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Andy Campbell

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Author of WE ARE PROUD BOYS: How A Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered In A New Era Of American Extremism. Get the book: https://a.co/d/gx3BzmQ Senior Editor @HuffPost

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Andy Campbell @andybcampbell.bsky.social · Nov 15

I wrote a book about the rise of the Proud Boys in Trump’s last term.

But it’s more than that — it’s a primer on how extremism surges under authoritarian rule, explores the roles of media, police and anti-fascism, and platforms those fighting back.

Get it for 2025: www.amazon.com/dp/030682746...

We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism: Campbell, Andy B.: 9780306827464: Amazon.com: Books

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Andy Campbell @andybcampbell.bsky.social · 3d

I think recruiting is a good guess — it’s worked before! The Proud Boys followed the GOP grievance-of-the-day with memes and events and real-world violence, Trump and co embraced and boosted them, and their recruiting (and cashflow) skyrocketed.

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Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social · 4d

Judging by the responses to this DHS post, its goal seems to be to mock the physical appearance of a (presumably) American protester.

I wonder if we can think of another political movement in history that was obsessed with the physical appearance of its citizens

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Andy Campbell @andybcampbell.bsky.social · 6d

Slow news day for the right-wing grievance machine

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Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social · Aug 14

I will say that there is no better moment for all the journalists on the extremely niche crossover beat: "antifascism x sandwiches":

@andybcampbell.bsky.social and @swordsjew.bsky.social its your time to shine

Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social · Aug 14

Attorney General Pam Bondi says that the "Subway Slinger" who chucked a sandwich at a federal agent in DC the other night is actually a DOJ employee. She describes him as an "example of the deep state."

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Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social · Aug 12

When I reached out to DHS for comment, they remarked "what a silly little story." The White House, in their response, said they wouldn't apologize for "posting banger memes"

David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · Aug 12

The level of cruelty on display by the Trump administration's use of memes to make fun of ICE arrests and mass deportation is horrible to watch.

Great reporting from @tessowen.bsky.social

www.wired.com/story/trump-...

The Trump Administration Is Using Memes to Turn Mass Deportation Into One Big Joke

Memes shared by the White House, DHS, and ICE have used catchy TikTok tunes to normalize mass deportation and Christian nationalist narratives. Experts say that’s the point.

www.wired.com

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Jenna @jennaonthenet.bsky.social · Aug 2

David Byrne came to my band’s show at a gay bar in Bed-Stuy and sang This Must Be The Place with us and I still haven’t processed it

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justfara @justfara.bsky.social · Jun 22

Live Updates: U.S. Enters War With Iran, Bombing Key Nuclear Sites www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

Live Updates: U.S. Enters War With Iran, Bombing Key Nuclear Sites

www.nytimes.com

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Andy Campbell @andybcampbell.bsky.social · Jun 16

It's beautiful! And nice of them to provide so much seating!

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Andy Campbell @andybcampbell.bsky.social · Jun 16

Or just put a rope in front of it!

Andy Campbell @andybcampbell.bsky.social · Jun 16

I mean, museums very often have displays that you're meant to interact with or take pictures on/around. And if you're not meant to sit on the thing meant for sitting, they usually rope it off at the very least!

Andy Campbell @andybcampbell.bsky.social · Jun 16

This is going to happen again and I fully support the next person who sits in the shiny chair, too

Andy Campbell @andybcampbell.bsky.social · Jun 16

This one is so clearly on the museum. Don't display your priceless chair in a prime seating location unless you want me to take a load off, simple as that.

I stand with the man who sat down. www.cbsnews.com/news/tourist...

Tourists break crystal-covered chair at Italian museum: "Every museum's nightmare has come true"

Security footage from the museum shows a man and a woman taking pictures while pretending to sit on Nicola Bolla's "Van Gogh" chair before breaking it.

www.cbsnews.com

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Andy Campbell @andybcampbell.bsky.social · Jun 16

Gut-wrenching investigation here in which @mattshuham.bsky.social and @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social tell the human stories behind Trump's aggressive deportation campaign — hundreds of detentions without charge, trial or sentencing

www.huffpost.com/entry/cecot-...

Trump Sent Them To Hell. Now He's Erasing Them Altogether.

Dozens of U.S. CECOT detainees’ immigration cases have been dismissed – denying Trump’s victims their day in court.

www.huffpost.com

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Andy Campbell @andybcampbell.bsky.social · Jun 16

He was denied bail, which isn't super surprising www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

CEO shooting suspect Luigi Mangione denied bail as he fights extradition to New York

Authorities arrested Luigi Mangione in Pennsylvania after a five-day manhunt sparked by the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan.

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Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social · Jun 14

In some sermons that we reviewed, Vance Boelter can be heard railing against the LGBTQ community and abortion

www.wired.com/story/shooti... story with @timmarchman.bsky.social and @leahfeiger.bsky.social

Suspect in Minnesota Shooting Linked to Security Company, Evangelical Ministry

The alleged shooter is a 57-year-old white male; according to his ministry's website, he “sought out militant Islamists in order to share the gospel and tell them that violence wasn't the answer.”

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Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social · Jun 10

Trump and his allies turned to a familiar script over the weekend, casting the sprawling city of Los Angeles in shades of fire and brimstone, a hub of dangerous lawlessness that required urgent military intervention in order to be contained.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘The language of authoritarianism’: how Trump and allies cast LA as a lawless city needing military intervention

As a pretext to sending in the national guard, the White House marked the Ice protests as a broader threat to the US

www.theguardian.com

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Jun 9

WSJ Edit Page tonight:

“It’s fanciful to think that raiding restaurants to snatch busboys, or Home Depot to grab stock clerks, won’t inspire a backlash. All the more so when ICE acts in heavy-handed fashion”

www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

Opinion | The Deportation Wars Begin

Trump has a mandate, but protests in California show the trouble that might lie ahead.

www.wsj.com

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Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · Jun 9

Guess he was watching tonight

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · Jun 9

Newsom saying a military force, for which he is the commander in chief, was deployed without his consent. (NG units require a declaration of national emergency or actual threat of rebellion to be federalized.)

Newsom says legal action is coming tomorrow.

dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · Jun 9

Soboroff: "How did you find out that the president of the United States was going to usurp your authority and deploy your national guard here in California?"

Newsom: "I got a call from a staffer."

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jun 9

LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Jun 9

The city of Glendale, in Los Angeles County, announced today that they're quitting an agreement with ICE thad allowed ICE to house its detainees at the Glendale police department.

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Glendale to Stop Housing ICE Detainees - MyNewsLA.com

Glendale city officials Sunday stated they were terminating an agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security to house federal immigration detainees at the Glendale ...

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Andy Campbell @andybcampbell.bsky.social · Jun 9

Mostly police, actually!

Andy Campbell @andybcampbell.bsky.social · Jun 8

Here’s the narrative Trump is spinning to justify the federal “liberation” of LA. It’s pretty clear which side is plotting to carry out the violence here, and we know because this is the same way it was carried out during Trump’s last term

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Andy Campbell @andybcampbell.bsky.social · Jun 8

And yes, the 2020 protests were overwhelmingly peaceful: 93% had zero calls for violence or property destruction (link below).

Trump’s propaganda machine characterized them as violent anyway, so people shrugged when his feds began *disappearing protesters in vans* acleddata.com/2020/09/03/d...

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Andy Campbell @andybcampbell.bsky.social · Jun 8

For the folks finger-wagging at protesters about “violence,” a history lesson: The 2020 BLM protests were peaceful, the right cast them as war zones, and Trump sent feds in to attack and disappear protesters.

Calls for leftist “peace” confirm a false narrative and justify Trump’s violent response.

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