Civil Defense Institute

Turning Point USA is training educators to shape a Christian nation. Its partner’s goal: 1.5 million students in classical Christian schools within a decade. Read more ➡️ civildefenseinstitute.org/ar…

Oct. 9: Shelby Robinson’s group posts late-night footage of Maricopa County election workers, captioned “BUSTED,” and names one of them. The Arizona Attorney General’s investigation found no wrongdoing. Read more ➡️ civildefenseinstitute.org/ar…

Arizona election denier Shelby Robinson is once again pushing false claims of election tampering to a QAnon-aligned audience. Read more ➡️ civildefenseinstitute.org/ar…

The Maine Wire claims interpreters in Lewiston steered voters at the polls. Interpreting is legal, and the outlet hasn’t produced evidence anyone was told how to vote. Read more ➡️ civildefenseinstitute.org/ar…

$760,000. That’s what Leonard Leo’s 85 Fund gave the nonprofit behind The Maine Wire in 2024. Now its reporter is accusing Somali-Americans in Lewiston of “electioneering” at the polls. Read more ➡️ civildefenseinstitute.org/ar…

A news outlet run by a nonprofit bankrolled by Leonard Leo’s dark money fund is targeting Somali-American voters in Lewiston, Maine. Read more ➡️ civildefenseinstitute.org/ar…

He wants martial law. He says Canada has “got the machines.” And he says he needs to be the next attorney general. What would Peter Ticktin do with that power? Learn more ➡️ civildefenseinstitute.org/ar…

“[America] comes to an end somewhere and it’s gonna be violent.” Election conspiracy lawyer Peter Ticktin, on Wayne Allyn Root’s podcast More on these disturbing conspiracies ➡️ civildefenseinstitute.org/ar…

Peter Ticktin has repeatedly called on the president to impose martial law before or right after the midterms. We tracked how his election conspiracy theories have grown more extreme. More on these disturbing conspiracies ➡️ civildefenseinstitute.org/ar…

In September, Peter Ticktin went on Wayne Allyn Root’s show with a new midterm conspiracy theory. Canada is “cheating in the election,” he said. “They’ve got the [election] machines.” For the full story ➡️ civildefenseinstitute.org/ar…

When a “fraud prevention” rule is built on fraud that never happened, who is it really for?  And who loses when nursing home residents can’t get help casting a ballot? Read more ➡️ civildefenseinstitute.org/ar…

Election Conspiracy Lawyer Warns of America’s “End,” Violence Following Midterms Read more ➡️ civildefenseinstitute.org/ar…

Cleta Mitchell claimed that “left-wing groups” infiltrate nursing homes to steal the votes of elderly residents. Such claims don’t add up. Read more ➡️ civildefenseinstitute.org/ar…

Cleta Mitchell says nursing homes were hotbeds of voter fraud in 2020. That’s not true. Read more ➡️ civildefenseinstitute.org/ar…

Introducing the Civil Defense Institute, a nonpartisan investigative research organization documenting the people, networks and institutions whose conduct undermines Americans' freedom to participate in public life. Visit our website: civildefenseinstitute.org/

"NEW RESEARCH GROUP IN TOWN: The Civil Defense Institute, a nonpartisan investigative research group, is launching today to zero in on actors who undermine civil society and Americans’ freedom to participate in public life" politico.com/influence

The Heritage Foundation promotes K-12 “classical schools” to parents. Civil Defense Institute found that more than 300 of them are affiliated with an association founded by Doug Wilson—a self-described Christian nationalist with extreme views. Read more: civildefenseinstitute.org/fe…