went back to screeshot some of the comments, and...
Dr Alexander has responded to the SPLC piece on his substack. Before I get to that, I recommend the OG SPLC piece by @CreedeNewton here if you haven't done so. It's solid and a good look into Alexander's involvement with both the Canadian and US convoys.
Alexander was contacted for comment by the SPLC author on March 22 offering him the change to comment on "Mr. William Marshall’s two donations to Dr. Paul Alexander’s GiveSendGo COVID research campaign" and to provide a response. This is pretty standard.
Next, Alexander provides another email from the SPLC referring to an earlier response. Dr Alexander's initial response to the SPLC is not included in the substack article.
He does, however, include his later response to the SPLC. In it he refers to Dr Bryam Bridle (we'll get to him in a minute) and Dr Roger Hodkinson.
I recognized Hodkinson's name from when I reviewed Dr Alexander's GiveSendGo donors yesterday (on the fundraising page, sadly I don't have the creds to get access to the data).
Someone donated $1,000 to Dr Alexander in his name 5 months ago- could be fake name, could be legit.
For example, someone also donated $1,000 in the name of Robert Chasanoff. The first page of google results for that name brings up a "Horse Racing Nation" - it's possible someone donated in this name as a "horse paste" joke. who knows? (again, wish I had fancy creds to get data)
Ok, now on to Dr Bryam Bridle. First, @NarcTranslator has already covered a bunch about him pre-convoy. Go here and read that first.
(As an aside, I nearly made myself sick laughing about someone named Dr Bridle, pushing horse paste as a covid treatment. I recognize ivermectin comes in forms other than horse paste but I gotta take the humor where I can find it nowadays.)
Someone also bought BryamBridle.com, put a duck on the front page (quack!), and used it to debunk his claims, in detail, point by point.
This combination of accuracy and pettiness is something I can only aspire to. Well done, @ByramBridle
Dr Bryam Bridle PhD was a supporter of the Canadian convoy, along with Dr Paul Alexander PhD and the aforementioned Dr. Roger Hodkinson, a pathologist.
Time to wrap this up. I'm an NOT factchecking Alexander's SubStack response to the SPLC's piece. It's long, a bit unhinged, and contains a lot of conjecture mixed with a very few facts. I do not get paid enough to break this down in detail.
Here is Alexander's response- regular text is SPLC ?'s, his response in bold.
It boils down to "I am an immigrant from the Caribbean, I didn't know my allies are far-right, and wouldn't care if I did know, but also I wouldn't tolerate racism, the gov't lies, & Trump is great."
I'm honest to god surprised the SubStack piece is still up. I've written stuff like this before when I'm drunk and mad, but I don't post it. Anyway, just another indication this Saturday's rally will probably be a high emotion event. /end thread
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It's Wednesday July 6, the 1776 Restoration Movement arrived in Washington, DC over night and are currently hanging out on near the National Mall. They seem to be claiming they will be staying there for a while. We'll see what happens, I guess. 1 of n
I'm not shocked that they are trying this, but I am somewhat surprised the cops have (thus far) allowed them to stay. I guess I shouldn't be, this is pretty much par for the course with cop response. Stream chatter claims 46 vehicles, I can't confirm or deny. #convoywatch 2 of n
I don't have an exact location at this moment, but this is a view from where #1776RM is located, taken from a stream about 30 minutes ago. 3 of n
It's Tuesday July 5, the 1776 Restoration Movement is having their morning meeting. They did the pledge and a prayer and now the live streams have ended. Unclear what they'll be doing today, I'll post if/when I know anything. #1776RM, #convoywatch 1 of n
For anyone who missed this last night, the 1776RM did post a press release about yesterday's... whatever that was. Action, protest, patriotic traffic jam, whatever. They've since tweeted the press release (I've gotta stop giving them good ideas). 2 of n
The 1776RMers are interpreting law enforcements response to their July 4th DC area traffic jams as "Total support." For those unaware, the user name "Santa 2º" references David "Santa" Riddell's status as a 2nd degree Proud Boy- he's wearing a PB shirt in that profile pic. 3 of n
It's 7 am on Monday, July 4 and the 1776 Restoration Movement is on the road heading toward DC. There are at least 3 livestreams running, and the streamer I'm watching claims they are traveling in multiple groups. #convoywatch#1776RM 1 of n
7:21am- one group is getting on 270 south, they were on 70 south. This is a different route than they took last week, but it's one they're very familiar with from back during TPC's first Hagerstown stay. I'm still not sure what the plan is when they get to or near DC. 2 of n
7:30am- It does seem like they're traveling in multiple groups, maybe 4 or 5. I'm unlikely to be able to follow each group individually so if you're out and about near DC just keep an eye out. I need more coffee. 3 of n
A second registered sex offender, Marcus "Bandit" Coppock is at the 1776 Restoration Movement's camp camp. #1776RM#convoywatch Its unclear how long he's been at the Bunker Hill site. Well, the second one I'm aware of, there may be others at the camp as well. 1 of 4
This is the horn salute sendoff the group gave him after he was ejected from the people's convoy back in April after his history was discovered. 2 of 4
Here is more detail on Marcus "Bandit" Coppock, a registered "sexually violent predator", including some case records stemming from his guilty plea when he pled guilty to child molestation of a child under the age of 14.
It's Sunday July 3rd, today the 1776 Restoration movement (aka, Santa & the morality police) will have their last rally before they do... something... in or around DC tomorrow on July 4th. #convoywatch#1776RM#moralitypolice 1 of n
Today some of the group planned to go to a local "biker church", I didn't see any streams of the service so I'm not entirely sure if that happened. Some of the group is back at camp getting ready for today's rally which runs from 2-6pm. 2 of n
And hello new followers! I’m a researcher with a focus on how misinfo & disinfo contribute to extremism, I follow the convoy & 1776RM as part of my work. I tweet about their travels to help folks on the ground avoid or be prepared for the arrival of this high-impact group. 3 of n
It's Saturday July 2 and the 1776 Restoration Movement is gearing up for their first of two weekend rallies. This rally is a bit unusual b/c there were no speakers listed on the flyer, I'm not sure if that's because they couldn't find any or what. 1 of n
Apparently I chose a good day to sleep in, it doesn't seem like there was a morning meeting (or at least, not one that was live streamed). The organizers are also searching for a flatbed trailer to use as a stage. Seems like something you'd want to arrange earlier. 2 of n
This morning a streamer asked security about the sex offender from Oregon (his GF introduced them during the evening mtg, he stayed off screen). Security claims they are gone. I'm not sure if that means "gone for the day," or "gone for good", or if security was lying. 3 of n