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| Subject | New Report on Muslim Brotherhood’s Plan to Undermine Western Society |
| Date | December 1, 2025 1:35 PM |
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The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) just released a report on the Muslim Brotherhood’s strategy of “civilization struggle"
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The Extremism Roundup
*********************
*Focused on Evidence Instead of Narratives*
A weekly compilation of the most important developments in the struggle against radical ideologies
-------------------
A Word From the CEO
-------------------
Dear Reader,
Federal courts and law enforcement delivered a rapid series of blows to domestic violent extremism in recent weeks. A Georgian leader of the Maniac Murder Cult pleaded guilty to soliciting hate crimes and sharing bomb-making manuals, an ISIS supporter in Oklahoma received 15 years for an Election Day mass-shooting plot, and five accused Antifa militants in Texas admitted to federal terrorism charges for a July 4 attack on an ICE facility.
Meanwhile, OpenAI quietly shut down five covert propaganda networks using its models for pro-Trump and geopolitical influence campaigns, and X’s brief account-location feature exposed dozens of major political accounts operated from abroad. Together, these developments highlight the global pipelines fueling American extremism and the growing role of AI and anonymous platforms in amplifying it.
Sincerely,
-------------------
A Word From the CEO
-------------------
Dear Reader,
Federal courts and law enforcement delivered a rapid series of blows to domestic violent extremism in recent weeks. A Georgian leader of the Maniac Murder Cult pleaded guilty to soliciting hate crimes and sharing bomb-making manuals, an ISIS supporter in Oklahoma received 15 years for an Election Day mass-shooting plot, and five accused Antifa militants in Texas admitted to federal terrorism charges for a July 4 attack on an ICE facility.
Meanwhile, OpenAI quietly shut down five covert propaganda networks using its models for pro-Trump and geopolitical influence campaigns, and X’s brief account-location feature exposed dozens of major political accounts operated from abroad. Together, these developments highlight the global pipelines fueling American extremism and the growing role of AI and anonymous platforms in amplifying it.
Sincerely,
RIchard Green
CEO, Co-Founder
Clarionproject.org
------------------
Islamist Extremism
------------------
Hassan al-Banna was an Egyptian schoolteacher who founded the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928 - Wikipedia ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )
Hassan al-Banna was an Egyptian schoolteacher who founded the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928 - Wikipedia
*ISGAP Releases Report on Muslim Brotherhood’s Strategic Plan for Undermining Western Society*
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) just released a report on the Muslim Brotherhood’s strategy of “civilization struggle,” which the group’s internal documents describe as a “civilization-jihadist process,” in North America, with a special focus on the United States.
*
The report describes a coherent strategic vision outlined by Brotherhood planners in North America for gradually transforming Western public discourse, community leadership structures, and policy environments from within.
*
The Muslim Brotherhood’s operations in the United States are based on the doctrine of “Tamkeen” (empowerment/settlement), which has been reinterpreted by Brotherhood theorists as a staged political process for constructing Islamic governance in non-Muslim societies. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
*Texas Gov Designates CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood as Foreign Terror Groups*
------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott designated the Muslim Brotherhood and Council on American-Islamic Relations as foreign terror organizations and transnational criminal organizations on Tuesday.
*
Under the new designation, the two and their affiliates are subject to “heightened enforcement” and are barred from buying or acquiring land in the state.
*
“The Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR have long made their goals clear: to forcibly impose sharia law and establish Islam’s ‘mastership of the world,’” the governor stated. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
*Afghan National Sentenced to Serve 15 Years After Plotting Election Day Terror Attack
*
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*
Abdullah Haji Zada, a 19-year-old Afghan citizen and U.S. lawful permanent resident, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for conspiring to receive firearms and ammunition intended for an Election Day terrorist attack in November 2024, on behalf of ISIS. He pleaded guilty in April 2025 and faces deportation to Afghanistan after his term.
*
Zada and co-conspirator Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 28, another Afghan national, acquired two AK-47-style rifles and 500 rounds of ammunition to target a crowd in a U.S. city on Election Day, aiming to advance ISIS's violent extremist ideology. The plot was disrupted by the FBI and the Oklahoma City Joint Terrorism Task Force in October 2024.
*
Tawhedi pleaded guilty in June 2025 to providing material support to ISIS, facing up to 35 years combined. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
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Militant-Right and Militant-Left Extremism
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Vilnius/Lithuania December 12, 2013 Protests against Neo Nazis and right wing extremists - Karolis Kavolelis via Shutterstock ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )
Vilnius/Lithuania December 12, 2013 Protests against Neo Nazis and right wing extremists - Karolis Kavolelis via Shutterstock
*Dramatic Increase in Arrests of ‘Nihilistic Violent Extremism,’ Individuals Targeting Children
*
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
The FBI says it has seen a dramatic 490 percent increase in Nihilistic Violent Extremism (NVE) arrests during the past fiscal year. These arrests are mostly associated with 764, an online network that preys on young children.
*
The United States Attorney’s Office for Maryland explained that the 764 network “uses known online social media communications platforms as mediums to support the possession, production, and sharing of extreme gore media and child sex abuse material with vulnerable, juvenile populations. These individuals often conduct coordinated extortions of teenagers, blackmailing the victims to comply with the group’s demands.”
*
NVE is a law enforcement term describing individuals who are motivated to violence, mainly out of a hatred for society and a desire to see society collapse. The FBI views 764 cases as a subset of the Nihilistic Violent Extremism category. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
*Leader of White Supremacist Group Pleads Guilty to Soliciting Hate Crimes
*
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
Michail Chkhikvishvili, a Georgian national and leader of the international white supremacist group Maniac Murder Cult, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court to soliciting hate crimes and distributing instructions for making bombs and ricin, targeting Jewish communities and racial minorities in the US.
*
From July 2022, Chkhikvishvili plotted a New Year's Eve attack in New York City involving a Santa Claus figure distributing poisoned candy laced with ricin. He communicated plans via encrypted Telegram to an undercover FBI employee starting in November 2023 and shared his "Hater’s Handbook" manifesto promoting school shootings since September 2021.
*
Chkhikvishvili's incitement led to a January 2025 school shooting in Nashville, Tenn., by a 17-year-old Maniac Murder Cult affiliate, and an August 2024 stabbing outside a mosque in Turkey. He was extradited from Moldova in May 2025 after global recruitment efforts. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
*5 Accused Antifa Supporters Plead Guilty to Terrorism Offense in ICE Facility Shooting
*
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*
Five accused Antifa supporters–Nathan Baumann, Joy Gibson, Seth Sikes, Lynette Sharp, and John Thomas–pleaded guilty on November 19, 2025, in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, to one count of providing material support to terrorists. The pleas mark the first such federal terrorism charge against Antifa members, following President Trump's designation of the group as a domestic terrorist organization.
*
The attack targeted the Prairieland Detention Center, an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas, where the group fired gunfire and fireworks at the building, wounding an Alvarado Police Department officer in the neck. The officer returned fire, but assailants continued shooting at him, and an unarmed DHS corrections officer, with one shouting “get to the rifles” during the assault.
*
Each faces up to 15 years in federal prison, the first federal material-support-to-terrorism convictions tied to Antifa since its domestic terrorist designation. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
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Hate Crime
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Holy books damaged by fire due to arson at Khlal Chasidim synagogue - video screenshot from ABC 15 Arizona ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )
Holy books damaged by fire due to arson at Khlal Chasidim synagogue - video screenshot from ABC 15 Arizona
*Arizona Man Charged With Hate Crime for Synagogue Fire
*
-------------------------------------------------------
*
Everardo Gregorio, a 31-year-old Arizona resident from Casa Grande, was indicted by a federal grand jury on November 18, 2025, for obstruction of the free exercise of religious beliefs by fire, stemming from the arson attack on Khal Chasidim synagogue. A state arson charge is also pending in Pinal County.
*
On March 3, 2025, Gregorio allegedly set fire to the synagogue, completely destroying its Jewish worship space, kosher grocery store, and restaurant, in an act investigated as a targeted hate crime against a religious institution.
*
The federal charge carries a maximum of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
*Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Mailing Threatening Communications to Jewish Institutions
*
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*
Clift Seferlis, a 55-year-old resident of Garrett Park, Md., pleaded guilty on November 18, 2025, in federal court to 17 counts of mailing threatening communications and eight counts of obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs, after sending over 40 letters and two postcards targeting more than 25 Jewish institutions across multiple states.
*
From March 2024 through June 2025, Seferlis's mailings threatened to destroy buildings, injure or kill occupants, and use dangerous weapons, fire, or explosives against synagogues, Jewish museums, community centers, schools, non-profits, and even a delicatessen in locations including Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland.
*
Seferlis is facing a maximum of 169 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $5.65 million fine, with sentencing set for March 16, 2026. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
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School Threats
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Salmon Muran - via Facebook post by the Sacramento Sheriff's Office from VOCO News ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )
Salmon Muran - via Facebook post by the Sacramento Sheriff's Office from VOCO News
*Sacramento Man Arrested After School Threat Investigation Reveals Large Weapons Cache
*
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*
Dalmin Muran, a 29-year-old Sacramento resident, was arrested following an investigation into suspicious activities at East Sacramento County schools, where he allegedly drove onto school grounds at night wearing military-style clothing and night-vision optics, while falsely claiming prior military service and public access rights, prompting concerns over potential threats to students and staff.
*
A search of Muran's residence uncovered a large arsenal, including modified firearms, an unserialized short-barreled rifle ("ghost gun") concealed in the attic, hundreds of firearm parts, smoke grenades, flash bangs, and pepper spray, indicating preparation for possible violent acts and escalating fears of domestic extremism.
*
Muran faces multiple felony charges related to illegal weapons possession. He was booked into custody and released on bond shortly after. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
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Foreign Influence Operations
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( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )
Sam Alman, founder of Open AI - Shutterstock
*OpenAI Halted Multiple Political Influence Ops
*
-----------------------------------------------
*
In the three months leading up to November 2025, OpenAI shut down five accounts tied to foreign influence campaigns using its models to generate deceptive content.
*
These networks used OpenAI tools to create propaganda bots, fake social media profiles, multilingual articles, and posts praising specific geopolitical actions, distributing them across X, Meta, and Telegram to shape global political discourse.
*
The disruptions underscore growing foreign misuse of AI for disinformation—including potential deepfakes and voice cloning—and build on OpenAI’s February 2025 work with Microsoft to dismantle similar “foreign bad actor” networks. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
*X's New Location Feature Exposes Foreign Political Accounts
*
------------------------------------------------------------
*
On November 23, 2025, X rolled out a global update to its "About This Account" tool, revealing the country or region of account creation to combat foreign influence and enhance transparency; however, it was partially rolled back due to inaccuracies for older accounts and privacy concerns in restrictive regimes, as announced by X product head Nikita Bier in October 2025.
*
The feature uncovered numerous U.S.-focused political accounts run from abroad, including pro-Trump handles like @_MagaScope (Nigeria, 50,000+ followers on "Trump movement & American politics"), @American (Pakistan), Thailand-based #MAGA/#Patriots accounts (now suspended), @HomanNews (Eastern Europe), and @IvankaNews_ (Nigeria-linked), potentially part of inauthentic networks exploiting X's creator revenue program. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
QUOTABLE
“Frequent recurrence to fundamental principles…[is] absolutely necessary to preserve the blessings of liberty and keep a government free.”
-- Benjamin Franklin
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*********************
The Extremism Roundup
*********************
*Focused on Evidence Instead of Narratives*
A weekly compilation of the most important developments in the struggle against radical ideologies
-------------------
A Word From the CEO
-------------------
Dear Reader,
Federal courts and law enforcement delivered a rapid series of blows to domestic violent extremism in recent weeks. A Georgian leader of the Maniac Murder Cult pleaded guilty to soliciting hate crimes and sharing bomb-making manuals, an ISIS supporter in Oklahoma received 15 years for an Election Day mass-shooting plot, and five accused Antifa militants in Texas admitted to federal terrorism charges for a July 4 attack on an ICE facility.
Meanwhile, OpenAI quietly shut down five covert propaganda networks using its models for pro-Trump and geopolitical influence campaigns, and X’s brief account-location feature exposed dozens of major political accounts operated from abroad. Together, these developments highlight the global pipelines fueling American extremism and the growing role of AI and anonymous platforms in amplifying it.
Sincerely,
-------------------
A Word From the CEO
-------------------
Dear Reader,
Federal courts and law enforcement delivered a rapid series of blows to domestic violent extremism in recent weeks. A Georgian leader of the Maniac Murder Cult pleaded guilty to soliciting hate crimes and sharing bomb-making manuals, an ISIS supporter in Oklahoma received 15 years for an Election Day mass-shooting plot, and five accused Antifa militants in Texas admitted to federal terrorism charges for a July 4 attack on an ICE facility.
Meanwhile, OpenAI quietly shut down five covert propaganda networks using its models for pro-Trump and geopolitical influence campaigns, and X’s brief account-location feature exposed dozens of major political accounts operated from abroad. Together, these developments highlight the global pipelines fueling American extremism and the growing role of AI and anonymous platforms in amplifying it.
Sincerely,
RIchard Green
CEO, Co-Founder
Clarionproject.org
------------------
Islamist Extremism
------------------
Hassan al-Banna was an Egyptian schoolteacher who founded the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928 - Wikipedia ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )
Hassan al-Banna was an Egyptian schoolteacher who founded the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928 - Wikipedia
*ISGAP Releases Report on Muslim Brotherhood’s Strategic Plan for Undermining Western Society*
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) just released a report on the Muslim Brotherhood’s strategy of “civilization struggle,” which the group’s internal documents describe as a “civilization-jihadist process,” in North America, with a special focus on the United States.
*
The report describes a coherent strategic vision outlined by Brotherhood planners in North America for gradually transforming Western public discourse, community leadership structures, and policy environments from within.
*
The Muslim Brotherhood’s operations in the United States are based on the doctrine of “Tamkeen” (empowerment/settlement), which has been reinterpreted by Brotherhood theorists as a staged political process for constructing Islamic governance in non-Muslim societies. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
*Texas Gov Designates CAIR, Muslim Brotherhood as Foreign Terror Groups*
------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott designated the Muslim Brotherhood and Council on American-Islamic Relations as foreign terror organizations and transnational criminal organizations on Tuesday.
*
Under the new designation, the two and their affiliates are subject to “heightened enforcement” and are barred from buying or acquiring land in the state.
*
“The Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR have long made their goals clear: to forcibly impose sharia law and establish Islam’s ‘mastership of the world,’” the governor stated. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
*Afghan National Sentenced to Serve 15 Years After Plotting Election Day Terror Attack
*
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
Abdullah Haji Zada, a 19-year-old Afghan citizen and U.S. lawful permanent resident, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for conspiring to receive firearms and ammunition intended for an Election Day terrorist attack in November 2024, on behalf of ISIS. He pleaded guilty in April 2025 and faces deportation to Afghanistan after his term.
*
Zada and co-conspirator Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 28, another Afghan national, acquired two AK-47-style rifles and 500 rounds of ammunition to target a crowd in a U.S. city on Election Day, aiming to advance ISIS's violent extremist ideology. The plot was disrupted by the FBI and the Oklahoma City Joint Terrorism Task Force in October 2024.
*
Tawhedi pleaded guilty in June 2025 to providing material support to ISIS, facing up to 35 years combined. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
------------------------------------------
Militant-Right and Militant-Left Extremism
------------------------------------------
Vilnius/Lithuania December 12, 2013 Protests against Neo Nazis and right wing extremists - Karolis Kavolelis via Shutterstock ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )
Vilnius/Lithuania December 12, 2013 Protests against Neo Nazis and right wing extremists - Karolis Kavolelis via Shutterstock
*Dramatic Increase in Arrests of ‘Nihilistic Violent Extremism,’ Individuals Targeting Children
*
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
The FBI says it has seen a dramatic 490 percent increase in Nihilistic Violent Extremism (NVE) arrests during the past fiscal year. These arrests are mostly associated with 764, an online network that preys on young children.
*
The United States Attorney’s Office for Maryland explained that the 764 network “uses known online social media communications platforms as mediums to support the possession, production, and sharing of extreme gore media and child sex abuse material with vulnerable, juvenile populations. These individuals often conduct coordinated extortions of teenagers, blackmailing the victims to comply with the group’s demands.”
*
NVE is a law enforcement term describing individuals who are motivated to violence, mainly out of a hatred for society and a desire to see society collapse. The FBI views 764 cases as a subset of the Nihilistic Violent Extremism category. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
*Leader of White Supremacist Group Pleads Guilty to Soliciting Hate Crimes
*
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
Michail Chkhikvishvili, a Georgian national and leader of the international white supremacist group Maniac Murder Cult, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court to soliciting hate crimes and distributing instructions for making bombs and ricin, targeting Jewish communities and racial minorities in the US.
*
From July 2022, Chkhikvishvili plotted a New Year's Eve attack in New York City involving a Santa Claus figure distributing poisoned candy laced with ricin. He communicated plans via encrypted Telegram to an undercover FBI employee starting in November 2023 and shared his "Hater’s Handbook" manifesto promoting school shootings since September 2021.
*
Chkhikvishvili's incitement led to a January 2025 school shooting in Nashville, Tenn., by a 17-year-old Maniac Murder Cult affiliate, and an August 2024 stabbing outside a mosque in Turkey. He was extradited from Moldova in May 2025 after global recruitment efforts. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
*5 Accused Antifa Supporters Plead Guilty to Terrorism Offense in ICE Facility Shooting
*
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
Five accused Antifa supporters–Nathan Baumann, Joy Gibson, Seth Sikes, Lynette Sharp, and John Thomas–pleaded guilty on November 19, 2025, in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, to one count of providing material support to terrorists. The pleas mark the first such federal terrorism charge against Antifa members, following President Trump's designation of the group as a domestic terrorist organization.
*
The attack targeted the Prairieland Detention Center, an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas, where the group fired gunfire and fireworks at the building, wounding an Alvarado Police Department officer in the neck. The officer returned fire, but assailants continued shooting at him, and an unarmed DHS corrections officer, with one shouting “get to the rifles” during the assault.
*
Each faces up to 15 years in federal prison, the first federal material-support-to-terrorism convictions tied to Antifa since its domestic terrorist designation. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
----------
Hate Crime
----------
Holy books damaged by fire due to arson at Khlal Chasidim synagogue - video screenshot from ABC 15 Arizona ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )
Holy books damaged by fire due to arson at Khlal Chasidim synagogue - video screenshot from ABC 15 Arizona
*Arizona Man Charged With Hate Crime for Synagogue Fire
*
-------------------------------------------------------
*
Everardo Gregorio, a 31-year-old Arizona resident from Casa Grande, was indicted by a federal grand jury on November 18, 2025, for obstruction of the free exercise of religious beliefs by fire, stemming from the arson attack on Khal Chasidim synagogue. A state arson charge is also pending in Pinal County.
*
On March 3, 2025, Gregorio allegedly set fire to the synagogue, completely destroying its Jewish worship space, kosher grocery store, and restaurant, in an act investigated as a targeted hate crime against a religious institution.
*
The federal charge carries a maximum of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
*Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Mailing Threatening Communications to Jewish Institutions
*
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
Clift Seferlis, a 55-year-old resident of Garrett Park, Md., pleaded guilty on November 18, 2025, in federal court to 17 counts of mailing threatening communications and eight counts of obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs, after sending over 40 letters and two postcards targeting more than 25 Jewish institutions across multiple states.
*
From March 2024 through June 2025, Seferlis's mailings threatened to destroy buildings, injure or kill occupants, and use dangerous weapons, fire, or explosives against synagogues, Jewish museums, community centers, schools, non-profits, and even a delicatessen in locations including Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland.
*
Seferlis is facing a maximum of 169 years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a $5.65 million fine, with sentencing set for March 16, 2026. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
--------------
School Threats
--------------
Salmon Muran - via Facebook post by the Sacramento Sheriff's Office from VOCO News ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )
Salmon Muran - via Facebook post by the Sacramento Sheriff's Office from VOCO News
*Sacramento Man Arrested After School Threat Investigation Reveals Large Weapons Cache
*
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
Dalmin Muran, a 29-year-old Sacramento resident, was arrested following an investigation into suspicious activities at East Sacramento County schools, where he allegedly drove onto school grounds at night wearing military-style clothing and night-vision optics, while falsely claiming prior military service and public access rights, prompting concerns over potential threats to students and staff.
*
A search of Muran's residence uncovered a large arsenal, including modified firearms, an unserialized short-barreled rifle ("ghost gun") concealed in the attic, hundreds of firearm parts, smoke grenades, flash bangs, and pepper spray, indicating preparation for possible violent acts and escalating fears of domestic extremism.
*
Muran faces multiple felony charges related to illegal weapons possession. He was booked into custody and released on bond shortly after. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
----------------------------
Foreign Influence Operations
----------------------------
( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )
Sam Alman, founder of Open AI - Shutterstock
*OpenAI Halted Multiple Political Influence Ops
*
-----------------------------------------------
*
In the three months leading up to November 2025, OpenAI shut down five accounts tied to foreign influence campaigns using its models to generate deceptive content.
*
These networks used OpenAI tools to create propaganda bots, fake social media profiles, multilingual articles, and posts praising specific geopolitical actions, distributing them across X, Meta, and Telegram to shape global political discourse.
*
The disruptions underscore growing foreign misuse of AI for disinformation—including potential deepfakes and voice cloning—and build on OpenAI’s February 2025 work with Microsoft to dismantle similar “foreign bad actor” networks. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
*X's New Location Feature Exposes Foreign Political Accounts
*
------------------------------------------------------------
*
On November 23, 2025, X rolled out a global update to its "About This Account" tool, revealing the country or region of account creation to combat foreign influence and enhance transparency; however, it was partially rolled back due to inaccuracies for older accounts and privacy concerns in restrictive regimes, as announced by X product head Nikita Bier in October 2025.
*
The feature uncovered numerous U.S.-focused political accounts run from abroad, including pro-Trump handles like @_MagaScope (Nigeria, 50,000+ followers on "Trump movement & American politics"), @American (Pakistan), Thailand-based #MAGA/#Patriots accounts (now suspended), @HomanNews (Eastern Europe), and @IvankaNews_ (Nigeria-linked), potentially part of inauthentic networks exploiting X's creator revenue program. *Read More ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )*
QUOTABLE
“Frequent recurrence to fundamental principles…[is] absolutely necessary to preserve the blessings of liberty and keep a government free.”
-- Benjamin Franklin
NOTE TO OUR READERS: We have pulled out the salient points of the articles in this newsletter to keep you informed and focused on the most relevant, important and timely news in national security and extremism. While our national security experts stand behind the summary bullets and deem them trustworthy, Clarion Project does not endorse all the views expressed in the articles linked.
*SUPPORT CLARION PROJECT’S VITAL WORK*
Help us create a world unafraid. Make a donation to help us expose extremists who threaten our safety and security. The Clarion Project is a registered 501(c)(3), donations are tax deductible.
DONATE NOW ( [link removed] 202511-27&utm_medium=email )
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