Thread by @LCRWnews, NEW: In California, anti-quarantine protestors are organizing on a lesser-known social platform [...]

NEW: In California, anti-quarantine protestors are organizing on a lesser-known social platform called MeWe to get around censorship on Facebook. Sources leaked a small cache of messages from the private group to LCRW. https://bit.ly/3cOcVil

Screenshots from the private group "Reopen California" show they're helping/helped plan 11 rallies around California

In the group chat, anti-quarantine protestors say they want to overwhelm media and governments' ability to respond by rallying "at numerous locations."

One of the group members was a store called "Patriot Shit Outfitters." They tried to sell sharpened steel spikes disguised as Sharpies to the other anti-quarantine protestors.

I didn't get to this in the story, but some talked about the law firm that represented James Damore and Andy Ngo and are now filing a lawsuit against the stay-at-home orders. https://twitter.com/winstonscho/status/1253817957626507264?s=20