Same name as someone who blogged for CNN in 2011.
I could find nothing online that supported that they were the same.
The lib Southern Policy Law Center has a profile on him
Part of it says
“Rumors abound on white nationalist forums that Kesslers ideological pedigree before 2016 was less than pure and seem to point to involvement in the Occupy movement and past support for President Obama.
At one recent speech in favor of Charlottesvilles status as a sanctuary city, Kessler live-streamed himself as an attendee questioned him and apologized for an undisclosed spat during Kesslers apparent involvement with Occupy. Kessler appeared visibly perturbed by the womans presence and reminders of their past association.”
Sounds like it may very well be the same a-hole.
Apparently they are different people.