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Man with alleged 'Boogaloo'

artappraiser — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 23:51:53 +0000

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Man with alleged 'Boogaloo' ties charged with threatening health official https://t.co/n7a8ttmoQR via @nbcnews
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) September 1, 2020

If Mr. Bauer had read what's

artappraiser — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 09:35:07 +0000

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If Mr. Bauer had read what's in the NYTimes Magazine article on the Carillo case, or similar public information, he would know that it's actually inaccurate to label both Carillo and Boogaloo boise as "far right". There is only evidence that they are unified only in being anti-cop, especially anti-Federal-cop. Politically, they run a spectrum. And the Boogaloo see the BLM movement as an opportunity to grow the anti-cop movement. Plus, there isn't that much evidence that Carillo is a bonafide Boogaloo, only that he interacted a bit with some that are.

What he is for sure, though: an Sgt. in the Air Force. He interacted with fellow members of the air force a heckuva lot more than Boogaloo boise. How much do his band of brothers in the military share his hatred of cops, that would be a more important point to be thinking about.

In his speech yesterday, Mike Pence mentioned the killing of a federal officer during the George Floyd riots in Oakland. He was using the killing to attack BLM. He didn’t mention that the killer was tied to the far-right boogaloo movement. https://t.co/F7ctv895ZM
— Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) August 27, 2020

As I suggested, the shadow of Timothy McVeigh hovers here.

They tried to get Trump to

artappraiser — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:26:50 +0000

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They tried to get Trump to care about right-wing terrorism. He ignored them.

Officials at the Department of Homeland Security waged a years long internal struggle to get the White House to pay attention to the threat of violent domestic extremists. They ended up quitting in frustration.

One state law enforcement official said the intelligence products the Department of Homeland Security sends to its state and local partners emphasize the threat from left-wing extremists significantly more than the threat from right-wing extremists––and disproportionately so.

By Betsy Woodruff Swan @ Politico.com, Aug. 26

[....] This story is based on background and on-record interviews with current and former law enforcement officials, inside and outside DHS. It includes, for the first time, detailed comments from two top former political appointees in the department who tried to tackle the problem before giving up on the Trump administration. Frustrated by the president’s failure to act, they are actively supporting his opponent.

“At least in this administration,” Neumann said, “there’s not going to be anything substantive done on domestic terrorism.” [....]

Thanks. I hate to talk like a

artappraiser — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 22:21:23 +0000

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Thanks. I hate to talk like a lunatic hunting for evidence of radical al Qaeda cells and websites in the months after 9/11/01. But it sure does seem something is up with anarcho-libertarianism, the kind of thing that could easily fed no social media now by all kinds of other actors, including like, you know, Russia.

I have a feeling we are going to read all about it a couple years from now, what the FBI was doing, what the main players were doing. It's going on now. I see hints that "Operation LeGend" is not just a b.s. Barr/Trump crime fighting folly, but something that is supported by nonpartisan Feds like FBI, ATF and various US Attys. It seems like they are in it right now to gather info., they themselves don't know exactly what's going on. But how the increasing supply of guns in this country is happening seems to be part of what they are looking at....and general radical anti-fed libertarianism.

Fake Twitter zombies

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 20:48:09 +0000

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Fake Twitter zombies

Another one: https://t.co/yCCoUp4KYx
— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) August 25, 2020

this makes total sense now

artappraiser — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 17:09:46 +0000

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this makes total sense now after reading the article, the Boogaloo bois that came to show respect to Garret Foster memorial at BLM protests in Austin:

He died at the beginning of what’s sure to escalate into war soon... We lost a boogaloo bro who embodies the kind of American we can be proud of.... anti racist, fighting the fight “to create a more perfect union”.

Rest in power, Garret pic.twitter.com/dh3nRiOlrR
— (@MustelidJake) August 1, 2020

Boogaloo Boys in front of the Garrett Foster memorial in Austin, Texas. This is good, right?
#GrarrettFoster #austinprotests pic.twitter.com/J2GhTuKIuC
— SorosFundedPro-Skater (@stefreyan) August 2, 2020

The author compares and

artappraiser — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 16:59:22 +0000

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The author compares and contrasts with Timothy McVeigh at the end of the piece, because he was also frustrated angry ex-military. But it came to mind that another fruitful comparison might be Charlie Manson's crazy ideas,.long inspirational chats and planning with Charlie Manson online.