Kris Goldsmith
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CEO Sparverius @TeamTFButler @VetFightFascism . Research: disinfo+extremism among vets+military (). Hunting + destroying fascist gangs
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Hey, ever hear about that time I infiltrated the Three Percent Security Force? No? Well
@ryanjreilly
did. I’m not saying you should go buy
#SeditionHunters
and immediately turn to page 90, but, you could do that.
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These are the faces and names of the members of the neo-nazi cult Patriot Front who were arrested yesterday in Idaho for conspiring to riot at a Pride event.
Full size images (and the guy who didn’t fit neatly in collages) in the Facebook link.
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Jim
@Acosta
is right now interviewing
@AndrewYang
about
@Fwd_Party
and it’s a masterclass in how a journalist can expose a fraudster and con man. He’s addressing every one of Yang’s empty platitudes, and making clear how terrible this no-policy-party idea is.
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A nazi recently thought it was wise to send threats to me and my family. Within hours of his first action, Task Force Butler’s research team positively identified him. Now there’s a warrant out for his arrest. (He doesn’t know this yet, finding out soon).
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Immediately following the election I infiltrated an affiliate of the Three Percenters unlawful extremist militia.
They straight up asked me if I was willing to murder people from “antifa” and “BLM” during my intake interview.
And I recorded all of it.
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Everyone wish a Happy Find Out Day to the neo-nazi who Fucked Around and sent my family death threats. Today’s the last day of his employment!
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The “massive” QAnon crowd that Flynn spoke in front of yesterday is now at the border wall with assault weapons singing “Amazing Grace.”
The cognitive dissonance here is astounding.
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I've spent years tracking + fighting against foreign disinformation campaigns. But after discovering self-described fascist groups like this, I feel the need to re-prioritize a bit. Gen-Z isn't going to save us. Trump losing won't make nazis disappear.
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A little birdie confirms:
The Aryan Freedom Network, a Texas-based neo-nazi group, is currently holding their annual “White Unity Conference.”
Approximately 40 vehicles are there.
A few tents and campers.
Looks like a weekend-long affair.
Antifascists infiltrated it.
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This is a cute take, coming from the party that rammed through a Supreme Court Justice days before they got creamed in the 2020 election, after stealing another Justice from the majority of voters in the previous cycle.
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If you’re in the DC area and see Penske, UHaul, or similar trucks that aren’t filled with freight, take out your camera and start filming. That’s how the Patriot Front typically gets in and out of the city. They’re likely staying at a private residence in nearby rural/suburbs.
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Ricky Shiffer was a Navy and National Guard Veteran.
He died not with honor, but as just the latest MAGA terrorist, because he was radicalized by Trump and the
@GOP
.
How many more veterans are going to die for this broken party’s lies?
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Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you,
@USArmy
Lieutenant Colonel Tulsi Gabbard filling in for white nationalist
@TuckerCarlson
tonight on Fox.
Tonight she’s on taking about how “we the people” need to stand up against the “intelligence community and security state.”
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Need help from Twitter world — I found a lost dog running down the street. In Takoma, Washington DC. No name or number on the collar. Can he be ID’d by the rabies tag? Going to hold until noon when the shelters nearby open. In the meantime, please help me find the owner!
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Neo-Nazis gangs are filled with pedophiles. This Patriot Front member, Jared Michael Boyce, just plead guilty to nine counts of felony child exploitation. A related gang, NSC-131, had member Andrew Hazelton recently convicted for child exploitation.
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As your resident disinfo expert I’m here to tell you that the truth behind the Ghost of Kyiv doesn’t matter.
The Legend of the
#GhostOfKyiv
matters.
It’s boosting Ukrainian morale, and Ukrainian resilience is scaring the hell out of Putin.
Tweet away!
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The residents of Philly responded appropriately to the white extremist group Patriot Front: they literally chased them out of town. Then cops pulled over the box trucks PF rented, which means Feds may have access to a massive, fresh membership roster. These fascists fucked up.
.DEVELOPING: The white supremacist group “Patriot Front “ marched through the streets of Philadelphia late last night and early this morning. Philadelphia PD responded. Officers say no one in the group was from Philly. The group is based in Fort Worth, Texas. Updates
@6abc
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NEW: Last night nazis of Charlottesville-riot-infamy instructed thousands of followers to mass-report accounts of 48 journalists, anti-racist activists, + anti-fascist researchers for retroactive "violations" of
@TwitterSafety
's new "Private Information Policy." Some down already
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I’ve spent years researching and warning about veterans being radicalized by foreign and domestic actors spreading viral, bogus, and hateful content.
@VetAffairsDems
investigated and recently a report.
@HouseVetAffairs
objected. One of those vets just died in the Capitol.
The woman who was shot and killed during the takeover of the Capitol Building today was an Air Force veteran
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A lot of the vets involved in the siege on the Capitol probably went down similar paths for similar reasons. After they pay their debt to society -- they did cause harm that day -- they should be given the rehabilitative support that's required to bring them back into society 4/4
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Someone on Kevin McCarthy's comms team thought it would be a good idea to use his Facebook page to leave a comment on a WaPo post about troops sleeping on the floor. It's not going well. But hey, anything for that sweet, sweet engagement, amirite,
@GOPLeader
?
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4/ This chyron is a violation of UCMJ. But
@USArmy
Lieutenant Colonel Tulsi Gabbard, who currently holds a top secret security clearance, doesn’t care because she knows her gig at Fox is worth far more to her than her service to our country.
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“Tens of thousands of rifle and pistol rounds were stored in the D.C. Armory and partitioned in pallets, labeled by their state of origin, to be used on American citizens in case of emergency.”
This is the furthest thing from recruiting commercials ever.
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I remember watching two towers I grew up with being in my skyline getting hit with planes and watching a couple thousand people dying as the building collapsed on TV when I was in high school, then your party sending me to Iraq for WMDs that didn’t exist.
Do you remember when you were growing up, do you remember how simple life was, how easy it felt? It was about faith, family, and country. We can have that again, but to do that, we must vote Joe Biden out.
#RTM2023
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Today I face in court for the first time the nazi who has been stalking and threatening my family for several months. Strange that he doesn’t seem very talkative now that the press is here.
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The DeSantis campaign building a coalition with the insane “Constitutional Sheriffs” — who consider themselves to be the supreme law enforcement officers of the US (above state and federal LEOs, and POTUS) — is a significant development in growing his armed, fascist movement.
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Videos of PDX Proud Boys beating up and unmasking members of the neo-nazi gang Rose City Nationalists is causing major drama between a BUNCH of violent groups. Active Clubs (another violent nazi gang) have sworn to attack Proud Boys on sight from now on.
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NEW: Earlier today the neo-nazi cult Patriot Front posted a video in which their founder, Tommy Rousseau, tells his followers that they need to prepare for violence on Independence Day. The rest of the video is them giving each other concussions and practicing armed mob violence.
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Patriot Front is one of the groups that I and a few other veterans keep infiltrating and documenting from the inside. I was the source for this BuzzFeed article.
Watched them talk about things like intentionally spreading COVID in minority neighborhoods:
I've spent years tracking + fighting against foreign disinformation campaigns. But after discovering self-described fascist groups like this, I feel the need to re-prioritize a bit. Gen-Z isn't going to save us. Trump losing won't make nazis disappear.
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I thought I was going to get away with this since I was on at 7:30am. I thought wrong.
Hostage video with very nice sunrise photo. Possibly Shenandoah Valley but just a guess. 4/10
@KrisGoldsmith85
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🧵 Just after the
#January6thHearings
...
TODAY Philly DA is announcing new charges against Joshua Macias of Vets for Trump:
-Attempted Interference with Primaries and Elections
-Hindering the Performance of a Duty
-Criminal Conspiracy
-Violations of the Uniform Firearms Act.
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It appears Thomas Rousseau, founder of the neo-Nazi organization Patriot Front, has been booked in Texas for potential extradition to Virginia to face charges of “burning with intent to intimidate” for his role in the 2017 Unite the Right neo-Nazi rally.
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Last night
@NBCNewYork
revealed the identity of the neo-nazi who was arrested for stalking me and my family. The guy plays tough online, but sure doesn't look tough in court.
@TeamTFButler
will not be intimidated.
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Moving trucks will be noticeable because they’ll be staged together or traveling in a convoy. The trucks, if moving, are likely to have dozens of men inside at the moment. If
@DCPoliceDept
pulls them over — unmask to identify members of the nation’s most active hate group.
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Got to meet a couple of my heroes
@natsechobbyist
and
@AVindman
this weekend thanks to
@VetVoiceFound
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@CapitalEdgeNY
@CNN
@afantz
Living in my childhood bedroom as an adult in my mom’s house — as a ton of these people do — she made the rules. She told me to go to the VA or gtfo. And that ultimatum saved my life.
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When Task Force Butler infiltrated and exposed the neo-nazi Aryan Freedom Network’s “White Unity Conference” last year, they got so mad they sued us. They’re just now finding out that NBC’s Investigation’s Team was watching too. Video on YouTube:
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Extremist organizations that stormed the Capitol on January 6th failed in their coup attempt against the American federal government — so now they’re coming for your school boards, harassing and intimidating leaders in your local community.
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After over 12 years of advocacy, filing appeals, raising awareness for
#badpaper
... + hundreds of hours on the part of the attorney
@UrbanJustice
connected me to a decade ago... My discharge has finally been upgraded to Honorable.
A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who supported me!
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Where is the lie, Fox?
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I would urge local residents who get citations for things like not wearing a seatbelt to show the court this video. Equal protection under the law should mean that cops don't allow anyone to load dozens into the back of moving vans. This is pathetic.
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Took leave from work to take care of myself (as much as I could, all considered) this week for the first time in as long as I can remember. To see everything I’ve worked on for years — fighting disinfo and the radicalization of veterans — with death of vets in the Capitol... 1/x
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There *might be* a military coup happening in Russia, which is already in the middle of a war of aggression, and
@elonmusk
’s fucking app can’t do time stamps.
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The first five members of the neo-nazi gang Patriot Front to be convicted of conspiracy to riot over their plans to attack a Pride event last year are headed to jail! More to face trial soon.
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...being able to go to school, finding purpose, with the VA's Vocational Rehabilitation program.
It was my experiences as a soldier, and as a veteran, that started me down that dark path. It was the VA that pulled me out, which is exactly what it's designed for. 3/4
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Hey look, Tommy Rousseau’s neo-nazi cult has a new uniform item! Matching bracelets!
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Republicans aren’t saying Trump is innocent, only that he shouldn’t be charged with “low-level” crimes. But failing to prosecute emboldens criminals. I know — the FBI failed to stop a nazi after he threatened my family… then he tried to have me murdered.
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DC Police are providing escort. If they watch them get into the back of box trucks and don't immediately pull them over, they're complicit. Time of sunset in DC was 4:45pm today. They're likely not far if event is over.
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The neo-nazi gang NSC-131, particularly their New Hampshire chapter, is having a really, really rough week. First their top guy Leo Cullinan dies (cause yet unknown to me). Then another gets nabbed for Jan6 riot. 🎻
NEW: Richard Zachary Ackerman arrested in New Hampshire.
The uptick in Jan. 6 cases continues.
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Two years later and Frosting still needs to be exactly this close to me at all times.
Need help from Twitter world — I found a lost dog running down the street. In Takoma, Washington DC. No name or number on the collar. Can he be ID’d by the rabies tag? Going to hold until noon when the shelters nearby open. In the meantime, please help me find the owner!
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Use of box trucks confirmed in video by neo-nazi propaganda outlet "Media2Rise." This outlet is affiliated with Robert Rundo of the Rise Above Movement, who is currently fleeing federal charges, hiding in Serbia, helping build international fascist mvmnt
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If you’re a journalist in DC and trying to get to the bottom of “who the fuck is involved in this March 4 thing?” you should probs just sit in the Trump DC Hotel Lobby with a camera. Rates for tonight and tomorrow night have been up for weeks. No one stays there otherwise.
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One of the two QAnon wannabe terrorists who traveled to Philly to get arrested last night was Joshua Macias, founder of
#VetsForTrump
. I discovered last year he tried working with North Macedonians to promote the Vets for Trump... and then they stole his Facebook page.
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Yesterday (Wednesday) I went to
@DeptVetAffairs
website and signed up for “more info” about when I could receive the COVID vaccine. They called this morning (Thursday), and gave me a choice of Moderna or J+J. My appointment is Saturday morning.
Do it:
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Remember the name:
@usairforce
Major Grace Miller. She’s the one who has been ahead of the game, working on developing curricula to improve media literacy of active duty troops — recognizing that it’s a national security issue. via
@Marinetimes
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and left vulnerable with severe PTSD and little support -- I started adopting conspiracy theories, became a hardcore "libertarian," and was incredibly self-destructive.
How did I pull out of it? A whole lot of therapy at the VA -- and perhaps more importantly... 2/4
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🧵 Today we’re releasing to media, researchers, and community stakeholders around the country PROJECT BLACKLISTED, a 238-page report outlining how prosecutors can hold legally accountable the neo-nazi, terrorist, racketeering gang Patriot Front.
@TeamTFButler
@VetFightFascism
First at
@NBCNews
: A group of "veterans fighting fascism" is pressing prosecutors to get more aggressive with Patriot Front:
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This video is live (6:00pm EST) and they're marching to WWII memorial under police escort. If
@DCPoliceDept
allow them to pile into box trucks (break the law) to get away, DC Police would be complicit in allowing US most-active hate group.
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For those wondering, I have accomplished exactly zero work today.
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For what it’s worth, the FBI could wrap the leadership of Patriot Front up on paper crimes, like mail fraud, tax evasion, interstate conspiracy — some of the same stuff they got Capone on nearly a hundred years ago.
"I think RICO is probably going to be the best tool against these types of organizations, because whether it's... the Proud Boys or the Oath Keepers, almost every single one of these organizations... there's money being exchanged" -
@KrisGoldsmith85
w/
@NicolleDWallace
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Hey
@AlexandriaVAPD
and
@sstwppd
- Patriot Front, the nation's most active hate group, is likely about to drive 4-5 moving trucks with dozens of members of their hate groups in back through one of your AOs. You should be prepared to pull them over and identify.
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As tons of folks are asking aloud on cable news “how do we stop these neo-Nazis?” in the wake of the most recent shooting, I’d like to remind them that
@TeamTFButler
has got your answers. Just waiting on law enforcement to ***enforce existing laws.***
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Within a few blocks of WW2 Memorial there are several box trucks staged nearby. If you're a local anti-fascist activist, it's time to start getting out with your camera.
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Retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Edward Caldwell, a former Reserve intel officer wanted to transport weapons into Washington, D.C., by boat -- possibly with three four-man sniper teams who could "go hunting after dark" for "cockroaches who prey on the weak."
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His name is Frosting. He’s 8 months old, up to date on all of his shots, and a very, very good boy. His mom is Renee from Maryland — but they can’t give me any more info than that. His mom has my number in her voice messages. Back in the car so he doesn’t overheat.
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Five more members of the neo-nazi gang Patriot Front have just been found guilty! Each was featured in
@TeamTFButler
’s PROJECT BLACKLISTED, which exposed Patriot Front’s conspiracies to commit violent hate crimes. More prosecutions on the way!
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To someone who has never suffered severe depression or suicidality before this might not make a lot of sense, but accepting help when you need it like this can be extremely difficult.
@JohnFetterman
and his loved ones should be proud, he sets an example.
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Disinformation pushed by Trump has poisoned the minds of countless troops on active and reserve status. The conspiracy theories that led to this insurrection are incompatible with military service. This is a massive, durable readiness and security threat.
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The nazi who has been stalking and threatening my family advances to the next level of the FAFO game on Tuesday.
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Right now Patriot Front is standing in formation, filming with neo-nazi propaganda outlet "Media2Rise." They'll be producing videos that are meant to depict
@DCPoliceDept
and
@ArlingtonVaPD
as aiding them. It's a shame, because that appears to be the case as they load into trucks
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Box trucks confirmed. Patriot Front is loading up right now at the south west end of Arlington Memorial Bridge. Cops are just watching, keeping press and bystanders away as PF breaks the law.
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Y’all motherfuckers think I’m exaggerating when I keep talking about the proximity of neo-nazis to power in the US.
I’m fucking not being hyperbolic.
It’s past time to impose costs on fascists in this country.
Miller: President Trump… I want to thank you for the historic victory for white life in the Supreme Court yesterday
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🧵 Just a short while ago the neo-nazi cult Patriot Front attempted to perform an in-person interview with a prospect in California at a
@Starbucks
in San Jose.
It didn't go well for them.
PF and Tommy Rousseau watch their mentions, so my operator asked me to pass a message:
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I see that the ads are just going to keep writing themselves this year.
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Of all the places for Patriot Front to get rounded up… fucking IDAHO got ‘em. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Oh man. This is great!
Patriot front arrested. they have a uhaul filled with shields and idk what else
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Why does it matter that Facebook hasn’t yet taken down these ads? Because many of them sell not just a product, but an idea: that there’s violence coming, it’s inevitable. And that kind of thing can be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Less than 24 hours before Biden is set to become president, Facebook is still showing ads for tactical gear — despite a promise to suspend those ads in the run-up to the inauguration:
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Disgraced former Lieutenant General Flynn, is speaking before a very bigly QAnon crowd right now in Texas.
Event is sponsored in part by Latinos for Trump and Vets for Trump (renamed Vets for America First), who he worked closely with leading up to the Insurrection.
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I just cross-referenced DeSantis' fascist sheriff list with a public list of members of the extremist group "Constitutional Sheriffs & Peace Officers Association (CSPOA)." At least 13 in common. Notably, CSPOA was founded by a board member of the Oath Keepers.
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Thread: For over a year, on behalf of
@VVAmerica
, I've been quietly waging war against foreign elements who seek to target American troops and veterans with disinformation and politically divisive content.
@bkesling
and
@dnvolz
break it down in
@WSJ
today
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FLOOD WARNING: Parts of Texas are expected to be overwhelmed with nazi tears after getting repeatedly infiltrated and exposed by
@TeamTFButler
.
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Chaya Raichik quit her job in real estate to run the targeted harassment account “Libs of TikTok” full time.
There posts viral manipulated content, accusing teachers of being “groomers” and pedophiles.
Now the rightwing disinfo hate machine are casting her as the “real” victim.
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🧵 It appears that the neo-nazi gang Patriot Front may be headed to Boston right now. Fwiw, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office already has Task Force Butler’s PROJECT BLACKLISTED, a massive dossier that identifies dozens of their members.
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Same energy.
I think the people catastrophizing about contraception or interracial marriage being next after Roe sincerely believe it. But I'm sorry, I cannot take this seriously.
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BIG NEWS:
@LawyersComm
filed a lawsuit against Thomas Ryan Rousseau, Paul Gancarz, Nathan Noyce, Thomas Dail, and 23 other members of the neo-nazi Patriot Front Gang on behalf of two Virginians.
Causes of action are the KKK Act and state racial intimidation laws.
Tick tock!
🚨
#BREAKING
: We filed a federal lawsuit in Richmond, Virginia, to hold members of the Patriot Front, an alleged white supremacist group, accountable for a string of vandalism and property destruction of murals honoring Black Americans.
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This should be in bold. “The jury heard members of the group engaging in casual antisemitism and, in some cases, promoting outright Nazi sympathy.” Members of these MAGA street gangs often describe *themselves* as Nazis and fascists.
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Check
@chadloder
's thread here for a list of accounts impacted by the nazi-led harassment campaign. It's pretty telling that even tweets in that very thread have been taking down for violating Twitter's new rules:
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