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Extremist Content Online: Neo-Nazi Telegram Channel Praises Alleged Potential
Texas Mass Shooter

 

(New York, N.Y.) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the
methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms
to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, a neo-Nazi group
celebrated Coleman Thomas Blevins, who was apprehended by law enforcement in
Texas for reportedly planning a mass shooting. Officials found firearms,
neo-Nazi and fascist flags, and books, includingThe Turner Diaries
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Blevins’ property.

 

CEP researchers also found multiples instances of the ISIS video “Makers of
Epics 3” online, including through Telegram, Hoop, and RocketChat. Lastly, a
neo-Nazi Telegram channel circulated a guide to its followers for the anonymous
purchase of cryptocurrency and a website utilizing services from the webhosting
company Epik was found to be selling white supremacist t-shirts.

 

Neo-Nazi Group Celebrates Member Arrested For Allegedly Planning A Mass
Shooting

 

The week of May 30 to June 5, a Telegram channel belonging to an online
accelerationist neo-Nazi group celebrated an alleged member, Coleman Thomas
Blevins, who was reportedly planning
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 a mass shooting at a local Walmart. Blevins was arrested on May 27 after
allegedly transmitting a threat. Law enforcement officers found firearms,
neo-Nazi and fascist flags, and books, includingThe Turner Diaries
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Blevins’ property.The Turner Diaries is a 1978 novel about the overthrow of the
U.S. government and genocide of non-whites that remains popular with many white
supremacists. Blevins also had various religious texts and flags indicating an
interest in Russian Orthodoxy and Islam. Blevin’s suspected target is notable
in part due to the similarity to the August 3, 2019 attack at a Texas Walmart
allegedly by white supremacistPatrick Crusius
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people and injured 23 more.

 

The neo-Nazi group, which claims to be an alternative 12-step program, claims
to seek to recruit individuals recovering from substance addiction, openly
endorses violence, racism, misogyny, and antisemitism, and has praised members
for their commitment to accelerationism. A video on their Telegram channel
stated that “Every granule of dope that went into your arm will be transfigured
into ballistic ordnance.” The Telegram channel was created on February 1, 2021,
and had over 300 subscribers on June 3. Since Blevins’ was taken into custody,
the group’s Telegram channel has posted over a dozen news articles about the
arrest and glorified Blevins. On June 2, the channel announced that they were
allied with the Feuerkrieg Division
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recently allegedly restarted their public Telegram channel. The group has also
previously praised and shared content from the National Revival Movement, who
claimed on Telegram on June 3 that they were disbanding.

 

Recently Released ISIS Video Found on Multiple Websites

 

CEP researchers continued to find active links for the ISIS video “Makers of
Epics 3,” originally released on May 28. The video, from the group’s
self-proclaimed Iraq province, mainly consisted of execution footage and the
destruction of farmland. It contained extensive footage of nighttime executions
allegedly near Tikrit of men accused of being spies, police officers, tribal
leaders, or working for the government in other capacities. The video also
showed the bodies of men identified as Kurdish fighters, depicted the burning
of farms allegedly owned by Shia, and the destruction of farm equipment and
vehicles. The video concluded with footage of an execution of a man identified
as a police officer in Diyala province and an attack against a wheeled vehicle.

 

The video was shared on Telegram, Hoop, and RocketChat. The video was located
approximately four days after it was uploaded on the Microsoft One Drive,
Top4Top, the Internet Archive, Yandex.com, Letsupload.Io, UsersDrive.Com, and
MediaFire. The video was removed by the Internet Archive after it was reported
by CEP.

The ISIS video “Makers of Epics 3” on the Microsoft One Drive, June 2, 2021.

 

Cryptocurrency Guide Released by Neo-Nazi Internet Security Group

 

On May 30, a prominent neo-Nazi Telegram channel dedicated to information and
operations security released a guide for the anonymous purchase of
cryptocurrency. The guide includes links to websites and instructions. The
channel admins maintain a site on the dark web. The Telegram channel had over
8,000 subscribers as of June 3. The channel has previously endorsed violence
and has posted a cybersecurity manual
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 and information on increasing privacy on smartphones, how toarchive
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online content, and how to destroy or disable
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 surveillance cameras.

 

White Supremacist Clothing Website Located

 

CEP researchers located an online privacy-centered clothing brand that sells
white supremacist t-shirts. Clothing on the site included shirts praising
American neo-Nazis such as George Lincoln Rockwell of the American Nazi Party,
Joseph Tommasi of the National Socialist Liberation Front, and Robert Matthews
of the violent white supremacist group The Order. The website uses Epik as its
name server and registrar. Epik has previously provided web services for
several extreme right-wing sites, including 8chan
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 and a website
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 that promotes the work of James Mason and theAtomwaffen Division
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and National Socialist Order.

 

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