There's an organized effort to make a racist movement mainstream in Canadian politics. That's why experts were so concerned to hear the pro-mass deportation group's leader attended one of Canada's largest Conservative conferences. In my latest piece for @thetyee.ca, I dig into this rising problem:

Wow in the week that 60 Minutes published a puff piece on Rob Rundo's "disaster relief", his Instagram follower count nearly doubled

Meta is complicit in the rise of white supremacy. Robert Rundo’s Insta following:

Who the Hell is Michael Tracey? feat. @robertsilverman.bsky.social Join us for an excruciating deep dive into Tracey’s “career” as we try to explain how he’s managed to keep thrusting himself into the spotlight www.patreon.com/posts/159690...

Greg Bovino will speak at a white nationalist conference in Portugal tomorrow. He will share the stage with no fewer than five people who idolize Hitler, including one who joined a group created by two Nazi SS members. Another guy is a self-described racist who refers to women as "cockroaches."🧵

One aspect of the UFC's relationship to Trump that mainstream media commentators get wrong is what precisely UFC did for Trump. Many things, but the most important: rehabilitating his image after Jan 6 + supporting a **candidate** for office with rewards that money literally cannot even buy.

Evidence of centralized leadership: open.substack.com/pub/will2ris...

Launched in 2025, “Fash Front” is becoming a meeting place for neo-Nazi accelerationists, promoting extremist ideology linked to terrorism, political violence, and transnational white supremacist movements. Read more:

This ep is a good listen if you want to better understand what direction right-wing entertainment for boys and young men is going: self-assigned pedo hunters, racist bullies, fighting.

Not to be entirely contrarian, but I also disagree with the assessment that Active Clubs are basically a Patriot Front recruiting ground. These are two distinct organizations. The email below speaks to that.

I have argued against characterizing Active Clubs as “decentralized”. It misunderstands the way the organization works. There are by laws, onboarding processes, and multiple examples of Actvie Clubs being locked out or leaving due to disagreements.

Panzzer - Active club member, Wolves of Conland Member, organizer of SFCA Thomas Grady - Active Club member, SFCA alumni. These no rules organizations are flush with white supremacists.

Turki al-Sheikh rented the Pyramids of Giza for his gaudy boxing spectacle. But his soft power attempt was flawed. What we learned was that, while Saudi has more money than God, it can’t buy culture and it can't buy civilization. www.sportspolitika.news/p/pyramids-g...

GPAHE is seeking an External Affairs and Advocacy Lead to help strengthen public engagement, shape advocacy strategy, and expand policy impact. This role will connect research, partnerships, and advocacy efforts to growing public awareness of hate, extremism, and threats to democracy. Apply here:

Anti-Muslim hate and extremist rhetoric spread rapidly across X in the aftermath of the deadly shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, as users celebrated the attack, invoked white supremacist violence, and amplified conspiracy theories while calls for further violence circulated openly.

It isn't "racial pride." The manifesto, which I'm reading right now, is a total slop-bucket of neo-Nazi accelerationism with misogynistic rants and multiple sections that are completely unfinished. It lionizes Brenton Tarrant, who murdered 51 people in a NZ mosque in 2019. nymag.com/intelligence...

In an unconfirmed livestream video of the mass shooting, the shooters appear to both be wearing black sun (nazi) patches and AWD (atomwaffen division) patches. Writings on the gun include the logo for the nazi accelerationst group The Base, the numbers 14 and 88, TND, and the othala rune.

Matthias Waggener, cofounder of the white supremacist group Wolves of Vinland, casually training at a local gym in Colorado (wearing devotion BJJ shirt). Yes, it’s happening in your community.

The MMA/BJJ social media ecosystem has become a pipeline to radicalization. Layers and layers of content branding masking high levels conspiracy and extremism.

Finally someone addressing this. When I describe Legion Hungaria for non-researchers, I say that it's an Active Club on steroids. They have paramilitary training. & they are training other groups in Europe, passing forward their expertise. Incze Bella is one of the most dangerous men in Europe.

Take a deep dive into the intersection of extremist politics, sports, and culture here:

Jake Shields has grown increasingly more extreme. He built a podcast following through his sport credentials, interviewing top names in BJJ and MMA. He hasn’t interviewed an athlete since November, and is almost entirely focused on conspiracy and anti semitism. More soon.

This is an excellent resource for anyone writing about misanthropic and nihilistic violent extremism. Many of the tips here also apply to writing about other extremist groups when you don't want to do their recruiting for them.

“Disinformation floods the public square. Executive power swells while the courts and legislatures meant to check it are sidelined. Dissent is punished. Vulnerable communities are scapegoated. Elections are corrupted. Violence becomes a tool of governance.”

A UFC fight on the White House lawn. Trump-branded coins and passports. Religious rallies declaring the nation “under God.” America’s 250th anniversary is increasingly being reshaped into a spectacle of political loyalty, Christian nationalism, and presidential glorification. Read more:

Since active clubs are in the news again. letsgo.gif Thread on Active Club orgs launched by Robert Rundo. Bonus👀 Including a lazy rebranding of the popular Fight Club aesthetics to launch white nationalist culture. CW: violence, antisemitism, fascist imagery, bigotry including racism.

A key insight from this case study: Nationalist groups are building complex social infrastructure networks. This is long term sub culture development that will outlast elections and political careers. It’s a shift from movement to milieu.

New Fighting Matters: A MAN BROKE INTO MY APARTMENT AT 4 AM (feat. Andrea Tang) Three years ago, a serial home invader broke into Andrea's apartment at 4am and tried to sexually assault her in bed. She fought him off using day-one white belt basics. youtu.be/AOc6l0JkxxA

Hungary became the epicenter of right wing politics, leading the way for nationalism. In this case study, I look at Hungary’s Legio Hungaria, an extremist group with a long term relationship with Robert Rundo and the active club network. What can LH tell us about active clubs, and their future?

The number of new Active Clubs popping up is alarming. Several a week. There is a 1 year probationary period for an aspiring club to become an active club.

My latest: Upcoming TPUSA conference for young women will feature a 20-year-old "trad wife" who belives women shouldn't have the right to vote. Savanna Faith Stone: “I think since the 19th Amendment, society has really decayed" numbertwopencil.substack.com/p/turning-po...

a member of the white nationalist Lone Star Active Club, Jason Lee Van Dyke, who is a Texas-based lawyer, lost a fight May 2. Van Dyke is pictured in the middle, next to Patriot Front ringleader Josiah Buster aka Swolercaust and LSAC members. A video of Van Dyke tapping out is in this thread 🧵

This is an interesting question. There are a few strands of thought that welcome in Latin white supremacists. 1. Julius Evola has a heavy influence on these groups. He believed in a “spiritual racism”, which opens the door to how races are actually defined 👇

The Q1 Active Assessment picked up an accelerationist thread in the Spanish speaking world, distinct from the rest of the network.

Crucial point from @ariberman.bsky.social on the pod: Dems have already tried leading by example as a way to try to entice Rs to deescalate the hardball. It failed. Time to try something else: Dems must now engage in redistricting Total War. Our exchange on this: newrepublic.com/article/2102...

Eight months after Charlie Kirk’s death, the political machine behind TPUSA is beginning to crack. Electoral defeats, campus rejections, internal purges, and escalating far-right infighting are exposing deep fractures inside one of the most influential organizations in conservative youth politics.

separate and not equal If you want to be treated anywhere close to a person, stay away from fascism.

Rundos new X account has been locked out for 6 days. Meanwhile, his Meta account continues to flourish.

Interesting developments.

The lack of women in the Active Club world is notable. I’ll write more on this later, but this is an example of how misogyny is woven into what little reference to women exists. All youth clubs - amplifying a quote about “pretty girls” being fascist.

Defeated. He could barely stand out of round one. Wearing Will2rise shorts.

White supremacist, Active Club member, Wolves of Vinland Member, and organizer of Streets Fight Club America Avery Ruiz is fighting in his first professional boxing match tomorrow. The event is ironically named ⬇️ www.tapology.com/fightcenter/...

Case study: Legio Hungaria. LH provides a lense into the future of the active club movement. They are an organizational hub for nationalism, build significant social structures, and have direct lines to political influence. Where are AC’s going? This is a peak. Fill case study coming soon.

Over the last two weeks, as Sean Strickland has gone on white nationalist tirades on UFC’s platform, he has gained 147,000 followers between Instagram and X. The UFC is a microphone for nationalism.

Robert Rundo, the founder of Active Clubs, had his Will2Rise account suspended on X. There was a coordinated push to move to Meta among Active Club members.

(1 of 2) @jtischauser.bsky.social and @stevanzetti.bsky.social have also reported that, in addition to being their attorney, he runs the brazilian jiujitsu program for patriot front and lone star active clubs which are really the same organization. i have been monitoring this guy for (more below)