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Change Catalyst (he/him)
Dec 22, 2023 22 tweets 9 min read
As #MomsforLiberty's brand dips into free fall, the Midwest is seeing some shape shifting among Moms for Liberty #Ozaukee, #AwakeWI and #AwakeIL into #AwakeAmericans. 1/9 Image #AwakeAmericans appears to be a merger of #AwakeIL and #AwakeWI, with several right wing agitators known to activists in their respective areas.
There is excellent work being done tracking these groups, for example:
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Aug 3, 2022 9 tweets 8 min read
Another #astroturf organization intended to "crack and frack" demographic groups in the US.
Shared fonts (Big Calson).
Shared state (Florida).
Shared focus (Right wing politics).
#rightwingwatch ImageImage Oh, and a shared fascination with nonsense from Mr. James Lindsay, it appears.
There is some room to expand, I suppose, from "Marxism" & "CRT" (schools) to "Communism" (China) when it comes to manufacturing fear and outrage. ImageImage
Dec 13, 2021 6 tweets 4 min read
@RepDittrich 1/ The travesty is how you and the #WISGOP failed #Wisconsin during the pandemic. You exacerbated it by fighting mitigation efforts from the very beginning.
jsonline.com/picture-galler… 2/ Your party bullied schools into doing the same. Politicians sent letters to superintendents pressuring them to open, while right-wing groups generated outrage among parents.
upnorthnewswi.com/2020/08/04/rea…