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“So this book the genre is true crime. I don't have a background in true crime at all. You know of my reporting as Antifa and the violent far left.”

“And that turned into this book. And um the Zizians, which we'll get into the story, I do want to emphasize that even though they are an example of a radical infringe group, they do fit into a larger pattern of trans violence.”

“Which I also document in this book because the Zizians they have their origins in Silicon Valley.”

“this book actually in one of the chapters I look at the academic literature that could perhaps provide some answers.”

“There are other variables here which I also explore in the book.”

“And so part of what motivated me and pushed me through writing this book because it it was a very soul crushing thing. It's so depressing when when you're looking when the stuff I was uncovering”

“It's not just a story about a cult. There have been many cults in America and around the world. Yes. But the cult fits into a larger pattern.”

“Yeah, this book really it really nearly broke me. Um, it I think once people read it and see the depravity of what happened, they'll understand what I mean.”

“I'm still feeling um I'm like traumatized by this book writing actually and the fact and the the dedication to the book by the way is is for the victims and those who are and their family members who are still seeking answers”

“I have so much gratitude to you because 5 years ago, you provided a book blurb for my first book, Unmasked, Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy democracy.”

“And once I found some of the uh puzzle pieces, I realized this is material for a book, not just an article.”

“So, there's a trail of bodies and the Zizians is a two-year investigation, a year and a half investigation.”

“So he misqued and misused certain research on his blogs um about trans brains if and I write about in this book where the research on it actually doesn't show that trans brains on average are different”

“uh he alluded to some of the steps in his writings but never outlined it. And I believe that was part of sort of the intrigue with with the group was it would get people curious to inquire with him and some did reading through some of the correspondence that I was able to gather as part of my investigation”

“And um in the book, part of the big reveal is a very large section in the book of pictures that have that have never been revealed before of the hideout bases, pictures of the Zizians in their past.”

“And another thing about the Zians like stepping back and looking at sort of the broader picture I also write about there's a chapter in here called the rise of the trans killers.”

“And as part of my research for this book, I I went to Nashville, Tennessee, and I went to the church where there was the um mass shooting attack by Audrey Hail, a trans shooter who used the name Hayden.”

“There's a whole chapter in my book looking at all the academic literature, the physiological effect of the seeking to um answer this particular question. I'm going to say that people who want to know what the academic literature says should read my book.”

“my the main thesis of my reporting for all these years from of my book as well unmasked is that political violence on the on the left is being mainstream and made into something that we should just sort of all accept”

“I wrote about this bit in my book about the idea laundering and how Wikipedia in Google can be manipulated in a way through like activists writers”

“and in my book i publish some of the primary documents of the curriculum from rose city antifa which is actually one of the cells that's part of a network called um the torch antifa network and they have cells in other cities”

“and in my the purpose of writing unmasked my book was to shed light really on the ideology that i think is is ultimately much much more dangerous than these instances of violence that um lead to um people getting seriously injured or killed in that”

“have a book out called unmasked salt and paperback now in updated uh new chapter right on”

“I write about this in the update for my book on Mass and one of them said I remember they surrounded me”

“uh my updated book unmasked inside antifa's radical plan to destroy democracy is coming out”

“So a lot of people weren't even aware that "Unmatched" was coming out. So I'm really thankful to people who have pre-ordered it so far. And you know, really thankful that you allow me to come on your show again and talk about why this is so important and what this book is about.”

“and this book tries to explain in in one place where people can understand the ideology the history and how they organize and what what all that comes together actually looks like in practice”

“um and i'm not exaggerating what i'm saying you can read as can see in the book how because the local officials gave them the space to do what they were doing for so long”

“and you'll see that in every single way they are a formal organization and the book details it”

“i write about all of their acts of terrorism in the book”