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I watched Hostetter’s I stagram post where he says the Feds indicted him for the “incident”. Made my blood boil. I grew up in So Cal and was always quite proud of my state. When I went to college in Orange County, it was a real eye opener how different the politics and the community demographics were. Never forgot. At the time, there was a John Birch Society growth movement on campus compiled with more born again groups merging religion and politics. From my perspective, you can see the roots of right wing extremism in these groups prior to what we see now. And seemed to be the first inkling that the movement would grow and evolve into other things. Had a roommate who joined and became cult-like in one of these groups and went so far as to change her name to a version that resembled Christ. She wasn’t alone. The type of religion she fell into however was quite anti-Semitic, racist and the preaching ruined the friendship. I might add we were both Jewish. Fast forward and she’s a Trump supporter. I quit Facebook a while back and one of the reasons was seeing people I once liked or had friendships with, fall under that cult like spell of alternative facts rooted in hate. It’s ruined family relationships too....and post pandemic life feels a lot emptier as we all pick up the pieces while avoiding people who participate in the “big lie” or who still can’t grasp the gravity of the pandemic or it’s effect on the globe. Hostetter is expecially disturbing to me because as a former law enforcement professional, he should have known better, been. Better, been smarter and not engaged. Worse, he’s not alone or unique as we see more and more military and law enforcement members, retired or otherwise, participating. It brings tremendous pain to my psyche to have the realization that in spite of a Biden win, we sit precariously on the precipice. It is incumbent on all of us to seek facts and credible information and not participate in any kind of disinformation or Q-like propaganda. Some days it feels like a daunting task. I have nothing but utter contempt for anyone who tries to interfere with our democracy or sets out to destroy the republic. Everything is upside down. His video was utterly disgusting and I can’t imagine why he’s not being held until his trial. Thanks Filey. You keep us well informed even when it must be exhausting. Have a great weekend.....I’m lucky to live in a small seaside town and some days, that’s my saving grace from all of this. It can really weigh down on your soul.

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👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻This👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻All of this👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻A thousand times —yes you’ve nailed it on the head.

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That's it! We're currently living in the "Upside Down"!! Stranger things has come to the Real!!

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What a nutter. Thanks for the intro. I read all about him and can see why he thinks he's winning and also why he's not incarcerated- he's kind of a Swahili-yoga-dude who thinks he can talk people into anything. Maybe he can? I can never understand how these people believe all of this crap. "The truth will be revealed." is his mantra. Mine is, "You're going to prison." ;) I appreciate you.

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Just letting you know imma gonna steal “You’re going to prison” because that is brilliant

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Thanks for the info. I want all of these criminals prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law

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Motion Seconded ...

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Finally. We here in OC have been waiting for this one. He still shows up at every board of Supervisors meeting with the anti vaxxers, anti covid nut cases continuing to add chaos locally. And he's part of a number of RW nutters grifting which Dana shows up to support. This cabal includes Leigh Dundas, Jeff Barke, Peggy Hall. Oh and let's not forget Dana's buddy along with his protégé, the Steels, who have been quietly supporting these people for political gain.

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Former police chief inciting insurrection w deadly weapons. NOT A GOOD LOOK. Insurrection Has Consequences. Thanks for the step-by-step archiving & presenting this tsunmai of Jan 6 indictment info to us, Filey. INVALUABLE. And I'm with you... STOP DISSING THE DOJ/FBI, who are working their A$$ES OFF on all this! (Tho I am impatient to see admin/congressional instigators reap the whirlwind, I have to admit.)

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Hiya - I published a follow up article -it took longer than I had wanted because it required me to read >600+ pages of the DOJ & FBI “domestic” S-I-M-s guidelines and yes of course I embedded the links. And edited 4 additional videos because the MSM isn’t educating readers on the current legal framework under the current IG act

It’s a pretty heavy article that was difficult to write sans my personal opinions

https://file411.substack.com/p/history-will-prove-bill-barr-was

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Now we’re getting to the meat & potatoes... amazing reporting, Filey. Thank you!! I think Judge Berman Jackson is trying to send that message!

https://twitter.com/toppan_jane/status/1402985913165094931?s=21

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You idiots! My organization "The American Phoenix Project" has nothing to do with this {American Phoenix Project} get your facts straight. Our organization was only created to help businesses that were effected by the Covid pandemic and try to be a helping hand for them. So many companies went out of business. We are not a charity and don't even take donations and we don't even have social media accounts for our organization. We are not associated with this other group in any way. However, thanks for your false slander. Maybe you should actually reach out and do your research and contact us first to get actual facts first.

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I removed that one sentence in the article because clearly the “I believe” was meant as it was possible the data/research might have been incorrect. Given the close proximity of the organizations and near identical names I am sure it’s frustrating to be incorrectly linked to the heinous events of Jan6th. And for that I genuinely apologize.

- On a much lighter note the American Phoenix Project appears to be dissolving https://americanphoenix.org/ —hopefully others accidentally mix up the two similarly named non-profits, won’t be an issue that your organization has to deal with. As for reaching out I did. I left a voicemail & sent an email because I wasn’t 100% certain that’s why I didn’t publish your organization’s contact information.

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