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c/usa · by amnesiac7@kbin.social · 2y

'God's Army' border truck convoy falls flat amid right-wing 'honeypot' paranoia: report

https://www.rawstory.com/gods-army-border/

The “God's Army” trucker convoy that's headed to the southern border in a "Take Our Border Back" campaign has been decimated by conspiracy theories that it's an FBI front, Vice News reported Monday.The line of trucks that departed Virginia Beach Monday had just a few dozen participants — much less t...

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Fedizen@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 2y (4 replies)

I miss the days when this kind of rise and fall event was just memes about naruto-running into area 51

OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Did anything ever happen with that? Did anyone actually show up?

FriedCheese@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

A few showed up and chanted "clap them cheeks" and then went home.

https://youtu.be/B2RcM2fLcaA?si=kI7Sf6TW7SlQoUyN

Fedizen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

no lol if I recall facebook shut it down

FriedCheese@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

A few did show up.

CeeBee@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 2y (1 reply)

“I have 3 former associates doing lengthy prison sentences because of the [Jan. 6] setup,”

Having one would be one thing, but having three really frames the kind people this person hangs around.

acceptable_pumpkin@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y

Just imagine the prison sentences if his buddies had sold some weed!

SinningStromgald@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y

Hoisted by their own petard.

PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y

Called it.

Also:

Christina Holbrook, aka 'Thought Criminals,'

Well, that title sounds half right.

Yewb@kbin.social · 8 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Looks like the leopards are finally eating.

massive_bereavement@kbin.social · 10 pts · 2y

At this point, leopards might need to be tested for diabetes.

theodewere@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

damned dirty terrorists.. i remember when truckers were decent people..

mrsemi@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
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Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

One of the organizers of the convoy, former military commander Pete Chambers, even gave credence to the conspiracy theory in a video message to supporters, telling FBI agents that if they "start going after these people, trying to trap them, you’re going to be found out."

So he's labeled a terrorist, right?

Right?

Fedizen@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

wow its like prosecuting january 6th made things real for people.

pingveno@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y

And here I was, wondering why the Lord's Resistance Army was making a comeback in the United States.

Cuttlefish1111@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Meth psychosis kicking into gear….