On Thursday, a known leader of a white nationalist group in Florida announced to an Anti-Defamation League researcher that the Parkland shooter was a member of his group, Republic of Florida.  The news spread quickly, including me on these pages.  Yesterday, the Broward County sheriff said that they have found no evidence of his involvement in the group.  Apparently, the leader of ROP is known for wanting attention and walked back his declaration the day after.

The reaction was as you would expect – right wingers came out of the woodwork, including here, accusing the press (and me) of spreading false narratives about shooters and how inept (or evil) we are.  And then, the shooter’s digital profile began emerging…”I hate Jews, Ni**ers, Immigrants,” he posted on a YouTube thread call “Murica”.  He was obsessed with race, violence, guns, and school shootings. His Instagram feed was full of racist and hateful posts.  On another YouTube thread, he posted, “I’m going to become a professional school shooter.”  This is the comment that was reported to the FBI, which it ignored.  Here’s a nice pic on his Instagram feed wearing his Trump campaign hat.

So, is the shooter a white supremacist? Certainly.  Was he a member of the ROF? We don’t know that yet.

A leader of a white nationalist group, Republic of Florida, has admitted that the Florida high school shooter, who will remain unnamed on this page, is a member and has trained with them. At what point are we going to stop chasing Muslim boogey men and building walls against brown people coming from Mexico, and focus on the ACTUAL threat of homegrown violent white supremacists and gun nuts?

Trump is an idiot, and we all know it.  Now it comes to light, via Lindsey Graham, that the shutdown is being lead by none other than Trump’s white supremacist boy, Stephen Miller.  Every time senators get Trump to pull his head out of this Twitter long enough to make a deal, Miller runs in and jerks it back.  This little shit is making life miserable for everyone, and it’s time for Trump to send him the way of Steve Bannon and all the other creatures who’ve been pushed out.  The Hill has good reading and video on the little snake.