THE ARCHIVE

Everything we’ve covered since 2020

Weekly Roundups, The Rabbit Hole, and everything in between.

The Rabbit Hole: Terrorist or Terminally Online?

A Texas case raises important questions about online threats, offline arrests, and how to understand an increasingly radicalized internet environment.

Nov 16, 2025

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13 min read

#152: You got a Fast Cat, I got a Ticket to Court.

Maybe together we can make a legal deal. Plus: Newsom’s chief arrested, French painting stolen, using PACER to track your own investigation, Hot Girl Walk, and Moroccan royalty.

Nov 14, 2025

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13 min read

The Rabbit Hole: Inside the arrest of a purported L.A. Mobster

It was a crazy game of poker. Assaf Waknine may lose it all.

Nov 9, 2025

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11 min read

#151: U.S. Stops Chinese Worm Invasion?

Three University of Michigan students face smuggling charges. Plus: Indicting the wrong person, drake diss, fruity pebble shortchange, liberal election deniers, and Maryland loves crabcakes and FBI headquarters.

Nov 7, 2025

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16 min read

#150: Prosecutors Acquire a Grenade Launcher

No, seriously. Plus: Cam’Ron Beefing, Sanctioning Bill Maher, BananaGate, and an FBI analyst fired for supporting Trump?

Oct 31, 2025

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12 min read

“Anarchist to the Bone”

A previously unreported search warrant reveals how the FBI tracked down a suspect who planted a failed incendiary device at a local Fox News station in Utah.

Oct 29, 2025

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3 min read

#149: The IRS has a Sidewalk Problem.

There's probably an analogy to be made about government efficiency and taking four years to fill a hole. Plus: The U.S. Courts giveth and they taketh away. Also, Laura Loomer’s Thumb Drives, Hasan Piker, and Mr. Big Shot

Oct 24, 2025

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13 min read

#148: Turning yourself in to ICE to avoid DOJ

A California man almost got paid for finding a criminal loophole. Plus: A Oct 7 Arrest in Louisiana, Jeffery Epstein, Lawyer AI hallucinations, Uncrustable Lawsuit, and Drake lost in life but now also the courts.

Oct 17, 2025

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17 min read