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His first novel, ''Enemies, Foreign and Domestic'', was published in 2003, the first in a trilogy of political thrillers.<ref name="daily beast"/><ref name="boucher">{{cite journal|title=Digital books and the far right|first1=Geoff|last1=Boucher|first2=Helen|last2=Young|pages=140–152|date=2023|journal=Journal of Media & Cultural Studies|volume=37|issue=1|doi=10.1080/10304312.2023.2191905|doi-access=free}}</ref> The plot revolves around a rogue [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|ATF]] agent staging a terrorist attack and blaming it on a militia that is falsely claimed to be racist, which is then used to initiate gun seizures.<ref name="daily beast"/> In 2012, Bracken released the book for free at [[Amazon Kindle]], which after being heavily promoted on social media briefly made it the most downloaded free Kindle book on Amazon.<ref name="daily beast">{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-patriot-movements-new-bestseller-tests-their-anti-racism|title=The Patriot Movement's New Bestseller Tests Their Anti-Racism|first=J.M.|last=Berger|work=The Daily Beast|date=June 8, 2012}}</ref> His second novel ''Domestic Enemies: The Reconquista'' revolves around the [[Reconquista (Mexico)|Reconquista]] theory,<ref name="splc">{{cite news|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2007/former-navy-seal-matthew-bracken-publishes-book-touting-aztlan-conspiracy-theory|title=Former Navy SEAL Matthew Bracken Publishes Book Touting Aztlan Conspiracy Theory|first=Susy|last=Buchanan|work=Intelligence Report|publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center|date=July 1, 2007|edition=2007 Summer}}</ref> while his third novel ''Foreign Enemies And Traitors'' features a corrupt president who invites foreign mercenaries to U.S. soil.<ref name="daily beast"/>
It has been said that his books can be "worked into ongoing [[conspiracy theories]]", as "fictionalized version[s] of conspiracy theories and beliefs that circulate on the [[far-right]]".<ref
In late 2015, Bracken published the essay "Tet, Take Two: Islam's 2016 European Offensive" on the [[counter-jihad]] blog ''[[Gates of Vienna]]'',<ref name="newlines"/><ref name="jackson"/> which went viral.<ref name="Kamali"/> The essay likened the Muslim [[2015 European migrant crisis|influx in Europe]] to the prelude to the Vietnam War's [[Tet Offensive]] infiltration, and has been influential in parts of the [[American militia movement]], being endorsed by [[Oath Keepers]] founder [[Stewart Rhodes]] among others.<ref name="Kamali">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TqVOEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA126|pages=126–127|title=Homegrown Hate: Why White Nationalists and Militant Islamists Are Waging War Against the United States|first=Sara|last=Kamali|year=2022|publisher=Univ of California Press|isbn=9780520389687}}</ref><ref name="newlines">{{cite report|url=https://newlinesinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/20210225-Three-Percenter-PR-NISAP-rev051021.pdf|pages=10–11, 26|title=The Three Percenters: A Look Inside an Anti-Government Militia|work=Newlines Institute|first1=Alejandro J.|last1=Beutel|first2=Daryl|last2=Johnson|date=February 2021}}</ref><ref name="jackson">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V1jZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT19|page=19|title=Oath Keepers: Patriotism and the Edge of Violence in a Right-Wing Antigovernment Group|first=Sam|last=Jackson|year=2020|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231550314}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2017/one-more-enemy|title=One More Enemy|work=Intelligence Report|publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center|date=February 10, 2017|edition=2017 Spring|first=Stephen|last=Piggott}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://washingtonspectator.org/vietnam-to-the-capitol-steps/|title=All Enemies, Foreign and Domestic: The Road From Vietnam to the Capitol Steps|first=George|last=Black|work=The Washington Spectator|date=April 27, 2021}}</ref> Bracken and Rhodes later appeared on Alex Jones' ''InfoWars'' show together in 2019 following the [[Christchurch mosque shootings]], where the three according to the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] agreed with the terrorist's motives, while "lamenting how the massacre was going to be used to blame white men and to further a nefarious plot to confiscate firearms and ignite a civil war".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/03/22/infowars-crowd-finds-common-cause-new-zealand-terrorist|title=The Infowars Crowd Finds Common Cause With New Zealand Terrorist|first=Nick R.|last=Martin|work=Southern Poverty Law Center|date=March 22, 2019}}</ref>
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After the [[Quebec City mosque shooting]] in 2017, Bracken appeared on ''InfoWars'' and laid out a conspiracy theory that it was a [[false flag]] attack carried out by militant Islamists in order to blame [[Donald Trump|Trump]] supporters, orchestrated by [[George Soros]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3211421/fake-news-meet-the-alternate-reality-version-of-the-quebec-city-shooting/|title=Fake news: Meet the alternate-reality version of the Quebec City shooting|first=Patrick|last=Cain|work=Global News|date=February 4, 2017}}</ref> claiming that detainee Mohamed Belkadhir had radicalized perpetrator Alexandre Bissonnette as an Islamic terrorist.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/vvz3qa/a-quebec-mosque-shooting-truther-movement-has-already-started|title=A Quebec Mosque Shooting Truther Movement Has Already Started|first=Mack|last=Lamoureux|work=Vice News|date=February 2, 2017}}</ref>
In December 2020, Bracken appeared again on ''InfoWars'' as a guest host, where he told viewers that it "may be necessary to storm the U.S. Capitol", stating that "We're going to only be saved by millions of Americans moving to Washington, occupying the entire area, if—if necessary storming right into the Capitol".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/politics/alex-jones-infowars-fringe-to-frontline/chapter-03.html|title=Alex Jones is a threat to democracy|first1=Rob|last1=Kuznia|first2=Curt|last2=Devine|work=CNN|date=June 2022}}</ref> This was included in the ''January 6th Report'' by the [[United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack]],<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0L9gEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT328|page=328|title=The January 6th Report|author=United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack|first2=David|last2=Remnick|first3=Jamie|last3=Raskin|publisher=Celadon|year=2022|isbn=9781250877956}}</ref> and was shown as part of a video segment during the [[Public hearings of the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack#Seventh hearing – July 12, 2022|seventh hearing by the committee]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/12/us/jan-6-hearing-takeaways.html|title=Takeaways From Tuesday's Hearing by the Jan. 6 Committee|first=Michael S.|last=Schmidt|work=The New York Times|date=July 12, 2022}}
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