If you're wondering who Laura Loomer is, I'll let this clip—from later in the Periscope video—speak for itself. (As you can imagine, the replies are even worse.)pic.twitter.com/iRch5k8vGt
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Jacob Wohl and Laura Loomer say they have been going around Minneapolis in armored cars, with security, because they feel Rep. Ilhan Omar might send someone after them.pic.twitter.com/VnmFAybpGF
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Jacob Wohl and Laura Loomer say in Minneapolis Periscope video “the Islamist forces here have taken over” parts of law enforcement, and that “Sharia Police” enforce Sharia Law. (Fact check: nope.)pic.twitter.com/xboODxrZSP
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Donations to Jacob Wohl's “investigation” of Rep. Ilhan Omar go to “Cystra Ventures Ltd. Co.” I pulled the docs—LLC created 3 weeks ago, organizer: Daniel Bostic. LinkedIn says he's a director at Culttture, which has been described as “a new TMZ-of-sorts for the pro-Trump crowd.”pic.twitter.com/hVivpjA4ma
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Star Tribune security refused entry to Ali Alexander, Laura Loomer, and Jacob Wohl today, according to their livestream.
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In Wohl/Loomer/Alexander livestream, they say it was $8,000 to buy plane tickets to Minneapolis, and now ‘a lesbian’ outed that they're staying at a Dinkytown apartment, and were told to leave. They say they're staying, despite being afraid antifa or jihadists will behead them.
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Someone at the Star Tribune told me the Wohl/Loomer group had no ‘security detail’ or ‘film crew’ that they could see, but there was a guy with a handheld camera. They allegedly wanted to give “evidence” on Rep. Omar to a reporter.https://twitter.com/webster/status/1099067417249136640 …
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This is now the third Periscope clip where Jacob Wohl, Laura Loomer, and Ali Alexander reference having a large team—you just can't see them in frame.pic.twitter.com/Z6WQhOdfVy
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My opinion: I actually don't think so! I think they're perfectly competent grifters and manipulators, exploiting fear—general, xenophobic, racist—to prey on the brainwashed to further their agenda, notoriety, and wealth. This grift has an expiration date.https://twitter.com/thetylerhayes/status/1099196888484642816 …
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This morning Jacob Wohl—still in Minneapolis—posted on Periscope, asking for more money, saying he has a security team (“veterans” and “military professionals”), drivers, protected cars. In the replies, people say: show the security, show the cars, and he refuses.pic.twitter.com/QFiyU8VusS
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In another Periscope video, Ali Alexander (with Laura Loomer and Jacob Wohl) says they need “money, money, money, money, money, and then prayer”.pic.twitter.com/KA8XeSrKXV
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There are no Sharia Police in Minneapolis. There are no “no-go” zones in Minneapolis. This is a racist, xenophobic lie. https://twitter.com/JacobAWohl/status/1099366256317267968 …
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In yet another Periscope video tonight, Ali Alexander (Jacob Wohl in background) claims they needed to price out 3-4 different security firms for tomorrow because the threats driving around Minneapolis were just too great. They want even more money.pic.twitter.com/CXBXgFrJsU
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Jacob Wohl is in a live Periscope video wearing body armor, with Laura Loomer. Which prompts me to make the following: A FLOWCHART: Is this person trying to kill me? Are they a sitting member of U.S. Congress? ↓ Yes ↓ No bro, they don't even know who you are.
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Looking forward seeing Jacob Wohl and Laura Loomer respond to this ‘jihadi threat’: Minnesota winter.pic.twitter.com/bFvaJPBbhK
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Someone saw the Jacob Wohl group filming at Capella Tower. Look for the security team and film crew:https://twitter.com/Fuerniss/status/1099085107074342912 …
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Tonight Laura Loomer said she found new evidence of
@IlhanMN voter fraud. False. “Vote No Twice” asked voters in 2012 to (1) vote no on voter ID ballot question, and (2) vote no on anti-same sex marriage ballot question.https://twitter.com/notoriousdgp/status/1099537851899756544?s=21 …
Someone might want to explain to Laura Loomer that “Vote No Twice” was the 2012 slogan of the campaign to get Minnesotans to vote no on TWO different constitutional amendments. I’d tell her, but her Twitter got shut down
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Laura Loomer offered this picture as evidence, but you can actually see people wearing “Vote No, Don't Limit the Freedom to Marry” shirts and holding “Vote No on Voter Restriction” signs. So, with two questions on the ballot, saying “vote no twice” doesn't mean cast two ballots.pic.twitter.com/hUeGQlq3Bo
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This is a good thread on Cedar Riverside, the Minneapolis neighborhood Jacob Wohl is trashing and claiming fear of. The scariest thing that’s ever happened to me there: when my takeout order of vegan rancheros fell off my bike and into in a puddle.https://twitter.com/robingarwood/status/1099565225936855040?s=21 …
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Jacob Wohl said he was sending ongoing “live updates” of his “investigation” to his donors, “entirely different” from his public tweets. I sent $1 using an alias. I’ve received absolutely nothing from him. (I’ll make some offset donations to cleanse myself.)pic.twitter.com/Jjm9dIKSO8
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Definitely would have preferred a different method than sending $1 to Jacob Wohl, but difficult to otherwise fact-check their claims. Here’s two organizations in town, who work on issues that affect communities he’s targeting: https://www.ilcm.org/get-involved/donate/ … https://www.jewishcommunityaction.org/donate pic.twitter.com/MLluGibauu
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Some security camera footage of Laura Loomer’s visit to the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minn. (which was bombed by white supremacists in 2017) is posted here: https://www.facebook.com/100005298577898/posts/1054126421440634?sfns=vmo …pic.twitter.com/4Z7v3qbbFq
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This group says they want transparency, while concealing financial info; they don't support/oppose candidates, while claiming their purpose is to get one out of office; and that they're journalists, while detestably claiming a sitting congresswoman wants a “dirty bomb to go off”.
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They're apparently at the airport, flying to DC tonight, leaving a wake of distress we haven't fully realized yet. Ali Alexander posted this afternoon that their video on Rep. Omar and Minneapolis “will be released within a month.” Jacob Wohl just said there will be a “Part 2”.
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Going forward, I'll refrain from discussing them in real-time, until they engage MN again. I hope zooming out and collecting thoughts will provide space for analysis not of them, but the tools/tactics which enable them, centered on the lives of our immigrant and Muslim community.
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I'm violating my rule of not discussing these folks for one good reason: Jacob Wohl has been suspended from Twitter today; one of his associates says it is permanent.
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The right-wing ‘documentary’ on Ilhan Omar from Jacob Wohl, Laura Loomer, and Ali Alexander was just released. I won't link. It contains 13 minutes of Minneapolis footage, mostly them talking to themselves. In fact, there's only about 48 seconds of them interviewing people here.
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Needless to say, the Wohl–Loomer–Ali “documentary” released tonight contains no footage of “Sharia Police” they falsely claimed exist in Minneapolis, nor of anyone so much as being mean to them.
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Here's everything said about Ilhan Omar by interviewees in right wing video that aimed to end her career: —I don't know much about her —I met her twice —She's held events —She's had lots of coverage —She's OK —She goes too fast, has to slow down —Marriage allegation just a rumor
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