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JCMach1

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7. Not me saying it- serious shit

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #5)

Wed Aug 27, 2025, 02:31 PM

Aug 2025

And yes, it could be more trial ballooning by this crew, but we can't ignore it.

Alec Karakatsanis, the executive director of the Civil Rights Corps, described it in a post on X as "an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers," adding that it was "one of the scariest things I've seen in US politics in my adult life."

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Nope. Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #5

Not me saying it- serious shit JCMach1 Aug 2025 #7

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