This guy below, the one on the right. His name is Barclay. Interesting that he would be in Mulgrave campaigning for the Victorian Liberals, living in Queensland and all. #vicpol 1/12
I guess it's no surprise really when you think about it. Barclay here is 'an actively involved member of Generation Liberty, run by the Institute of Public Affairs.' 2/12
On the left, Generation Liberty. On the right, Reignite Democracy. Reignite Democracy has been the central hub that the anti-Dan, anti-lockdown, anti-vax activism and Qanon fueled conspiracy culture has emanated from over the course of the pandemic. 3/12
The founder of Reignite Democracy, Monica Smit, started the group as an offshoot of Victoria Forward, where she had been working alongside Stephanie Bastiaan, who at the time was working on a media and communications internship for the Department of Treasury and Finance. 4/12
Her husband Marcus Bastiaan was a powerbroker behind the scenes at the Liberal Party, flooding state branches with memberships from church groups in support of the faction that he runs with Michael Sukkar, at the time the assistant Treasurer. 5/12
People in the above image, from left: Michael Sukkar, Marcus Bastiaan, Karina Okatel and Michael Kroger. The latter being the former president of the Vic Libs and a director of the IPA. Which brings me back to Barclay, who at this same time was doing this.. 6/12
Joel Jammal became the face of Turning Point Australia. Up until then, Joel Jammal was working with Australias biggest Qanon pusher, Lt Col [ret] Riccardo Bosi. 7/12
Which is why it's no coincidence that once we entered lockdown in August 2020, there was only a small group of people being pushed as influencers in the vast array of anti-lockdown and anti-Dan Andrews Facebook groups that popped up. 8/12
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All of them with some kind of link to this faction of the Liberal Party. Curiously though, as the years have passed and we head toward this election these people and others from this core group of conspiracy influencers seem to all be involved with other parties. 10/12
Don't be fooled, it's a two party system. 11/12
Can't help but feel like there's a bit more to all this than meets the eye.. All roads lead to Rome, as they say. 12/12
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Plenty of talk from the #voteNo camp around #TheVoice regarding claims of misinformation but nobody from #voteyes able to say exactly what the misinformation is. So i'm making a thread to explain exactly what it is, who's spreading it and where it comes from.
Now although I wrote quite extensively on this back in May nobody really cares to pay attention until it’s slapping them in the face. The ABC published an article a few weeks ago that got the point which is great unfortunately it missed some key details. abc.net.au/news/2023-09-2…
thanks twitter for f*cking this thread up and only posting the first two posts.. so bare with me.
Firstly, the crux of the article is absolutely correct. This book is the backbone of the misinformation around the voice.
The Victorian Liberals election campaign started 2 years ago in August 2020 with this simple message. /1
This was just as we entered lockdown for the second time, the need to click this ad was created by Sky News constantly repeating hyperbole and flat out fabrication regarding security guards at the quarantine hotel. Eventually, an event was organized by this group. /2
If you joined this event you would find yourself in a community of like minded and angry people, rumors swirling around about Andrews giving mates security guard contracts and refusing ADF support. You would then be invited to join some closed Facebook groups. /3
#sackdanandrews has been trending lately, leading the charge was Kirralie Smith amongst a mirror image of the same anti-Dan network on Facebook. So it begs the question, are the Vic Libs using Cambridge Analytica or whatever form it takes nowdays? Let's look at the evidence..
If you pour over every scrap of information out there from whistleblowers and the like about how CA worked and what they got up to, as I have, the first thing that stands out is their use of Astroturfed organizations as the focal point of their campaigns
They mention this being a common play but all up I can only find mention of 3 of them. The branding, however, is strikingly familiar. Reclaim ___, Reignite ____, and ____ Forward. Reclaim was also commonly used with events surrounding the Tea Party.
Last night I had this paid post appear on my news feed touting a secret plan by Dan Andrews to give toddlers gender re-alignment surgery so I had a poke around and the results were equally surprising and not surprising at all.
The post comes from a group called Binary Australia, snazzy looking website but it doesn't reveal much about the group aside from their stance on this made up issue, that toddlers are getting sex changes behind their parents backs. Of course, they are asking for money.
But right at the bottom of the page you find this.
Kirralie Smith. I know that name.. But how to I know that name?
Another day. another thread. So, we've looked at Clive Palmer, the UAP, the Aus Liberty Alliance and the Q society, Let's move away from political parties and look at at the think tanks and political action groups involved in the freedom movement. medium.com/@pestcontrolau…
The common denominator for the American side of this is a group called the Council for National Policy. The money from the richest and most influential members of the CNP then flows on to fund a plethora of think-tanks and activist groups set up over the course of the last 40 yrs
lead by the Koch Family and their pro-fossil fuel, anti-climate science agenda. This is also where this whole thing mixes with your more fringe religions like Evangelical, Pentecostal, Scientology, etc like SDA which Graham Hood belongs to, as well as genuine extremist groups.
Ok, thread number 2. We've looked at Clive Palmer and the UAP, let's look at the another major player in the freedom movement, the Australian Liberty Alliance.
It turns out that Pat King, the man who started the Canada convoy and a friend of Guru, was an organizer with Yellow Vests Canada.
Much like local Rebel News correspondent Avi Yemini and anti-lockdown protest leader turned UAP candidate for Flinders/partner of Monica Smit from Reignite Democracy Australia, Morgan C Jonas, who are organizers with Yellow Vest Australia.