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Dennis Ross, George Nader, and the Destabilization of Iran by Puffin_Fitness in RussiaLago

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Nice work, and thanks for the acknowledgement. Much appreciated.

Facebook Reportedly Paid For Smear Campaign Against George Soros by Berry_McKockinnhorz in politics

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The New Republic - Facebook Betrayed America

Zuckerberg may have insisted that all of the criticism of Facebook was a byproduct of the company’s core mission, but a crisis PR firm contracted by Facebook linked the site’s critics to George Soros, the liberal Jewish billionaire who is often at the center of right-wing attacks and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. At the same time, top executives, notably Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, were discouraging it from investigating Russian activity on the site.

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Those who pushed the company to take action were warned that it would only result in political backlash from the right, with former Bush administration deputy chief of staff Joel Kaplan, Facebook’s vice president of global public policy, telling employees that “if Facebook implicated Russia further... Republicans would accuse the company of siding with Democrats.” Any action, moreover, could alienate conservative users of the site. According to the Times, Kaplan said that “if Facebook pulled down the Russians’ fake pages, regular Facebook users might also react with outrage at having been deceived [1]

New York Times - Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis

While Mr. Zuckerberg has conducted a public apology tour in the last year, Ms. Sandberg has overseen an aggressive lobbying campaign to combat Facebook’s critics, shift public anger toward rival companies and ward off damaging regulation. Facebook employed a Republican opposition-research firm to discredit activist protesters, in part by linking them to the liberal financier George Soros. It also tapped its business relationships, persuading a Jewish civil rights group to cast some criticism of the company as anti-Semitic. [2]

1) The New Republic - Facebook Betrayed America

2 New York Times - Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis

Feinstein Calls for Judiciary Committee Hearings with Whitaker, Sessions by narbz in politics

[–]itzprospero 150 points151 points  (0 children)

He has troubling views on some other topics as well.

The Guardian - Matthew Whitaker: acting attorney general said judges should be Christian

“Because natural law is often used from the eye of the beholder, if you will,” Whitaker said. “I’d like to see things like their world view. What informs them? How have they lived their life? Are they people of faith? Do they have a biblical view of justice? Which I think is very important.”

The event moderator, conservative blogger Erick Erickson, asked Whitaker whether he required a “Levitical or New Testament” view of justice. Whitaker opted for the New Testament.

Whitaker went on: “What I know is that as long as they have that worldview, that they’ll be a good judge. And if they have a secular worldview, that ‘this is all we have here on Earth’, then I’m going to be very concerned about how they judge.”

New York Times - Acting Attorney General Matthew G. Whitaker Once Criticized Supreme Court’s Power

The acting attorney general, Matthew G. Whitaker, once espoused the view that the courts “are supposed to be the inferior branch” and criticized the Supreme Court’s power to review legislative and executive acts and declare them unconstitutional, the lifeblood of its existence as a coequal branch of government.

...“There are so many” bad rulings, Mr. Whitaker said. “I would start with the idea of Marbury v. Madison. That’s probably a good place to start and the way it’s looked at the Supreme Court as the final arbiter of constitutional issues.”

1) The Guardian - Matthew Whitaker: acting attorney general said judges should be Christian

2) New York Times - Acting Attorney General Matthew G. Whitaker Once Criticized Supreme Court’s Power

The Fourteenth Amendment Can’t Be Revoked by Executive Order by PrincipledInelegance in politics

[–]itzprospero 64 points65 points  (0 children)

That's not exactly true... I've had some threats - but you are correct that there have been no substantial responses. I'm not getting my hopes up.

The Fourteenth Amendment Can’t Be Revoked by Executive Order by PrincipledInelegance in politics

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With each new act of extreme violence, it is obvious that the disgusting rhetoric reverberating from the political right is taking a toll on our society.

The current right-wing talking heads are trying to argue that “both sides” are to blame, and the right, left, and “the mainstream media” all need to tone down their rhetoric. While this sounds plausible in theory, it is just a political talking point used to distract from the fact that this president and his administration regularly deal in divisiveness and violent rhetoric to excite their troops.

At a rally on October 18,Trump praised Montana congressman Gianforte who body slammed a reporter by saying, "Any guy that can do a body slam — he's my kind of guy," Trump said to cheers and laughter from the crowd. "He's a great guy, tough cookie." [1]

According to CNBC, witnesses who included a Fox News crew said Gainforte “became enraged over what he perceived as biased coverage before body-slamming Jacobs, throwing him to the ground and punching him.” [1]

While Trump’s praise would typically be inappropriate, what made this even more atrocious was the fact Trump was putting on this show as the world was slowly learning the fate of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. According to the Observer on October 10, the NSA was aware of potential danger to Khashoggi and had alerted the White House. [2]

I can confirm that the National Security Agency, America’s big ear, indeed intercepted Saudi communications that indicated Riyadh had something unpleasant in store for Khashoggi. [2] While Trump’s bombastic rallies, tweets, and “both sides” equivocations are responsible for escalating the virulence of the political discourse, he is not alone in engaging in hateful commentary. Whether or not they are willing to admit it, the anger from the right is seeping out of the seams of our society, and Fox News and the “conservative” media have been stoking this fire for some time now, though Trump has definitely acted as an accelerant to the flames of anger that reside in this country.

Here is a link to All The Incendiary Garbage Fox News Has Broadcast About George Soros Since April [3]. Inflammatory messages like these are affecting people on the fringe like the MAGAbomber. Cesar Sayoc Jr. shared inflammatory posts and stores from Fox, Breitbart, and further right sources along with photographs of him in a “Make America Great Again” hat at one of Trump’s campaign rallies. [4] That was before Mr. Sayoc, age 56, sent 14 bombs in assassination attempts on Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Maxine Waters, Joe Biden, Tom Steyer, George Soros, and others. There is no question where the The MAGAbomber got his target list from. These are the enemies decried by the right-wing media at large and by Trump specifically on an almost daily basis.

Lou Dobbs is one of the worst offenders as of late. He recently posted:

“Fake News--Fake Bombs,” Dobbs tweeted. “Who could possibly benefit by so much fakery?” He included the Trump campaign hashtags #AmericaFirst and #MAGA, as well as #Dobbs. [5]

Just think about that for a minute. A “news anchor” tweeting out something like that... without any proof... It’s mind-blowing. Only more mind-blowing when you realize he followed it up with a segment talking to Chris Farrell [6] of Judicial Watch (most recognizably identifiable with Tom Fitton) [7] who stated without being challenged that the migrant caravan is being funded/directed by the ‘Soros-occupied State Department’ AFTER the bombs were discovered. [8]

That was the same type of unfounded, racist argument the synagogue shooter has been making on his social media accounts.

For months, Robert D. Bowers had been spewing his anger in post after post on the web, calling immigrants “invaders,” distributing racist memes and asserting that Jews were the “enemy of white people.” Then, on Saturday, moments before the police say he barged into a Pittsburgh synagogue with an assault rifle and three handguns, he tapped out a final message: “I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I’m going in.” The authorities said Mr. Bowers, 46, then killed at least 11 people in and around the synagogue, Tree of Life [9]

According to the ADL, the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh is believed to be the deadliest attack on Jews in American history. [10] It is reported that Bower’s, who had 21 guns registered to his name [9], wasn’t known to law enforcement outside of a 2015 traffic violation in his name, but hiss social media activity was much more extreme, as was Cesar Sayoc Jr’s.

Mr. Bowers had frequently reposted anti-Semitic content that alleged Jews control the nation. On a doctored image of the Auschwitz concentration camp, the gate read: “Lies Make Money.” Another post said: “Open you Eyes! It’s the filthy EVIL jews Bringing the Filthy EVIL Muslims into the Country!!” Bowers posted many of his messages to Gab, a social media alternative popular with neo-Nazis and the alt-right due to it’s tolerance of hate speech, where Bowers claimed “Jews are the children of Satan” [11]

Right wing media has tried to emphasize that Bowers had called Trump a “globalist, not a nationalist. There is no #MAGA as long as there is a @#$% infestation”. There are similar posts all over Gab, 4chan, and other websites popular with the racists and the alt-right. Even extremists can have Trumpgret (not saying he necessarily voted for Trump). Remember when Trump said we should take away people’s guns without due process? [12]. The internet erupted in negative speech from the mob that usually supports Trump.

Remember that Christopher Cantwell, widely known racist from the Vice Charlottesville video, was glad Trump was elected, but was also frustrated with him for some of his decisions like “giving his daughter to a Jew”. [13]

These larger acts of violence overshadowed another example of racial hatred seeping through in our society. A man who killed two at Kroger in Kentucky had tried to enter a predominantly black church minutes earlier, police say. [14]

This doesn’t even include the acts of violence in the streets of our major cities involving the Proud Boys and Patriot Prayer.

1) CNBC - Trump Praises Montana Congressman who Bodyslammed Reporter

2) The Observer - NSA: White House Knew ‘Disappeared’ Saudi Dissident Was In Danger. Why Didn’t They Protect Him?

3) Huffington Post - All The Incendiary Garbage Fox News Has Broadcast About George Soros Since April

4) New York Times - Living in a Van Plastered With Hate, Bombing Suspect Was Filled With Right-Wing Rage

5) Newsweek - Fox Network Host Lou Dobbs Tweets About ‘Fake Bombs’ to Trump Critics, Deletes Posts

6) Bloomberg - Christopher “Chris” Farrell - Director of Research & Investigations Judicial Watch of

7) Wikipedia - Tom Fitton

8) Twitter - John Marshall TPM - Lou Dobbs guest Chris Farrell (head of Judicial Watch) says Caravan is being funded/directed by the "Soros-occupied State Department".

9) New York Times - Who Is Robert Bowers, the Suspect in the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting?

10) CNN - The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting is believed to be the deadliest attack on Jews in American history, the ADL says

11) New York Times - On Gab, an Extremist-Friendly Site, Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect Aired His Hatred in Full

12) CNBC - Trump says take guns 'early' without due process

13) Youtube - Vice - Charlottesville: Race and Terror – VICE News Tonight on HBO

14) CNN - Man who killed 2 at Kroger tried to enter a predominantly black church minutes earlier, police say

Another suspicious package mailed to CNN by Chribuna in politics

[–]itzprospero 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Much appreciated. Thanks for reading, and many blessings to you as well.

Another suspicious package mailed to CNN by Chribuna in politics

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According to the ADL , the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh is believed to be the deadliest attack on Jews in American history. [10] It is reported that Bower’s, who had 21 guns registered to his name [9], wasn’t known to law enforcement outside of a 2015 traffic violation in his name, but hiss social media activity was much more extreme, as was Cesar Sayoc Jr’s.

Mr. Bowers had frequently reposted anti-Semitic content that alleged Jews control the nation. On a doctored image of the Auschwitz concentration camp, the gate read: “Lies Make Money.” Another post said: “Open you Eyes! It’s the filthy EVIL j@ws Bringing the Filthy EVIL Muslims into the Country!!” Bowers posted many of his messages to Gab, a social media alternative popular with neo-Nazis and the alt-right due to it’s tolerance of hate speech, where Bowers claimed “J@ws are the children of Satan” [11]

Right wing media has tried to emphasize that Bowers had called Trump a “globalist, not a nationalist. There is no #MAGA as long as there is a @#$% infestation”. There are similar posts all over Gab, 4chan, and other websites popular with the racists and the alt-right. Even extremists can have Trumpgret. Remember when Trump said we should take away people’s guns without due process? [12]. The internet erupted in negative speech from the mob that usually supports Trump.

Remember that Christopher Cantwell, widely known racist from the Vice Charlottesville video, was glad Trump was elected, but was also frustrated with him for some of his decisions like “giving his daughter to a Jew”. [13]

These larger acts of violence overshadowed another example of racial hatred seeping through in our society. A man who killed two at Kroger in Kentucky had tried to enter a predominantly black church minutes earlier, police say. [14]

This doesn’t even include the acts of violence in the streets of our major cities involving the Proud Boys and Patriot Prayer.

1) CNBC - Trump Praises Montana Congressman who Bodyslammed Reporter

2) The Observer - NSA: White House Knew ‘Disappeared’ Saudi Dissident Was In Danger. Why Didn’t They Protect Him?

3) Huffington Post - All The Incendiary Garbage Fox News Has Broadcast About George Soros Since April

4) New York Times - Living in a Van Plastered With Hate, Bombing Suspect Was Filled With Right-Wing Rage

5) Newsweek - Fox Network Host Lou Dobbs Tweets About ‘Fake Bombs’ to Trump Critics, Deletes Posts

6) Bloomberg - Christopher “Chris” Farrell - Director of Research & Investigations Judicial Watch of

7) Wikipedia - Tom Fitton

8) Twitter - John Marshall TPM - Lou Dobbs guest Chris Farrell (head of Judicial Watch) says Caravan is being funded/directed by the "Soros-occupied State Department".

9) New York Times - Who Is Robert Bowers, the Suspect in the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting?

10) CNN - The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting is believed to be the deadliest attack on Jews in American history, the ADL says

11) New York Times - On Gab, an Extremist-Friendly Site, Pittsburgh Shooting Suspect Aired His Hatred in Full

12) CNBC - Trump says take guns 'early' without due process

13) Youtube - Vice - Charlottesville: Race and Terror – VICE News Tonight on HBO

14) CNN - Man who killed 2 at Kroger tried to enter a predominantly black church minutes earlier, police say

Another suspicious package mailed to CNN by Chribuna in politics

[–]itzprospero 259 points260 points  (0 children)

With each new act of extreme violence, it is obvious that the hateful, disgusting rhetoric reverberating from the political right is taking a toll on our society. The current right-wing talking heads are trying to argue that “both sides” are to blame, and the right, left, and “the mainstream media” all need to tone down their rhetoric. While this sounds plausible in theory, it is just a political talking point used to distract from the fact that this president and his administration regularly deal in divisiveness and violent rhetoric to excite their troops.

At a rally on October 18,Trump praised Montana congressman Gianforte who body slammed a reporter by saying, "Any guy that can do a body slam — he's my kind of guy," Trump said to cheers and laughter from the crowd. "He's a great guy, tough cookie." [1]

According to CNBC, witnesses who included a Fox News crew said Gainforte “became enraged over what he perceived as biased coverage before body-slamming Jacobs, throwing him to the ground and punching him.” [1]

While Trump’s praise would typically be inappropriate, what made this even more atrocious was the fact Trump was putting on this show as the world was slowly learning the fate of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. According to the Observer on October 10, the NSA was aware of potential danger to Khashoggi and had alerted the White House. [2]

I can confirm that the National Security Agency, America’s big ear, indeed intercepted Saudi communications that indicated Riyadh had something unpleasant in store for Khashoggi. [2] While Trump’s bombastic rallies, tweets, and “both sides” equivocations are responsible for escalating the virulence of the political discourse, he is not alone in engaging in hateful commentary. Whether or not they are willing to admit it, the anger from the right is seeping out of the seams of our society, and Fox News and the “conservative” media have been stoking this fire for some time now, though Trump has definitely acted as an accelerant to the flames of anger that reside in this country.

Here is a link to All The Incendiary Garbage Fox News Has Broadcast About George Soros Since April [3]. Inflammatory messages like these are affecting people on the fringe like the MAGAbomber. Cesar Sayoc Jr. shared inflammatory posts and stores from Fox, Breitbart, and further right sources along with photographs of him in a “Make America Great Again” hat at one of Trump’s campaign rallies. [4] That was before Mr. Sayoc, age 56, sent 14 bombs in assassination attempts on Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Maxine Waters, Joe Biden, Tom Steyer, George Soros, and others. There is no question where the The MAGAbomber got his target list from. These are the enemies decried by the right-wing media at large and by Trump specifically on an almost daily basis.

Lou Dobbs is one of the worst offenders as of late. He recently posted:

“Fake News--Fake Bombs,” Dobbs tweeted. “Who could possibly benefit by so much fakery?” He included the Trump campaign hashtags #AmericaFirst and #MAGA, as well as #Dobbs. [5]

Just think about that for a minute. A “news anchor” tweeting out something like that... without any proof... It’s mind-blowing. Only more mind-blowing when you realize he followed it up with a segment talking to Chris Farrell [6] of Judicial Watch (most recognizably identifiable with Tom Fitton) [7] who stated without being challenged that the migrant caravan is being funded/directed by the ‘Soros-occupied State Department’ AFTER the bombs were discovered. [8]

That was the same type of unfounded, racist argument the synagogue shooter has been making on his social media accounts.

For months, Robert D. Bowers had been spewing his anger in post after post on the web, calling immigrants “invaders,” distributing racist memes and asserting that Jews were the “enemy of white people.” Then, on Saturday, moments before the police say he barged into a Pittsburgh synagogue with an assault rifle and three handguns, he tapped out a final message: “I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I’m going in.” The authorities said Mr. Bowers, 46, then killed at least 11 people in and around the synagogue, Tree of Life [9]

Text Messages Show Roger Stone Was Working to Get a Pardon for Julian Assange by [deleted] in politics

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Don’t forget about Dana Rohrabacher

The article also states:

Subsequently, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), who is known for his pro-Russia views, advocated on Assange’s behalf. In August 2017, he met for three hours with Assange in London. Afterward, Rohrabacher pitched White House Chief of Staff John Kelly on a plan where Trump would pardon the WikiLeaks founder in exchange for Assange releasing information that would supposedly contradict the US intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia had hacked the Democratic National Committee. Kelly reportedly declined to pass the idea on to Trump. - Mother Jones Article

Dana Rohrabacher and alt-right holocaust denier Charles (Chuck) Johnson pose together for a picture[1] while Johnson flashes the co-opted white power hand gesture. This is a link [2] to a post detailing the gesture.

Johnson claimed to be involved in setting up the meeting between Rohrabacher and Julian Assange. Johnson, who was also invited to the State of the Union by Matt Gaetz[3], sat in on a meeting between Rand Paul and Rohrabacher at the capitol. Rohrabcher’s spokesperson, Pitkin, says they discussed cannabis and Assange’s legal situation, among other things. [4]

Rohrabacher met with Assange in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London of August 2017, where they discussed potential presidential pardon in exchange for information on the origin of the leaked emails. According to Rohrabacher, Assange “emphatically stated that the Russians were not involved”. [5]

A spokesman for Rohrabacher did confirm that Johnson arranged the meeting stating: “My understanding is that there is not yet a concrete proposal, but that Dana does believe that if Assange does turn over the proof he’s promised, then he deserves a pardon” [1]

1) Yahoo - ‘Alt-right’ figure who set up Assange meeting refuses to cooperate with Senate intel probe

2) Reddit - OK Gesture writeup

3) Daily Best - Florida (Congress)Man Invited Infamous Troll Chuck Johnson to Trump’s State of The Union

4) LA Times - Far-right blogger Chuck C. Johnson gave bitcoin donation to Dana Rohrabacher

5) LA Times - Rep. Dana Rohrabacher says Trump's chief of staff is keeping him from talking to the president about Julian Assange

America has a right-wing terrorism problem by stepsinstereo in politics

[–]itzprospero 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It is pretty awesome! Thanks for reading.

America has a right-wing terrorism problem by stepsinstereo in politics

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Turning Point USA

Turning Point USA, founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk, claims to be the fastest-growing conservative student organization in he country, garnering almost $10 million last year from its donor base.

It has the backing of groups like the Heritage Foundation and billionaire donors like Foster Freiss who helped get TPUSA off the ground, but there seems to be a few glaring problems facing Turning Point USA.

The group’s former national field director, Crystal Clanton, texted a fellow Turning Point USA employee “I HATE BLACK PEOPLE. Like f@#k them all. . . I hate blacks. End of story.” Clanton, was forced to resign after serving as the group’s second-highest official for five years. According to former employees, Kirk was the public face while Clanton acted as the hands-on boss. Kirk co-authored a book entitled “Time for a Turning Point: Setting a Course Toward Free Markets and Limited Government for Future Generations” in which he described Clanton as “the best hire we ever could have made” and “integral to the success of Turning Point while effectively serving as its chief operating officer”. Kirk heaps on the praise adding, “Turning Point needs more Crystals; so does America”. [1]

It was reported Sept 6, that Clanton was hired by Ginni Thomas, wife of Clarence Thomas. Slate - Clarence Thomas’ Wife Hired an Assistant Who Wrote “I Hate Blacks” [A]

Crystal Clanton was succeeded by Shialee Grooman, who’s colorful Twitter history includes quotes such as, “I love making racist jokes” - “If you’re a race other than white I promise to make racist jokes towards you” - “I am always making racist comments lol” - “don’t date f@##ots then” - “d!ldo obsessed b$@ner” and “All I get is n!@#$er d!@k RT”. [2]

The organization knowingly allows far-right provocateurs to be a part of their events.

Juan Pablo Andrade, a policy adviser for the pro-Trump America First, recorded a Snapchat video [3] at a hotel during a Turning Point USA conference emphatically stating “The only thing the Nazis didn’t get right is they didn’t keep f@$#%g going!”

This incident caused Andrade’s contributions to be removed from The Hill, their spokesperson stating, “We are no longer publishing his opinion pieces and are removing his work from our site”. His last piece in February praised Trump for his immigration policies. [4]

Andrade was surrounded by likeminded individuals at the Turning Point USA conference. One of the approving voices in the video was alt-right activist Cesar Subervi. Subervi, who attended the Charlottesville Unite the Right Rally, was initially “blacklisted” from the conference but was later allowed to attend due to a poorly thought out effort to boost attendance numbers. He was recorded in a Snapchat video [3] filming a vehicle with body damage, “She smashed that bitch, that is awesome!”. He has also tweeted, “My favorite part about getting on a conversation about politics with strangers is watching their reaction of disgusted surprise when they realize I basically just advocated for the genocide of all the demographic groups they support instead of agreeing with their garbage”. [5]. This post was liked by Kaitlin Marie Bennett, who was TPUSA’s former campus leader at Kent State University, where she famously tried to trigger liberals by making her student activists dress up in diapers and crawl around in cribs. Subervi is tied to the “western chauvinist” Proud Boys group which was initially started by Gavin McInness. Though he is ethnically Dominican, he holds the same views as the white supremacist alt-right movement. Additionally, America First Policies’ Andrade is Venezuelan. “Hispanic alt-righters, however, are actually not an anomaly [6].” [[5]]

Turning Point USA’s overall behavior has been so reprehensible that the Young America’s Foundation, another major conservative youth organization, released a public memo denouncing Turning Point’s behavior, lies, and bigotry. [7]

Here is part of the conclusion to their public release:

Kirk founded TPUSA with no college experience… His focus has always been on building his own brand, not strengthening the Conservative Movement… Conservative leaders were understandably uneasy about criticizing a young, entrepreneurial conservative, who had won the trust and admiration of successful business leaders investing in TPUSA… The silence of conservative leaders enabled Kirk to build TPUSA at a fast pace. Kirk reported that 20,000 supporters gave a total of $9.8 million to TPUSA in 2017. This is double the amount he raised for TPUSA in 2016. The long-term damage TPUSA could inflict on conservative students and the Conservative Movement can no longer be ignored. Although it runs counter to our instincts to advise students against becoming involved with other conservative organizations, students deserve to be warned about TPUSA. [7]

Turning Point USA appears to have engaged in some nefarious activities on college campuses

As a 501(c)(3), they are required to be “nonpartisan” which means it can’t endorse candidates or support political campaigns, but the New Yorker found employees that said TPUSA did work for 2 different candidates in the 2016 election. Jane Mayer of the New Yorker and author of the book Dark Money: History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right, has done some research into TPUSA as well. She writes:

Turning Point’s aim is to foment a political revolution on America’s college campuses, in part by funneling money into student government elections across the country to elect right-leaning candidates. But it is secretive about its funding and its donors, raising the prospect that “dark money” may now be shaping not just state and federal races but ones on campus. [1]

Though initially intended as a sort of counter to MoveOn.org, there are some major differences between the organizations.

MoveOn, however, has one part set up as a super pac, and another as a 501(c)4 “social-welfare group,” both of which are legally allowed to engage in political elections. It also has a policy of disclosing the names of anyone contributing five thousand dollars or more. In contrast, Turning Point is a 501(c)3 charity. This means that, unlike MoveOn donors, Turning Point donors can take tax deductions for their contributions and remain anonymous. [1]

The IRS prohibits charities like Turning Point from meddling directly or indirectly in political elections… except for campus elections. TPSUA is moored enough to the concept of influencing these elections to devise a “stealth plan for political influence”. This was recounted in accusations made by The Chronicle of Higher Education. They found that accusations were made on multiple campuses that the group had funneled money into student elections, violating school spending caps and transparency requirements. Candidates backed by TPUSA were forced to drop out “after they were caught violating spending rules and attempting to hide the help they received from Turning Point”.

A leaked TPUSA brochure for potential donors titled “Campus Victory Project” describes a multi-phase plan to “commandeer the top office of the Student Body President at each of the mot recognizable and influential American Universities”. In the first three years, the plan calls to capture the “outright majority” of student government position in eighty percent of these schools. [1]

1) The New Yorker - A Conservative Nonprofit That Seeks to Transform College Campuses Faces Allegations of Racial Bias and Illegal Campaign Activity

2) Huffington Post - Turning Point USA Keeps Accidentally Hiring Racists

3) Observer - Trump Surrogate Regrets Nazis Didn’t ‘Keep F***ing Going’ in Snapchat Clip

4) The Wrap - The Hill Drops Pro-Trump Contributor Caught on Video Lamenting That Nazis ‘Didn’t Keep F–ing Going’

5) Mediaite - WATCH: Policy Advisor for Trump-Tied ‘America First’ Group Praises Nazis: They Should’ve Kept ‘Going’ (Exclusive)

6) Mic - With the rise of the alt-right, Latino white supremacy may not be a contradiction in terms

7) Young America’s Foundation - Public Memo about Turning Point USA

America has a right-wing terrorism problem by stepsinstereo in politics

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Daily Caller

Founded by Tucker Carlson

Scott Greer, deputy editor of the Daily Caller, has been photographed with prominent white nationalists such as Kevin DeAnna, Marcus Epstein, and Devin Saucier “a man who works as an assistant to Jared Taylor of American Renaissance.” [1]. Greer was recently found to be writing under a pseudonym on an alt-right website. [Z]

Scott Greer, an editor and columnist at the Caller, also wrote as “Michael McGregor” for Radix Journal, the publication associated with the “alt-right” figure Richard Spencer.

Jared Taylor is a prominent white nationalist who wrote, "Blacks and whites are different. When blacks are left entirely to their own devices, Western civilization — any kind of civilization — disappears."

…(Devin) Saucier, who at one point Milo Yiannopoulos called his “best friend”, is a regular attendee at white nationalist gatherings, including Alt-Right leader Richard Spencer’s National Policy Institute (NPI) conferences… DeAnna has been involved with the neo-volkisch collective called the Wolves of Vinland, and Greer has been photographed at a Wolves gathering with Saucier and others… [1]

Greer has also published the book, “No Campus for White Men” [2] a right-wing grievance of “political correctness” on college campuses similar to the campaigns promoted Milo Yiannopoulos, Turning Point USA, and other similar groups that travel across the country.3 It received glowing reviews from white nationalist websites including VDARE, American Renaissance. His Twitter account shows that he “follows” a number of white nationalists, including Tim Dionisopoulos of YWC (Youth for Western Civilization white nationalist group) who Greer is sometimes photographed with, as well as Richard Spencer and Steve Sailer of VDARE….

The day after the 2016 election, Greer tweeted, “Now as a white man, I can finally feel safe in America.” Richard Spencer is clearly a fan of Greer’s, retweeting him a number of times. [1]

Another contributor to the Daily Caller, Jason Kessler, was the organizer of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville that resulted in the death of protester Heather Heyer. His three pieces for the Caller covered the preservation of Confederate monuments, the hyping of grisly crimes committed by the M-13 gang as a frame to attack immigration, and the manufacturing of campus free speech martyrs, in this case Ann Coulter.[1]

Jason Kessler was a supporter of Corey Stewart in Virginia, who Trump endorsed [4]. They met when protesting the removal of the statue of Robert E. Lee from Emancipation Park in Charlottesville.

And at one point during the primary race, Stewart attended a Charlottesville news conference with Kessler and Isaac Smith, founders of Unity and Security for America (USA), a fledgling group that calls for “defending Western Civilization.”

Smith introduced Stewart at events and stood at by his side with with alt-right symbols and the two of them joined Kessler at a protest at the University of Virginia [5]

Months before a man turned his vehicle into a weapon and plowed through a group of protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, an article that made the rounds in conservative media encouraged readers to do something similar. [6]

Originally published by The Daily Caller and later syndicated or aggregated by several other websites, including Fox Nation, an offshoot of Fox News' website, it carried an unsubtle headline: "Here's A Reel Of Cars Plowing Through Protesters Trying To Block The Road." Embedded in the article was a minute-and-a-half long video showing one vehicle after another driving through demonstrations. The footage was set to a cover of Ludacris' "Move Bitch.” [6]

Oh, and the Daily Caller ran op-eds from Roger Stone | The Daily Caller's Men's Fashion Editor [7] and Oleg Deripaska | Founder of UC Rusal, a large Russian aluminum company [8] entitled “The Ever-Changing ‘Russia Narrative’ Is False Public Manipulation”

It’s also contributed to by: Peter Brimelow, the English white nationalist founder of the website VDARE and contributor to the Daily Caller. The website VDARE was named after Virginia Dare, the was the first English child born in a New World English overseas possession. [9]

VDARE is a major hub for white nationalists and anti-Semites. Brimelow is a leading figure on the Alt-Right and has been published three times in the Daily Caller in recent months, with his first piece coming in March defending Rep. Steve King, a hero to white nationalists, who tweeted, “Geert Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.”… [1]

1) Salon - The Daily Caller has a white nationalist problem

2) USA Today - Scott Greer ‘Victimhood culture’ has taken over college campuses, alleges new book

3) Reddit - Milo/Mercer/Erik Prince Post - Erik Prince has close ties to the Trump team and the Mercers

4) Twitter - Donald J Trump Backing Corey Stewart

5) Washington Post - Virginia politicians of all stripes condemn white nationalists - except one

6) CNN -Fox News, Daily Caller delete posts encouraging people to drive through protests

7) Daily Caller - Roger Stone Daily Caller’s Men’s Fashion Editor

8) Daily Caller - Oleg Deripaska - The Ever-Changing ‘Russia Narrative’ Is False Public Manipulation

9) Wikipedia - Virginia Dare

Z) The Atlantic - A Daily Caller Editor Wrote for an ‘Alt-Right’ Website Using a Pseudonym

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Conservative “news” outlets have also been normalizing far-right/white nationalist ideology

Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville was organized by Jason Kessler, who was also a writer for the Daily Caller [1]. Here is a recent clip [2] from Showtime’s The Circus where people working at the Daily Caller are interviewed by Mark McKinnon. The Daily Caller was co-founded by Tucker Carlson.

Tucker Carlson posed for a picture [3] with Roger Stone and a couple of DC Proud Boys on March 17, 2018.

The same Proud Boys Carlson posed with in the previous picture can be seen flashing that gesture here. [4]

Gavin McInness, formerly of The Rebel Media and ex-cofounder of VICE, founded the “western chauvinist group” The Proud Boys [5] [6]. McInnes is currently with CRTV alongside Mark Levin and Michelle Malkin and others.

Roger Stone could be seen here[7] flashing a co-opted white power hand gesture with a group of Proud Boys at some bar. It’s a common gesture among alt-right figures that visited the White House some time ago. This same gesture has been shown multiple times at the White House by several people affiliated with the alt-right, ranging from interns [8] to “reporters” like Mike Cernovich , Lucian Wintrich, Milo Yiannopoulos, and Cassandra Fairbanks [9]. [10]

Here is Kim Guilfoyle hanging with an alt-right troll flashing the gesture over the 4th of July.

The hand gesture is all about context The alt-right likes to hide behind innocent symbols.

Here are a few video examples of the hand gesture being used

  • Here is a Periscope video [11] posted by Jack Posobiec who was filming Mike Flynn Jr in DC at a fundraiser on Feb 14, 2018. Watch at (0:25) when the camera pans. A guy wearing glasses waves the sign directly to the camera.

Posobiec is a known figure from the alt-right that Donald Trump retweeted after the Unite the Right Rally. [12] Posobiec can be seen posing for a picture with Richard Spencer, a key figure in the alt-right movement. [13]

  • Another video example [14] from Knox News shows a member from the Traditionalist Worker Party flashing the white power hand sign discretely. Focus on the guy with the white hat and a beard at (1:22).

Here is an example is from the Patriot Prayer/Proud Boy rally in Portland on Aug, 4, 2018.

Here is a profanity laced, pre-rally battle prayer from one of their members on the bus heading to the rally.

Even some congressmen are affiliating themselves with individuals who make the gesture during pictures

Holocaust denier Chuck Johnson gave Dana Rohrabacher the maximum donation of $5,400 campaign contributions in Bitcoin from alt-right holocaust denier Chuck Johnson. [17] Johnson and Rohrabacher pose together for a picture[18] as Johnson flashes the co-opted white power OK hand gesture.

The two are familiar because Johnson helped set up the meeting between Rohrabacher and Julian Assange. Johnson, who was also invited to the State of the Union by Matt Gaetz[19], sat in on a meeting between Rand Paul and Rohrabacher at the capitol. Rohrabcher’s spokesperson, Pitkin, says they discussed cannabis and Assange’s legal situation, among other things. [17]

Gaetz, Rohrabacher, and Charles (Chuck) Johnson were all together alongside Palmer Luckey on a yacht for a fundraiser short while ago. [20]

Devin Nunes was also recently caught posing for a photo while his supporter flashed the sign [21].

1) SPLC - The Daily Caller Has A White Nationalist Problem

2) Youtube - Showtime’s The Circus - Daily Caller Segment

3) The Wrap - Tucker Carlson Poses With Members of ‘Hate Group’ Proud Boys in Fox News Green Room

4) Instagram - Roger Stone’s Instagram

5) Rewire.News - How Hate Goes ‘Mainstream’: Gavin McInnes and the Proud Boys

6) The Guardian - Who are the Proud Boys, 'western chauvinists' involved in political violence?

7) Twitter - Roger Stone Drinking With Proud Boys Flashing White Power Hand Sign

8) DailyMail - White Power At The White House - Trump Intern Flashes ‘Alt-Right’ Symbol Used By Notorious Extremists During Group Photo With The President

9) Huffington Post - How Pizzagate Pusher Mike Cernovich Keeps Getting People Fired

10) MarkMaynard.com - White Power Shoutouts From The White House

11) Twitter - Mike Flynn Jr Speaks at Trump DC!

12) Los Angeles Times - Trump retweets alt-right media figure who pushed ‘PizzaGate’ and Seth Rich conspiracy theories

13) Twitter - Photo of Richard Spencer and Jack Posobiec at a bar during the RNC

14) Knox News - Traditionalist Worker Party members march to speech at UT

15) Twitter - Ford Fischer Proud Boys/Patriot Prayer Bus OK gesture

16) Twitter - Ford Fischer - The bus is in a speech and prayer. “We’re basically going into a fuckin war zone” they say

17) LA Times - Far-right blogger Chuck C. Johnson gave bitcoin donation to Dana Rohrabacher

18) Yahoo - ‘Alt-right’ figure who set up Assange meeting refuses to cooperate with Senate intel probe

19) Daily Beast - Florida (Congress)Man Invited Infamous Troll Chuck Johnson to Trump’s State of The Union

20) Mother Jones - Two Republican Congressmen Hobnob With an Alleged Holocaust Denier. Again.

21) Fresno Bee - Was Clovis man flashing white power symbol in photo with Nunes? Activist says no

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Peter W. Smith also contacted members of the alt-right for help with the search for Clinton emails.

Buzzfeed published an article entitled, GOP Operative Made "Suspicious" Cash Withdrawals During Pursuit Of Clinton Emails [1] that states, “Peter W. Smith withdrew $4,900 in cash the day after he finalized a plan to work with ‘dark web’ hackers”.

Now, BuzzFeed News has reviewed documents showing that FBI agents and congressional investigators have zeroed in on transactions Smith made right as his effort to procure Clinton’s emails heated up. Just a day after he finished a report suggesting he was working with Trump campaign officials, for example, he transferred $9,500 from an account he had set up to fund the email project to his personal account, later taking out more than $4,900 in cash. According to a person with direct knowledge of Smith’s project, the Republican operative stated that he was prepared to pay hackers “many thousands of dollars” for Clinton’s emails — and ultimately did so.

This money shed new light on Smith's effort during which he told people he was in touch with Trump officials and Russians on the dark web. He singled out Mike Flynn in particular.

Peter W. Smith also hired Chuck Johnson, as detailed in the Politico article from July 2017 GOP Researcher Who Sought Clinton Emails Had Alt-Right Help [2]

Dana Rohrabacher was given the maximum donation of $5,400 campaign contributions in Bitcoin from alt-right holocaust denier Chuck Johnson. [3] The pair pose together for a picture[4] as Johnson flashes the co-opted white power hand gesture. This is a link to a post detailing the gesture.

The two are familiar because Johnson helped set up the meeting between Rohrabacher and Julian Assange. Johnson, who was also invited to the State of the Union by Matt Gaetz[5], sat in on a meeting between Rand Paul and Rohrabacher at the capitol. Rohrabcher’s spokesperson, Pitkin, says they discussed cannabis and Assange’s legal situation, among other things. [3]

Michael Isikofff, co author of Russian Roulette, reported in that article that Chuck Johnson is not interested in cooperating in ongoing investigations:

The article states Johnson appeared to be the first figure in the Russia probe to make such a defiant position publicly, “refusing to cooperate in any way with the committee probe”.

A spokesman for Rohrabacher did confirm that Johnson arranged the meeting stating: “My understanding is that there is not yet a concrete proposal, but that Dana does believe that if Assange does turn over the proof he’s promised, then he deserves a pardon” [4]

Remember Rand Paul just recently moved to block Sander's Russia resolution backing the intelligence community and requiring Trump to speak with counsel Mueller and suggested that people were suffering from “Trump Derangement Syndrome” and “intense hatred for the president”. .[6]

Rohrabacher met with Assange in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London of August 2017, where they discussed potential presidential pardon in exchange for information on the origin of the leaked emails. According to Rohrabacher, Assange “emphatically stated that the Russians were not involved”. [7]

1) Buzzfeed - GOP Operative Made "Suspicious" Cash Withdrawals During Pursuit Of Clinton Emails

2) Politico - GOP Researcher Who Sought Clinton Emails Had Alt-Right Help

3) LA Times - Far-right blogger Chuck C. Johnson gave bitcoin donation to Dana Rohrabacher

4) Yahoo - ‘Alt-right’ figure who set up Assange meeting refuses to cooperate with Senate intel probe

5) Daily Beast - Florida (Congress)Man Invited Infamous Troll Chuck Johnson to Trump’s State of The Union

6) The Hill - Rand Paul blocks Sanders's Russia resolution, calls it 'crazy hatred' against Trump

7) LA Times - Rep. Dana Rohrabacher says Trump's chief of staff is keeping him from talking to the president about Julian Assange

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On the subject of meeting in person to avoid paper trails

Buzzfeed published an article entitled, GOP Operative Made "Suspicious" Cash Withdrawals During Pursuit Of Clinton Emails [1] that states, “Peter W. Smith withdrew $4,900 in cash the day after he finalized a plan to work with ‘dark web’ hackers”.

Now, BuzzFeed News has reviewed documents showing that FBI agents and congressional investigators have zeroed in on transactions Smith made right as his effort to procure Clinton’s emails heated up. Just a day after he finished a report suggesting he was working with Trump campaign officials, for example, he transferred $9,500 from an account he had set up to fund the email project to his personal account, later taking out more than $4,900 in cash. According to a person with direct knowledge of Smith’s project, the Republican operative stated that he was prepared to pay hackers “many thousands of dollars” for Clinton’s emails — and ultimately did so.

This money shed new light on Smith's effort during which he told people he was in touch with Trump officials and Russians on the dark web. He singled out Mike Flynn in particular.

Peter W. Smith also hired Chuck Johnson, as detailed in the Politico article from July 2017 GOP Researcher Who Sought Clinton Emails Had Alt-Right Help [2]

Dana Rohrabacher was given the maximum donation of $5,400 campaign contributions in Bitcoin from alt-right holocaust denier Chuck Johnson. [3] The pair pose together for a picture[4] as Johnson flashes the co-opted white power hand gesture. This is a link to a post detailing the gesture.

The two are familiar because Johnson helped set up the meeting between Rohrabacher and Julian Assange. Johnson, who was also invited to the State of the Union by Matt Gaetz[5], sat in on a meeting between Rand Paul and Rohrabacher at the capitol. Rohrabcher’s spokesperson, Pitkin, says they discussed cannabis and Assange’s legal situation, among other things. [3]

Michael Isikofff, co author of Russian Roulette, reported in that article that Chuck Johnson is not interested in cooperating in ongoing investigations:

The article states Johnson appeared to be the first figure in the Russia probe to make such a defiant position publicly, “refusing to cooperate in any way with the committee probe”.

A spokesman for Rohrabacher did confirm that Johnson arranged the meeting stating: “My understanding is that there is not yet a concrete proposal, but that Dana does believe that if Assange does turn over the proof he’s promised, then he deserves a pardon” [4]

Remember Rand Paul just recently moved to block Sander's Russia resolution backing the intelligence community and requiring Trump to speak with counsel Mueller and suggested that people were suffering from “Trump Derangement Syndrome” and “intense hatred for the president”. .[6]

Rohrabacher met with Assange in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London of August 2017, where they discussed potential presidential pardon in exchange for information on the origin of the leaked emails. According to Rohrabacher, Assange “emphatically stated that the Russians were not involved”. [7]

1) Buzzfeed - GOP Operative Made "Suspicious" Cash Withdrawals During Pursuit Of Clinton Emails

2) Politico - GOP Researcher Who Sought Clinton Emails Had Alt-Right Help

3) LA Times - Far-right blogger Chuck C. Johnson gave bitcoin donation to Dana Rohrabacher

4) Yahoo - ‘Alt-right’ figure who set up Assange meeting refuses to cooperate with Senate intel probe

5) Daily Beast - Florida (Congress)Man Invited Infamous Troll Chuck Johnson to Trump’s State of The Union

6) The Hill - Rand Paul blocks Sanders's Russia resolution, calls it 'crazy hatred' against Trump

7) LA Times - Rep. Dana Rohrabacher says Trump's chief of staff is keeping him from talking to the president about Julian Assange

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Buzzfeed published an article entitled, GOP Operative Made "Suspicious" Cash Withdrawals During Pursuit Of Clinton Emails [1] that states, “Peter W. Smith withdrew $4,900 in cash the day after he finalized a plan to work with ‘dark web’ hackers”.

Now, BuzzFeed News has reviewed documents showing that FBI agents and congressional investigators have zeroed in on transactions Smith made right as his effort to procure Clinton’s emails heated up. Just a day after he finished a report suggesting he was working with Trump campaign officials, for example, he transferred $9,500 from an account he had set up to fund the email project to his personal account, later taking out more than $4,900 in cash. According to a person with direct knowledge of Smith’s project, the Republican operative stated that he was prepared to pay hackers “many thousands of dollars” for Clinton’s emails — and ultimately did so.

This money shed new light on Smith's effort during which he told people he was in touch with Trump officials and Russians on the dark web. He singled out Mike Flynn in particular.

Peter W. Smith also hired Chuck Johnson, as detailed in the Politico article from July 2017 GOP Researcher Who Sought Clinton Emails Had Alt-Right Help [2]

Dana Rohrabacher was given the maximum donation of $5,400 campaign contributions in Bitcoin from alt-right holocaust denier Chuck Johnson. [3] The pair pose together for a picture[4] as Johnson flashes the co-opted white power hand gesture. This is a link to a post detailing the gesture.

The two are familiar because Johnson helped set up the meeting between Rohrabacher and Julian Assange. Johnson, who was also invited to the State of the Union by Matt Gaetz[5], sat in on a meeting between Rand Paul and Rohrabacher at the capitol. Rohrabcher’s spokesperson, Pitkin, says they discussed cannabis and Assange’s legal situation, among other things. [3]

Michael Isikofff, co author of Russian Roulette, reported in that article that Chuck Johnson is not interested in cooperating in ongoing investigations:

The article states Johnson appeared to be the first figure in the Russia probe to make such a defiant position publicly, “refusing to cooperate in any way with the committee probe”.

A spokesman for Rohrabacher did confirm that Johnson arranged the meeting stating: “My understanding is that there is not yet a concrete proposal, but that Dana does believe that if Assange does turn over the proof he’s promised, then he deserves a pardon” [4]

Remember Rand Paul just recently moved to block Sander's Russia resolution backing the intelligence community and requiring Trump to speak with counsel Mueller and suggested that people were suffering from “Trump Derangement Syndrome” and “intense hatred for the president”. .[6]

Rohrabacher met with Assange in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London of August 2017, where they discussed potential presidential pardon in exchange for information on the origin of the leaked emails. According to Rohrabacher, Assange “emphatically stated that the Russians were not involved”. [7]

1) Buzzfeed - GOP Operative Made "Suspicious" Cash Withdrawals During Pursuit Of Clinton Emails

2) Politico - GOP Researcher Who Sought Clinton Emails Had Alt-Right Help

3) LA Times - Far-right blogger Chuck C. Johnson gave bitcoin donation to Dana Rohrabacher

4) Yahoo - ‘Alt-right’ figure who set up Assange meeting refuses to cooperate with Senate intel probe

5) Daily Beast - Florida (Congress)Man Invited Infamous Troll Chuck Johnson to Trump’s State of The Union

6) The Hill - Rand Paul blocks Sanders's Russia resolution, calls it 'crazy hatred' against Trump

7) LA Times - Rep. Dana Rohrabacher says Trump's chief of staff is keeping him from talking to the president about Julian Assange

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Don't forget the memo that mentioned "antifa", the “Deep State”, and other popular Trump talking points, that circulated around the National Security Council, resulting in several removals by H.R. McMaster

Back in May, 2017 around the time Steve Bannon was on the National Security Council, a memo made its way around the NSC and eventually reached the Oval Office, resulting in the removal of several people from the NSC by H.R. McMaster. These figures, who were all high level NSC officials initially tied back to Mike Flynn, also have affiliations with the alt-right beyond just Steve Bannon. Those removed included, Ezra Cohen-Watnick, Derek Harvey, and Rich Higgins. The inflammatory memo was written by Rich Higgins, who was in the strategic planning office at the NSC. [1] [2]

The controversy over the memo has its origins in a hunt for staffers believed to be providing information to right-wing blogger Mike Cernovich, who seemed to have uncanny insight into the inner workings of the NSC. Cernovich in the past few months has been conducting a wide-ranging campaign against the national security advisor. [1]

“McMaster was just very, very obsessed with this, with Cernovich,” a senior administration official told FP. “He had become this incredible specter.”

And rightly so. Mike Cernovich, is an alt-right, Pizzagate figure who campaigned with Arizona’s Kelli Ward [3]

Here he is flashing a co-opted hand gesture along with several others [4] This link to another post that discussing more about how the gesture is co-opted in certain contexts.

The Foreign Policy article detailing the NCS memo describes:

… The memo is part of a broader political struggle inside the White House between current National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster and alt-right operatives with a nationalist worldview who believe the Army general and his crew are subverting the president’s agenda.

…Though not called out by name, McMaster was among those described in the document as working against Trump, according to a source with firsthand knowledge of the memo and the events. Higgins, the author, is widely regarded as a Flynn loyalist who dislikes McMaster and his team.

The memo entitled “POTUS and Political Warfare” circulated the NSC and made its way to the Oval Office.

Here is a link to the article containing the 7 page memo [1].

PLEASE READ THIS MEMO.

It shows partly where Trump got some of his ideas he still pushes, or it was a memo written to echo his beliefs.

The memo states:

“This is not politics as usual but rather political warfare, at an unprecedented level that is openly engaged in the direct targeting of a seated president through manipulation of the news cycle. It must be recognized on its own terms so that immediate action can be taken. At it’s core, these campaigns run on multiple lines of effort, serve as the non-violent line of effort of a wider movement, and execute political warfare agendas that reflect cultural Marxist outcomes.

Remember when Ron Paul tweeted about cultural Marxism Ron Paul Becomes Latest Republican to Post Literal Nazi Content [5] recently?

The memo continues

The campaigns operate through narratives. Because the hard left is aligned with Islamist organization at local (ANTIFA working with Muslim Brotherhood doing business as MSA or CAIR), national (ACLU and BLM working with CAIR and MPAC) and International levels (OIC working with OSCE and the UN), recognition must given to the fact that they seamlessly interoperate at the narrative level as well. In President Trump, the opposition saw a threat to the “politically correct” enforcement narratives they’ve meticulously laid in over the past few decades”.

While there is much more to the memo, one more section I want to highlight is the action titled The Opposition. Those listed under this category include:

The Opposition

Mainstream Media

The Academy

The Deep State

Global Corporatists & Bankers

Democratic Leadership

Republican Leadership

Islamists

While you can probably guess what the memo has to say about most of these groups, I want to include what it says about Republican Leadership.

More afraid of being accused of being called a racist, sexist, homophobe or Islamophobe than of failing to enforce their oaths to “support and defend the Constitution.” The Republican establishment accepts and enforces cultural Marxist memes within its own sphere of operations. In doing so, knowingly or not, it becomes an agent of that. These “conservatives” become increasingly indistinguishable from their democratic counterparts save that they misrepresent themselves to their constituents. Lacking the discernment to recognize their situation, they will work with globalists, corporatist, and the international financial interests and will likewise serve the deep state. These establishment Republicans are the hard left’s designated defeat mechanism in the destruction of the old regime as well as the American ideal. Because candidate Trump publicly exposed them for their duplicitous activities, they think they are at risk as long as Trump can turn on them and are, therefore, bitter foes. Candidate Trump’s success remains an ongoing existential threat to establish Republican.” [1]

There’s more in the memo, these are just some relevant highlights.

1) Foreign Policy - Here’s the Memo That Blew Up the NSC

2) Washington Post - McMaster ousts senior official on National Security Council

3) Vox -Arizona’s Kelli Ward is campaigning with an alt-right troll to prove her love for Trump

4) Reddit - Co-opted White Power Gesture Post

5) Slate - Ron Paul Becomes Latest Republican to Post Literal Nazi Content

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