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What I found so striking was the hitleresque appeal to Jewish hatred. Targeting soros and Zuckerberg like they’re leaders of American liberalism. What a laugh. Not 1 in 10,0000 americans, much less any idiots on the right have ever read ONE word of anything soros ever wrote (they should) or have given any thought to how much Zuckerberg helped trump in 2016 with Facebook’s ability to micro-target voters.

History will show how trump didn’t so much as steal the election as target millions of voters who could be propagandized into believing that democrats were evil. Not just political rivals, but EVIL. And once the ENEMY had been identified, you must DESTROY him. Erego, all the capitalized exhortations to destroy the evil libs. As long as trump was in power, the rage was contained. But once the overlords’ power was taken away, the gloves came off and the main right wing villain was suddenly catapaulted into the spotlight. Just like in Charlottesville when the puppet master said there were good people on both sides or when he told the proud boys to stand back and stand by, we knew what he meant.

We’ve seen this play. Shakespeare wrote about it. And it’s happening here. In the fucking United States of America. But we shouldn’t be surprised. The goal was to rip us in two. And in that regard, they’ve already succeeded.

Even if we thwart the seditious takeover of American democracy, we face half a country that doesn’t believe in the promise of American democracy. And that’s not something that will be cured by the J6 committee or any prosecutions of these treasonous bastards

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ISL should be a headline everywhere, it does need to be shouted from every roof top over and over. Those that don't believe it will happen must wake up to the reality that it can easily happen. I was living in an authoritarian 3rd world country where the leader took full control of all levels of government.

"Ortega took "full control of all four branches of government, state institutions, the military, and police", and in the process dismantled "Nicaragua’s institutional democracy"."

Previously he had banned all abortions. He also has imprisoned or killed any opposition. He has dismantled any "free press" that existed. In November 2021 my husband and I flew to Miami to get vaccinated. Our trip was for 3 days. What ensued after was a dystopian nightmare. Long story short, we had left with just a carry on each, when we attempted to return we got refused over and over to board the plane. At first we thought it was due to covid procedures. The end result was they refused us entry because four years earlier I had posted a story about how Ortega had acquired all his properties. I also wrote a Nicaraguan newsletter for expats for about a year and that was 99.9% positive at all times. I was deemed a journalist and thus refused entry.

In Nicaragua it's against the law to fly the National Flag without his FSLN party flag. It reminds me very much of how MAGA's have taken over the USA National Flag.

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Seth in your Live Instagram you said you have not been sleeping - after this latest revelations we will all be joining you in no sleep. Thank you again for what you do, and I wish I thought that all this info would mean we can stop all this happening, BUT I think we are already too far down the rabbit hole.

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Given the importance of Moore v. Harper, and its impact on ISL, there needs to be constant, vocal, maximum pressure on Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from this ruling. His wife, Ginni Thomas, involvement with ISL matters should be sufficient cause.

The pundits all seem to say "boo hoo hoo" a Supreme Court justice isn't compelled to recuse himself, and thus we have no recourse. I say, make a demand for Thomas's recusal be so public, so high pressured that Thomas is damned if he doesn't. I'd make Ginni Thomas's actions be very public so Clarence can't hide behind the "I don't know what my wife does" gambit.

And I'd put maximum pressure on Chief Justice Roberts to advise Thomas to recuse.

Even if the Supreme Court rules in favor of ISL, then let there be a stain on the ruling for ever after.

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Holy freaking cow, Seth! I wouldn't be able to sleep either if I were you, with all this stuff in my head. I hope you're finally getting some rest, because I know you'll be back at it in no time.

This is an extremely important and compelling report. Thank you. (I swear, if you don't get a Medal of Freedom out of all this, it will be a grave oversight! Hey, J6 Committee! 👀 😃 )

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I hope this is part of Tuesday’s hearing! It needs to be!🤞🏻

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Dave LaRock, (R) VA was elected to a bright red district that is also home to the Christian Nationalist Cornerstone Chapel (Leesburg), and Patrick Henry College (Purcellville). LaRock's churchmate, Dave Kubal runs a little known but growing online "church" called Intercessors For America (IFA) that published a piece on Dec 29 2020 citing the ISL plan. Kubal was at the Capitol on Jan 6 but claims he didn't enter. The political work of Kubal and others involved in Seven Mountains (7M) New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) theology help cement the stranglehold legislators have on their districts across the country. IFA promoted the Nov 14 Oath Keepers rally in Purcellville, VA reported in the Just Security timeline (https://www.justsecurity.org/74622/stopthesteal-timeline-of-social-media-and-extremist-activities-leading-to-1-6-insurrection/).

You can find IFA's Dec 29 piece here (https://ifapray.org/blog/networks-to-combat-evil-and-establish-gods-kingdom/).

Please note the author's bio (Nancy Huff) at the end of the piece. Nancy is an "educator" who undoubtedly has ties to former secretary of education Betsy DeVos. This unlawful grass roots church-based political organizing has been and continues to be integral to the insurrection and the political power of legislators and lower level elected officials across the nation.

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I've been saying for a while now that this ISL case coming before the SC is worse than anything that is happening in America atm. I've read and listened to different opinions about it and have had a sick feeling about this since I've learned more. You summed it all up so well and have now brought out the true plot of what I think the GOP, TFG and all his lackies, have been trying to accomplish all along. Interesting news about the zoom call. I sure hope that's being investigated! I am thankful that it didn't occur in 2021 and we have a fight to win to impeach Thomas and prosecute his evil wife before 2023 gets here. I hope DOJ knows about all of this. Surely to goodness they do. It is our only hope to try to stop this or at least I hope it is. If this isn't handled before it goes to SC in 2023, America is doomed. And we need to get all of these law breaking, co-conspirators out of office this November. Then maybe we can get more SC nominees elected and settle this crazy and horrifying bs before it is decided by the SC. I'm sick to death of all these power grabbing, money crazy, idiots wanting to take over America. We the People need to stand up strong and get all of these people in jail, out of office etc. No wonder you aren't sleeping. Thanks Seth for all you do! I've followed you for a long time now and you haven't been wrong yet! I've not been a Republican for 30+ yrs because of the way the party was going back then. They have entered the pits of doom and hell now.

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Thank you for what you do.

Shining light on what has been kept in the dark.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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This quote by Navarro sure sounds like an insurrectionist threat of violence: "We’re gonna see some backbone tomorrow, or this Republic’s gonna perish."

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"Meadows have since been indicted by DOJ"? When did that happen?

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I’ve become educated on the Moore v Harper case in recent weeks and the absolute terrifying consequences it will have on our country. SCOTUS has already turned our country upside down with the gravity of the majority of their opinions this year. I have zero faith they will do what’s in the best interest of our country.

In your conclusion you write “I’m put in mind, here, of how Gloria Lee Snover closed her interview with “BKP”—as it sealed in my mind that one of two things must collapse over the next decade: the United States of America or the Republican Party. The two cannot both survive into the 2030s.“ and this thought along with the recent WAPO article entitled “‘They are preparing for war’: An expert on civil wars discusses where political extremists are taking this country” will ensure I don’t sleep well tonight.

As always, I appreciate the deep intrinsic reporting you do in Proof. You take us to levels and places not spoken about in other media and for that I’m grateful - the better our understanding of everything that took place the better our chance to fight against it.

I’ll close by saying I don’t hate much, but I hate what has been done and is being done to our country all for the sake of power.

Thank you.

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Great article! One of the best bits:

“This suggests that the primary reason Team Trump would have needed to speak to “Stop the Steal leaders” and party activists like Snover on January 2 was not to recruit them to a letter-writing campaign—as non-legislators, they could not possibly hope to influence Mike Pence—but rather to ensure that they understood that the Capitol needed to be physically overrun on January 6 in order for the joint session to be delayed.”

The ISL doctrine is the scariest. Rick Hasen has formed a bipartisan group of legal experts to address this ahead of the SCOTUS case coming up. We need to nip this in the bud—pronto!

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Could J6C, or DOJ via a GJ, get the IP addresses of everyone who joined that Jan 2 Zoom call?

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Seth Abramson, once a poet, always a poet!

"In short, Giuliani, Eastman, and their several Team Trump compatriots had, at their client Trump’s direction, constructed a *Build-a-Bear Workshop* of sedition: disparate pieces haphazardly patched into something for which an emotionally immature audience could be manipulated into feeling affection."

Yes! THIS times eleventy-six trillion!

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What a diabolically sinister plan. Yet, frustratingly, ingenious. They knew they had duped the minions for years already. Surely, they could convince them the election was stolen. And surely they had the capability to get violent, because they are who they are.

I’m also wondering how Pence may have gone about alerting Congress if he wanted to? Other than a press conference spilling the beans, how could he have sounded the alarm and to whom? Everything and everyone was compromised.

We really came close this time. How do we warn our average American that isn’t really paying attention? I know the hardcore morons think it’s no big deal…some even welcome ISL, not really understanding what it means.

Seth, you will get a Pulitzer Prize one day. And hopefully a Medal of Freedom. You are an unsung hero. And kudos to PeeTape! Great work!

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