In case anyone in Ireland was wondering why I pushed back on Hugh Linehan in his hit piece podcast before Christmas - the attached thread gives a sense. Linehan injected smears about me published after my research into Antifa journalist infiltration of the SPLC and American newsrooms. He took the side of the SPLC's Michael Hayden and other long-disgraced Antifa 'journalists'. He attempted to discredit my Antifa research and refused to accept that he was recycling debunked criticisms of my work by friends of the Antifa journalists I outed - criticisms that have been long since proven false by the research passing double blind peer review in a respected Springer journal. Linehan presented smears and attempts to destroy my career and livelihood from that period as truth and framed that period of my life in which I and my family was savagely abused and harassed at great personal and financial cost by these people as being deserved. Yesterday the SPLC was indicted on multiple counts of fraud and money laundering. On top of my research linking the SPLC to Antifa having long been vindicated academically, the indictment is a good feeling of vindication today. It is a win for everyone who endured untold abuse for pursuing the truth. But in the Irish context, it raises questions about ethical standards in Irish newsrooms and what degree of influence radical left activists who engage in harassment and abuse to stoke up anger and hate online are relied upon by Irish news outlets. The SPLC met their end because their demand for right wing extremism outstripped supply. Anyone watching the Irish media will notice a similar oversaturation of 'far right' actors. 👇👇👇