERS THEATRE ACT IIIA: THE MAN IN THE ROOM FULL OF GUNS
by MICHAEL BOORMAN | January 21, 2022
A new detention memo for one of the Oath Keepers defendants charged with seditious conspiracy sheds more light on the group’s plans for J6. While Rhodes stood outside the Capitol directing his troops into battle (albeit not very effectively) another member of the team, Edward Vallejo, was standing by across the Potomac with a cache […]
OATH KEEPERS THEATRE ACT III: FALL OF THE HOUSE OF RHODES
by MICHAEL BOORMAN | January 17, 2022
2022 is off to a rough start for the right wing. In the last week, several prominent right wing figures have found themselves behind bars. First up, Proud Boy Tiny Toese, arrested in his home state of Washington and held without bail on – count ’em – 15 charges. Three of the charges related to […]
OATH KEEPERS THEATRE ACT II: FLORIDA MAN DEMANDS YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER or I WAS A TEENAGE OATHKEEPER
by MICHAEL BOORMAN | November 2, 2021
In our first installment on the Oath Keepers data dump, we met Ed Durfee Jr and Brett Wynkoop, respectively the membership director and system administrator for the Oath Keepers. When the organization was abruptly deplatformed in the wake of the Capitol riots on January 6, they worked night and day to get the website back […]
OATH KEEPERS THEATRE ACT I: HYPE, LIES AND COMMS FAILURES
by MICHAEL BOORMAN | October 19, 2021
In early October, journalistic nonprofit Distributed Denial of Secrets released a trove of data collected from the Oath Keepers website. LCRW has been studying the material since the release. It reveals an organization mired in dysfunction and distrust – its membership directionless and often paranoid, its administration slipshod and laughably insecure, and its leadership seemingly […]