The Kremlin conducts operations to populate their information campaigns -- to create an appearance of reality.

Throughout the recent protests, Fox/pro-Trump media has been using old/edited footage to amplify appearance of violence.

What's happening in Portland makes me wonder.

How much of this is about needing the violence somewhere, and picking a place where it is easy to spark, hard to explain?

Portland has had a complex landscape of far-right and far-left active protest factions for some time. Only a handful of experts understand it. /2

By making this jackboot bullsh*t video breaking news, the debate has been pulled back to a manufactured crisis instead of any of the real ones.

I don't want to feel this cynical. But someone needs to FOIA the sh*t out of the comms on this. /3

Meanwhile, as I told you last week—

Trump admin is conducting kinetic operations to generate content in an information war.

Just. Like. The Kremlin. Does.

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