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Feb 25

@Heidi_Cuda

Agitation and Propaganda: Russian Indicted for Using US Political Groups as Foreign Agents – Byline Times - August 2022 by ⁦@Heidi_Cuda⁩ & ⁦@mattbern⁩ 1/ bylinetimes.com/2022/08/02/agi…

“Byline Times‘ investigation into the court documents suggests that Political Group 3 is Yes California – an organisation set up in 2015 by Louis Marinelli, a New Yorker living in Russia. It advocates for California breaking away from the rest of the United States.” 2/

“The campaigns to divide California in two countries and to secede from the Union – known as ‘Calexit’ – was repeatedly covered by Russian state media in 2016 and 2017.” 3/

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Feb 25

@jhglick

A very insightful read: "The Long Descent to Insurrection," 2/15/23 by @jhglick lawfareblog.com/long-descent-i…

"Witnesses from both the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers testified that they decided to become involved in paramilitary operations because they were responding to Trump’s apocalyptic messaging about Black Lives Matter."

"In addition to Trump himself, antifa proved to be an enduring rationale in justifying paramilitary activity related to the “stop the steal” campaign." 1/

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Feb 25

“Self-Described Proud Boy Kyle Boell Arrested For Sending Dozens Of Threatening Messages To Woman: Philly DA's Office - CBS Philadelphia” 3/4/21
1/ cbsnews.com/philadelphia/n…

Investigators say Boell hid behind an alias he was using on social media, hurling vulgar and threatening messages at the victim.
"Calling the victim a child predator, calling her a pedophile, making comments about her appearance, and really just committing acts of hate… 2/

behind the mask of a computer screen," Wellbrock said. 3/

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Feb 25

In Dec 2018, “the Proud Boys posted a video on their website, showing [Roger] Stone with [Enrique] Tarrio. ‘Keep the faith,’ Stone told viewers. ‘Don’t let them wear you down … They want to wear us down. Never give up the fight.” 1/ archive.ph/2022.03.10-061…

This was two months after the big Proud Boys brawl in NY, which was instigated by members of the Proud Boys gang, as shown on video (not the other way around as the Proud Boys had tried to claim. 2/

3/ huffpost.com/entry/roger-st…

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Feb 24

Some interesting background on Philadelphia Proud Boys leader Zach Rehl who is currently on trial. This is from Nov. 2018. I wonder if these events were his idea or if someone put him up to it. My guess is the latter. But it’s a guess. 1/ phillytrib.com/news/coalition…

This has always stuck out to me. 2/

3/ On Jan 6, Rehl was filmed running next to Sam Lazar, a violent Jan 6 insurrectionist who seemed 2 act as a sort of accelerant that day. Like that was his job. Steve Turley (who has indirect Kremlin ties) filmed Lazar at a pre-Jan 6 Stop the Steal rally. buckscountybeacon.com/2022/07/produc…

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