Thread by @JoyAnnReid, Y’all do realize “antifa” is just short for “anti-fascists...” right? As in [...]

Y’all do realize “antifa” is just short for “anti-fascists...” right? As in the people who confronted the nazis in Charlottesville... why would they try to burn and destroy black communities? https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/who-are-antifa

And why didn’t Bill Barr mention the “boogaloo boys” and other far right movements who per multiple reports are actively organizing online to try and start their fantasized “race war?” https://www.adl.org/blog/boogaloo-supporters-animated-by-lockdown-protests-recent-incidents

Boogaloo Supporters Animated By Lockdown Protests, Recent Incidents

Boogalooers are part of an embryonic, decentralized movement that organizes largely online but whose presence has increasingly been felt in the real world.

https://www.adl.org/blog/boogaloo-supporters-animated-by-lockdown-protests-recent-incidents

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/far-right-hawaiian-print-shirts-why-protesters-boogaloo-racist-a9539776.html

Why far-right protesters are wearing Hawaiian print

Emerging from a hack joke trope and in far-right memes in racist and homophobic corners of the Internet, armed extremists wearing Hawaiian or "Aloha" print shirts at protests across the US are

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/far-right-hawaiian-print-shirts-why-protesters-boogaloo-racist-a9539776.html

Is the DOJ even investigating this stuff? Or is Barr just doing the usual: appeasing Trump and his fans’ conspiracy theories??

And is the president really planning on unleashing the military, shooting, and “vicious dogs” on legitimate protests? Is he dreaming up another Kent State? Why would an American president want that? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/us/politics/trump-threatens-protesters-dogs-weapons.html

Trump Threatens White House Protesters With ‘Vicious Dogs’ and ‘Ominous Weapons’

The president also said that his base “loves the black people” before traveling to Florida to watch a rocket launch.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/us/politics/trump-threatens-protesters-dogs-weapons.html

And again ... what is “MAGA NIGHT???” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-george-floyd-maga-night-protests-white-hous-a9540606.html

Trump says 'MAGA loves the black people' after being accused of stok…

Donald Trump said he has "no idea" whether a counterprotest with his supporters will face demonstrators after he suggested "MAGA NIGHT AT THE WHITE HOUSE" wold follow protests in Washington DC in the

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-george-floyd-maga-night-protests-white-hous-a9540606.html

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