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Antifa Networks Panic After Trump Administration Sanctions Their Secret Tech Collective
The Federalist ^ | 8/28/26 | Kyle Shideler

Posted on 08/28/2026 9:56:36 PM PDT by CFW

In perhaps the most consequential move to date by the Trump administration to address the challenge of what it calls the “political terrorism” of the far-left, the U.S. State and U.S. Treasury Departments announced this week the designation of the Autistici/Inventati Collective, an Italy-based anonymous tech collective, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.

As the State Department described in its official announcement, A/I Collective provides sophisticated tech tools for a variety of far-left extremist actors, including website hosting, a blogging suite known as “No.Blogs,” mail services, and similar tech services. Utilizing these anonymous tools, anarchist and autonomous groups issue communiques for designated terrorist groups, issue calls to commit criminal acts, and take credit for attacks against critical infrastructure and law enforcement both in the United States and abroad.

The State Department stressed in its release that the collective helps distribute not just opinions, but “target information, tactical manuals and techniques” for conducting criminal and terrorist acts.

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It notes that the sanctions schema targets not the digital infrastructure but “The world around it” preventing the collective from banking, accepting donations, purchasing domains, or acquiring bandwidth. It goes on to warn U.S.-based supporters against attempting to circumvent sanctions without qualified legal advice, providing a list of “dos and don’ts” including “Do Not: Improvise donations, reroute funds, disguise payments, access private data, promise direct services, guess at sanctions law.”

Indeed, U.S. persons are prohibited from either receiving or providing any services to or from A/I Collective at all. That means hundreds of violent far-left actors in the United States may be scrambling to find new digital homes, or else face potential criminal investigation and liability.

There seems to be some surprise within the Antifa/Anarchist networks that the Trump administration has been successful in landing a genuine blow.

(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: antifa; funding; organization; trump
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

YES


21 posted on 08/29/2026 4:24:41 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Members should be identified with a bounty on their heads.


22 posted on 08/29/2026 4:26:46 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: sauropod

Bkmk


23 posted on 08/29/2026 4:33:26 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: CFW

I never even heard of this software before


24 posted on 08/29/2026 5:36:34 AM PDT by patriotpaul1776
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To: CFW

But but but antifa isnt an organization is just an ideology lol


25 posted on 08/29/2026 6:10:35 AM PDT by MrRelevant
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To: CFW
The Trump administration is going after ANTIFA funding and infrastructure.

Great news! Follow the money, hopefully right back to Soros and people of his ilk.

26 posted on 08/29/2026 6:23:23 AM PDT by thegagline (If you hate Christianity, Vote Talarico. Sic semper tyrannis! Zeldin for President )
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To: CFW

Nothing is going to happen to them. No one will be going to prison, no one will be hung, it’s typical politics, kick the can down the road and try to give the impression you’re cracking down to impress the base. Enjoy what you can while you can cause it ain’t going to last.


27 posted on 08/29/2026 6:39:34 AM PDT by The Louiswu (USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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To: Jonty30

“Can America confiscate Soros’ wealth for RICO actions in funding Antifa.”

Can they? Yes.
Will they? No, they lack the nerve.


28 posted on 08/29/2026 7:19:55 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

29 posted on 08/29/2026 8:46:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: A_perfect_lady

✔️


30 posted on 08/29/2026 8:47:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Beowulf9
Let's add squirm while they rot in prison where they belong.

They are all guilty bass-turds 😁🤙

31 posted on 08/29/2026 9:12:19 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: albie

It’s called “truth serum” in higher doses.


32 posted on 08/29/2026 6:10:34 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Then, hang them.

is pay-per-view still a thing?
33 posted on 08/29/2026 6:14:07 PM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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To: CFW

Want to see them really panic? 600 yards out with a DDR 308 should do the trick.


34 posted on 08/29/2026 6:53:24 PM PDT by Skid289 (In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. )
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