Reposted by inteltwinkAtlanta Antifascists @atlantaantifa.bsky.social · 05/03/2025We're glad that this information is reaching a wide audience, & Phil Williams has done fantastic work covering the far right. We'd also like to note that our group originally exposed Ian Michael Elliott in 2021 & also first discovered & published the location and ownership of the compound in 2024. 217771 0
Reposted by inteltwinkPhil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 16/12/2025HOW TO GET A TAXPAYER-FUNDED XMAS DINNER: White supremacist Sean Kauffmann was being taken into custody until he could post a higher bond on a DV charge. Then he shot a bird at NC5’s cam, landing himself 10 days in jail for contempt and getting his bond revoked. 🎥: Bryan Staples 1938776 0
Reposted by inteltwinkunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 12/12/2025Wishing all Antifa informants and freelance OSINT weirdos a pleasant evening 828968 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Rob Rundo - founder of the neo-nazi active club movement - cries on Substack about antifa journalists trying to ruin his life: “That’s not journalism, that’s an intelligence operation with a press badge.” 1814032 0
Reposted by inteltwinkJeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Patriot Front and Active Clubs are working with a Russian fight promoter to sell pay-per-view tickets to its fight club events. The article includes previously unidentified PF/AC guys like Thomas Denton a former member of the accelerationist group the Base. 1/4 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comRevealed: how a Russian fight club expanded into the US with the help of American neo-NazisMembers of white supremacist ‘active clubs’ spearheaded a US expansion of a Russian fighting group that has raised money for the Kremlin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine 216199 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Fun fact: Patriot Front dork Andrew Lindgren once posted screenshots of his Tinder profile to the r/RateMyTinder subreddit seeking “imput” because he wasn’t getting any matches. archive.is/ZETFg 25617 0
Reposted by inteltwinkJeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 11/07/2025cannot overemphasize that small numbers of community members across the U.S. have *voluntarily* done more to protect you from your local fascists than all the lawyers, policymakers, cops, judges, and lawmakers combined. 1409122 0
Reposted by inteltwinkThe Assembly @theassemblync.bsky.social · 14/07/2025After he committed to unmasking extremist groups in North Carolina and beyond, reporter Jordan Green got a first-hand look at how a movement known as ‘militant accelerationism’ operates. www.theassemblync.com/media/neo-na...theassemblync.comI’ve Seen How the Neo-Nazi Movement Is Escalating. You Should Worry.After unmasking extremist groups, reporter Jordan Green got a first-hand look at how the ‘militant accelerationism’ movement operates. 0248 0
Reposted by inteltwinkJordan Green @byjordangreen.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Thanks to @theassemblync.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to tell the full story about how neo-Nazi terror came to our doorstep, and how their harassment campaign exposes the long tentacles of the militant accelerationist community. www.theassemblync.com/media/neo-na...theassemblync.comI’ve Seen How the Neo-Nazi Movement Is Escalating. You Should Worry.After unmasking extremist groups, reporter Jordan Green got a first-hand look at how the ‘militant accelerationism’ movement operates. 11676273 0
Reposted by inteltwinkJeff Tischauser @jtischauser.bsky.social · 09/05/2025NEW, from me: I found Patriot Front trying to boost recruitment by secretly controlling a large part of the active clubs network according to audio messages and a leaked document I reviewed. www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...splcenter.orgPatriot Front is hidden hand behind dozen active clubsThe white nationalist hate group is trying to boost recruitment by secretly controlling a large swath of the active clubs network. 10240142 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 09/05/2025February 2025 audio recording of Tennessee Active Club lead Sean Kauffmann: “Just so everyone in here knows, I have worked heavily with Patriot Front. I have been a part of Patriot Front… I have a track record for honesty and transparency.” 14522 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/03/2025In the meantime, we would like to extend a hearty fuck you to Smoky Mountain Active Club lead and professional MMA fighter Thomas Grady III of Etowah TN. Consider this another one for your loss column. We'll be praying for you, bub. 🪤 1192 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Phil Williams' explosive report on the 122-acre compound in Eastern TN begs the question, what are these dudes training for? In our next installment, we'll examine a growing white nationalist problem in the MMA community and dig deep into Patriot Front's role in the broader Active Club network. 1142 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/03/2025As bad as Thomas Grady's opsec is, his 0-6-0 record as a professional MMA fighter isn't much better. In one of his losses, he squared off against a fighter from Shelbyville BJJ Academy which, as we previously pointed out, has their own ties to Tennessee Active Club. 1140 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/03/2025As “Dagda Capital” on FB, Thomas Grady advertises himself as a licensed electrician and handyman in Eastern TN. A quick search on the TN SoS website shows Dagda Capital LLC as an active business entity registered to Thomas Grady of Englewood TN. Previously, Grady operated an MMA studio in Etowah TN. 1120 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/03/2025On Telegram, Thomas Grady goes by the alias “Dagda Tuatha.” In a post earlier this year on the SMAC Telegram channel, “Dagda” offered training and employment opportunities to prospective recruits. Grady previously went by “Dagda Capital” on Telegram which is the same name he uses on Facebook. 1120 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Although his face and distinctive ribcage tat was blurred in the video, we soon identified this individual as Thomas Cornelius Grady III of Etowah TN. Grady is a pro MMA fighter who represented Athens Jiu-Jitsu as recently as September 2024 and is the current lead of Smoky Mountain Active Club. 1140 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/03/2025If drinking from skulls in a circle with a bunch of shirtless dudes isn’t your thing, the November 2024 “Winter Nights” event also included a bare knuckle boxing competition. In video from that event, one participant seen sparring with Elliott caught our eye in particular. 1150 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Members of TAC who were present included Kauffmann and William Allen Migala. Migala is a former member of the now-defunct NatSoc Florida and current lead of the Northwest Tennessee Active Club. Migala was hilariously dunked on by "Sarah McLachlan" after he was doxxed and fired from his job in 2023. 1172 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Fort Worth, TX-based Lone Star Active Club was represented at the November 2024 event in Tellico Plains by duckfaced potato and LSAC lead Kieran Patrick Morris as well as Josiah Daniel Buster and Graham Jones Whitson. 2180 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Seth Waggener from Wolves of Vinland and the Virginia-based Devotion Jiu-Jitsu is a frequent guest on the property Elliott once bragged is tax exempt as a place of worship. Here’s Waggener drinking from a child-sized skull in a “circle of honor ritual” during the November 2024 “Winter Nights” event. 1180 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/03/2025In November 2024, Patria Gloria announced the grand opening of “Academy One” at the 122-acre compound in Tellico Plains which saw a who’s who of chuds including members of Tennessee Active Club (TAC), Smoky Mountain Active Club (SMAC), Lone Star Active Club (LSAC), and the Wolves of Vinland. 1160 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Originally from Washington state before moving to Florida in 2021, Trimboli is a network director for Patriot Front and a member of the PF Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu team Patria Gloria with Elliott and Paul Michael Gancarz. 1170 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Indeed, fellow Patriot Front member Stephen James Trimboli was also spotted in multiple posts from Athens Jiu Jitsu. Following Daily Beast's August 2024 story, Athens Jiu-Jitsu scrubbed images of Elliott from their social media, but posts showing Trimboli remain. 2181 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Ian Michael Elliott made headlines last year when it was reported he was a "friend & training partner" of an eastern TN-based Jiu-Jitsu academy. While Elliott was the only neo-Nazi named in the story, a statement from Athens Jiu-Jitsu suggested they may have been aware of "a few" bad apples. 1141 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/03/2025In this installment, we will meet a few of the chuds Ian Michael Elliott has been networking with at his mojo dojo casa house in Eastern Tennessee. Plus, meet Thomas Grady of Etowah TN, a former marine and current professional MMA fighter who currently leads Smoky Mountain Active Club. 🧵 2257 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Patriot Front weirdo Ian Michael Elliott’s “Aryan tribal land” in Tellico Plains TN is in the news. First identified by Atlanta Antifascists in 2024, this 122-acre compound located 75-miles northeast of Chattanooga has hosted multiple neo-Nazi groups including Sean Kauffmann's Tennessee Active Club. 78444 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Until then, let's welcome Tennessee Active Club's newest "chief" to the sunlight, 28-year-old William "Chase" May of Shelbyville, TN. Sucks to be you, bud. 4398 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/12/2024As an amateur MMA fighter, Chase May has represented Gracie Barra Murfreesboro & Shelbyville BJJ Academy in competitions. In our next installment, we'll take a look at another Tennessee MMA studio with a Nazi problem and check in on Ian Michael Elliott's "Aryan Tribal Land" in Tellico Springs, TN. 2240 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/12/2024SCV has been an active force in the installation of modern Confederate monuments and has put up "mega" Confederate flags overlooking major highways & interstates. Although not explicitly a white supremacist organization, SCV has a history of ties to extremist groups including League of the South. 1171 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/12/2024In addition to his ties to neo-Nazi fight clubs & violent skinhead gangs, 28-year-old William "Chase" May is also a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV). SCV is a 128-year-old neo-Confederate group that promotes the pseudo-historical myth of the "Lost Cause." 1202 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Edward Lewis Brock has a lengthy history of violent crime, including a June 2022 arrest for assault by strangulation causing serious injury, and an assault conviction stemming from a 2009 stabbing at a party in Brunswick, NC. 1231 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/12/2024On Chase May's public FB friend list, we found 43-year-old Edward Lewis Brock of Charlotte, NC, who uses the alias "Brock Rigson" in TAC's Telegram chat. His profile photo features the crossed hammer logo of the Hammerskins and the letters "HFFH"—"Hammerskins Forever, Forever Hammerskins." 1241 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Chase May's Facebook bio mentions Crew 38, a support group for the violent white power skinhead gang Hammerskin Nation. His public friend list includes several notable boneheads and an account named "Jack Phisher," a variation of an alias previously used by Kauffmann. 2241 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/12/2024On Facebook, we found a Chase May living in Shelbyville. A profile photo posted in August shows him wearing a Will2Rise t-shirt. Will2Rise is the merchandising arm of Rob Rundo's Rise Above Movement, described by @timdickinson.bsky.social of Rolling Stone as "Lululemon for white power bros." 1281 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Kauffmann previously scored an own goal in May 2023 when he let it slip that TAC was training in the private gym above the now-sold Lewis Country Store in Nashville. www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/20... 1351 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/12/2024We immediately recognized the name Chase May from TAC's Telegram chat where he goes by his real name and is tagged "TAC CHIEF" in the public member list. This isn't the first time TAC's sloppy opsec has blown the cover on one of their training locations or inadvertently unmasked their members. 2382 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/12/2024While researching Shelbyville BJJ Academy, we discovered a YouTube channel from an account named "Chase Odinson." A video posted in April 2023 titled "Chase May and ____ Playful Sparring” features a man with tattoos identical to those of an individual seen in the recent TAC training montage video. 1362 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/12/2024In the video, Kauffmann, recognizable by his 6'5" frame and signature "Liftwaffen" tank top despite his blurred face, is seen sparring at a location featuring distinct lettering on the wall. This location was soon identified as Shelbyville Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Shelbyville, TN. 2363 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Earlier, we discussed the current state of the TAC and the fallout following Sean Kauffmann's arrest for domestic violence and felony child abuse. Although he announced his departure from TAC earlier this year, Kauffmann appeared in a propaganda video posted by the group on Telegram in September. 1575 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Meet 28-year old William "Chase" May of Shelbyville, TN—the freshly minted "chief" of the Tennessee Active Club—and visit the Shelbyville mixed martial arts studio revealed in a recent training montage from Sean Kauffmann's neo-Nazi fight club. 🧵 920676 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 02/12/2024In the coming weeks, we'll explore all four of Tennessee's active clubs, revealing leaked recordings and voice memos from Sean Kauffmann himself, and identifying over a dozen members and associates. Stay tuned...media.tenor.coma cartoon character that looks like a pitcher with a face on itAlt: a cartoon character that looks like a pitcher with a face on it 3656 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 02/12/2024In August, the original TAC renamed its Telegram channel to South Central Tennessee Active Club to distinguish itself from the four active clubs now operating in Tennessee. But are active clubs truly proliferating across the state, or is it just one big shell game orchestrated by Kauffmann? 1413 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Later posts from TAC further confirm Kauffmann's ongoing involvement. Stills from a training montage video posted in September show TAC members, including Kauffmann, sparring at a location with colorful lettering on the wall. 🤔 1373 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 02/12/2024In July, SoCal Active Club announced that TAC was under new leadership, stating that "any distasteful issues from the past"—presumably referring to Kauffmann—were "no longer involved" with the club. However, Kauffmann's Telegram profile at the time still listed him as the owner of the TAC channel. 2342 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 02/12/2024The active club bylaws emphasize "putting athletics before activism and politics," prohibit members from giving interviews, and require that club propaganda avoid "edgy political symbols from the past"—all apparent rebukes of the antics that have brought national attention to Kauffmann. 1392 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 02/12/2024"Member commitments" include leading an "honorable lifestyle," with any history of child abuse being an immediate disqualifier. Kauffmann not only has pending charges for felony child abuse but also has a documented history of grooming teenagers into his neo-Nazi fight club. 1423 0
inteltwink @inteltwink.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Just prior to his March arrest, SoCal Active Club posted the "Active Club Manifesto" on their Telegram channel outlining the club network's "bylaws" and a code of conduct for members. Several of these "bylaws" appeared to be specifically aimed at Kauffmann. 1383 0