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9 Jan, 5 tweets, 2 min read
If anyone has more info on Garrett Smith, the guy arrested with explosives near an Oath Keepers’ rally in Florida, pass it along or flag it please.
thedailybeast.com/florida-man-ga…
I’m seeing reports that he had a helmet with an iron front logo on it. On the left, below, is what a typical iron front logo looks like. On the right, below, is the best image the police have made available of his helmet.

I’m not seeing an iron front logo.
Police described it as “colors and symbols and arrows…consistent with what some of the protesters in Oregon wore.” Police didn’t use the phrase “iron front” and they didn’t identify which type of protester from Oregon they were referring to (fascist? Anti-fascist? Other?)
Fox News has already decided the logo on the helmet is an iron front & they’re calling him a “man with antifa gear”. Note that the cops said they couldn’t determine ideology.

If Fox has more evidence, they should publish it. If they don’t, this is dangerous speculation at best.
I should add that this guy has ties to a conservative Christian community and went on a Young Life (Christian) retreat in 2019.

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This is a BFD.
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Bare shelves in January 2018.

….hmmm but wait, Biden wasn’t POTUS then! Almost like this happens when we have winter storms every single year.
Just to keep these organized for easier retrieval…
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This is in no way organic and I hope @Twitter will look into the use of prohibited third-party tools here. ImageImageImageImage
Just parking this here, for no reason at all.
That’s certainly interesting.
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I’ve posted/written for years about what I call “outrage trolls” & “outrage baiting”, and it seems like it’s a good time for a reminder, b/c the Texas GOP is 100% using these tactics — and quite successfully!

Here’s (👇) some evidence to start with. But I dug a little deeper…
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I wanted to see how yesterday’s tweets stacked up against 1000 other tweets they posted, in terms of engagement/RTs/etc.
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