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#ChristineAnderson prt 3. Ok, strap in. The meat of what’s in Anderson’s 🇨🇦 tour. Whoa boy, it touches on global Christo-fascism & its intersection with anti-vax mass disinformation & the use of that disinfo as a tool of radicalization. Thanks @ConvoyTwitty for finding the video.
The Anderson Whitby Ontario event began with a video (produced by whom? Paid for by?) where far right Canadian “convoy” figures, including #TamaraLich, said words of welcome to Anderson. Then, in true fascist propaganda fashion inverting truth, they played the national anthem.
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I'll start the thread for the Tamara Lich bail review here.

Last week we left off as Justice Johnston finished taking submissions and replies from Diane Magas for the defence and Moiz Karimjee for the Crown.

You can read last week's details here:
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As we wait, I'll go over some of the big-picture points from last week. Lich, through her lawyer, claimed she had concerns that the original bail hearing was bias due to Justice Bourgeois' former position as a Liberal Party candidate. Bourgeois also received praise from Trudeau.
Given that one of the major targets of the convoy protest was the Liberal party and Trudeau specifically, Lich & Magas claimed this raised a reasonable apprehension of bias. Moiz Karimjee countered that Bourgeois' granting of bail to Chris Barber disproved bias.
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BAIL DECISION TODAY

#TamaraLich

I’ll be live tweeting and also including my estimate on the odds as the decision is released. Currently my estimate is:
Publication ban is reiterated. Counsel for the defence raised how it had been breached previously. Judge says he doesn’t refer to the “proposed surety” by name. Not a good sign that he said that.
Tamara Lich’s Bail (Review) decision is now under way — Johnston, J. Orally:

Moiz Karimjee, for the Crown (Respondent);

Diane Magas, for Ms. Lich (Applicant).

Judge says decision is lengthy.
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Ok. It looks like THIS will be my thread for the Tamara Lich hearing. There's an audio test going on now, things seem to be working properly. Let's leave the other thread as an archive to the hubris of mankind.

#tamaralich #TruckerConvoy
For background, Tamara Lich was denied bail, along with Pat King and George Billings. Another major player, Chris Barber, was granted bail.

Reasonable bail is a charter right, not to be denied without just cause.

#tamaralich #truckerconvoy
Ok, we are now in session. We're not getting a warning about the recording of the proceeding from the registrar. I believe this is likely to have no effect.
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Let's see if we can get a proper thread started. We're delayed in starting anyway, so 10:30 is off the table.

Soon I can start furiously typo'ing away on my phone as I watch the trial intently, simulating the experience of being in a real courtroom.

#tamaralich
Lich was denied bail last week after she was deemed likely to reoffend. That's now being challenged today (reasonable bail is, after all, a charter right).

Lunch poll might happen for you folks if I'm too busy tweeting away.

#tamaralich #TruckerConvoy2022
And the meeting has ended by the host again. Good grief.
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🧵What is #rightwingextremism? A loose movement, characterized by a racially, ethnically and sexually defined nationalism. ... often framed in terms of white power, grounded in xenophobic exclusionary understandings of perceived threats posed by such groups as people of colour,
Jews, immigrants, the LGBTQ community and feminists.
Here are the 7 things you need to know:
1. COVID-19 had a significant impact on right-wing extremist activity in 2020.
2. Canadian right-wing extremists appear to be heavily influenced by US activity.
3. Right-wing extremist discussion of Canadian politics focused on Justin Trudeau and the New Democratic Party (NDP).
4. Right-wing extremists in Canada are drivers of disinformation.
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Freedom Convoy Organizer Tamara Lich Cries Over Expected Arrest via @YouTube
Dedicated to that #insurrectionist who organized a seditious #illegaloccupation of our Canadian capital city.

AJR - World's Smallest Violin (Official Video) via @YouTube
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As I further examine the #TruckersForFreedom #TruckerConvoy2022 grift & op, here’s my guess on what’s happening (I hope someone does an analysis with software I don’t possess @DFRLab). I suspect the “donations” are being laundered through a troll farm. Along w/ fake account posts
Ms Lich keeps increasing the goal amount as “donations” come in every minute or every few minutes. Fake donations laundered through a troll farm type apparatus wld be in small amounts done more frequently in order to appear authentic, in addition to real donations by the gullible
But that’s not all. There is coordinated messaging across #Conservative propaganda media. Disinformation 101. Make a lie displace truth. RW disinformation posing as “news” has been steadily promoting this op & pumping out a false narrative (& asking for $$ 🙄) #TruckersForFreedom
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How do you know #TruckersForFreedom is an op as well as a grift? Because of the scores of troll network accounts, followed by troll farm accounts, posting fake pictures, endlessly promoting this operation. Who’s behind these troll networks? #KochNetwork #CEC #CanadaProud #GRU? ImageImageImageImage
How you know #TruckersForFreedom is a con & an op part 2. #Conservative politicians are using this lie to data mine with fake “petitions” while they pump out disinformation & fundraise off it. Gratuitous lying like from Melissa Lantsman. #RageFarming #NeverVoteConservative ImageImageImageImage
#TruckersForFreedom grift & op part 3.

I’ve now lost count of all the pictures & videos taken from other countries & other times claiming to be a convoy in 🇨🇦. Like this one. Claiming a video of a backed up highway at rush hour is a ‘massive convoy against vaccine mandates’ 🙄. Image
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