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Ford Fischer

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Aug 19

VIDEO THREAD: Following a two-year hiatus from street activism and two trips to Ukraine, former Boogaloo movement figure Mike Dunn is planning an armed rally tomorrow against the Gloucester, Virginia Sheriff's Department.

He spoke to myself and an NBC documentary crew about his planned return to activism tomorrow while at an Italian restaurant.

Dunn describes his group "is gonna deliver a warning to that sheriff, to his office, and to anybody who wishes to support him and his jack-booted thugs that he employs" over a recent incident where four people were arrested for carrying firearms to a school board meeting.

"Breaching the constitution will not be tolerated," he told the NBC crew and I.

2) If cops try to arrest Mike Dunn & his crew, he tells NBC crew & me: "we will defend ourselves in the way that the 2nd Amendment intended for us to do."

"What does that mean?" I asked.

Mike: "Don't Antifa me now and be like 'are you going to kill police?'"

Me: "Are you?"

Mike: "We will defend ourselves to any means necessary to pretend any of my boys, my brothers, constitutional citizens, being arrested."

3) Mike Dunn says he's stressed about the armed rally he plans to lead against the Gloucester County Sheriff tomorrow and "I'm willing to defend my boys to the point of this [a cheesesteak] being my last dinner."

Some of his guys "had their wills notarized" he says and he has "written notes to my loved ones."

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

Aug 18

The Feds are seeking 33 years in prison for Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio (who was not physically at January 6) and Joe Biggs (the highest-ranking Proud Boy on the ground at the Capitol.)

They previously sought 25 years for Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, who got 18.

2) In the government’s argument for the Proud Boys to get between 20 and 33 years in prison each, they include a request to treat the charges as crimes of terrorism.

They say this was done to keep then-President Trump in power.

https://t.co/Kiu1pucMDmdocumentcloud.org/documents/2391…

3) The government claims in their case for two to three decades for each of the five convicted Proud Boys that they should get no credit for acceptance of responsibility.

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

Aug 15

Six Rankin County local government police officers in Mississippi who called themselves the “goon squad” have plead guilty after breaking into a home without a warrant and torturing the occupants for two hours with guns, tasers, and a dildo.

cnn.com/2023/08/14/us/…

2) According to the charging document, for which the six police officers have now plead guilty to all charges, they entered the home without a warrant and tased and kicked the complying victims even after handcuffing them.

3) According to the charging documents for which all six cops plead guilty to all charges, the police then fired a gun into the wall of their home and taunted the handcuffed victims with racial threats before tasing them more.

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

Aug 2

VIDEO THREAD: Tonight, supporters of January 6 defendants gathered for a one-year anniversary celebration of their nightly protests outside the DC jail, which just happened to occur only hours after Trump himself was indicted for January 6.

Here's what I saw!

2. Joseph “Joe the Box” Verderber led the January 6 defendant supporters outside the DC jail tonight in prayer.

"January 6 will be an official day for Ashli Babbitt, and I know this - y'know why?" he concluded. "Because God told me so! Amen, patriots!"

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3. Much of the evening looked like a sort of dance/sing-off between the January 6 supporters and counter-protesters.

"DC don't like fascists!" sang @resistcompany on an electric guitar. "Tommy Tatum [@rayeppslawyer] is a fascist!"

"Freedom corner here, we gonna be here 'til the… https://t.co/cAzp5S8ClHtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

Jul 29

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VIDEO THREAD: Today, avowed Neo-Nazi group "Blood Tribe" rallied with rifles and swastika flags outside an LGBT "Pride in the Park" event in Watertown, Wisconsin.

"Us or the pedophiles!" they chanted at the crowd, which included children. "There will be blood, blood blood!"… https://t.co/DBtntCGerGtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

2. One participant in the pride event confronted the Nazis, explaining that "It just makes me so happy that I get to wake up every day and just love who I want without fear of judgement or fucking Nazis apparently."

The Nazis left shortly after I interviewed that participant.

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3. "Us or the pedophiles!" the Blood Tribe chanted as they marched around the Pride in the Park event.

A woman confronted them, and a rifle-wielding Nazi told her "I would say, young lady, that you would look a lot lovelier if you were wearing a proper dress." https://t.co/jzJ8NJ9T42twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Ford Fischer

@FordFischer

Jul 21

VIDEO THREAD: Tony Thurmond, 28th CA State Superintendent of Public Instruction, was removed by security Thursday night from the Chino Valley Unified School Board hearing as he spoke against a policy outing trans kids to parents.

Filmed by @AeonPhotoCo for @N2Sreports

2. The Chino Valley Unified School Board in CA ultimately passed the resolution, which requires teachers to out transgender students to their parents within 72 hours of learning their status.

Cheers among many in the crowd, but one yelled "Watch your back" before the vote.

3. James Na, at-large representative on the Chino Valley Unified Board of Education, said he wants a resolution to celebrate July 20th as "Parental Rights Day" following the vote to mandate teachers inform parents if their kids identify as trans.