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Trump campaign ads were removed from Facebook for featuring Nazi iconography without context.

The campaign said it was a "symbol used by Antifa" and sent examples, which were graphics from create-your-own t-shirt websites.
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Here's a statement from the Trump campaign on their ads that were removed from Facebook today.

The ads featured an upside-down red triangle, which was used by Nazis to denote political prisoners.

Antifa symbols are usually a black/red flag or 3 arrows.

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New statement here from the ADL on the Trump campaign's use of an upside-down red triangle, a symbol used by Nazis for political prisoners, in a now-banned Facebook ad.

(The Trump campaign has claimed it was an "antifa symbol.")

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1 / I lost it a little on the radio today.

A few weeks ago, I called Facebook about Boogaloo arrests in Las Vegas. The groups were all-in on memes about killing ATF agents. They demurred.

I said I’d call them back in a week when something bad happens.
2 / Turns out, four days before the phone call, a Boog boy had already killed a cop with a plan he hatched on Facebook. He'd kill another days later.

I don’t know what the answers are here, but I’m not an oracle. I’m not even smart. I’m just paying attention, and Facebook isn’t.
3 / You can listen to the whole interview with @hereandnowrobin on NPR's site here.

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The Boogaloo extremist who ambushed a cop last week killed another cop in Oakland, trying to stoke unrest at protests

"Use their anger to fuel our fire. We have mobs of angry people to use to our advantage," he wrote on Facebook.

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This new indictment shows Boogaloo extremists plotted on Facebook to exploit Black Lives Matter protests to further their cause for a second civil war.

"This needs to be nationwide,” one wrote on Facebook.

An alleged accomplice responded "let’s boogie."

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The Boogaloo extremists targeted "soup bois," which is their shorthand for federal agents.

Memes about targeting the ATF and FBI are common, and they're referred to as "alphabet soup" agencies for their acronyms.

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Man charged in deadly deputy ambush scrawled extremist 'Boogaloo' phrases in blood

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Here's some background on the phrases Steven Carillo scrawled in blood on the hood of a car:

"Boog" is short for Boogaloo, an extremist movement started on 4chan that wants to ignite a second American Civil War.

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Carillo, who allegedly killed a cop in the ambush, scrawled "I became unreasonable."

This phrase was originally written by a Marvin Heemeyer, who bulldozed a town in 2004 after a zoning dispute and has since become lionized by the Boogaloo movement.
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