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Ron Filipkowski, a criminal defense attorney in Sarasota, Florida, wasn't surprised by the violence at the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021 insurrection.
By then, he had tracked enough social media posts from right-wing extremists in his spare time to see trouble ahead. He shared warnings on Twitter from The Proud Boys and one of the Oath Keepers, who talked of "blood lust" on that day. The activity had picked up, he noticed, after former President Donald Trump urged supporters on Twitter to be there.
"This is their Super Bowl," he tweeted about The Proud Boys on December 30, 2020.
Filipkowski, a former longtime Republican, began tracking extremists on social media before the 2020 election to help persuade moderates to vote for Joe Biden over Donald Trump.
Now, the former Marine and state and federal prosecutor is still keeping a close eye on the far right, working with two researchers he keeps anonymous to monitor live-streamed events, podcasts, radio broadcasts, social media, and dark chat rooms. Every day he watches streamed video of the War Room podcast with Trump's former chief strategist in the White House, Steve Bannon, who Filipkowski describes as a "chaos agent."
All of that work has left him with one main concern moving forward: The safety of school board members. The cause for alarm goes beyond the rowdy protests at meetings across the country over mask mandates, COVID policies, and race and gender education.
"I'm watching them post their home addresses online, their phone numbers," he told Insider of the school board members' personal information.
Trump has "created a Frankenstein monster, and it's the MAGA people," he said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...ould-endanger-school-board-members/ar-AAShS3G
By then, he had tracked enough social media posts from right-wing extremists in his spare time to see trouble ahead. He shared warnings on Twitter from The Proud Boys and one of the Oath Keepers, who talked of "blood lust" on that day. The activity had picked up, he noticed, after former President Donald Trump urged supporters on Twitter to be there.
"This is their Super Bowl," he tweeted about The Proud Boys on December 30, 2020.
Filipkowski, a former longtime Republican, began tracking extremists on social media before the 2020 election to help persuade moderates to vote for Joe Biden over Donald Trump.
Now, the former Marine and state and federal prosecutor is still keeping a close eye on the far right, working with two researchers he keeps anonymous to monitor live-streamed events, podcasts, radio broadcasts, social media, and dark chat rooms. Every day he watches streamed video of the War Room podcast with Trump's former chief strategist in the White House, Steve Bannon, who Filipkowski describes as a "chaos agent."
All of that work has left him with one main concern moving forward: The safety of school board members. The cause for alarm goes beyond the rowdy protests at meetings across the country over mask mandates, COVID policies, and race and gender education.
"I'm watching them post their home addresses online, their phone numbers," he told Insider of the school board members' personal information.
Trump has "created a Frankenstein monster, and it's the MAGA people," he said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...ould-endanger-school-board-members/ar-AAShS3G
