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Deep-dive investigations of the coordination, the money, and the narrative machine. Receipts on every claim.

The Amplifier Network — Idaho's Far-Right Operators and the Candidates Who Own It — investigation hero
Tactical Report · Investigation No. 6

The Amplifier Network — Idaho's Far-Right Operators and the Candidates Who Own It

A coordinated X-amplifier network — Walker, Fitzpatrick, Reilly, Regan, Pardee, Spoon, Hurst, Heida, Pruett, plus the formal @IdahoGangOf8 caucus account — publishes the racist, dehumanizing, and demonstrably false attacks that Idaho Freedom Caucus candidates accept silently. The candidates working to win the May 19 primary own the conduct.

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Anatomy of an Attack: The Network's War on Christa Hazel — investigation hero
Tactical Report · Investigation No. 5

Anatomy of an Attack: The Network's War on Christa Hazel

Six operators. 150+ documented attack posts. One sitting senator's Substack pulled for doxxing. One Social Security number posted by a Republican county committee. One two-year-old false framing of the FBI agent who took down The Order — repeated by the same network whose podcast host platforms an Order veteran. The target: Christa Hazel.

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Follow the Money, How Beck Dollars Fund Idaho Republican Primaries — investigation hero
Tactical Report · Investigation No. 4

Follow the Money, How Beck Dollars Fund Idaho Republican Primaries

Doyle Beck wrote $10K to CAI PAC in 2024. CAA wrote $390K more. CAI spent ~$400K backing 32 candidates, routed through Maloney's Florida firm Mobilize the Message. 17 of 32 lost. The architecture spans three states, three filings, zero public connections, unless you pull the threads together.

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The 80% Lie: How the IFF Network Manufactures 'Votes with Democrats' Numbers — investigation hero
Tactical Report · Investigation No. 3

The 80% Lie: How the IFF Network Manufactures 'Votes with Democrats' Numbers

voteswithdems.com tells Idaho voters Sen. Guthrie 'votes with Democrats 80.8% of the time.' The site is paid for by Stop Idaho RINOs · John Heida Treasurer, the PAC running the primary attack on him. The 'crossover bills' it counts as 'voting with Democrats' include the bills nobody voted against. The methodology relabels routine consensus as betrayal.

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Mickelsen Coordinated Attack — How a Manufactured Lie Brought ICE to a Farm — investigation hero
Tactical Report · Investigation No. 2

Mickelsen Coordinated Attack — How a Manufactured Lie Brought ICE to a Farm

Mickelsen never said she employed undocumented workers. She said Idaho agriculture depends on undocumented labor. Ryan Spoon converted that into 'she bragged about hiring illegals,' filed ICE tip forms, and three days later federal agents arrived. Spoon took credit and threatened more. The network then pushed employer-penalty bills built on the lie.

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Manufacturing a Martyr: The Plot to Take Out Sen. Jim Guthrie — investigation hero
Tactical Report · Investigation No. 1

Manufacturing a Martyr: The Plot to Take Out Sen. Jim Guthrie

Worley wasn't an organic candidate — he was a five-year project. Two losing runs cultivated by the Pruett network. Two IFF board members bankrolling 2022. An IFF byline pre-installing the Guthrie attack 22 months early. A federally dismissed Liberty Counsel lawsuit recycled as a credential. A six-channel chorus. An AG endorsement on cue.

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