This guy seems really triggered by my thread (and @JuddLegum’s) exposing the right wing “think tanks,” training, & coordinated propaganda efforts that have been used to enrage low information voters & weaponize them against public schools. Wonder why. 1/
Well that was easy. Seems he is connected to & aligned with Philadelphia’s far right Middle East Forum (MEF) think tank, which has supported Bannon’s international “the movement”. I’ve been writing about them this week. Yike. 2/
Thread about Philadelphia’s Middle East Forum & it’s support of far right activist Tommy Robinson in the UK, of Bannon’s international “movement,” etc. 4/ threadreaderapp.com/thread/1448083…
Bannon was in the Council for National Policy’s (CNP) 2014 directory. As I’ve been writing (thus triggering Pollak), the CNP is the umbrella organization for several other right wing organizations that have provided training & organization for the attacks on public schools. 5/
IMO, & as I’ve said, the attacks on public schools & on democracy itself (including January 6) appear to have been coordinated through the same (or an overlapping) network. 6/
Pollak’s post makes me more confident (not less) that I’m right over the target. 7/
11/ Related thread about the Leadership Institute’s attack on public education & related training. The Institute was founded by longtime CNPer Morton Blackwell. threadreaderapp.com/thread/1431886…
12/ Charlie Kirk (founder of Turning Point USA) is in the CNP too. They have targeted Publica schools for years and are doing so now.
15/ Noah thinks we don’t know about the troll farms, fake websites, bots, & millions of dollars in dark money funding. He thinks we don’t know the influence wielded by current & recent CNPers like Mike Flynn, Steve Bannon, KA, Charlie Kirk, etc.
16/ Noah thinks we are low information voters bc that is who he is used to dealing with on the right.
19/ Noah thinks we don’t know that the Prince & DeVos families are big in the Council for National Policy (CNP) (or were recently). time.com/6076035/erik-p…
23/ “Influential conservative group [Council for National Policy]: Trump & DeVos Should Dismantle Education Department and Put God Into Classrooms” 2/15/17 washingtonpost.com/local/educatio…
24/ “Erik Prince has “helped recruit former American & British spies 4 secretive intelligence-gathering operations that included infiltrating Democratic congressional campaigns, labor organizations & other groups considered hostile to the Trump agenda…” nytimes.com/2020/03/07/us/…
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Right-wing organizations & influencers have stoked, coordinated, & provided training for the assault on public schools in plain sight. Anyone claiming otherwise is lying or ignorant. TPUSA was founded by Council for National Policy member Charlie Kirk. 1/
Remember this?! “A conservative group [Project Veritas] tried to plant a fake Roy Moore allegation in the Washington Post. It failed.” - Vox - 2017 1/ vox.com/2017/11/27/167…
Project Veritas has deliberately spread false or misleading information & thinks that @Twitter (which kicked both PV & its founder, James O’Keefe off its platform) should let it back on its platform. 2/
Someone asked me if there’s a centralized resource re: the organized coup against public school boards. I know of no such resource. But at least three Religious Right organizations under the Council for National Policy (CNP) umbrella are involved in organizing & training. 1/
They are the Leadership Institute (led by CNPer Morton Blackwell), TPUSA (led by CNPer Charlie Kirk), and the Heritage Foundation (not sure re: Heritage, but I think I saw something recently). 2/
There are also local groups that are likely at most two steps removed from these organizations, such as Moms 4 Liberty (headquartered in Sarasota, Florida) and the Mama Bullies (who call themselves the Iowa Mama Bears & have traveled with Mike Flynn). 3/
The David Horowitz Freedom Hating Center | ACADEME BLOG - Another right wing group attacking university professors who dare criticize racism. Its current or past “fellows” include Josh Shapiro, Jeff Sessions, Stephen Miller, & Steve Bannon. 1/ academeblog.org/2020/12/28/the…
Here’s a video of the June 2018 “free Tommy Robinson” rally in London organized by Philadelphia’s Middle East Forum (MEF). Looks like Jan 6 doesn’t it?
MEF may have ties to Steve Bannon whose protégés recently met w/ Tommy Robinson in Berlin. 1/ thesun.co.uk/news/6489748/f…
2/ Note reference to Alexandra Preate too. She and her sister are very involved in PA Republican politics. I’m trying to confirm Carole’s info that MEF has donated to Bannon or to a Bannon entity or project.
😳FL Republican Randy Fine asks State Attorney to criminally investigate Brevard county school board members who conducted part of their meeting w/o the public due to disruptive behavior by certain members of the public. h/t @Matt_Fleming321 1/ spacecoastdaily.com/2021/10/rep-ra…