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@socalextremismwatch.com
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Extremism watchdogs with a focus on SoCal: Christian nationalism/NAR/MAGA. Moms for fascism groups. Council for National Policy/school board politics/Dark money. Visit socalextremismwatch.com Go ahead-hit that chat button.

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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Will Newsom sign the bill? Lawmakers are joining immigrant rights groups in urging Governor Newsom to sign a bill that, if implemented, would ban California police, sheriffs and other law enforcement from taking on second jobs that involve “arresting, detaining, transporting, or deporting” people.
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No moonlighting for ICE
CA bill could bar police from working for the feds
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LEFT COAST RIGHT WATCH @lcrw.news · 06/09/2026
Hello Habibis we are at the TURNING POINT US GAY drag show in fucking Salt Lake City tonight. The show’s a benefit for the ACLU. Full disclosure: we purchased tickets in order to report on it because we couldn’t get a response from their media person
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S.C.E.W. @socalextremismwatch.com · 06/09/2026
🤠 🤤
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S.C.E.W. @socalextremismwatch.com · 06/09/2026
Ehhmmmm…“ERICA TWERK” is still available.
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S.C.E.W. @socalextremismwatch.com · 06/09/2026
Those raving reviews! I gatta see this show!
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S.C.E.W. @socalextremismwatch.com · 01/09/2026
I hear community members who used to be on the decent side of history are now supporting him because he hasn’t ruffled any feathers on council- we’ll see how that goes.
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Conejo Valley Antifascists @cvantifascists.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
7/8 Mikey Taylor is an elder at Rob McCoy’s Godspeak Calvary Chapel and remained a supportive member when Rob ignored covid precautions, espoused hatred towards LGBTQI+ and Immigrants, and protected and excused members who sexually abused children.
Picture of Mikey Taylor in suit with american flag behind him.
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S.C.E.W. @socalextremismwatch.com · 01/09/2026
Not likely :/
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Conejo Valley Antifascists @cvantifascists.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
5/8 MAGA is the party of extremism, hate, and pedophilia. Our own Conejo Valley example is Godspeak Calvary Chapel, with a documented history of Transphobia, racism, and protecting people who have engaged in child rape.
Convicted child rapist Thom Cimino with Pastor Rob McCoy on Bryce Eddy’s podcastThom Cimino’s Megan’s Law page detailing his sexual assaults of childrenArchived CVA post showing the wife of convicted sex offender Timothy Bernstein working as a Godspeak Calvary Chapel nursery directorTimothy Bernstein’s background page documenting “lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 15 years of age
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S.C.E.W. @socalextremismwatch.com · 01/09/2026
Ewwww
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Conejo Valley Antifascists @cvantifascists.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
2/8 David Johnson is a pastor of Live Oak Christian Fellowship on Maricopa Hwy in Ojai, CA. From his church’s facebook account he preached that the support of Trans people is hatred of God. No surprise he endorsed the hateful rhetoric of Charlie Kirk.
Live Oak Christian Fellowship facebook post “It was never about trans support… It was always about hatred of god…Live Oak Christian Fellowship facebook post sharing an article about Donald Trump’s postumous awarding of the presidential medal of freedom to Charlie Kirk
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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 27/08/2026
The billionaire family behind XX-XY athletics, the anti trans group that runs an apparel company has been found out: www.foiaball.com/p/xx-xy-athl...
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The oil money lurking behind the WNBA outrage
XX-XY Athletics has an interesting paper trail.
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Glendale Extremist News @glendaleextremists.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
SoCal this weekend hosted 2 major right wing events— Lincoln Network’s Investor summit- held @the Dana Point Waldorf Astoria, + Council for National Policy’s annual mtg. 2 billionaire funded right wing networks dedicated to destroying democracy, featuring the most mediocre minds of our time.
Elizabeth Barcohana poses with Moms for Liberty Executive board member James Lindsay. Her x caption reads: Not surprisingly, there are not one but two important meetings in Orange County this weekend and we are covering our bases - the GOAT @ConceptualJames is at one and I am at the otherZoomed in shot showing James Lindsay with council for national policy name badge. Elizabeth Barcohana with a young male loneliness epidemic avatar Nick Shirley. Elizabeth Barcohana showing her name badge indicating attendance at the Lincoln Club Network’s 2026 Investor summit
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Glendale Extremist News @glendaleextremists.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Nick Shirley is a malevolent tool being used by the administration and its supporters to manufacture material justification for militarized attacks on Democrat run states. Right wing consultant Jenny La Roux hyped Shirley’s arrival in CA saying her co had given him material to “investigate.”
An Instagram post from JennyRaeCa showing a middle aged blonde woman standing with a weak chinned Nick Shirley. Jenny’s caption reads: Nick Shirley landed in CA this week. Gosh - wonder what he's going to do here? Does he - maybe - think there's fraud to uncover in California?
CALDOGE sent Nick a list of priority high-risk spots to check out
- but we need your help. Where should Nick look?
Submit a tip: https://caldoge.rhetor.ai/urban-alchemy-report
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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
NEW: How a Palestinian engineer “escaped one war” only to end up in Gaza writing poetry in English
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Reporting from Gaza with Palestinian Poet Ahmed Sarsour - UNICORN RIOT
Surviving wars in Sudan and Gaza, Palestinian-Sudanese poet Ahmed Sarsour shares the inspiration behind his poetry.
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Conejo Valley Antifascists @cvantifascists.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Happy Fuck ICE Friday! From our comrades in Echo Park Los Angeles.
Large yellow smiling face Graffiti on wall along sidewalk near Alvarado St sign. Face’s smile says “fuck ice” inside
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S.C.E.W. @socalextremismwatch.com · 26/07/2026
A little dig into Trump administration’s top Civil Rights’ lawyer at the DOJ, Harmeet Dhillon, turns into a full on excavation revealing predatory law-fare in Southern California and connections to 2026 Ca State Sup. Candidate Sonja Shaw. Read it here- open.substack.com/pub/thisweek...
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Friends In High Places: Sonja Shaw and the DOJ
Meet Sonja's pals: Harmeet Dhillon and Bill Essayli
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S.C.E.W. @socalextremismwatch.com · 23/07/2026
Watch for legislation coming to your state: proof of citizenship to vote, limits on early voting, AI/data center giveaways, fossil fuel protections & school privatization. Stay alert. www.exposedbycmd.org/2026/07/23/a...
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ALEC Caters to MAGA, Big Oil, and Tech Industry at Its 2026 Annual Meeting - EXPOSEDbyCMD
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) faithful descend on the Sunshine State this week for the right-wing bill mill’s annual meeting at the four-star JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes. In a...
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Conejo Valley Antifascists @cvantifascists.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“The ICE officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine is an Army veteran who has a history of terrifying and violent behavior, according to close relatives.” www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-sh...
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ICE Officer In Maine Shooting Has History Of Violent Behavior, Family And Records Say
The ICE officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine is an Army veteran who has a history of terrifying and violent behavior, according to close relatives.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“I mean, this is random Trump bull****,” Bruce Schneier, a security technologist at Harvard University, told Democracy Docket. “He wants to destroy democracy, and this is the next step.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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‘Everyone has this data’: Security experts debunk Trump’s ‘absurd’ China voter file claims
One cybersecurity expert said Trump's claims were “complete bull****.”
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Conejo Valley Antifascists @cvantifascists.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Whatever he says tonight is meaningless. How about if no one watches or responds at all. No takes. No analysis. No content. Let’s just keep defending communities and taking care of each other.
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Larry Mitchell @drlarrymitchell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The two ICE agents who murdered a civilian in Biddeford, Maine today. Let's make them famous.
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Mediaite: Trump was ruthlessly trolled with a 10-foot-tall Iran war “Participation Trophy” that mysteriously appeared Monday morning on the National Mall. Taking credit for the new landmark was the guerrilla artist group, Secret Handshake. This is some A+ trolling! 😅 #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
It was never about “protecting girls sports.” Attacking trans athletes was Step 1. The far-right’s long game is to roll back Title IX & erase sports opportunities for ALL women & girls @esqueer.net @erininthemorning.com @katelynburns.com @assignedmedia.org www.heritage.org/gender/repor...
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Title IX’s Failed Experiment: Why Accommodating Sex Differences Beats Engineered Parity
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 14/07/2026
ALL EYES ON ICE
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
It was never about female sports
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James Goodwin @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
My god. The Heritage Foundation, which mercilessly attacked transgender kids in order to protect the "integrity of women's sports," is now attacking the legal basis for women's sports. The transgender student decision is barely 2 weeks old.
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Conejo Valley Antifascists @cvantifascists.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
4/6 Beth Bernstein is also the mother of Brian Bernstein who was exposed by CVA in 2023 after he tore down and stole a "Nazis Not Welcome" banner in Newbury Park in August 2022 on a White Lives Matter "day of activism." It’s a little hard for us to see Beth as an authority on mothering.
Screenshot from 2023 CVA twitter post: Conejo Valley Antifascists
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So to summarize: Brian Bernstein, is the son of Beth and Timothy Bernstein and is the same individual who tore down and stole a "Nazis Not Welcome" banner in Newbury Park in August 2022 on a White Lives Matter "day of activism."
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Conejo Valley Antifascists @cvantifascists.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
3/6 If you followed CVA when we were on twitter, you’ll remember Beth Bernstein is married to Timothy Bayne Bernstein, a former Westlake Village Calvary Church youth pastor who was sentenced in 2001 to one year in jail and five years' probation for lewd conduct with children younger than 14.
Timothy Bayne Bernstein California Offender Registry screenshot showing charges of Lewd Or Lascivious Acts With A Child Under 14 Years Of AgeLA TIMES article archive: L.A. Times Archives
Oct. 13, 2001 12 AM PT
FROM A TIMES STAFF WRITER
A former youth pastor in Westlake Village was sentenced Friday to one year in jail and five years' probation for lewd conduct with children younger than 14.
Timothy Bayne Bernstein, 40, of Thousand Oaks, who was convicted June 8 in Santa Monica Superior Court, also received a suspended 10-year prison sentence, which he will have to serve if he violates his probation, a court clerk said.
Bernstein resigned his position June 6 as director of elementary programs at Calvary Community Church, said Denise Davis, a church spokeswoman.
Bernstein had been charged with 10 counts of committing lewd conduct with boys between 1987 and 1991.
He surrendered to sheriff's deputies in Calabasas on March 30 after a warrant was issued for his arrest, Det. Ronald Williams said.
Bernstein has been identified by three victims, but there may be others, Williams said.
One victim recently told his therapist that he had engaged in lewd conduct with Bernstein more than a decade ago,
Williams said. The therapist, who is required by law to report incidents of child abuse, contacted authorities, opening the investigation that led to Bernstein's arrest, Williams said.
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Conejo Valley Antifascists @cvantifascists.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
🧵1/6 🚨 This morning it was announced that Beth Bernstein will be facilitating a “Biblical Motherhood” event at Pastor Rob McCoy’s Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Newbury Park. Rob McCoy is a co-founder (with now deceased Charlie Kirk) of TPUSA faith.
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Kate Burns @katerqburns.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
New from me @thestranger.com — and for the Queer print issue (bb’s first print 🥹): NAR rising stars Ross Johnston and Jay Koopman have joined Pursuit PNW. Special thanks to @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social @katherinestewart.bsky.social for their time www.thestranger.com/news/gods-ar...
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God’s Army Is Hiring - The Stranger
This story originally appeared in The Stranger’s 2026 Queer Issue. On April 19, 2026, Russell Johnson, the founder and lead pastor of the right-wing megachurch Pursuit NW, took to Instagram, as he oft...
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LEFT COAST RIGHT WATCH @lcrw.news · 09/06/2026
NEW from LCRW: @jwcroxton.bsky.social & I went to Redwood City yesterday where WoLF and a bunch of other TERF/anti-trans hate groups stank up the library frothing at the mouth about how allowing people to be trans will cause "the destruction of the human race." Also one got salad thrown at her face
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“MOM 4 LIBERTY” GETS SALAD TOSSED (AT HER FACE) AT REDWOOD CITY ANTI-TRANS EVENT | Left Coast Right Watch
Pride Month in the San Francisco Bay Area is off to a rough start. Anti-trans groups, including Women’s Liberation Front, or “WoLF,” held a panel discussion about “The Transgender Assault on Women and...
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 08/06/2026
GEO Group, a private prison company, signed a contract to give ICE use of Delaney Hall and “support services” like security, maintenance, food services, etc. in exchange for over $60 mil/yr But it is the detainees—not GEO Group—who actually do that work, for free ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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The Delaney Hall Strike Is Exposing a Massive Thirteenth Amendment Crisis
The Delaney Hall Strike participants haven’t been convicted of anything—and are still being forced to work for nothing.
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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
NEW: Trump’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy — broken down by 4 extremism experts Insights from: - @crimethinc.com - @shaneburley.bsky.social - @attorneynora.bsky.social - Eric King
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Trump’s New National Strategy Labels ‘Left-Wing’ as Terrorists, Akin to ISIL and Al Qaeda - UNICORN RIOT
The White House’s newly released national counterterrorism strategy identifies the “left-wing,” “anti-fascists,” “anarchists” and “radically pro-transgender ideologies” as terrorist threats equivalent...
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SometimesPDX @sometimespdx.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
This weird-ass guy, Ezra Cooley, says his home church is Athey Creek Church in West Linn. He rides his horse around to children charity events and hands out Bibles and Christian inspirational literature. This week he was hanging out with TommyBoi and Serena Devoogd (Proud Boy Tarrio's girlfriend).
Middle-age white man on a horse with a sign. Sign reads: "Bibles for the broken hearted. No release of Dustin Wallace" Then Romans 13:4 saying authorities are God's cops to bring God's punishment on those who do wrong.2 white women, Christine Drazan (GOP governor candidate) and Serena Devoogd (Enrique Tarrio's girlfriend)3 white people on a sidewalk
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KimberCanada @kimberleybsb.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Friends and #Resisters I strongly urge you to check out the #UnfuckAmericaTour page, to discover the good trouble they’re getting into, in order to fight Turning Point USA. Incredible stuff! share.google/EoVC6u9x0vxt...
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Unf*uck America Tour
The Official Tour Countering Turning Point USA.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/05/2026
Many of the babies’ autopsy reports were clear: Vitamin K deficiency was the immediate cause of death, or contributed to it. The reports also included details about parents refusing the vitamin K shot, a long-standard injection, for their newborns.
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What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot
Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.
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S.C.E.W. @socalextremismwatch.com · 21/05/2026
globalextremism.org/post/violent...
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Violent Neo-Nazi Ideology at the Heart of San Diego Attack
The deadly attack at the Islamic Center of San Diego appears deeply rooted in violent neo-Nazi accelerationist ideology, “Great Replacement” conspiracy theories, and extremist propaganda tied to previ...
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Lesbian desert frog 🔞 @arctium-minus.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
This islamiphobic racist creep took unconsentual pictures of me and my partner while we were out getting groceries Would anyone in the socal area be able to help me try to find out who this guy is ? Fuck i will not stand for this shit move in pairs and watch your back We keep us safe #socal
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Kelly Stuart @skyspider.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
This is the end of the thread about Jonathan Keller, CEO of the California family council. It’s the most ominous clip to me, he talks about how “God will not be mocked “ in context with trans people. Keller was at Yorba Linda High to protest one trans child at a track meet.
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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I’m outside of the Placentia Yorba Linda High School where the anti-LGBTQ Protect Girls Sports hate crew is holding a press conference. The goal of this year’s push is to ban trans people from accessing public bathrooms.
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Glendale Extremist News @glendaleextremists.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Evelina Sarian, a Glendale city council candidate running on “a safer, stronger and family friendly Glendale” should probably work on herself first.
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Is Evelina Sarian trying to buy a seat on Glendale City Council like she allegedly bought her way out of an alleged DUI?
Candidate for Glendale City Council and private equity hospital profiteer sugar baby, Evelina Sarian, appears to have been charged with driving under the influence in March of 2023. An anonymous reade...
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Craig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
you're telling me our bench is so weak *this* is the best we can do? a guy who kept an SS symbol tattooed on his one human body for decades?
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S.C.E.W. @socalextremismwatch.com · 06/05/2026
Thank you for enlightening us!
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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
TPUSA is expanding again open.substack.com/pub/matthewb...
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TPUSA Expands Again and Irks Candace
Kirk Alerts and JD-Erika Won't Try It Again
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S.C.E.W. @socalextremismwatch.com · 06/05/2026
TPUSA’s professor watch list has disappeared from its website. Its presence has caused numerous assaults and threats to college professors across the nation. TPUSA ifs feeling the pressure. @matthewboedy.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DX-dlL8...
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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 04/05/2026
That’s me on the phone with ACLU attorney Weston Rowland. After Weston came down to help- he also got arrested. The LAPD arresting an ACLU attorney- who also does work for the LA Press Club- is truly an unfathomable escalation.
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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S.C.E.W. @socalextremismwatch.com · 28/04/2026
Correction, it was held not far from Godspeak, at the Rec center.
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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
That we have learned the shooter was part of a SoCal conservative Reformed church should dispel what KL said about “crazy” and “led to believe…” It’s clear from the manifesto that Allen wasn’t “liberal” but responding to conservative theology he knew he was offending
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