Thread by @jordanliles

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1/ A militia-style page called "Wisconsin Revolution" is still up on Facebook right now: facebook.com/WisconsinRevol….

The page promoted the “Armed Citizens to Protect our Lives and Property” event reported on by @CraigSilverman and @RMac18 via @BuzzFeedNews. #Kenosha

2/ Second, the page promotes fundraisers for a kid who is charged with killing two people.

Third, the page promotes jokes about the killings and appears to treat the kid who killed the two people as a hero.

Fourth, the page spreads #COVID19 misinformation. #Kenosha

3/ Here is the @BuzzFeedNews story from @CraigSilverman and @RMac18 about the Facebook event: buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanma….

They found that Facebook did not remove the event, despite what Facebook claimed, but rather the group removed it themselves.

4/ On top of all of this, @byjlee reported for @snopes with contributions from @alexkasprak and I that a "Wisconsin Liberty Militia" group was active until we asked Facebook about it.

Members spoke of how jail time for "opening fire" would be "worth it."

snopes.com/news/2020/08/2…

5/ To recap, there's a "Wisconsin Revolution" page still up right now.

There's the Facebook event called "Armed Citizens to Protect our Lives and Property" that "Wisconsin Revolution" posted a link to.

And there was the "Wisconsin Liberty Militia" group reported by @snopes.

6/ Lastly, this is the profile photo on the "Wisconsin Revolution" page, the page that is still available to be visited right now.