Underground Dispatch: Exposing Cults, Gangs, and Corruption in April 2025

A murderous cult, a gang kingpin in the suburbs, a judge’s hidden ties, and a campus terror lawsuit—why won’t the media touch these stories?

April 4, 2025

Welcome to the latest edition of Underground Dispatch, where I dig into the stories the mainstream media buries, whether out of fear, bias, or just plain apathy.

What do we have in this edition? Update on the Zizians cult born in the tech world’s darkest corners to a Columbia student accused of ties to terrorism, this week’s stories expose the cracks in our systems and the threats hiding in plain sight. I’ve got a trans-extremist cult racking up bodies, Hunter Biden laptop gag-order revelations, an MS-13 kingpin caught in the suburbs, a judge with conflicts of interests blocking gang deportations, and a campus activist lawsuit that raises chilling questions about national security.

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Let’s get into the stories few are talking about.

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→ Update on The Zizians: A Cult’s Deadly Rampage Expands

Remember the Zizians, the violent, trans-extremist cult tied to the January murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland? I covered them in a previous Dispatch, noting how their growing body count was somehow escaping national scrutiny.

Well, it’s March 31, 2025, and the story has gotten worse. A lot worse. Yet, astonishingly, the media continues its "nothing to see here" routine.

What’s New

Jack "Ziz" LaSota, the trans-identifying former computer engineer-turned-cult leader, was slapped with new gun charges in Maryland last week. He and two followers, Michelle Zajko and Daniel Blank, were already facing charges for six murders spanning Vermont, Pennsylvania, and California.

Now, according to a March 22 report from E! Online (yes, E!, of all places), authorities suspect the Zizians may be linked to eight deaths, including a double homicide in Maryland just days before their latest court appearance.

The victims? A random couple with no known connection to the group… until investigators uncovered encrypted messages hinting at a "purification" motive tied to the Zizians’ ideology of radical veganism and AI paranoia.

Recap: Who Are the Zizians?

A fringe cult born out of the Bay Area’s worst tech-world pathologies. Think: militant transgender activism + extreme veganism + techno-doomsday fearmongering. Basically, if Tumblr and Reddit had a baby and raised it on hallucinogens and coding bootcamps.

Led by Jack LaSota, a man who literally faked his own death in 2022 to avoid scrutiny, the group has left a trail of bodies and encrypted manifestos across the country.

Crimes Tied to the Zizians (So Far):

• Murder of Border Patrol Agent David Maland (January, Arizona) – Teresa "Milo" Youngblut charged

• Stabbing of an 82-year-old landlord in California – Maximilian Snyder charged

• Six other confirmed murders across Vermont, Pennsylvania, and California

• New double homicide in Maryland, with no apparent connection to victims

• Gun and weapons charges filed in multiple states

• Encrypted messages suggest ideological motivations involving "purification" and AI-based apocalyptic beliefs

And this isn’t some backwoods militia. These are Silicon Valley-educated ideologues, latching onto AI safety theory, radical identity politics, and technocratic fatalism to justify real-world violence.

Inside the Zizian Mind: Leaked Chat Logs Reveal Cult Mentality

If you want to understand just how deranged this group is, look no further than their leaked internal chat logs, obtained by investigators and partially released via The Guardian.

These aren’t your standard extremist rants. They read like a bizarre mashup of sci-fi fan fiction, identity politics, and tech cult prophecy. Chat threads are included below, but here are some chilling highlights:

• Members refer to non-vegans as "meat parasites" and discuss "purification missions" to rid the world of them.

• One follower writes: "The AI sees everything. It knows who the liars are. We have to accelerate salvation."

• Jack "Ziz" LaSota regularly posts manifesto-style updates, mixing paranoid warnings about artificial intelligence with calls for "preemptive defense"—code for violence.

• There’s even discussion of targeting people based on their dietary choices and social media posts, labeling them as "risks to the survival algorithm."

Let that sink in:
A cult of hyper-online tech radicals is discussing murder as an ethical obligation, and they’ve already acted on it.