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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 16h

Just so we’re clear…

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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 11h

But also just a way to get more people in the streets who are turned off by the smashy smashy thing

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Frederick Clarkson @fredclarkson.bsky.social · 4d

You may not hear much about it -- but the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is staging a four day event on the national Mall in Washington, DC. I wrote a bit about it today in the context of wider NAR mobilizations in Brazil. @religiondispatches.org 🧵

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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 1d

North Koreans, Cubans… its like a Cold War reunion
www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukr...

Who’s Recruiting Cubans To Fight In Ukraine? A Travel Agent In Provincial Russia For One.

Thousands of Cubans have been recruited to travel to Russia—and many have ended up fighting in Ukraine, possibly under false pretenses. A 41-year-old, multi-lingual travel agent from Russian provincial city is among those involved in a shady recruitment network, Systema found.

www.rferl.org

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 3d

Very serious person Andy Ngo has now been reduced to pleading with his audience to please please PLEASE take the dancing antifa muppets seriously

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2d

The recent trajectory, in broad strokes:

- Regime starts militarizing the conflict in early summer
- Regime declares all liberal/leftwing political activity as domestic terrorist or terrorism-adjacent in presidential memo
- Regime ramps up the propaganda against “the Left” across all channels

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2d

The regime gets more deranged every day. A rightwing conspiracy theorist assassinated a Democratic lawmaker - which the attorney general presents as an example of leftwing political violence in order to justify an authoritarian crackdown on the opposition…

We’re in incredibly dangerous territory.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing

Tweet: @vexwerewolf
Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth"
Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem
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The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content.
That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well.
In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

WELKER: Are you looking at invoking the Insurrection Act?

VANCE: We have to remember we are talking about this bc crime has gotten out of control

W: Crime is down in both Chicago & Portland

V: Crime is down bc they are so overwhelmed at the local level they are not even keeping stats properly

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 2d

It’s important to understand that the demonization of ‘Antifa’ isn’t just about kneecapping the enemies of MAGA. It’s about creating an opportunity to bring down the law-enforcement apparatus on anyone who dares dissent.

open.substack.com/pub/davidnei...

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David Neiwert @davidneiwert.bsky.social · 2d

This has always been part of the GOP playbook: Downplay incidents of right-wing violence, and then repurpose them as supposed acts of leftist terrorism for public consumption. They first did this in 2020.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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𝕍∃, Cyber closed shell syndrome relief fund coordinator @vortexegg.com · 2d

Just kidding they are lithium and cobalt mines

merritt @merrittk.com · Feb 20

one day soon AI will be able to enjoy jacking off and playing video games for you, freeing up your valuable time to toil in the blood mines for shelter-creds

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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t agree with it being “why,” but the rest is spot on

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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 3d

Then we moved on to talking about how Soros's checks bounced. Now Lonnie was really flustered. "That doesn't sounds like George at all!"

Turns out she was personal friends with him.

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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 3d

i have the best Soros-antifa story (well, at least i think so). Just after Charlottesville I was having dinner with my friends Caroline and Lonnie. Caroline & I were joking about Soros paying "antifa" to smash windows. Lonnie looked upset and said, "He wouldn't do that" - which was kind of odd.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 3d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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PDXToddDiskin @pdxtoddiskin.bsky.social · 3d

Help this pdx business help the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition and eat his words that people aren't buying stickers by buying their stickers. The "DESTROY ALL FASCISTS" stuff is fan-fucking-tastic.

CalyxWorks @calyxworks.com · 4d

Turns out we are ALL #PortlandFrog!

Shirts, hoodies and mugs now available.

Profits to Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition. ✊

calyxdesign.com/calyxworks/p...

Portland Frog Little Beirut » Calyx Design

calyxdesign.com

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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 3d

Yes it’s generally considered a slur.

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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 3d

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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 3d

Sounds legit

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 3d

These folks are SO scared of simple honest protest.

They’ve gone from 0 to 60 in lie-telling regarding October 18 immediately.

October 18—and the idea that lots of Americans will be peacefully marching in support of American democracy and “no kings,” is terrifying them.

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 3d

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 3d

naming names for the broad spectrum attack that’s coming against liberal NGO’s

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 3d

A Newsmax host defended ICE agents shooting a minister in the head with a pepper ball by falsely claiming he was “actually an antifa member masquerading as a pastor.”

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

he also said that 80% of antifa's members are landlords and if you lower the cost of housing, you basically starve the network of its financing

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 4d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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PopMob PDX @popmobpdx.bsky.social · 3d

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