A) "Reporting Highlights
A Freelance Vigilante: A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell his family or friends. The Future of Militias: He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors and government attorneys. Experts say that militias could have a renaissance under Donald Trump. A Secret Trove: He sent ProPublica a massive trove of documents. The conversations that he secretly recorded give a unique, startling window into the militia movement."
B) There’s also an audio version of the article for those who need vision asst or time asst.
C) The reason I shared this was William’s record dump was just shared on ddosecrets this month - https://ddosecrets.com/article/paramilitary-leaks
Yeah, to go back to an era of the Fourth Estate doing its job would be nice. Instead, we have a Fourth Reich.
And look, I’m going to continue making that reference, because people need to understand where we are. And also that it doesn’t end well.
I penned my first published piece in 1998. I am beyond fucking furious with where the media have gone.
I quit journalism as a profession for the same reason.
That’s the truly insidious part. Consolidation led many of the better journalists to head for the exits, though that has nothing to do with the bullshit at the Post.