It was only a matter of time before concrete evidence revealed that Trump supporters had managed to profit off of the resistance to his presidency.

Raw Story was alerted by the parody Twitter account @AltCyberCommand that another user, @z3dster, had revealed in a viral thread that although the now-deleted @Resistance_Feed account appeared to be of similar ilk to others in the so-called “resistance,” a simple search for the website’s owner reveals a much more insidious web.

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website it links to looks fine pic.twitter.com/Ktsh98Fvy3 — zedster (@z3dster) December 28, 2017

“Fun story,” the user’s thread began, linking to a screenshot of @Resistance_Feed’s account that had over 33,000 followers by the time they deactivated. Though their website, ResistanceFeed.net (which was still up at time of writing) looked relatively normal, a whois searched revealed the owner’s email is “[email protected]”

“Americafirstera seems like an odd name choice for a pro Resistance site,” the user rightfully noted. That email, they noted, led them to the website AmericaFirstEra.com — a site whose layout and design are almost identical to Resistance Feed’s, but on the opposite end of the political spectrum.

hmm… back to whois we go pic.twitter.com/tEYZyfrcuH — zedster (@z3dster) December 28, 2017

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When searching the whois for America First Era, the user found that the website was registered to someone named Michael Maday — a man who registered a pro-Trump political action committee under the America First Era name with the Federal Elections Commission, and allegedly runs @The_Trump_Train’s Twitter account.

and of course the guy also registered a pro Trump PAC https://t.co/pGfViqpfoF pic.twitter.com/G2IdHBBWTg — zedster (@z3dster) December 28, 2017

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After @z3dster first began the thread linking Resistance Feed to America First Era/Maday, another user tweeted that they’d been direct messaged by @Resistance_Feed asking for a donation.

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Thanks that account messaged me for money yesterday. pic.twitter.com/uitXeCgwYH — ✊🏿 Wakanda Forever✊🏿 (@KayHarvey00) December 29, 2017

Soon, yet another user revealed that @Resistance_Feed’s donation solicitations typically linked to a PayPal link that sent the proceeds to “Maday Media.”

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If you click on the link in that tweet (https://t.co/MVFvZpzMFe) this is what comes up – a PayPal donation page to Maday Media. 2 #conman #DonTheCon #swindler #scams pic.twitter.com/kG0kweuoZw — Leia (@TheSWPrincess) December 19, 2017

@The_Trump_Train has more than 191,000 followers, and as recently as a few hours before press time was also selling Trump merchandise.

UPDATE 8:30 PM EST:

Shortly after Raw Story published this article, @Resistance_Feed reinstated their Twitter account and accused the company of being “Russian trolls.” A few minutes later, the account disappeared again.

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UPDATE 10:45 PM EST

The website alluded to here: http://resistancefeed.net is down with a 404 error. Alt US Cyber Command also noted

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The registration information for todayspolitics.us below matches that of https://t.co/0o4ArtBqcG (RIP, data captured) and https://t.co/cYC4cR58mh (RIP, you just don't know it yet). Smoking gun. Also the gun safe is on fire and so is the house. Two hundred twenty thousand victims. pic.twitter.com/AoNMLbyf2S — Alt US Cyber Command (@AltCyberCommand) December 30, 2017

Guess where https://t.co/1FRn9pa0oD redirects to? — Alt US Cyber Command (@AltCyberCommand) December 30, 2017

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Thanks to @OpWolverines for the fantastic research. — Alt US Cyber Command (@AltCyberCommand) December 30, 2017

Seattle center, November seven five seven alpha fox with you at one four thousand. Mayday mayday mayday; request vectors to Moscow field. November seven five seven alpha fox, Seattle center with you, turn left heading 180 directly up your own ass; descend to flight level zero. pic.twitter.com/kGal0vsMBq — Alt US Cyber Command (@AltCyberCommand) December 30, 2017