handle: @ citizens_sanity
follower count: 37.5k
background: right-wing PAC affiliated with Stephen Miller (aka "fivehead fash boy"); this target looks right-sized for #NAFO #article5 for a variety of reasons.
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follower count: 37.5k
background: right-wing PAC affiliated with Stephen Miller (aka "fivehead fash boy"); this target looks right-sized for #NAFO #article5 for a variety of reasons.
Thread follows.
https://twitter.com/howboutnothough/status/1586533211277996033
You're looking at a fascist right-wing American PAC - these guys are fascist even for the American right, and the American right is openly persecuting sexual "deviants" and calling for Christian nationalism in America.
They're dropping money into ads.
web.archive.org/web/2022101917…
They're dropping money into ads.
web.archive.org/web/2022101917…
They're running a recognizably Christopher Rufo playbook.
Rufo is a Republican consultant who invented the phrase "critical race theory"; recently, he called for rallying hatred against transgender & gay folks in order to get people to vote Republican.
politico.com/news/2022/08/1…
Rufo is a Republican consultant who invented the phrase "critical race theory"; recently, he called for rallying hatred against transgender & gay folks in order to get people to vote Republican.
politico.com/news/2022/08/1…
Structurally, this is what's known as a "dark money" PAC. That means, it doesn't have to disclose its donor list, and it can take in arbitrarily large amounts of money.
That makes it a formidable adversary for a conventional operator.
Which NAFO is not.
opensecrets.org/news/2022/09/n…
That makes it a formidable adversary for a conventional operator.
Which NAFO is not.
opensecrets.org/news/2022/09/n…
Per OpenSecrets above, they are running ads targeting critical American states and Congressional districts.
This is a fairly smart list, in particular going at PA and NV.
PA, you may recall, is Fetterman/Oz (the TV quack); NV is essentially Proud Boys vs. a fractured Dem party
This is a fairly smart list, in particular going at PA and NV.
PA, you may recall, is Fetterman/Oz (the TV quack); NV is essentially Proud Boys vs. a fractured Dem party
In terms of a target for #NAFO #article5, this is a very ordinary target for us.
We ratioed Karen Dotcom and Elon Musk; we just utterly demolished a 210k follower account (Parmesan Girl the Assadist).
They don't get enough interactions and replies to be a significant challenge.
We ratioed Karen Dotcom and Elon Musk; we just utterly demolished a 210k follower account (Parmesan Girl the Assadist).
They don't get enough interactions and replies to be a significant challenge.
What's really interesting here to me from the anti-disinfo viewpoint is three things:
1) how many algorithmic amplification assets (bots & spam farms) does it have? We know it's Russian-aligned, but will it have spam farm support too?
2) how much of a difference might it make?
1) how many algorithmic amplification assets (bots & spam farms) does it have? We know it's Russian-aligned, but will it have spam farm support too?
2) how much of a difference might it make?
and, lastly
3) given the relatively small size of regional news outlets (PA and NV have smaller media markets than the national news outlets that have already covered #NAFO)... is there an opportunity for earned-media coverage here?
We'll see. I'll go at some posts, at least.
3) given the relatively small size of regional news outlets (PA and NV have smaller media markets than the national news outlets that have already covered #NAFO)... is there an opportunity for earned-media coverage here?
We'll see. I'll go at some posts, at least.
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