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๐Ÿงต THREAD: Left-Wing Activity at Utah State University

Iโ€™m pulling together documentation on potential sources of political radicalization at USU. This thread will compile what Iโ€™ve found.

In 2019, Utah State University officially approved a new student club: the Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA). This was the first self-described far-left student organization recognized on campus.

As always, patience as I pull this thread together.Image
Utah State University participates in the Democratic Erosion Consortium -- which creates teaching material, policy briefs, and education resources for colleges. It also maintains the Democratic Erosion Event Dataset (DEED). Democratic Erosion Consortium is financed by the State Department.Image
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Utah State University is listed as an official participant of the DEC. They publish syllabus materials for universities. Trump is regularly depicted as an existential threat in their articles. Image
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Utah State University regularly publishes in this outlet, amplifying these messages. Image
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Last year, 60-70 pro-Palestine demonstrators held a rally. Image
The YDSA club has a Facebook page and a X handle - @usudsa Image
@usudsa USU YDSA follows the Party for Socialism and Liberation. Image
@usudsa Their Facebook page is more up to date: Image
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@usudsa Their Facebook page actively posts memes about being radicalized : Image
@usudsa Discussion on the Facebook claims that USU YDSA fell apart and American Communist Party is the only left-wing organization active in Logan, Utah. Image
@usudsa Can't believe I missed it -- the page itself announces that they are recruiting USU students to form a chapter of the American Communist Party. Image
@usudsa I think this might be their Insta profile: Image
@usudsa This is their Linktree account, it appears to be an informal cell and not an "official" chapter. They have 102 followers on Instagram. Image
@usudsa One of their followers is "Students for Progress" organization at Utah State University. Featuring trans and Palestine flags. Image
@usudsa I'm going to take a break on this thread for now. But the bottom line -- Communism is alive and well in the student body at USU.
@usudsa Someone gave me a tip that USU is as conservative as it gets. Meaning: other universities are that much worse. Scaryโ€ฆ

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Sep 8
๐Ÿ”ฅโ˜€๏ธ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ ๐๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐Š๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐‹๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ

I have a feeling this could turn out to be the most important rabbit hole yet, so pay attention to this thread. ๐Ÿ‡

Most conspiracy theories claim some shadowy cabal is secretly pulling the strings. But here's the twist: this one insists the cabal doesn't exist at all.

For decades, prosecutors and journalists have pointed to the Cartel de los Soles, a Venezuelan military-political network accused of moving tons of cocaine with impunity. U.S. indictments call out generals, ministers, even Maduro himself.

Yet powerful leftist voices, from Alliance for Global Justice to COHA analysts to UN drug officials, swear itโ€™s all fiction. They label the Suns cartel a โ€œmyth,โ€ a โ€œmedia creation,โ€ or just โ€œnarco-mythology.โ€ Even the Wikipedia page brands it as merely โ€œalleged.โ€ ๐Ÿคฏ

๐Ÿ“Š Ex-UN drug czar Pino Arlacchi says itโ€™s as fake as the Loch Ness Monster.
๐Ÿ“ฐ NGO allies echo โ€œno evidence.โ€
๐Ÿ’ป Wikipedia editors refuse to treat it as fact.

Why are so many powerful voices so insistent on denying the Cartel of the Suns exist?

I don't know. But I suspect there is a powerful financial incentive here.

Let's see if this makes the trolls as angry as they were about yesterday's boat thread.

๐Ÿ‘‡ Scroll down for receiptsImage
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Alliance for Global Justice -- yes, the same one I wrote about yesteday as the lowest-hanging fruit to crack down on paid protesters -- is one of the biggest amplifiers of the "Cartel of the Suns does not exist" narratives.
Remember, Alliance for Global Justice is a powerful financial NGO openly backing sanctioned terrorist groups and pro-protest groups founded by Bill Ayers. As well as having a role in ANSWER Coalition, also behind many of the nastier anti-Israel protests in the USA. Image
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Sep 8
๐Ÿšจ THREAD ๐Ÿšจ

If the Trump administration is serious about cracking down on โ€œpaid protesters,โ€ the trail starts with Alliance for Global Justice.

They serve as the fiscal sponsor behind Refuse Fascism, the group that organized the U.S. Open protest.

And the story only gets darker from here...
Donations to Refuse Fascism are tax free, courtesy of Alliance for Global Justice. Image
Refuse Fascism is composed of literal Communists members. Carl Dix, who founded the Revolutionary Communist Party, sits among their ranks. Image
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Sep 7
๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿšค THREAD: No, there were not "innocent fishermen" on that boat

On Sept 2, a U.S. strike destroyed a go-fast leaving San Juan de Unare, Sucre. Some on social media are pushing the "poor fishermen" line. This thread unpacks why that narrative doesn't hold water (no pun intended). ๐Ÿงต

๐Ÿ‘‰ Origin: Unare = entrenched cartel hub (Tren de Aragua / Tren del Llano).
๐Ÿ‘‰ Destination: Pre-programmed GPS to Trinidad, a narco transshipment leg.
๐Ÿ‘‰ Vessel: 12m "flipper," 4ร—200HP outboards. No fisherman runs that setup.
๐Ÿ‘‰ TTPs: Multi-boat launch, jettisoned cargo, night run. Classic narco playbook.

๐Ÿ’ก Families in Unare themselves admitted these men had "entered that world" for pay.

Stay tuned, I'll walk through the receipts.Image
The boat was a "flipper" designed to outrun law enforcement, typical in drug smuggling configuration, and Sun Juan de Unare is dominated by drug trafficking. Image
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Even in Unare itself, no one pretends the crew were innocent. Local social media tributes openly mourn them as "fathers of family... who enter that world only out of necessity." In other words: these men were indeed involved in drug smuggling... because poverty left them few other options.Image
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Sep 7
๐Ÿงต THREAD: Rand Paul is no libertarian, and here are the receipts.

When Paul criticized the strike on cartel boats, it wasn't about principle. He's spent his career entangled in the interventionist machine while calling himself a "libertarian."

He sits on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. And in his own book, he went out of his way to praise U.S.-funded "democracy promotion" groups like Freedom House, the International Republican Institute, and the National Democratic Institute, calling them "non-partisan."

Non-partisan? Members of Congress literally sit on their boards! Freedom House takes Soros money. They operate as State Department cut-outs.

Rand Paul defended them. In his own words.

And that's just the beginning.

Let's dig in โฌ‡๏ธImage
Remember the 2016 Presidential run that Rand Paul flirted with? One of his advisers was Lorne Craner -- former president of International Republican Institute.

Rand Paul knows perfectly well what the IRI is and does. Image
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Now, in fairness, Paul has criticized NED on occassion, mostly when it overreaches on liberty. Image
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Sep 4
๐Ÿšจ State Dept Sanctions 3 NGOs

The U.S. just sanctioned Al Haq, Al Mezan, and PCHR... all tied to the terrorist group PFLP.

Soros heavily financed all three.

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One of the most important things to understand about George Soros is that he is not an outsider. He is a deep insider for the State Department and has even financed @IRIglobal .
@IRIglobal Al-Haq has special consultative status with UN ECOSOC and has membership in multiple NGO networks. Open Society Foundations openly pushed against Israel's designation of Al-Haq as a terrorist group. Image
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Sep 2
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@RepLuna @SenTomCotton Wespac Foundation (EIN 133109400) in turn has earmarked grants for Palestinian Youth Movement from Solidaire Network. They fund a lot of race-based funds, including BLM and Muslim ones. I see Pierre Omidyar's Democracy Fund in there, as well as other billionaire philanthropists. Image
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@RepLuna @SenTomCotton People's Conference for Palestine appears to have a lot of Neville Singham groups involved. Image
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