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moniss

(8,768 posts)
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:13 PM 8 hrs ago

Just went tuning past the local

Sinclair station nightly newscast and caught the big report that the FBI is investigating the "source of the funding" for the Minneapolis protests. It should come as no surprise that the FBI "source" now says that George Soros is providing the money for the protests.

So that's the direction of the FBI "investigation" about Minneapolis. Concoct the standard boogeyman as being responsible for the protests. Not the fact that the residents are enraged by the cold blooded murder of Renee Good. So the GQP/MAGA nutcase spin for the week on cable news and hate radio is all set to go.

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moniss

(8,768 posts)
5. Of course but that fact will be obscured in the
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:23 PM
8 hrs ago

desired propaganda that is being laid out by the fascists.

RussBLib

(10,427 posts)
10. That's because a lot of right-wingers are paid
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 12:33 AM
7 hrs ago

….to show up and cheer for the orange buffoon, so they feel compelled to insist that lefty protestors must be paid. It’s a predictable dynamic.

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

Deuxcents

(25,555 posts)
3. They need someone to blame so they go to the old, tired boogeyman line that no one believes.
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:21 PM
8 hrs ago

If anyone was funding the protesters, they’d be have better whistles. It just can’t be that we, the people, are fed up and don’t want to live under TSF’s thumb and we’re not backing down

Ocelot II

(129,171 posts)
4. So where's my check? I spent several hours yesterday freezing my ass,
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:22 PM
8 hrs ago

not to mention my toes, standing around in a snow-covered park and slip-sliding on icy sidewalks, waving a sign that said ICE, GET THE FUCK OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS which I made myself with materials I paid for, and I haven't seen a single dime. Not even gas money, dammit. Hey George, where's my protest fee??? He owes all 10,000 of us, not just me!

But seriously, Piggy. We hate your guts so much that we'll protest for absolutely free in the rain, snow, sleet, dark of night, and amid locusts, gnats, mosquitoes, bears and wolves. Fuck you very much, and for free too.

Jack Valentino

(4,396 posts)
6. I wish to enquire from the FBI how I can make contact to acquire some of that Soros money---
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:24 PM
8 hrs ago

since the Republicans are cutting off the SNAP money for this older retired white man
after next month, I could surely use it!!!!


(and will 20 hours a week as a protester meet the new work requirements??)

moniss

(8,768 posts)
8. That would fry their fascist brains if people fulfilled
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:27 PM
8 hrs ago

the work requirement in paid community organizing etc.

Jack Valentino

(4,396 posts)
9. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure that political volunteering is disallowed---
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:41 PM
8 hrs ago

(although the services of some good lawyers might be useful
in interpreting the legal standing of such!)

Botany

(76,426 posts)
11. Gotta sell the lies that the real problem was the fraudulent scamming of money by Samolias in Minneapolis ..
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 01:28 AM
6 hrs ago

… and that George Soros is funding the protests. CBS Evening News was trying to sell that the cold blooded murder of Ms. Good by ICE agents was really a both sides issue. I watched 10 seconds before I turned it off.

Ilsa

(63,856 posts)
12. OMG. Who are they going to blame after George Soros
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 01:30 AM
6 hrs ago

is gone? I'm sure they'll invent another boogeyman. Maybe accuse a wealthy Hollywood "elite" actor or other.

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