It’s not “just” school boards, folks. MAGA fascists are seizing control of the precincts throughout the US, including urban areas. Thread. 👇

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30 Sep
“Operating from the shadows,” the CNP spent “4 decades courting, buying, and bullying fellow Rs, gradually achieving what was in effect a leveraged buyout of the GOP. Favorite sons, such as Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz, were groomed, financed, & supported.” 1/ washingtonspectator.org/nelson-cnp/
“Apostates, such as John McCain and Jeff Flake, were punished and exiled.” 2/
By March 2020, “the Republican Senate had confirmed more than 185 of Trump’s conservative nominees for the federal bench. All but eight of the judges had ties to the Federalist Society, headed by longtime CNP members Eugene Meyer and Leonard Leo.” 3/
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30 Sep
“Facebook said on Friday that it had removed hundreds of accounts with ties to the Epoch Media Group, parent company of the Falun Gong-related publication and conservative news outlet The Epoch Times.” 12/20/19 1/ nytimes.com/2019/12/20/bus…
“The accounts, including pages, groups and Instagram feeds meant to be seen in both the United States and Vietnam, presented a new wrinkle to researchers: fake profile photos generated with the help of artificial intelligence.” 2/
“The people behind the network of 610 Facebook accounts, 89 Facebook Pages, 156 Groups and 72 Instagram accounts posted about political news & issues in the US, including President Trump’s impeachment, conservative ideology, political candidates, trade and religion.” 3/
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29 Sep
I waffle whether Putin is the appropriate #1 focal point. He exploits pre-existing societal fractures. The “vast right wing conspiracy” was & is real. Most of its leaders are in the CNP, a domestic group, altho it has long-standing ties 2 Russia. Bannon is a global ring leader 1/
Putin supercharged these domestic efforts and pushed them over a tipping point. 2/
I wrote about the CNP (including but not limited to its Russia ties) here in 2017. 3/ link.medium.com/NhKXFAv5Wjb
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29 Sep
TPUSA does not belong in high schools: Letter | Letters | globegazette.com 9/26/21 1/ globegazette.com/opinion/letter…
This says that a teacher at Mason City High School is an advisor to TPUSA (a right wing extremist group that partners w/ #Pizzagater Jack Posobiec & has yet to comment on its prior employment of a man who has since been credibly accused in connection w/ a child sex ring. 2/
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29 Sep
Young teen (just 13) has “flown to Texas and Florida with her father to attend events sponsored by Turning Point USA,” a right wing extremist organization that employed a credibly accused pedophile a few years ago. 1/ kitsapdailynews.com/news/young-tee…
Thread about TPUSA and the pedophile. 2/ threadreaderapp.com/thread/1442195…
3/ The article in post 1, written by Mike DeFelice, didn’t mention the pedophile. Not did it mention TPUSA’s recent partnership with infamous #Pizzagate (and “Rape Melania”) guy Jack Posobiec.
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“Kirk’s virulent anti-vax rhetoric reflects his own evolution from campus free-speech warrior to Trump lackey, it also reflects the extent to which the base of the conservative movement has narrowed in recent years.” 2/
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