Ivan Raiklin - the violent nutjob nearly clobbered by Michael Fanone - in his own words

[KTB2025]

Given today's fireworks, I thought we should memorialize the insane words that Ivan Raiklin wrote when adding his name to the Heritage Foundation's Presidential Personnel Database. (Heritage's database is a leaked list of wannabe Trump appointees, covered here by The Bulwark and here and here by our own Substack.)

Ivan - who who calls himself the “Secretary of Retribution” and claims to have a “Deep State Target List” - wrote what reads like the hit list of a lunatic:

Creating consequences for those involved in Recent Global/US Corruption: 1. WEF/CCP (w Russia/Iran/North Korea Support) Take Over of USA Institutions; 2. Ensuring Nuremburg 2.0 for those involved in the CCP Lab Incident - Fentanyl precursors Big Pfarma [sic] CCP - 19 Products - Censorship Industrial Complex coverup (USG/BIG TECH/BIG MEDIA) that murdered untold amount of Americans; 3. Illegal POTUS/Other Elections from 2020-Today (Software, Machines, Corrupt Officials); 4. January 6 FEDSURRECTION COUP; 5. All those covering up for the above.

Great elevator pitch, there, Ivan. You'll fit in well with the Trump Administration. Expect a call from HR soon.

Yet, Ivan does like some folks in the government: the Feds for Freedom (F4F), which had Ivan guest on their podcast. F4F is an outfit of far-right federal employees, most of whom are anti-vaxxers and believe various conspiracy theories about the Deep State - even though they are the Deep State.

But enough about Ivan. Let's focus instead on the heroes, Mr. Fanone, Mr. Dunn, and the other Capitol Police who fought against January 6.

Thank you for your service!