Documented Record
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Dave Reilly - Charlottesville Operative, Backlash Host, IFF Network
Idaho Extremism · May 2026
- March 2025: appeared twice on Press TV, the Iranian state broadcaster sanctioned by U.S. Treasury for airing forced confessions.
- Hosted Frank L. DeSilva - convicted member of The Order, the neo-Nazi cell that assassinated Alan Berg (1984) and bombed Boise's Ahavath Beth Israel synagogue.
- When asked about IFF retaining a Charlottesville attendee with an antisemitic record, Brent Regan responded: "Wayne Hoffman, who is Jewish" - deflecting to the president's identity.
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Take Back Idaho publishes 5,000+ deleted tweets from IFF consultant Dave Reilly
Political Potatoes · February 2024
- More than 5,000 deleted tweets documented Holocaust denial and white nationalist content in his own words.
- Brent Regan dismissed them to reporters as "some posts that were critical of the Israeli government."
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In Remembrance: The Idaho Freedom Foundation (2009–2024)
Political Potatoes · April 2024
- After IFF ended his employment, Reilly was spotted filling KCRCC voter literature bags for distribution.
- Neither IFF nor the KCRCC would disavow his white nationalist and antisemitic ties.
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How to spot propaganda and fake news in Idaho
Political Potatoes · June 2025
- His publication and podcast are part of a coordinated propaganda network aligned with IFF and the KCRCC.
- The Backlash podcast is identified as an outlet promoting KCRCC-aligned narratives.
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This deep red state has become a 'bellwether for radicalization'
Mother Jones · March/April 2026
- A national outlet identified him and the KCRCC as part of a far-right takeover of North Idaho Republican politics.
- The story called Kootenai County a "bellwether for radicalization."
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Idahoans rejected the straight white pride festival. Now vote like it
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo · June 2025
- He made racist remarks about Black people during a live podcast broadcast at a festival in Boise.
- IFF and Idaho GOP legislators had promoted the event.
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Hetero Awesome Fest: Reilly makes racist remarks about Black people during live podcast broadcast at Boise festival
KTVB · June 2025
- He whispered "There's not a lot of Black people" while describing Boise during a live podcast broadcast.
- When called out, he stood by the remark, saying "Diversity is a weakness."
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Primary SourceHetero Awesome Fest vendor listShows Reilly's Backlash podcast as vendor (via Truth Revealed)
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Organizer responds to racist comment at Hetero Awesome Festival
KIVI · June 2025
- The festival organizer had to publicly respond after Reilly made racist comments about Boise's racial demographics on air.
- A second news outlet covered the same incident.
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The Rise of Idaho's Aryan Bros
Political Potatoes · May 2025
- A video shows Reilly with David Pettinger and Casey Whalen explicitly attempting to rehabilitate Aryan Nations founder Richard Butler's image, framing it as a redeeming moment that Butler once rejected an MLK assassination plotter.
- He claims civil rights laws give "protected classes... more rights than the rest of us" and that Jewish groups seek to establish a "divine court in Jerusalem" to govern international law.
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Groypers Be Gone!
Political Potatoes · May 2025
- Retired Idaho State Senator Mary Souza identified Reilly as a "behind-the-scenes player in the KCRCC" who holds no official position but was given a delegate seat at the 2024 IDGOP Convention.
- Reilly co-hosts "The Backlash" podcast with Vincent James Foxx, identified as Secretary of Nick Fuentes' white nationalist organization and a Post Falls resident.
- Souza named Reilly and KCRCC Youth Committeeman Dan Bell as the pair who staged the Pizzagate stunt at the 2022 IDGOP convention and plotted the infiltration of the Kootenai Democratic Party.
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MY TURN: What happened after the town hall should alarm every honest Republican
Coeur d'Alene Press · April 2025
- His podcast used footage from a KCRCC town hall to mock an ejected constituent and promote the KCRCC's version of events.
- Brent Regan's claims about missing video were contradicted by police records.
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Primary SourceKCRCC town hall police reportBrent Regan's claims about missing video footage contradicted by police
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Far-right commentator with history of antisemitic remarks voted as delegate on Idaho GOP's party platform
Media Matters · September 2024
- Despite his documented antisemitism, he was voted in as a delegate to shape Idaho's GOP party platform in 2024.
- He was photographed with state senators Tammy Nichols and Brian Lenney; Nichols said "Welcome to the club!"
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How a new Idaho superintendent is tapping far-right connections to refashion a school district
InvestigateWest · August 2024
- A newly hired Idaho school superintendent brought Reilly's wife on as business manager.
- This documents his continued influence inside school administration through family connections.
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The powerful push of committee members
KTVB · 2024
- TV news confirmed he attended the 2017 Charlottesville Unite the Right rally and was elected as a delegate to the Idaho Republican Party convention.
- He also distributed fake pizza flyers at a homeless shelter to embarrass a GOP leadership candidate.
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Take Back Idaho publishes 5,000+ deleted tweets from IFF consultant Dave Reilly
Take Back Idaho · February 2024
- The full archive of 5,000+ deleted tweets reveals antisemitism and white nationalism in his own words.
- The tweets can be read at DaveReillysDeletedTweets.com.
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Primary SourceDaveReillysDeletedTweets.comFull archive of Reilly's 5,000+ deleted tweets
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Idaho Freedom Foundation president replaced, controversy over his alt-right contractor lingers
Idaho Capital Sun · January 2024
- As IFF board chair, Brent Regan took a hands-off approach when controversy erupted over Reilly's hiring.
- The IFF president was ultimately replaced as the controversy lingered.
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ILU denounces IFF after hiring Dave Reilly
Bonner County Daily Bee · January 2024
- More than 30 Idaho lawmakers, candidates, and faith leaders signed an open letter calling on IFF to stop working with Reilly.
- The letter was organized by Idaho Leaders United.
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Primary SourceIdaho Leaders United open letterCalls on IFF to cease working with Dave Reilly
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Influential Idaho Freedom Foundation quietly hired alt-right propagandist to help shape messaging
InvestigateWest / Coeur d'Alene Press · December 2023
- Under oath in the Charlottesville lawsuit, Jason Kessler identified Reilly as the Discord user active in Charlottesville planning servers.
- The KCRCC paid Reilly's shell company $11,000 while Brent Regan served as both IFF board chair and KCRCC chair.
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Primary SourceUnicorn Riot Discord Leaks - DavyCrockett (Discord ID: 274397563476639744)90 messages in Charlottesville 2.0 servers; links to davereillymedia.com confirm identity
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Primary SourceSines v. Kessler trial transcript, Day 16 (November 15, 2021)Jason Kessler cross-examination, p. 170: Kessler identifies Discord user "Davey Crockett" as Dave Reilly under oath
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Primary SourceIdaho Dynamics LLC initial Wyoming business filingSame PO Box as Reilly's campaign and personal website (via Truth Revealed)
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Primary SourceRevere Media LLC business filings 2022–2025Reilly-connected ad firm paid $30,000 by Ammon Bundy campaign (via Truth Revealed)
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Primary SourceNorth Idaho Tallow Co. business filingCompany promoted as Backlash podcast "advertiser" but owned by Reilly (via Truth Revealed)
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Primary SourcePaper Street Tallow business filingSecond tallow company promoted as Backlash podcast "advertiser" but owned by Reilly (via Truth Revealed)
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Primary SourceThe Backlash, LLC - Wyoming business filingBacklash podcast incorporated as a Wyoming LLC in March 2025; already delinquent for state taxes by 2026 (via Truth Revealed)
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Primary SourceIdaho Secretary of State Sunshine recordsShows KCRCC payments to Idaho Dynamics and Revere Media
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MY TURN: Why I'm not attending the 2024 KCRCC Lincoln Day Dinner
Coeur d'Alene Press · December 2023
- KCRCC payments to Reilly's shell companies are documented alongside ties connecting Regan, Reilly, and far-right figures.
- Vincent James Foxx and Matthew Colligan are identified as part of the same network.
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Religious leaders, Republicans denounce Idaho Freedom Foundation ties to alt-right figure
Idaho Statesman · December 2023
- 33 prominent Idahoans, including lawmakers, clergy, and community leaders, signed a public letter calling on IFF to sever ties with Reilly.
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Hate makes a comeback in Idaho, this time with political support
Idaho Capital Sun · August 2022
- Investigative piece documenting Reilly's Charlottesville ties, his stunt at the homeless shelter during the GOP convention, and Brent Regan's donation to his 2021 school board campaign.
- Regan declined to disavow Reilly when asked directly, writing that "the committee has not opined on the status of Mr. Reilly."
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Shelter director says North Idaho delegate was behind flyers distributed during GOP convention
Idaho Capital Sun · July 2022
- He distributed fake pizza flyers at a homeless shelter, directing hungry families to a GOP rival's event as a prank.
- The shelter director identified him by name; Dorothy Moon won that leadership race, nominated by Brent Regan.
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Young Republicans expel members over pizza prank
Coeur d'Alene Press · July 2022
- Fellow Republicans unanimously expelled members over the prank, calling it manipulation of homeless families to embarrass a political opponent.
- Tom Luna called it "shameful."
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KCRCC supports and pays 'antisemitic' white nationalist
Coeur d'Alene Press · July 2022
- The KCRCC chose him as a delegate to the state GOP convention.
- Brent Regan and the KCRCC treasurer personally authorized $11,000 in payments to his shell company.
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Far-right influencers hyped Coeur d'Alene Pride before Patriot Front showed up
SPLC Hatewatch · June 2022
- He recruited a national far-right account to target Coeur d'Alene Pride before Patriot Front showed up.
- The SPLC confirmed he controls the Idaho Tribune website.
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Idaho GOP official tried to install an antisemite in Democratic leadership
Times of Israel · March 2022
- Brent Regan conceived the plan to install an antisemite as chair of the local Democratic Party.
- The goal was to undermine the opposing party's leadership from within.
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Recording allegedly reveals Kootenai County GOP plan to take over Kootenai Democratic Party
Idaho Capital Sun · March 2022
- A recording allegedly captured KCRCC members discussing the plan to take over the Kootenai Democratic Party.
- Dan Bell named Brent Regan as the one who came up with it.
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Reilly, for governor?
Coeur d'Alene Press · March 2022
- After Reilly announced a write-in bid for governor as a Democrat, Regan tried to distance himself.
- The KCRCC had already endorsed Reilly and paid his shell company $11,000.
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He has a history of antisemitic tweets, and now a GOP endorsement for school board
The Forward · October 2021
- A national Jewish outlet documented his "All Jews are dangerous" tweets and his attendance at the 2017 Charlottesville Unite the Right rally.
- The KCRCC endorsed him for school board despite his publicly documented antisemitism.
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Antisemitic troll tries to infiltrate Idaho school board
The Daily Beast · October 2021
- Documented tweets calling "all Jews are dangerous" and his attendance at Charlottesville.
- KCRCC quietly removed his name from their site after the story broke. (archive)
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Warning from 2,383 miles away
Coeur d'Alene Press · October 2021
- People from Reilly's hometown in Pennsylvania wrote to warn Post Falls voters about his record there.
- The article ran days before the 2021 school board election.
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Reilly rocked, again
Coeur d'Alene Press · October 2021
- A second pro-Israel organization publicly condemned him in the days before the 2021 school board election.
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Pro-Israel group condemns PF candidate
Coeur d'Alene Press · October 2021
- Christians United for Israel (CUFI) condemned his antisemitism and called on the KCRCC to withdraw its endorsement.
- Brent Regan claimed a Holocaust survivor had endorsed Reilly; the survivor's son clarified that it was his mother who survived the Holocaust, not himself, and that she had not endorsed Reilly.
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Closer to Christ, and critics
Coeur d'Alene Press · October 2021
- He was arrested in Pennsylvania in 2012 on a disorderly conduct charge and pled guilty, receiving 12 months probation.
- The article documented his writings for Culture Wars Magazine and his attendance at the 2017 Charlottesville rally, after which he resigned from his father's radio station.
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In the Panhandle, a trustee's race plays out under a national spotlight
Idaho Ed News · October 2021
- His deleted tweets included wanting Iran to bomb Israel and responding to a poll about antisemitism with "Let's get those numbers up!"
- He called women's suffrage "a mistake."
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Bloomsburg radio personality announces resignation from WHLM
Fox43 · August 2017
- Days after attending the Charlottesville rally, Reilly resigned from his father's Bloomsburg radio station, WHLM, where he served as director of new media.
- In his resignation letter, he denied being a white supremacist while denouncing "Nazism, the KKK, Racism, White Supremacism and political violence" -- the letter was accepted by his father, station owner Joe Reilly.
- He had been suspended without pay the night before the resignation was accepted.
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Bloomsburg radio personality involved in alt-right march in Charlottesville
WNEP · August 2017
- Video of his attendance at the 2017 Charlottesville rally was posted to YouTube, prompting his father's radio station to lose several sponsors.
- Bloomsburg University pulled its sponsorship from the station after the video circulated.
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Reilly disorderly conduct docket sheet
Pennsylvania court record (via Truth Revealed)
- Documents his 2012 disorderly conduct charge in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
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Dismissing complaint with prejudice
Pennsylvania court record (via Truth Revealed)
- The court dismissed the disorderly conduct charge with prejudice.
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Idaho Dynamics, part of $222K network paid to McShane-connected operatives
Coeur d'Alene Press · September 2023
- The KCRCC and 14 endorsed candidates paid over $222,000 to a shell company network connected to Reilly, white nationalists, and figures tied to the Proud Boys.
- Matthew Colligan, whose reported catchphrase is "Hitler did nothing wrong," received KCRCC-connected payments and was photographed at a KCRCC event.