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The episode discusses the reality of Antifa as a militant group and recent federal actions against its members.

Rough Producer Notes LIGHT BLUE They told us Antifa was just a myth, an idea, a figment of conservative imagination cooked up to scare folks, but this week in Minneapolis the Department of Justice proved every last one of them wrong and the arrests have already begun. YELLOW For years the legacy media, the Democrat Party, and every left-wing voice with a platform swore Antifa didn’t really exist while black-clad militants blocked roads, stalked officers, and launched military-style attacks on American law enforcement right in our cities, yet President Trump and his team have now cracked down hard with federal charges against fifteen members and associates of Direct Action Minnesota, that umbrella outfit of militant groups including the Black Hat Workers Collective whose own Facebook page proudly showed the burning of a Minneapolis police precinct. These weren’t peaceful protesters waving signs; they were organized operators who held planning meetings, practiced military-style operational security, set up hard and soft blockade teams with overturned vehicles, ice blocks, reinforced shields, and even followed federal agents home across state lines in classic stalking tactics. Think…

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Host: Paul Grant Truesdell

Topics covered

• Antifa
• domestic terrorism
• law enforcement
• political violence
• militant groups

Keywords

• Antifa
• Department of Justice
• militant groups
• law enforcement
• political violence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Department of Justice, Direct Action Minnesota, Black Hat Workers Collective

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