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Conspirador Norteño
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Some early data for hashtags related to today's rally. #DemandFreeSpeech network is split between right-wing accounts promoting the event and left/center commentary; #AllOutDC is mostly traffic in favor of the counterprotest. Not much automation present.

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Sadly the Laura Loomer fan club live stream has been interrupted and I am forced to embrace other options.
A high point of the #DefendFreeSpeech rally: dude dressed as a giant eyeball holding up a "DRAIN THE SWAMP = 911 TRUTH" sign. #AltWankers
Update: apparently whoever is running the Ruptly stream has decided that a screensaver is more interesting than the #DefendFreeSpeech rally. Can't say I disagree.
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Conspirador Norteño
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Kremlin media outlets Sputnik and RT recently got de-invited to the International Conference on Media Freedom and some folks ain't happy. #WednesdayWisdom

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We downloaded tweets from the last 10 days containing "media", "freedom", and "RT" or "Sputnik" and filtered out a couple of early false positives. 9.4% of tweets are automated (average for most datasets of this sort is roughly 3%).
The first on-topic tweet about RT/Sputnik being barred from the conference came from @BotsPutin, which probably isn't a bot although many of the other early accounts to tweet about the subject are in fact automated (mostly newsbots linking custom collections of news sites.)
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Conspirador Norteño
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Yahoo News published a story today about the origins of the "Seth Rich was murdered by the DNC for leaking to @wikileaks" conspiracy theory (spoiler: Russian intelligence plays a major role.) We analyzed ensuing Twitter traffic for "Seth Rich" and #SethRich.

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The first accounts to tweet about #SethRich after the Yahoo story dropped didn't get much traction. Some share the story while others continue to spread conspiracy theories. Some appear to be responding to the story, while some may not have read it.
Retweet network for "Seth Rich"/#SethRich. The network separates into two major clusters of accounts; one consists of accounts spreading conspiracy theories about Rich's murder and one does not. (This separation is common for highly polarized topics.)
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Conspirador Norteño
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Shot: #SethRich conspiracy theory tied to Russian intelligence.

Chaser: Seth Rich conspiracy theorists @CassandraRules and @JackPosobiec spread a thread by @aaronjmate falsely suggesting that a US judge ruled the Internet Research Agency has nothing to do with the Kremlin.
Also note the path of propagation - the dubious IRA claim traveled through Syria chemical attack truther @DanielLMcAdams to reach Fairbanks, and Russia Today reporter @DanCohen3000 to reach Posobiec.
Footnote: since the duo of hyperkinetic trolls who latched onto this thread seems to be more interested in spamming already-debunked talking points and countering arguments no one is making, I have blocked them so that they may more effectively #KeepThatEchoChamberEchoing.
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Unicorn Riot
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Large anti-racist block party underway in Pershing Park in Washington, DC to counter-protest the far-right Proud Bous rally happening nearby in Freedom Plaza. A few hundred attendees estimated on either side.
Large group of DC police on bikes formed this new line, then fell back, when a large group marched in to join the anti-racist protest
Here’s the view of the Proud Boy’s “Demand Free Speech” really from Pershing Park. Maybe 200 Proud Boys & supporters, we estimate 4-500 at the #AllOutDC counter rally
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Alejandro Alvarez
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I’m in downtown DC where the far-right and antifa are attending dueling rallies across the street from each other. Updates ⬇️. @WTOP #AllOutDC #DemandFreeSpeech
I don’t see a lot of movement at all between the two sides, police have a buffer zone in place on 14th Street that makes it impossible to cross over unless you walk a few blocks on F Street.
Threading my 10-second rough sketch of the situation, this’ll give you an idea of the setup here if you’re not familiar with DC.
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Benjamin Alvarez
@BenjAlvarez1
Right-wing activists arrive in Washington D.C. ahead of the #DemandFreeSpeech rally to protest being blocked on social media because of their political views.
The far-right rally started with a speaker shouting "America will never, never be a socialist country!" #DemandFreeSpeech
Look at this Cap of a member of the Proud Boys, a far-right neo-fascist organization that promotes political violence. #DemandFreeSpeech
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Ford Fischer
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To those who follow activism news, you know today is the big day.

Here at Freedom Plaza, you can see the right-wing “#DemandFreeSpeech” Rally stage being set up.

Police have barricades setup up in every direction around it, and roads blocked two blocks each direction.
Here’s the scene at Pershing Park, where antifa is expected to gather at 11am to counter it with a competing rally.

Of course the question everyone has is whether the two sides will clash.

At the end of the clip you can see how close these locations are to eachother.
Police in the area are wearing more protective gear than normal. The vests are standard, but the extra shoulder protection isn’t.
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josie fiorda #GoldStandard
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Massive and violent brawl breaks out in Portland between right-wing Patriot Prayer group and hard left Antifa, with both sides wielding pepper spray, hard-knuckled gloves, guns, batons and knives dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6…
A violent fight between right-wing group Patriot Prayer and members of left-wing Antifa ensued Saturday night in Portland, Oregon
Video shows the first punches being thrown before quickly escalating
...amid growing tensions, Antifa members wearing all black confronted the Patriot Prayer group wearing MAGA hats and helmets
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Why does Twitter deliberately target Right-wing accounts for Shadow-banning and why it will sooner rather than later completely back-fire and why they are ultimately going to destroy the Left and what a great day that will be. Thread. 1/15
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