David Neiwert
@davidneiwert.bsky.social
Journalist/author based in the Pacific Northwest. Enemy of fascists, friend of whales. Author of ‘The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right’s War on American Democracy’ and nine other books. Subscribe to my work at https://davidneiwert.substack.com/.
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I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
This is the Homunculus President.
November 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is the Homunculus President.
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My assumption is that the New York Post has better sources inside Heritage than most other press outlets. One tidbit of note: Princeton's Robert P. George, a Heritage trustee, is said to be pushing fellow board members to oust its president Kevin Roberts. Hope he succeeds.
Exclusive | Heritage Foundation in revolt over Tucker Carlson defense after controversial Nick Fuentes interview: ‘Footsie with literal Nazis’
“I’m disgusted by this,” said one Heritage staffer.
nypost.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
My assumption is that the New York Post has better sources inside Heritage than most other press outlets. One tidbit of note: Princeton's Robert P. George, a Heritage trustee, is said to be pushing fellow board members to oust its president Kevin Roberts. Hope he succeeds.
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1. This week, news emerged that former trans athlete, student at Middlebury, and advocate for trans rights, Lia Smith, was found dead.
Her death was ruled a suicide.
But I argue that it's not only a suicide. Every trans suicide is a murder by those in power.
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Her death was ruled a suicide.
But I argue that it's not only a suicide. Every trans suicide is a murder by those in power.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Every Trans Suicide Is A Murder By Those In Power
News came this week that transgender athlete and student Lia Smith took her life at just 21 years of age.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
1. This week, news emerged that former trans athlete, student at Middlebury, and advocate for trans rights, Lia Smith, was found dead.
Her death was ruled a suicide.
But I argue that it's not only a suicide. Every trans suicide is a murder by those in power.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Her death was ruled a suicide.
But I argue that it's not only a suicide. Every trans suicide is a murder by those in power.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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Trump getting away with, and the Supreme Court signing off on, designating "ANTIFA" as a "foreign terrorist group" is as likely as the administration getting away with, and the Supreme Court signing off on, Trump making war against a country that doesn't export fentanyl, for exporting fentanyl. So.
October 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Trump getting away with, and the Supreme Court signing off on, designating "ANTIFA" as a "foreign terrorist group" is as likely as the administration getting away with, and the Supreme Court signing off on, Trump making war against a country that doesn't export fentanyl, for exporting fentanyl. So.
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Worth a read!
Neiwert observes: none of the text messages et al. produced as evidence of Robinson's motive were written *before* the shooting. The whole transgender storyline may be a false flag concocted by Robinson and his roommate.
Neiwert observes: none of the text messages et al. produced as evidence of Robinson's motive were written *before* the shooting. The whole transgender storyline may be a false flag concocted by Robinson and his roommate.
Charlie Kirk perfected the ‘blame political violence on the left’ schtick, even when the perpetrators were undeniably right-wing. So naturally, his followers are using the same script in the wake of his murder.
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davidneiwert.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...
October 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Worth a read!
Neiwert observes: none of the text messages et al. produced as evidence of Robinson's motive were written *before* the shooting. The whole transgender storyline may be a false flag concocted by Robinson and his roommate.
Neiwert observes: none of the text messages et al. produced as evidence of Robinson's motive were written *before* the shooting. The whole transgender storyline may be a false flag concocted by Robinson and his roommate.
Charlie Kirk perfected the ‘blame political violence on the left’ schtick, even when the perpetrators were undeniably right-wing. So naturally, his followers are using the same script in the wake of his murder.
davidneiwert.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...
davidneiwert.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...
October 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Charlie Kirk perfected the ‘blame political violence on the left’ schtick, even when the perpetrators were undeniably right-wing. So naturally, his followers are using the same script in the wake of his murder.
davidneiwert.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...
davidneiwert.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...
Donald Trump renovating the White House.
October 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Donald Trump renovating the White House.
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Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Merkley: "What we've seen is that democracies no longer die bc men w/guns go in and take it over. Instead, it's electeds who erode the separation of power. If you have a rubber-stamp Congress & courts that deliver more power to the executive, suddenly you have an authoritarian state. It's here now."
There’s always the inevitable realization.
October 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
There’s always the inevitable realization.
MAGA World is wrestling with the smoky demons of their own conjuring when they try to sell the idea of a dire existential threat in the hazy shape of “Antifa,” just as it did on Jan. 6.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
MAGA World is wrestling with the smoky demons of their own conjuring when they try to sell the idea of a dire existential threat in the hazy shape of “Antifa,” just as it did on Jan. 6.
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Sean Duffy says the No Kings protests this Saturday are “really frustrating” because they are all paid Antifa people.
October 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Sean Duffy says the No Kings protests this Saturday are “really frustrating” because they are all paid Antifa people.
It’s important to understand that the demonization of ‘Antifa’ isn’t just about kneecapping the enemies of MAGA. It’s about creating an opportunity to bring down the law-enforcement apparatus on anyone who dares dissent.
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October 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s important to understand that the demonization of ‘Antifa’ isn’t just about kneecapping the enemies of MAGA. It’s about creating an opportunity to bring down the law-enforcement apparatus on anyone who dares dissent.
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A great part of David's book The Age of Insurrection details all the mass shootings and natural disasters and other tragedies that were baselessly blamed on antifa in 2020. Highly recommend: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720886...
October 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A great part of David's book The Age of Insurrection details all the mass shootings and natural disasters and other tragedies that were baselessly blamed on antifa in 2020. Highly recommend: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720886...
This has always been part of the GOP playbook: Downplay incidents of right-wing violence, and then repurpose them as supposed acts of leftist terrorism for public consumption. They first did this in 2020.
Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."
October 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This has always been part of the GOP playbook: Downplay incidents of right-wing violence, and then repurpose them as supposed acts of leftist terrorism for public consumption. They first did this in 2020.
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Jack collaborated with neo-Nazi twins to make a documentary. He was a fan of white supremacist Richard Spencer. He has tweeted 1488, the alphanumeric code for Heil Hitler. He wrote an unreadable anti-antifa book. Last year he wrote a book abt the left called “Unhumans.” That he’s now speaking here…
From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec
October 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Jack collaborated with neo-Nazi twins to make a documentary. He was a fan of white supremacist Richard Spencer. He has tweeted 1488, the alphanumeric code for Heil Hitler. He wrote an unreadable anti-antifa book. Last year he wrote a book abt the left called “Unhumans.” That he’s now speaking here…
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For those lucky enough to not know this is a neo-Nazi meme normally found on TRS and the Daily Stormer being shared by the official DHS account.
October 5, 2025 at 6:00 AM
For those lucky enough to not know this is a neo-Nazi meme normally found on TRS and the Daily Stormer being shared by the official DHS account.
Yet for some reason Dave was unable to mention Jamal Khashoggi.
Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.
Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival
Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.
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October 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Yet for some reason Dave was unable to mention Jamal Khashoggi.
One of my only heroes.
The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS
October 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
One of my only heroes.
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the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
Post you from a different era.
September 30, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Post you from a different era.
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At a certain point the “things will go back to normal” crowd will forget what normal was
Texas man accused of plotting Pride parade shooting as revenge for Charlie Kirk
Exclusive: ‘Come on bro let’s go hunting fairies,’ Joshua Cole wrote to a friend two days before the Abilene Pride Parade, according to an FBI probable cause affidavit reviewed by The Independent
www.independent.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
At a certain point the “things will go back to normal” crowd will forget what normal was