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Thread: I copied this from a former coworker off of their FB page.
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I read something this morning that needs to be shared, given the amount of attention these anti-lockdown / reopen protests are getting. These seemed to basically pop up overnight and gained steam...2/
Thread: I copied this from a former coworker off of their FB page.
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I read something this morning that needs to be shared, given the amount of attention these anti-lockdown / reopen protests are getting. These seemed to basically pop up overnight and gained steam...2/
...2/ quickly. Wonder why?
There is a TON of astroturfing (coordinated faking of a movement to make it look grassroots, when it's actually not) going on behind the scenes with these protests in various states. If you look at the Facebook groups for ...3/
There is a TON of astroturfing (coordinated faking of a movement to make it look grassroots, when it's actually not) going on behind the scenes with these protests in various states. If you look at the Facebook groups for ...3/
...3/ "Pennsylvanians Against Excessive Quarantine" (over 55k members) and "Minnesotans Against Excessive Quarantine" (over 18k members), these two group descriptions have the EXACT same "About" section description, just the name of the governor changed for each state...4/
...4/ Weird, but maybe just a coincidence?
Look at the sites each group links to, the Pennsylvania Firearms Association ( http://reopenpa.com ) and Minnesota Gun Rights ( http://reopenmn.com ). Their site layouts are IDENTICAL, again with only the state-specific content...5/
Look at the sites each group links to, the Pennsylvania Firearms Association ( http://reopenpa.com ) and Minnesota Gun Rights ( http://reopenmn.com ). Their site layouts are IDENTICAL, again with only the state-specific content...5/
...5/ changed. Go a little further and do a whois lookup on each of those sites, to see who the sites were registered under and when they were registered. Oh look, they were registered under the same registrar on the same day, less than 2 mins. apart.
Seems to be a pattern...6/
Seems to be a pattern...6/
...6/ here. So I tried looking at the whois for the domains for the reopen movement for different states, starting from the beginning of the alphabet. I'll show just the first few, that makes it clear enough...7/
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http://Reopenal.com : Creation Date: 2020-04-17 13:53:23
http://Reopenar.com : Creation Date: 2020-04-17 13:53:23
http://Reopenak.com : Creation Date: 2020-04-17 13:53:30
http://Reopenaz.com : Creation Date: 2020-04-17 13:53:23
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http://Reopenal.com : Creation Date: 2020-04-17 13:53:23
http://Reopenar.com : Creation Date: 2020-04-17 13:53:23
http://Reopenak.com : Creation Date: 2020-04-17 13:53:30
http://Reopenaz.com : Creation Date: 2020-04-17 13:53:23
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http://Reopenco.com : Creation Date: 2020-04-17 13:53:29
http://Reopende.com : Creation Date: 2020-04-17 13:53:29
So all of these groups get created, with identical websites and identical domains and identical registrars, within a few seconds of each other on...9/
http://Reopenco.com : Creation Date: 2020-04-17 13:53:29
http://Reopende.com : Creation Date: 2020-04-17 13:53:29
So all of these groups get created, with identical websites and identical domains and identical registrars, within a few seconds of each other on...9/
...9/ April 17th. You know what else happens on the night of the 17th? Trump starts tweeting "LIBERATE MINNESOTA", "LIBERATE VIRGINIA", "LIBERATE MICHIGAN".
Anybody who thinks these movements were started by actual citizens needs to wise up real quick. ...10/
Anybody who thinks these movements were started by actual citizens needs to wise up real quick. ...10/
...10/ This is a planned nationwide campaign by well funded and well coordinated groups that want to divide the country even further during one of the most difficult times we've ever faced. ...FIN.
Folks, I've attempted several times to prompt @threadreaderapp to unroll this thread. Apparently, they've been shadow-banned by Twitter and I hope I'll be able to produce an unrolled thread soon.
