Posted on 05/06/2024 6:17:43 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The tech publication Wired reported Thursday that the Three Percenter, or III%er, militia is again proliferating on Facebook ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
The Three Percenters are a national network of militias, the name being a reference to the fact that only about 3% of colonists took up arms against King George in the American Revolution. The Three Percenters were involved in both the Whitmer kidnap plot and the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill uprising.
However, what Wired didn’t mention in its report is that the Three Percenters were heavily infiltrated by the FBI. In fact, the FBI used the Three Percenters as a front group in the Whitmer plot—going so far as to have its informants run fake III%er Facebook groups.
I mean if you’re dumb enough to participate in any of these fed post operations, you only have yourself to blame at this point. https://t.co/YT9hVSjYba — Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) May 2, 2024
The FBI’s creation of Three Percenter Facebook pages was revealed during the first Whitmer trial in 2022.
Defense attorney Christopher Gibbons, who represented militia “ringleader” Adam Fox, said during the trial that FBI informant Steve Robeson created the Facebook page of the Michigan Three Percenters.
According to Gibbons, Robeson announced on the Three Percenters’ Facebook page that Fox had become the leader of the Michigan branch in June 2020. It was around that time that Fox became active with the Wolverine Watchmen, the group associated with the alleged plot to kidnap Whitmer.
Fox was made administrator of the Michigan Three Percenters’ Facebook page created by the FBI informants, Gibbons said.
“He got that Facebook page courtesy of the federal government,” the attorney said.
After being made administrator of the Facebook page, Gibbons said, Fox received a message from another FBI informant named “Mark.” Fox then attended a militia training event in Munith, Michigan, on June 28, 2020, Gibbons said.
The alleged plot escalated from there, until Fox was arrested along with Barry Croft, Daniel Harris, Brandon Caserta, Ty Garbin, and Kaleb Franks in October 2020.
After the arrests, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg bragged about alerting the FBI to the Whitmer plot—apparently unaware that his company was alerting the FBI to its own informants.
October 28, 2020. Zuckerberg testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee.
Facebook worked closely with the FBI to stop an FBI kidnapping plot. Bravo. pic.twitter.com/5ZGctAYtch— MAZE (@mazemoore) April 10, 2022
More recently, The Intercept reported that FBI informant Jenny Plunk was also involved in creating the fake Michigan Three Percenters.
“FBI informant, Jenny Plunk, created a private Facebook group called ‘Michigan Patriot III%ers.’ (The FBI classifies Three Percenters as a domestic terrorism threat.),” The Intercept reported in March.
“The Facebook group’s first members were Plunk and Robeson, both on the FBI’s payroll, and Fox and his girlfriend, Amanda Keller.”
But none of that is mentioned in Wired’s article, which instead fearmongered over an apparent resurgence in extremism.
“After lying low for several years in the aftermath of the US Capitol riot on January 6, militia extremists have been quietly reorganizing, ramping up recruitment and rhetoric on Facebook—with apparently little concern that Meta will enforce its ban against them,” Wired reported.
Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.
I think they were marching in WV not long ago. Fake as hell.
Most resistance cells in France and elsewhere during the war only had 3-4 members who knew one another. They could rub elbows with other members of the resistance and not even know it.
Sure— they just “couldn’t” be could they? Only other observation is they are way chunky and overweight. Not well in a foot race or say mtn runs like Currahee— out of breath and out of juice. Un-lean body mass. So that might be a giveaway of authenticity. Patches are stupid, and prove nothing.
1%ers is already taken- and definitely dangerous, in and out of prison, and the corporatized Hell’s Angels.
I am sure the FIB goons are monitoring the HAMAS terrorists and antifa terrorists who are “occupying colleges, fire bombing cops, and calling for the death of politicians and administrators.
Do you have a link?
“You don't need to be a card-carrying member of a militia group to go down the anti-government rabbit hole. For the most part, the anti-government extremist ideology has become intertwined with the mainstream on the right,” says Lewis. “The same umbrella movement that attacked the Capitol on January 6 has happily absorbed any conspiracies that further their goals, and has increasingly gained followers from across the right-wing ecosystem.”
So The J6 event had no false flag participants? The WIRED article apparently assumes that "right wing ideology" is the only problem. Meanwhile, left wing and "Palestinian" mobs are attacking college campuses.
Thanks. I got kicked out of FB several years ago but I can see the video.
BTTT
I posted this on FB...and they immediately deleted it!
I NEVER entered, joined, posted, or had ANYTHING TO DO WITH ...FACEBOOK.
I feel like a virgin.
You are fortunate. Somebody at the chess club recommended FB so I joined. I had a personal website, kind of. Invested some time on it. Then one day I couldn’t log on. FB demanded an image of my drivers license. I was gullible enough to join, but I will be damned if I let them sell my drivers license. Somebody probably reported me for criticizing Hillary.
When Mike died, I sent his widow a $20 bill. He was a spunky old guy.
His partner David is writing for gun magazines. Somewhere up in the Midwest, if I remember correctly.
I did, too. Mike was taken from us all too soon.
David’s blog is a daily read: https://waronguns.blogspot.com/
At last report, he lived in Hudson, Ohio.
Thanks.
I have good memories about the days they were active.
If y’all are speaking about David Codrea, that man is awesome when he’s a guest on gun podcasts. Love the guy.
Thanks for educating those that don't know the history of his work.
Codrea and Vanderboegh were the guys who broke the infamous ATF “Fast and Furious” scandal, also known as “Gunwalker”, that got USBP agent Brian Terry killed, along with uncounted Mexican nationals.
Hence, I have no idea why the FBI should be so concerned. I just can't imagine functioning in such a delusional organizational culture. I would think they would be more obsessed with cashing in on extortion.
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