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10 Jul, 4 tweets, 4 min read
NOW #Oathkeepers leader Elmer Steward Rhodes is strolling the halls of CPAC...with an official event pass.

He didn't enjoy being spotted, and apparently got in reporter @ZTPetrizzo's face...yelling obscenities.

Story: salon.com/2021/07/09/ste…
The #Oathkeepers leader schmoozing with the GOP establishment at CPAC tells everything you need to know about the state of the Republican Party today.
Speculation: CPAC organizers don't like the bad press that the #Oathkeepers leader brings... but are afraid of blowback if they turn Elmer Stewart Rhodes away.

My takeaway? The GOP can't stand up to extremists.
Want to know what came of this? Rhodes' ppl followed @ZTPetrizzo around today, harassing him, and telling people where he lives...

Please, give Zach a follow of support if you believe in fearless journalism.

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9 Jul
NEW: he breached the #Capitol with "PRESS" in big letters on his helmet & body armor.

But the FBI says Matt Purse wasn't a reporter.

Figures, since he was seen harassing *actual* journalists (Example: pic 3).

Charges against #MrExtraCreepy: justice.gov/usao-dc/case-m…
2. Matt Purse at the Capitol in his "PRESS" costume trying to intimidate and shout down a Danish reporter 👇
3. More: Matt Purse wearing his "PRESS" outfit trying to intimidate *another* reporter.

Source:
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12 Jun
Terrifying moment a man is restrained by passengers & crew near cockpit.

Based on multiple reports & a check of flight tracks, this appears to be @Delta Flight 1730 (LAX - ATL) which diverted to Oklahoma City.

Developing story, details unconfirmed.
Flight track for @Delta 1730 (Los Angeles - Atlanta) showing the diversion to Oklahoma City (OKC).
flightradar24.com/data/flights/d…
One of the reports tweeted by a passenger is that the man was attempting to open a door during flight.

I find it reassuring to know pressurization of the aircraft and the design of the doors, makes it physically impossible to do that.
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11 Jun
BREAKING: serving @Chicago_Police officer Karol Chwiesiuk breached the #Capitol.

He bragged about it...even claimed he knocked someone out night before.

Later texted: "N*** Don't snitch".
justice.gov/file/1403441/d…
2/ Narrator: in fact, Chwiesiuk s device location history snitched on him, before his texts could...

The complaint more or less tracks his every move from Chicago to the inside of the #Capitol.
3/ Interesting: complaint makes a point of showing an email Chwiesiuk got from Stop-the-Steal promoter Ali Alexander on January 5th telling people where to meet at the #Capitol #Jan6.
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11 Jun
Terrible take.

Gabriel Schoenfeld has a history of calling for journalists, including @nytimes, to be prosecuted under the espionage act.
Better take:

“The guarding of military and diplomatic secrets at the expense of informed representative government provides no real security for our Republic”

-Justice Hugo Black, weighing in on Nixionian attempts to suppress Pentagon Papers.

Source: law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/t…
Also.. "small but vocal minority." What?

Here's a reminder of American towards the Vietnam war during that period.

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11 Jun
NEW: Conspiracy indictment for Three Percenters militia from CA for role in #Capitol breach:

Alan Hostetter 56 San Clemente
Russell Taylor 40 Ladera Ranch
Erik S. Warner 45 Menifee
Felipe Martinez 47 Lake Elsinore
Derek Kinnison 39 Lake Elsinore
Ronald Mele 51 Temecula

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2/ Back in Spring 2020 Alan Hostetter et. al. created the "American Phoenix Project" to fight COVID restrictions...

Like so many anti-shutdown groups, by November, they were advocating violence in support of Trump & pushing the stolen election narrative.
3/ Alan Hostetter was a fixture in the Stop the Steal movement...

Also, he is a former sheriff. Here he is calling for the execution of Trump's foes.

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10 Jun
What I find curious: the 1 time I saw Seth trying to visually investigate the Capitol... he was off base.

Also, he is *factually wrong* here on the demographics of the #Oathkeepers that the NYT investigated.

Moreover... 1/
2. I am perplexed as to why Seth went after this particular visual investigation.

After all, it produced stories like this: showing Trump intimate Roger Stone's bodyguards joining in the Capitol siege.
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
3. The GOP is trying to whitewash the history of an unprecedented assault on our democracy.

#seditionhunters' work means that the story of the #Capitol siege continues to be written, break news...and cannot be so easily dismissed.

bloomberg.com/features/2021-…
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