received a staggering $1.6 billion in contributions to advance its donors’ agendas through dozens of “pop-up” groups and “astroturf ” initiatives.
received a staggering $1.6 billion in contributions to advance its donors’ agendas through dozens of “pop-up” groups and “astroturf ” initiatives.
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Arabella Advisors has been accused of providing funding for paid protesters for the 2017 Charlottesville false flag riot, the 2018 [[Brett Kavanaugh hearings]] protests,<ref>https://archive.fo/wip/Z70NZ</ref> and the [[2021 Capitol protests|2021 Capitol false flag riot]].
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Arabella Advisors has been accused of providing funding for paid protesters for the 2017 Charlottesville false flag riot, the 2018 [[Brett Kavanaugh hearings]] protests, and the [[2021 Capitol protests|2021 Capitol false flag riot]].
==Pop up groups==
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Because these groups can pop up at the speed it takes to publish a website, they tend to be run as short-term, high-intensity media campaigns targeting the news cycle. This was
Because these groups can pop up at the speed it takes to publish a website, they tend to be run as short-term, high-intensity media campaigns targeting the news cycle. This was
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perhaps most obvious during the effort to derail the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice [[Brett Kavanaugh]] in October 2018, when a crowd of activists—led by a newly “popped-up” group called Demand Justice—waved glossy pre-printed signs that read “Stop Kavanaugh.” At a glance, Demand Justice was an activist group like any other. But closer inspection of its website showed that the group was really a front for the Sixteen Thirty Fund. Filings posted by the [[Federal Election Commission]] later confirmed this.
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perhaps most obvious during the effort to derail the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice [[Brett Kavanaugh]] in October 2018, when a crowd of activists—led by a newly “popped-up” group called Demand Justice—waved glossy pre-printed signs that read “Stop Kavanaugh.” At a glance, Demand Justice was an activist group like any other. But closer inspection of its website showed that the group was really a front for the Sixteen Thirty Fund. Filings posted by the [[Federal Election Commission]] later confirmed this.<ref>https://archive.fo/wip/Z70NZ</ref>