Investigate West reports:

Sam Wolkenhauer, an economist and research analyst supervisor at the Idaho Department of Labor, has often served as the face of the state’s agency for worker welfare. He regularly delivers presentations to local civic groups, hosts webinars on workforce statistics and gives media interviews to regional news outlets.

But online researchers recently identified Wolkenhauer as the anonymous poster behind large Substack and X.com accounts that drive thousands of dollars in subscriptions each month with pro-Russian commentary that often traffics in Nazi imagery and amplifies far-right organizations.

Wolkenhauer’s Big Serge account on X, formerly known as Twitter, has more than 196,000 followers and his Big Serge Thought account on Substack ranks as the 20th most popular history newsletter on the site.

He has used the accounts to post political and cultural opinions that attack Ukrainian perspectives as well as LGBTQ individuals and others. In one recent post, he called for mass executions in response to a UK grooming investigation. The Big Serge account on X frequently employs Nazi imagery, praising Nazi fashion and insignias.

Read the full article. It’s a grimly fascinating deep dive.