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Man Pleads Guilty to Neo-Nazi Plot to Bomb Energy Facility

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Suspected white supremacists arrested over plot to attack Baltimore power grid - ABC News video screenshot
  • Skyler Philippi, a 24-year-old Tennessee resident, pleaded guilty on September 9, 2025, to a neo-Nazi-inspired plot to bomb Nashville’s power grid using a drone armed with explosives, facing a possible life sentence at his sentencing on Jan. 8, 2026.
  • The plot targeted electrical substations to disrupt the energy infrastructure and “shock the system” into chaos, with Philippi conducting reconnaissance, testing drones, and ordering what he believed to be C-4 explosives as part of his accelerationist white supremacist ideology.
  • Philippi’s motivations stemmed from neo-Nazi beliefs, including participation in a Nordic ritual and desires to incite racial unrest for historical impact; no explicit foreign influence operations were mentioned. Read More

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