Neo-Nazi Podcaster "John Fashcroft": Dylan P. Annex of Tulsa, Oklahoma

In our last piece we exposed the man behind the Amerikaner network of neo-Nazi podcasts, South Dakotan Riggin Scheer, also known as "Gordon Kahl." Besides his own podcast Achtung! Amerikaner, Scheer also provided a platform for a number of other white nationalist podcasts, one of which is called The Eagle's Nest, hosted by the pseudonymous "John Fashcroft." We found this guy's real name over waffles and mimosas during Sunday brunch, so we'll just lead with it! We reveal to you the neo-Nazi goober behind "John Fashcroft," Dylan Paul Annex, Sr. of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

"John Fashcroft"

Described as a "Christian, Husband, Father, Electrician and Fascist!" on the Amerikaner website, "John Fashcroft" hosts a number of neo-Nazi podcasts, but is mostly known for one called The Eagle's Nest.

While we would have liked to have said we used our state-of-the-art AI-powered quantum computing antifascist intelligence gathering system for this, the fact of the matter is that Dylan Paul Annex is so dumb that he basically told us who he was. In one episode of his podcast, Annex, as "John Fashcroft," explained to his audience that he had to "remake" his Twitter because he had added his real name to it and it was connected to his "John Fashcroft" alias. Why he would feel the urge to tell the world about that is anyone's guess, but we'll take it!

[Click here for a video clip of "John Fashcroft" talking about his Twitter account.]

He told his audience,

I had to, uh, remake my Twitter. Um, yeah, uh it was it was tied, it still had, like, my name on it, like if you went back far enough into my Twitter, like if you went back 3 or 4 years, somehow it was attached to my real name. But, you couldn’t tell unless you added my real name. But just on a humbug, I went on twitter and added my real name and it was like connected to my John Fashcroft account so I had to get rid of that and start a new one.

He revealed that he had to delete his previous Twitter because it came up in searches for his real name, and it absolutely does. To verify, we looked at the archived history of John Fashcroft's  Twitter accounts and found that the Twitter handle "@John_Fashcroft" shared the same Twitter account number as the previous handle for that account, "@DylanAnnex," viewable in the source code of the archived web page. In his Twitter bio he described himself as "Husband, Father, Electrician, Alt-right!" He actually is a licensed electrician.

Like many neo-Nazi losers who feel like they have something to say and that people need to hear it, Dylan Annex, as "John Fashcroft," hosted his own podcast, which was supported by Riggin "Gordon Kahl" Scheer's Amerikaner network of nazi podcasts. Annex's podcast, even by white nationalist podcast standards, was pretty low-grade. Despite being an inarticulate host with little to offer in the way of unique insight, Annex nevertheless persisted with hopes of neo-Nazi internet fame, serving up regurgitated white nationalist talking points, differentiated only by a hyperkinetic delivery and constant vocal disfluencies and verbal tics like “um,” “man,” “uh,” and, of course, “bubba.”

In his other life, as Dylan Paul Annex of Tulsa, Oklahoma, he tried to achieve notability in other areas, like in the Oklahoma rave scene as a "fire performer," of all things. The idea of a fire-performing Nazi is something that none of us would have anticipated in our wildest dreams, yet here we are.

 

Dylan also found some some dubious fame among local authorities, having been arrested on numerous occasions, mostly on drug charges.

 

 

A "Red Pill" Journey

In a 2020 podcast interview, Dylan Annex aka John Fashcroft explained how his "red pill" journey began upon his release from prison in 2014. Although still involved with the rave scene and Burning Man Oklahoma, his increasingly right-wing views began to alienate many of his old friends.

Antifeminist YouTube videos led him to Gavin McInnis, founder of the Proud Boys, and Dylan Annex would become a regular on the Proud Boys Facebook page. There he encountered familiar Nazi names like Shawn Deats, aka "AltSkull," and Louis Giovingo, aka "Southern Dingo," who steered him even further right. According to Annex, the Proud Boys channel "red-pilled" him on "race and IQ, race realism, the things that happened in WWII…" Annex was active in several Facebook groups tied to the Proud Boys including several fan pages of the violent white nationalist Kyle Chapman, aka "Based Stickman."

By 2017, Dylan Annex, using his real name and photo, was a full-fledged racist troll on Twitter. By 2018 Dylan Annex had assumed the "John Fashcroft" alias and delved deeper into actual Nazi terrain.

A resident of Tulsa, Dylan Annex has a longstanding obsession with the Tulsa Race Riots of 1921 and says he is creating a "documentary" –  an attempt to provide a revisionist history of the events amidst increasing recent public awareness. His entire dumb thesis rests upon coverage of the event from white-owned local newspapers of the time.

 

Annex's posts on Twitter made clear his admiration of Hitler and Nazis, using slurs and pro-Nazi bravado to incite fear.

 

Dylan Annex is trying to turn his Nazi bullshit into a full time "John Fashcroft" neo-Nazi brand, shifting from platform to platform in search of the most favorable monetization scheme. He is even selling Nazi-themed merchandise on Gearbubble.com (and if you think this is messed up like we do, make sure to contact Gearbubble and let them know they are platforming Nazi merchandise!).

Besides insane blatherings about Jewish rock-and-roll conspiracy theories, Dylan Annex also exhorts his fans to train in fighting skills in order to fight the forces of liberalism, Jewish world domination and other bogeymen of the racist right wing. He openly urges followers to prepare for violence and "Strengthen the White War Machine. " He wrote,

We have to reawaken the warrior spirit genetically ingrained in Aryan men, the spirit that allowed us to subjugate every other race we have came into contact with. Gather your tribe, train weekly, become capable of violence make your ancestors proud!!!!!

 

It's no surprise that Dylan Annex would have a like-minded partner. His wife Stephanie George uses the alias "Jane Fashcroft" and is well known to listeners of his podcasts.

A Nazi Buffoon is Still a Nazi and a Threat

While Annex's buffoonery is easily laughed at, the absurdity masks very real threats. This joker has thousands of subscribers and a shockingly broad reach through his various platforms. Annex’s commitment to white nationalism and Nazis trumps the poor quality of his voluminous content. His willingness to commit his life to this agenda has the potential for a tragic ending. The far right media ecosystem is bigger than any individual player, but the totality and availability of violent extremist content has an indisputable link to real life violence.

It only takes one impressionable mind on many hours of weekly racist and antisemitic content to create an environment which is highly conducive to something really bad happening. When that bad thing does happen, as we know it will, Dylan Paul Annex of Tulsa will no longer be able to hide from the blame.