Jeremy NoFucks Ryan is a great many things. He’s an activist, a congressional candidate, an entrepreneur, a father, a cancer survivor, and he’s even an asshole (in a good way). An actual nuclear terrorist, however is not one of the things he is. Jeremy got his start on the public scene in 2011 when he organized mass civil disobedience actions in the Capitol and became the most arrested person by Capitol Police in that time. Since then Jeremy has been a presence in nearly every social justice movement since including Occupy and Black Lives Matter.
Jeremy also ran for Congress in Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District twice running as a Progressive Republican, something that doesn’t exist in current politics. His second run he got viable numbers off of just $600 and an entirely progressive agenda, coming neck in neck with the religious candidate, the nationalist candidate, and the military candidate (three Republican strength groups) in a five way primary.
His activism and congressional campaign were so successful that the Federal Government offered him radioactive materials and sold it to him as the perfect way to commit suicide (he did suffer from depression) then arrested him for agreeing to buy it. It was during this arrest that he became the first person in the country to ever be charged under 18 USC 2332i – Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. The government fought as hard as they could to paint him as a terrorist but the notion was so outrageous that months later they were left with no evidence and no case.
In a devastating loss the government was forced to drop the Nuclear Terrorism charge after investing over a million dollars in his investigation and prosecution and Jeremy plead to unlawfully attempting to possess a radioactive material, a charge in the same category as moving fireworks across state lines. He was sentenced to time served after spending 16 months in jail in pretrial detention. Ten months in he turned down a time served plea stating principles and served six more months on those principles.
After being released from jail Jeremy vowed to make the government regret this grave injustice and rather than be intimidated or back down started planning his next moves which he has stated will include a book and as well as this congressional run. Jeremy never stopped activism and was kicked off of federal probation and sentenced to two months in federal prison for refusing to stop fighting.
