# Darren Beattie Former [[Trump White House]] speechwriter, founder of Revolver News, and key MAGA movement media figure. Fired from the White House in 2018 after it was revealed he had attended a conference alongside white nationalist Peter Brimelow — then returned to the Trump orbit as an information warrior, demonstrating [[the New Right]]'s revolving door between mainstream politics and the dissident right. ## Role in the New Right Beattie operates the **movement media** layer — Revolver News functions as a MAGA information warfare outlet, breaking stories, pushing narratives, and providing intellectual cover for Trumpism. Where [[Steve Bannon]]'s War Room is the daily propaganda broadcast, Revolver News is the investigative/narrative arm that produces the stories Bannon then amplifies. ## Key Activities - **Trump speechwriter (2017-2018):** Wrote speeches for Trump. Fired after CNN reported he spoke at the 2016 H.L. Mencken Club conference alongside Peter Brimelow (VDare founder). - **Revolver News (2020-):** Founded as a [[Drudge Report]]-style aggregator with original investigative content. Published series questioning the FBI's role in January 6, promoting the "fed-surrection" narrative. Became a go-to source for MAGA media. - **Return to Trump world:** Despite the Brimelow controversy, Beattie was brought back into Trump's orbit and appointed to a role in the second Trump administration — another example of how the New Right launders figures from the dissident-right margin back into mainstream politics. ## Connections - [[Donald Trump]] — Former speechwriter; returned to Trump orbit - [[Steve Bannon]] — War Room frequently amplifies Revolver News content - [[Stephen Miller]] — Fellow traveler in the immigration-restrictionist, MAGA nationalist space - Peter Brimelow (VDare) — The conference attendance that led to his firing ## See Also - [[Steve Bannon]] - [[Stephen Miller]] - [[Mike Benz]] — fellow ex-Trump-1 speechwriter recycled into the anti-censorship / anti-NGO circuit; Revolver News and Foundation for Freedom Online run parallel playbooks - [[The New Right Ecosystem]] - [[Media Ecosystem]]