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Portrayal of Ashli Babbitt as Martyr
According the the ADL, Babbitt’s likeness has been used to create images, posts and other content celebrating right-wing extremist ideologies, including a flag commemorating the Capitol insurgency. White supremacists see Babbitt as a symbol of white resistance. The white supremacist National Partisan Movement Telegram channel posted a memorial image with the text “Rest in White Power.” Some antisemitic groups now consider Babbitt a “representative of 200 million White Americans” who “struggle against Jewry.” They invoke the “memory” of Nazi Germany and ask others to “swear an oath to Ashli Babbit [sic] and all the martyrs of the past that you won't give up until we've at least surpassed the Germans in terms of struggle and sacrifice.”

On January 4th, the ADL reported that accusations were circulating on social media that antifa planned to infiltrate the ranks of attendees, as well as allegations that antifa was preparing to intercept “Patriot” convoys heading to D.C. and to attack attendees at Metro stations. Following January 6th, the ADL commissioned a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults showing that 40% of respondents believed antifa was significantly or somewhat responsible for the violence at the Capitol.

Misogyny
There is a robust symbiosis between misogyny and white supremacy; the two ideologies are powerfully intertwined. While not all misogynists are racists, and not every white supremacist is a misogynist, a deep-seated loathing of women acts as a connective tissue between many white supremacists, especially those in the alt right, and their lesser-known brothers in hate like incels (involuntary celibates), MRAs (Men’s Rights Activists) and PUAs (Pick Up Artists).

ADL reports that "a deep-seated loathing of women acts as a connective tissue between many white supremacists, especially those in the alt right, and their lesser-known brothers in hate like incels, MRAs, and PUA s."

Goyim Defense League

 * Overview
 * (ADL Backgrounder) GDL parodies the Anti-Defamation League’s name and logo by replacing “Anti-Defamation” with “Goyim Defense”—“Goyim” being a disparaging Yiddish and Hebrew word for non-Jews. Though GDL's leader, Jon Minadeo’s podcasts are filled with racist slurs, white supremacist tropes and cries of “white power,” he insists he is not a white supremacist, and instead stresses the importance of all races uniting against the Jews. GDL espouses vitriolic antisemitism via the internet, through propaganda distributions in street actions and merchandise. (ADL Backgrounder)
 * Membership and Leadership
 * ADL Backgrounder: The Goyim Defense League is a loose network of individuals connected by their virulent antisemitism. The group includes six primary organizers/public figures and thousands of online followers. It is led by Jon Minadeo II of Petaluma, California. Since November 2020, Cape Canaveral-based neo-Nazi Jason J. Brown has been leading GDL activities in Florida. Brown, who is originally from New Jersey, is also associated with the New Jersey European Heritage Association (NJEHA), a small white supremacist group. GDL’s most zealous and visible actors are in California, Colorado, Florida and New York. (ADL Backgrounder)
 * Ideology
 * Activities
 * (ADL Backgrounder) GDL espouses vitriolic antisemitism via the internet, through propaganda distributions in street actions and merchandise. GDL distributes antisemitic propaganda including fliers, stickers and banners. Over the course of 2020, GDL hung antisemitic banners from highway overpasses in California, Colorado, Florida and Canada. GDL engages in antisemitic stunts and schemes to troll or otherwise harass Jews and other minorities.
 * Online
 * GoyimTV
 * (ADL Backgrounder) GDL operates GoyimTV, a video platform that streams antisemitic content. At the end of 2020 and into early 2021, Minadeo frequently hosted white supremacists on his podcasts, giving them a platform to share their views. For example, in early December 2020, Minadeo posted a lengthy interview with Travis Golie, a longtime white supremacist and Christian Identity adherent currently living in Illinois. In late December, Minadeo interviewed Paul Miller, a Florida-based neo-Nazi accelerationist who has become increasingly popular in extremist circles for his racist and misogynist abuse on Omegle, an online chat app. Miller uses the app to harass women and minorities while dressed as supervillain comic book characters, then posts these interactions online to entertain his followers. (include this bolded part or not?) They also sell merchandise in their online store. The site includes pro-GDL and GoyimTV hats and clothing, as well as t-shirts and stickers bearing antisemitic, anti-Israel, anti-left and homophobic messaging. During several podcasts in early January 2021, Minadeo discussed how “insanely popular” the tactic of Omegle “redpilling” had become, and posited that GDL could use the practice to attract people to GoyimTV. By the end of January, Minadeo and at least three other GDL provocateurs had joined the league of extremists who are using Omegle to troll and harass minorities.(ADL Backgrounder)
 * Cameo Stunt
 * Banner Drops
 * (ADL Backgrounder)FL Banner Nov 2020: In November 2020, Brown and several other men associated with GDL hung a banner from a Florida overpass that read, “Holocaust denial illegal in 16+ countries WHY??? GoyimTV.” Afterwards, they met on a beach where they poured lighter fluid in the shape of a swastika and lit it on fire. They also burned an Israeli flag. (ADL Backgrounder)
 * (ADL Backgrounder) Denver Banner Oct 2020: In October 2020, “Roccet The God,” an Aurora-based African American rapper took part in a Denver “banner drop” alongside GDL advocate Joseph Bounds. In a subsequent GDL podcast, that includes footage of the banner drop, Roccet said, “This is Roccet the God. GoyimTV.com. You know what I’m saying? Us goyim gotta stick together. You wanna known who killed Mary? Them pedi Jews.” Roccet then points to his t-shirt which reads, “Who killed Mary Phagan? The ADL. Protecting murders & pedophiles since 1913,” a reference to the long-standing antisemitic lie that Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager, was responsible for the 1913 murder and rape of Mary Phagan, a 13-year-old factory worker. Frank’s eventual lynching was a primary catalyst in the formation of the ADL. (ADL Backgrounder)
 * (ADL Backgrounder) Denver Banner Drop Dec 2020: In December 2020, Colorado GDL members Vincent Bertinelli and Joseph Bounds hung a banner from a Denver overpass that read, “COVID-19 IS A LIE. IT’S NOT ABOUT HEALTH. IT’S ABOUT CONTROL.” (ADL Backgrounder)
 * (Times of Israel Aug 25) LA Banner Drop Aug 2020:the message on the signs hanging over LA overpass was “Honk if you know the Jews want a race war” in view of hundreds of passing cars on I-405. Now it appears that Jon Minadeo Jr. of Petaluma, and a handful of others who make up what is known as the Goyim Defense League were behind the display. In a roughly two-minute cellphone video shared by the group StopAntiSemitism.org, Minadeo and the others can be seen standing behind the banners on top of the overpass cheering as cars and trucks stream through. “I just wave at them and smile, even when they’re flipping you off,” one man said.  “Think about the thousands of people …” another said wistfully before trailing off. The signs included an advertisement for the group’s video-sharing site Goyim TV, which generates revenue via paid monthly subscriptions. Known as a “banner drop,” the act was just one of many that Minadeo and his crew undertook while driving around Los Angeles in a white van over the weekend, recording their activities during what they called a “Name the Nose Tour.”
 * Fliers
 * (Times of Israel Aug25) SF Flier Stunt 2019: Last year, Minadeo was linked to anti-Semitic flyers posted in the San Francisco Bay Area.
 * Harassing Pedestrians
 * (ADL Backgrounder)In August 2020, a GDL group led by Minadeo drove through Santa Monica and Venice, California, shouting at pedestrians who were wearing protective masks. Referring to the activity as “mask shaming the sheep” they called pedestrians “yarmulke slaves” and told them to take off their “Jewish face yarmulkes.”(ADL Backgrounder) GDL stunts often include wearing costumes or posing as Jews. This tactic dates back to 2019, when Minadeo first recorded himself driving around California in his car dressed mockingly as an Orthodox Jew. Referring to himself as “The Honest Rabbi,” Minadeo issued “confessions” and apologies on behalf of the Jewish people, claiming, for example, that he was “sorry” that Jews lied about the Holocaust and were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. On several occasions Brown revealed a kippah he wore beneath his costume and said, “Look I’m Jewish. We made it [the Holocaust] up. (ADL Backgrounder).
 * "Name the Nose" tours
 * (ADL Backgrounder) GDL has led “Name the Nose” tours, which involve several days of antisemitic stunts. The most recent “tour,” in August 2020, involved approximately twelve individuals, including Minadeo, making appearances in Livermore, Marina Del Ray, Santa Monica Beach, Crenshaw and Venice, California. The group harassed individuals on the streets and highways, distributed antisemitic propaganda and drove around in a rental van covered in antisemitic phrases, shouting profanity-laced slurs from the windows. In 2019, Minadeo traveled to the Denver area to participate in a similar “tour.” Since late 2020, Minadeo has repeatedly solicited money from his followers promising to rent a camper for a cross-country “Name the Nose” tour stretching from California to Florida. (ADL Backgrounder)
 * Web Hosting
 * (Times of Israel) Goyim TV, was taken down by its domain host after complaints following a “banner drop” from a Los Angeles freeway overpass on Saturday (date). However, just days after Goyim TV was taken offline, Minadeo directed his followers to a similar site — disseminating the same hateful ideology — on BitChute, a UK-based company described by a London-based Jewish security firm as a “cesspool” of racist and anti-Semitic content. It reportedly solicits financial support via cryptocurrency. (Times of Israel)
 * Responses
 * https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/goyim-defense-league
 * GDL Membership and Leadership: The Goyim Defense League is a loose network of individuals connected by their virulent antisemitism. The group includes six primary organizers/public figures and thousands of online followers.
 * led by Jon Minadeo II of Petaluma, California.
 * since November 2020, Cape Canaveral-based neo-Nazi Jason J. Brown has been leading GDL activities in Florida. Brown, who is originally from New Jersey, is also associated with the New Jersey European Heritage Association (NJEHA), a small white supremacist group.
 * GDL’s most zealous and visible actors are in California, Colorado, Florida and New York.
 * GDL Name: GDL parodies the Anti-Defamation League’s name and logo by replacing “Anti-Defamation” with “Goyim Defense”—“Goyim” being a disparaging Yiddish and Hebrew word for non-Jews.
 * GDL Ideology: Though Minadeo’s podcasts are filled with racist slurs, white supremacist tropes and cries of “white power,” he insists he is not a white supremacist, and instead stresses the importance of all races uniting against the Jews.
 * GDL Activity: GDL espouses vitriolic antisemitism via the internet, through propaganda distributions in street actions and merchandise.
 * Online Activity:
 * GDL operates GoyimTV, a video platform that streams antisemitic content.
 * At the end of 2020 and into early 2021, Minadeo frequently hosted white supremacists on his podcasts, giving them a platform to share their views. For example, in early December 2020, Minadeo posted a lengthy interview with Travis Golie, a longtime white supremacist and Christian Identity adherent currently living in Illinois.
 * In late December, Minadeo interviewed Paul Miller, a Florida-based neo-Nazi accelerationist who has become increasingly popular in extremist circles for his racist and misogynist abuse on Omegle, an online chat app. Miller uses the app to harass women and minorities while dressed as supervillain comic book characters, then posts these interactions online to entertain his followers.
 * selling merchandise in their online store. The site includes pro-GDL and GoyimTV hats and clothing, as well as t-shirts and stickers bearing antisemitic, anti-Israel, anti-left and homophobic messaging.
 * Street Actions:
 * GDL distributes antisemitic propaganda including fliers, stickers and banners. Over the course of 2020, GDL hung antisemitic banners from highway overpasses in California, Colorado, Florida and Canada
 * GDL engages in antisemitic stunts and schemes to troll or otherwise harass Jews and other minorities
 * FL Banner Nov 2020: In November 2020, Brown and several other men associated with GDL hung a banner from a Florida overpass that read, “Holocaust denial illegal in 16+ countries WHY??? GoyimTV.” Afterwards, they met on a beach where they poured lighter fluid in the shape of a swastika and lit it on fire. They also burned an Israeli flag.
 * Denver Banner Oct 2020: And in October 2020, “Roccet The God,” an Aurora-based African American rapper took part in a Denver “banner drop” alongside GDL advocate Joseph Bounds. In a subsequent GDL podcast, that includes footage of the banner drop, Roccet said, “This is Roccet the God. GoyimTV.com. You know what I’m saying? Us goyim gotta stick together. You wanna known who killed Mary? Them pedi Jews.” Roccet then points to his t-shirt which reads, “Who killed Mary Phagan? The ADL. Protecting murders & pedophiles since 1913,” a reference to the long-standing antisemitic lie that Leo Frank, a Jewish factory manager, was responsible for the 1913 murder and rape of Mary Phagan, a 13-year-old factory worker. Frank’s eventual lynching was a primary catalyst in the formation of the ADL.
 * Shouting at Pedestrians While driving (Santa Monica, Venice, CA Aug 2020): In August 2020, a GDL group led by Minadeo drove through Santa Monica and Venice, California, shouting at pedestrians who were wearing protective masks. Referring to the activity as “mask shaming the sheep” they called pedestrians “yarmulke slaves” and told them to take off their “Jewish face yarmulkes.”
 * Denver Banner Drop Dec 2020: In December 2020, Colorado GDL members Vincent Bertinelli and Joseph Bounds hung a banner from a Denver overpass that read, “COVID-19 IS A LIE. IT’S NOT ABOUT HEALTH. IT’S ABOUT CONTROL.”
 * "Name the Nose" Tour: GDL has led “Name the Nose” tours, which involve several days of antisemitic stunts. The most recent “tour,” in August 2020, involved approximately twelve individuals, including Minadeo, making appearances in Livermore, Marina Del Ray, Santa Monica Beach, Crenshaw and Venice, California. The group harassed individuals on the streets and highways, distributed antisemitic propaganda and drove around in a rental van covered in antisemitic phrases, shouting profanity-laced slurs from the windows. In 2019, Minadeo traveled to the Denver area to participate in a similar “tour.” Since late 2020, Minadeo has repeatedly solicited money from his followers promising to rent a camper for a cross-country “Name the Nose” tour stretching from California to Florida.
 * Posing as Jews: GDL stunts often include wearing costumes or posing as Jews. This tactic dates back to 2019, when Minadeo first recorded himself driving around California in his car dressed mockingly as an Orthodox Jew. Referring to himself as “The Honest Rabbi,” Minadeo issued “confessions” and apologies on behalf of the Jewish people, claiming, for example, that he was “sorry” that Jews lied about the Holocaust and were responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
 * On several occasions Brown revealed a kippah he wore beneath his costume and said, “Look I’m Jewish. We made it [the Holocaust] up.”
 * Online Activity/Harassment:
 * Omegle Harassment: During several podcasts in early January 2021, Minadeo discussed how “insanely popular” the tactic of Omegle “redpilling” had become, and posited that GDL could use the practice to attract people to GoyimTV. By the end of January, Minadeo and at least three other GDL provocateurs had joined the league of extremists who are using Omegle to troll and harass minorities.
 * https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-semitic-site-behind-la-jewish-race-war-banner-removed-but-soon-replaced/
 * August 28, 2020 About Goyim TV being taken down by its domain host following banner drop.
 * Street Actions:
 * CA Banner Aug 2020: Goyim TV, an anti-Semitic video-sharing website that was promoted with a “banner drop” from a Los Angeles freeway overpass on Saturday, has been taken down by its domain host under a flood of complaints.
 * Leader: Jon Minadeo Jr., 37, was behind both the website and the banner drop, J. the Jewish News of Northern California reported earlier this week, as were a handful of Minadeo cronies known as the “Goyim Defense League.”
 * Responses (de-platforming, new hosting): However, just days after Goyim TV was taken offline, Minadeo directed his followers to a similar site — disseminating the same hateful ideology — on BitChute, a UK-based company described by a London-based Jewish security firm as a “cesspool” of racist and anti-Semitic content. It reportedly solicits financial support via cryptocurrency.
 * https://www.timesofisrael.com/goyim-defense-league-chief-responsible-for-anti-semitic-la-highway-banner/
 * August 25, 2020 About GDL Banner Drop
 * Street Actions:
 * LA Banner Drop Aug 2020: The message on the signs hanging over LA overpass was “Honk if you know the Jews want a race war” in view of hundreds of passing cars on I-405.
 * Now it appears that Jon Minadeo Jr. of Petaluma, and a handful of others who make up what is known as the Goyim Defense League were behind the display.
 * In a roughly two-minute cellphone video shared by the group StopAntiSemitism.org, Minadeo and the others can be seen standing behind the banners on top of the overpass cheering as cars and trucks stream through. “I just wave at them and smile, even when they’re flipping you off,” one man said.  “Think about the thousands of people …” another said wistfully before trailing off.
 * The signs included an advertisement for the group’s video-sharing site Goyim TV, which generates revenue via paid monthly subscriptions.
 * Known as a “banner drop,” the act was just one of many that Minadeo and his crew undertook while driving around Los Angeles in a white van over the weekend, recording their activities during what they called a “Name the Nose Tour.”
 * SF Flier Stunt 2019: Last year, Minadeo was linked to anti-Semitic flyers posted in the San Francisco Bay Area.
 * Online Activity:
 * Goyim TV: The group published much of it on Goyim TV, a YouTube “clone” site, on which Minadeo — under the moniker Handsome Truth — has hundreds of followers and thousands of video views.
 * Handsome Truth was first identified as a 37-year-old Bay Area man last August, using Sonoma County business records, after flyers accusing Jews of being behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks appeared in Novato and Santa Rosa. The idea that Jews celebrated 9/11 is a running theme throughout Minadeo’s videos.
 * During the Los Angeles tour, the group stood in front of a Chabad center in Marina Del Rey and shouted through a megaphone, “These Jewish terrorists are the people behind 9/11.”
 * Street Actions/Shouting at Pedestrians While Driving:
 * Also, while driving, group members harassed people on the street, shouting “Wake up and understand that Jews have hijacked your country!” To those wearing protective masks, They yelled, “Take that yarmulke off your face!” (Minadeo believes masks are a government conspiracy and are harmful to health.)
 * Shirtless and wearing turquoise shorts in many of the weekend videos, Minadeo is also clearly identifiable by a tattoo of a faded black cross on his left shoulder — the same one visible in a 2011 movie trailer for a low-budget romantic comedy called “Curveball” in which he starred. (maybe put this last part abotu Curveball in section about Minadeao)
 * Responses (Civil Rights/Jewish Orgs):
 * The Los Angeles office of the Anti-Defamation League said it received “numerous constituent complaints” about the incident, and reported them to law enforcement.
 * The Goyim Defense League “has been on ADL’s radar since its inception,” wrote Joanna Mendelson, associate director of the ADL’s Center on Extremism “The core issue here may rest in the perpetrators’ exercising their first amendment rights,” Mendelson wrote. “However, it is incumbent on us to speak out against such vile anti-Semitism and related conspiracies.”
 * The national Anti-Defamation League wrote in a statement on Twitter, sharing an image of the banners, “antisemitism continues to plague our communities and it’s important to understand just how severe this issue is.”
 * The New York-based StopAntiSemitism.org tweeted, “We need strict hate laws in America, the current ones aren’t working!”
 * Leader:
 * Court records in Sonoma County show Minadeo faced a misdemeanor charge for threatening a public employee in 2001 when he was a teenager. The charge was later dismissed.
 * https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/man-behind-goyim-defense-league-responsible-for-antisemitic-highway-banner-639826
 * Same as Times of Israel article above from August 25, 2020
 * https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/brett-favre-other-celebrities-duped-into-recording-anti-semitic-messages-1.6705006
 * Date?
 * Cameo Stunt (Brett Favre, Andy Dick, Soulja Boy):
 * The stunt: Quarterback Brett Favre and other celebrities were duped by a group of white supremacists into making videos that included coded anti-Semitic messages. The group behind the videos calls itself the GDL, or Goyim Defense League. It is a play on the ADL, or Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish defense organization.
 * The videos were made using Cameo, where users can pay to have celebrities record a personalized message for them. Cameo has become a platform used by the far-right to legitimize hate messages, according to BuzzFeed.
 * People who were duped: Favre, actor Andy Dick and rapper Soulja Boy recorded messages at the request of the GDL
 * Favre makes $500 for each Cameo video, and has recorded more than 50 since it went online in April 2018. The person booking the Cameo submits instructions with what the celebrity is supposed to say.
 * Favre's Message:
 * “Brett Favre here with a shoutout to the Handsome Truth and the GDL boys,” Favre said in the video. “You guys are patriots in my eyes. So keep waking them up and don’t let the small get you down. Keep fighting too and don’t ever forget the USS Liberty and the men and women who died on that day. God bless and take care,” the 30-second message said.
 * The small refers to small hats, which is a slur for yarmulke. The USS Liberty is a U.S. vessel that was fired upon by Israeli forces during the Six-Day War in 1967 that Israel mistook for an Egyptian ship.Favre said in a post on Facebook that he thought he was making a video in support of U.S. troops.
 * Favre's response:
 * “Since I match service dogs with military veterans who have PTSD, I assumed that the request stemmed from my interest in veterans affairs and recorded the message,” he wrote. “A few days later, I was distressed to learn that the request came from an anti-Semitic group that reposted my video with comments implying that I endorsed their mission. Nothing could be further from the truth.” Favre said he donated his fee to charities fighting against hate and bigotry.
 * Cameo's Response:
 * The video has been removed by Cameo, but copies remain on anti-Semitic message boards, according to BuzzFeed.


 * http://www.jewishledger.com/2020/08/man-behind-the-goyim-defense-league-responsible-for-antisemitic-la-highway-banner/man-behind-the-goyim-defense-league-responsible-for-antisemitic-la-highway-banner/
 * No article content
 * https://jewishjournal.com/news/united-states/320936/the-anti-semitic-site-behind-the-jews-want-a-race-war-highway-banner-was-removed-from-the-internet-but-another-quickly-took-its-place/
 * August 28, 2020
 * Goyim TV, an anti-Semitic video-sharing website that was promoted with a “banner drop” from a Los Angeles freeway overpass on Saturday, has been taken down by its domain host under a flood of complaints.
 * Jon Minadeo Jr., 37, was behind both the website and the banner drop, J. the Jewish News of Northern California reported earlier this week, as were a handful of Minadeo cronies known as the “Goyim Defense League.”
 * However, just days after Goyim TV was taken offline, Minadeo directed his followers to a similar site — disseminating the same hateful ideology — on BitChute, a U.K.-based company described by a London-based Jewish security firm as a “cesspool” of racist and anti-Semitic content. It reportedly solicits financial support via cryptocurrency.
 * The rapid resurfacing of Minadeo’s videos, on a different but similar channel, reflects the challenge of controlling hate-spewing websites on the internet, and the whack-a-mole-like effort it can take by anti-hate groups and concerned members of the public to confront them. “It is similar to what happened with the Daily Stormer website and other bad actors,” said Seth Brysk, the San Francisco-based director of the Anti-Defamation League’s Central Pacific region.
 * Goyim TV, which had been hosted since December by Epik, a domain registrar with more than 560,000 websites, according to DomainState.
 * The three hastily painted banners promoting Goyim TV — which read “Honk if you know the Jews want a race war” and were hung above the busy I-405 freeway — shocked the Los Angeles Jewish community and captured the attention of organizations such as the American Jewish Committee and the ADL.
 * The incident was reported in news outlets across the country and in Israel, and a spokesperson for Epik said that the company received a number of “anonymous Gmail reports” taking issue with their hosting of the site.
 * The nonprofit StopAntisemitism.org, which monitors the internet for anti-Semitic content, reported that “hundreds of complaints” were made to the web host.
 * The Epik spokesperson said that the company had been receiving complaints from both sides — those demanding the website be taken down, and those demanding the opposite. Many of the latter came with violent threats, some of which the spokesperson shared. “Unfortunately we do not win ever in these cases,” wrote the person, who asked to remain anonymous for their own safety. “A site goes up — we get 300 complaints calling us neo-Nazis and harbingers of death,” they said. “We take it down instantly — we get 300 complaints telling [us] we are fascists, threatening to put bullet holes in our head.” The person said Epik removed the website “within hours” of receiving complaints, and after attempts to get the platform owner to remove the objectionable content failed. Publicly, on Twitter, Epik responded to some of its critics. “Free speech is not coming into our house, declaring war on a mass group of people based on their religion or belief, publishing videos inviting them to be killed by horrific genocide, then celebrating the work that has been done,” the tweet read.
 * But by Thursday, the BitChute-hosted channel — called Handsome Truth GDL (for Goyim Defense League) — was publishing the same content from the old Goyim TV site. That content largely includes wild anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, cell-phone footage of Minadeo and others driving around California and shouting anti-Semitic phrases (often through a megaphone) and other far-right fringe conspiracy theories (about coronavirus, Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Black Lives Matter movement, for example). BitChute, according to the company, earns $23,485 per month via what it calls community funding sources. The switch was written about on Twitter, where Minadeo’s account, Handsome Truth, remains active. It was implied that the takedown was, naturally, a Jewish conspiracy. “The you know whos temporary shut down GTV,” Handsome Truth posted. “But i got a bitchute channel…so please GO & SUB.. and support IRL [in real life] activist like myself and others.”
 * https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brett-favre-soulja-boy-andy-dick-cameo-video-message-anti-semitic-nfl/
 * Cameo Stunt (Brett Favre, Andy Dick, Soulja Boy):
 * Brett Favre:
 * December 3, 2018: Legendary NFL quarterback Brett Favre was duped into filming a video message for a hate group. The Hall of Famer said in a Facebook post Saturday that he was "sickened" to discover what the recording was actually for. Favre said he received a request on Nov. 22 to record a shout-out supporting what seemed to be a U.S. veterans organization on Cameo, a company that allows fans to book personalized video greetings from celebrities for a fee. Days later, Favre, who supports various military causes, recorded the script, which contained coded anti-Semitic references. In the video, which has been taken down from Cameo, he said: "Brett Favre here with a shout-out to the Handsome Truth and the GDL boys. You guys are patriots in my eyes. So keep waking them up and don't let the small get you down. Keep fighting, too, and don't ever forget the USS Liberty and the men and women who died on that day. God bless and take care."
 * The "GDL boys" who commissioned the video turned out to be an anti-Semitic group going by the name Goyim Defense League or GDL. ("Goyim" is a Hebrew or Yiddish word for someone who is not Jewish.) The "small" is an apparent reference to "small hats" – a slur for yarmulkes. The USS Liberty was a research ship that was attacked by an Israeli fighter jet during the Six-Day War in 1967. While Israel officially said they mistook it for an Egyptian ship and apologized, the incident has been used as a popular conspiracy theory for anti-Semites.
 * Favre Response:
 * Upon learning the intent of the video, Favre said he would donate the $500 Cameo fee to charities combating hate and bigotry.
 * "I was distressed to learn that the request came from an anti-Semitic group that reposted my video with comments implying that I endorsed their mission," he wrote Saturday. "Nothing could be further from the truth." "Like most Americans, I am sickened by what these groups stand for and concerned about their role in fueling today's negative political climate," he added. "Had I understood the source of the request, I never would have fulfilled it."
 * Cameo Response:
 * Cameo CEO Steven Galanis told CBS News on Monday that his company would match Favre's donation to whatever anti-hate group he chooses. He said that this was the first time Cameo had to pull down videos. "We've had over 93,000 videos and these are literally the first three we've had to pull," Galanis said. "This hasn't been a problem." Galanis said Cameo hasn't had a vetting process because celebrities can accept or decline a request, but they've created an early warning system to detect terms flagged by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which track hate groups. Therefore he says they'll be able to notify talent in the future. "We stand by what we built here," he said. "It was built for talent to connect with their fans."
 * Other celebrities
 * Rapper Soulja Boy and comedian Andy Dick, were also tricked into doing recordings for the group, which claimed responsibility on YouTube and Instagram.
 * CBS News also reached out to Soulja Boy and Andy Dick for comment, but did not immediately hear back.


 * https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/celebrities-white-supremacists-video-app-cameo-anti-semitic


 * Cameo Stunt: A group of white supremacist YouTubers are using a new app to pay celebrities to create videos where they make coded anti-Semitic statements — and then the YouTubers use those recordings to promote hatred on the internet. The videos were made using Cameo, where users can pay to have celebrities record a personalized message for them. Cameo launched in April 2018, and has become another platform that the far-right has seized upon in an attempt to legitimize racist messages — this time with seeming celebrity endorsements.
 * Cameo and representatives for the celebrities told BuzzFeed News they were unaware the messages supported anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. The two alt-right leaders behind the campaign bragged about duping the celebrities in a livestream on Wednesday.
 * The group behind the videos refers to itself as the GDL, or Goyim Defense League, using the Hebrew word for a non-Jew. The group is apparently run by two YouTubers who go by “Handsome Truth” and “Sway Guevara.”
 * Brett Favre: In one recent video, former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre — one of the NFL’s most legendary figures — addresses the group. BuzzFeed News has viewed the videos but will not include them in this article, since the users who paid the celebrities have said in livestreams this week that they want the recordings to go viral.
 * Brett Favre Message:
 * "Brett Favre here with a shoutout to the Handsome Truth and the GDL boys,” Favre says in the shaky video. “You guys are patriots in my eyes. So keep waking them up and don’t let the small get you down. Keep fighting, too, and don’t ever forget the USS Liberty and the men and women who died on that day. God bless and take care.”
 * The video is loaded with coded anti-Semitic language. For example, “small” stands for “small hats,” a slur for yarmulkes.
 * The USS Liberty is a dog whistle referring to an incident in 1967 where Israeli forces fired on the US spy ship, killing 34, during the Six-Day War. In the aftermath, Israel said that its pilots had thought the ship was an Egyptian vessel, and apologized — the government eventually paid out $6.7 million in reparations to the survivors and families of the dead. Ever since, there have been unproven conspiracy theories surrounding the circumstances that question whether the attack was intentional. Both the Israeli and the United States governments have said that it was a case of mistaken identity. In the 51 years since the shots were fired, many people, including some former USS Liberty sailors who survived the attack, have questioned the official explanation and pushed for another investigation. “Remember the USS Liberty” has recently become a rallying cry for anti-Israel and anti-Semitic individuals who believe that Israel deliberately fired on the ship.
 * Cameo Response:
 * Cameo’s CEO told BuzzFeed News that Favre’s team was made aware of the video when it started to go viral on alt-right internet spaces, and his reps reached out to Cameo to have it removed.
 * “On or about November 22nd, Cameo talent received requests that appeared to be aimed at supporting the American military. After recording the videos Cameo learned that the request came from an anti-Semitic group and contained content that could be interpreted as anti-Semitic,” Cameo said in a statement to BuzzFeed News. “This was a blatant misuse of the Cameo platform and a violation of Cameo’s terms of service. This is the first incident of its kind in more than 93,000 Cameos and a gross misrepresentation of the talent’s political beliefs,” the statement continued. “Cameo immediately removed the videos from the website, requested YouTube to remove the content and created new filters to prevent this from happening in the future. The user has been banned from purchasing Cameos.” Cameo CEO Steven Galanis told BuzzFeed News on Friday that the app directly connects fan requests with the celebrity in question, eliminating intermediaries such as publicists or managers — and possible intervention — and making the messages more personal. “It’s a shame that this group is taking away from a platform that is bringing so many people joy,” Galanis said.
 * When someone books a Cameo, they submit specific instructions to the celebrity for what to include in the video. The celebrity then reviews the request and either accepts or rejects it. If they accept, the buyer will get a video within the next few days. A video from Brett Favre goes for $500.
 * GDL Response:
 * “Here’s the deal, guys, they can reject it if they don’t like it, right,” Handsome Truth said in a livestream Wednesday. “So we were trying to get it, like — we wanted to be cryptic enough to where they would say it.” In the livestream Wednesday night, Handsome Truth and Sway Guevera were encouraging their followers to continue using Cameo to spread the messages. “We have to all write something similar to that script and just go through that place and pick people to talk about the USS Liberty, okay?” Handsome Truth said. “Take that exact script of what Brett Favre said there, copy it, send it to that — what’s the name of that site again? Cameo.com, and use these celebrities against them.”
 * BuzzFeed News obtained the request that was sent to Favre.
 * Favre Response:
 * On Saturday, Favre directed BuzzFeed News to a statement on his Facebook page explaining that he thought he was making a video "to support the brave men and women of our military forces." "A few days later, I was distressed to learn that the request came from an anti-Semitic group that reposted my video with comments implying I endorsed their mission. Nothing could be further from the truth." Favre said that he is donating the $500 Cameo video fee to charities that combat hate and bigotry. "Like most Americans, I am sickened by what these groups stand for and concerned about their role in fueling today's negative political climate," he said.
 * Andy Dick:
 * Comedian Andy Dick also made a personalized message for another member of the GDL, who goes by the name “Sway Guevara” on YouTube. According to the prices on Dick’s Cameo page, it cost $99. “Hey, Sway, shoutout to the GDL, hope you guys keep up the great work. Remember what happened that day on the USS Liberty. And keep our military troops—” The video cuts off at this point. It’s unclear what prompted Dick to leave the message seemingly unfinished. In a brief conversation with BuzzFeed News, Andy Dick said that he was devastated by the realization that he had been taken advantage of by a white supremacist group. “Andy has zero sympathy for their cause, and feels used and manipulated by people who presented themselves as his fans but obviously wildly missed his intent,” a representative for Dick told BuzzFeed News separately. Dick did make anti-Semitic comments about radio host Howard Stern in 2011 in reference to a business dispute. He’s also reportedly used the n-word in public. Sway Guevara uploaded the video of Dick calling Stern a “money-grubbing Jew” after posting his Cameo video.
 * Soulja Boy:
 * Rapper Soulja Boy also appears to have inadvertently made a video for the anti-Semitic group. “Shoutout to Handsome Truth and Sway at GDL,” he says in the video, before telling viewers to check out their new single “Name the Juice” on Soundcloud and to subscribe to Handsome Truth 14 on YouTube. “GDL for life, bitch.” According to his Cameo page, Soulja Boy received $100 for the personalized message. “Soulja Boy was unaware that the video on Cameo was tied to a group that promotes hate,” a Soulja Boy spokesperson told BuzzFeed News via email. “The promo video was what the Cameo had directed and in no way supports his personal beliefs. He greatly apologizes to anyone who may have been offended.”
 * Representatives for Andy Dick and Soulja Boy told BuzzFeed News that both men thought they were supporting fans with their Cameo messages.
 * Patrick Little:
 * The GDL is closely associated with white supremacist and failed California Senate candidate Patrick Little, who was profiled by the Anti-Defamation League in August for “spreading anti-Semitic hate” around the country. In a livestream on his YouTube channel Monday, Little talked to Handsome Truth about what he referred to as “a very intelligent way to get celebrities to name them and shame them” — “them” referring to Jews. “He got Brett Favre, for a very low price, to name the small hats,” Little said. In the brief conversation, Handsome Truth complained that the Favre video had been taken down from YouTube several times, but said that it had already spread to 4chan and the anti-Israel website Veterans Today. “Good troll with the Brett Favre thing. Well done. He either has to double down or renounce it,” Little said. “More to come. More to come. GDL,” Handsome Truth said as he ended the conversation.
 * https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2018/12/01/brett-favre-tricked-by-white-supremacists-into-recording-video-with-anti-semitic-message/
 * https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/brett-favre-sickened-after-being-tricked-into-recording-anti-semitic-video-for-white-supremacists/
 * Cameo Stunt:
 * December 3, 2018: Brett Favre was duped into using anti-Semitic language in a personalized video recorded for a group of white supremacist YouTubers. Now, Favre is expressing regret about not being vigilant enough to avoid being tricked.
 * Favre fulfilled a request on the app "Cameo," where users can pay to have celebrities record short, personalized video messages for them. The Hall of Fame quarterback was paid $500 by noted hate groups the Handsome Truth and the Goyim Defense League, who provided Favre with a script that was carefully crafted to include veiled anti-Semitic rhetoric without being too outwardly obvious. The white supremacists posed as a veterans organization when requesting the video message from Favre, according to Buzzfeed News.
 * Brett Favre Message:
 * "Brett Favre here with a shoutout to the Handsome Truth and the GDL boys," Favre says in the shaky video. "You guys are patriots in my eyes. So keep waking them up and don't let the small get you down. Keep fighting, too, and don't ever forget the USS Liberty and the men and women who died on that day. God bless and take care."
 * The video is loaded with coded anti-Semitic language. For example, "small" stands for "small hats," a slur for yarmulkes.
 * Favre Response: After Buzzfeed revealed that Favre and multiple other celebrities, including comedian Andy Dick and rapper Soulja Boy, had been tricked on Cameo, the longtime Packers quarterback attempted to explain the situation with a post on Facebook, saying he was "sickened" by the group and "distressed" that he helped to endorse their hate messages.
 * His apology: On November 22, I received a request to record a shout-out supporting what appeared to be a U.S. veterans organization for Cameo, a company that enables consumers to book personalized video greetings from celebrities. I had previously fulfilled more than 50 of these requests without incident. Since I match service dogs with military veterans who have PTSD, I assumed that the request stemmed from my interest in veterans affairs and recorded the message. A few days later, I was distressed to learn that the request came from an anti-Semitic group that reposted my video with comments implying that I endorsed their mission. Nothing could be further from the truth. I am therefore donating my $500 Cameo fee to Charities supporting their fight against hate and bigotry. Like most Americans, I am sickened by what these groups stand for and concerned about their role in fueling today's negative political climate. The Cameo request from this organization is a prime example of how these groups are misusing social media to promote their agenda. I thought I was creating a message to support the brave men and women of our military forces. Had I understood the source of the request, I never would have fulfilled it. All of us – myself included – need to be vigilant to protect this country from these dangers.
 * https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/us/cameo-anti-semitic-favre-soulja-boy.html
 * Dec. 3, 2018: (has a lot of same information as Haaretz article, but a bit more detail on Cameo and Favre's work with veterans [explaining why he mistakenly assumed it was for a veteran fanbase])
 * Cameo Stunt:
 * Brett Favre: Brett Favre, the former N.F.L. quarterback, has developed a focus on veterans in his life after football: He spoke at the National Veterans Wheelchair Games this year, and he recently teamed up with a group that trains shelter dogs and places them with veterans struggling with post-combat stress and anxiety. So when he received a request to make a video referring to patriots, servicemen and the U.S.S. Liberty, via a platform that allows fans to request personalized videos from celebrities, he believed he was honoring a veterans organization, he said. In fact, the request was laced with obscure anti-Semitic messages and had ties to a hate group.
 * Andy Dick and Soulja Boy: Mr. Favre was among several celebrities who were recently targeted on Cameo, a platform on which fans pay celebrities for personalized video messages, often for birthdays or other special occasions. Soulja Boy Tell ’Em, the rapper, and Andy Dick, the comedian, also recorded similar messages. All said they were tricked and did not know that the request was connected to extremism.
 * Cameo Response: Cameo has condemned the requests as a “blatant misuse” of its platform and a “gross misrepresentation of the talent’s political beliefs.”
 * The episode, which was first reported by BuzzFeed News, is the latest example of how extremist groups are using technology to try to infiltrate mainstream society, at a time when a growing culture of hate is taking root — both online and off.
 * Cameo, which was introduced last year, connects fans with a network of more than 6,000 popular (or once popular) figures and takes a cut of each transaction. It is an easy source of income for low- to midrange celebrities, who set their own rates. And it is an easy way for fans to experience direct — and personalized — contact with their favorite V.I.P.s.
 * Requests for messages go directly to the celebrities, who can swipe to either accept or reject a request. If they accept it, they use a teleprompter of sorts to record a video message, the company’s chief executive, Steven Galanis, said in an interview on Sunday.
 * He said Cameo had facilitated more than 93,000 videos without incident before it learned last week that an account associated with the Goyim Defense League, an anti-Jewish group, had requested videos coded with anti-Semitic messages. The group then reposted Mr. Favre’s video, falsely implying that he was calling out Jewish people, Mr. Galanis said.
 * Shout out to ‘Handsome Truth’ and the GDL BOYS…,” the request to Mr. Favre said. “You guys are Patriots in my eyes… keep Waking em UP! dont let the Small get you down… Keep up the Fight… and never forget the USS LIBERTY !!! and all our service men that passed away that day.”
 * The Goyim Defense League did not respond to a Facebook message seeking comment on Sunday.
 * The U.S.S. Liberty was an American ship that was attacked by Israel — inadvertently, the Israelis said — in 1967. It is a source of conspiracy theories and has become a “rallying cry” among anti-Semites, according to Heidi Beirich, who monitors hate groups and extremists for the Southern Poverty Law Center. She said the request also included other veiled references to anti-Semitic messaging: “patriots,” which refers to those who are supportive of the anti-Semitic cause, and “small,” which is a reference to a yarmulke, the traditional skullcaps worn by Jewish men.“The person who wrote this message obviously was putting it in coded enough language so that people who were in on the joke would get it but the celebrity wouldn’t,” Ms. Beirich said.
 * In a Facebook post over the weekend, Mr. Favre, who charges $500 for a Cameo, said he was appalled to learn that the message had come from an anti-Semitic group and that the group had reposted his video with comments that implied he endorsed their mission. “Nothing could be further from the truth,” he said, adding, “I am sickened by what these groups stand for and concerned about their role in fueling today’s negative political climate.”
 * In an email on Sunday, Soulja Boy, whose real name is DeAndre Cortez Way, said he also was not aware of the message’s meaning when he recorded the video on Cameo, where his going rate is $100.“I was tricked,” he said. “I apologize to anyone I offended. I thought it was just a shoutout for a fan. I didn’t know it had a negative meaning behind it.”
 * Mr. Dick, who also charges about $100, did not respond to a request for comment on Sunday. The comedian, who has had his own problems in the past — he called the radio host Howard Stern a “shallow, money-grubbing Jew” and has been accused of sexual misconduct — also distanced himself from the anti-Semitic intent of the Cameo message. “Andy has zero sympathy for their cause, and feels used and manipulated by people who presented themselves as his fans but obviously wildly missed his intent,” a representative for Mr. Dick told BuzzFeed News.
 * Since learning of the anti-Semitic affiliation, Cameo banned the account that requested the videos, deactivated share links for Facebook and Twitter and asked YouTube and Instagram to delete copies of the video that had been uploaded to their sites, Mr. Galanis said. He said Cameo was also building a database of language that could be associated with hate groups and planned to flag such messages as potentially problematic. “It really is sickening,” Mr. Galanis said. He added: “There will be bad actors. Us, as Cameo, all we can do is try to mitigate it and make sure we are getting in front of it.”
 * The episode has not scared away Mr. Favre, who plans to keep using the platform, a representative confirmed. But he has pledged to donate money, including his $500 Cameo fee, to charities that fight hate and bigotry.


 * https://week.com/2020/11/09/white-lives-matter-flyers-spread-from-east-peoria-to-mclean-county/
 * Flyer Stunt: November 8, 2020: CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WEEK) - Dozens of Central Illinois towns were surprised to see white supremist propaganda show up in their front yard on Monday. Small sandwich bags with rocks to weigh them down and folded flyers were tossed into driveways and yards from East Peoria to over 70 miles away in Fairbury. Police Departments took complaints and reports all day Monday, some like Eureka instructing people to simply throw them away. But many people posting about it on social media, were too worried for their own safety to speak out about it publicly.
 * Some flyers read "No White Guilt" at the top while others read "White Lives Matter." Either way, Matthew Cover of East Peoria said the blatant display of racism is "Disheartening, it's frustrating." Cover, who is of Jewish descent, said he was taking his dog for a walk Monday when he noticed several sandwich bags in neighboring yards. "Obviously i realized that it was like a anti-Semitic kind of white supremist type material," he said.
 * East Peoria residents reported many of these flyers to police. Others in Germantown Hills, Washington, Eureka, El Paso, Chenoa, and Fairbury reported flyers there as well. "You should care about people and not want to harm them regardless of what they believe or don't believe or what their ethnic background is," added Cover.
 * Police Response: Police are asking for surveillance footage of any suspicious vehicles that may have been tossing the flyers into yards and driveways. Several witnesses, including Cover, said they saw a dark colored small pickup truck driving through neighborhoods.
 * https://week.com/2020/11/09/white-lives-matter-flyers-spread-from-east-peoria-to-mclean-county/
 * November 9, 2020
 * Dozens of Central Illinois towns were surprised to see white supremist propaganda show up in their front yard on Monday. Small sandwich bags with rocks to weigh them down and folded flyers were tossed into driveways and yards from East Peoria to over 70 miles away in Fairbury
 * Police Departments took complaints and reports all day Monday, some like Eureka instructing people to simply throw them away. But many people posting about it on social media, were too worried for their own safety to speak out about it publicly.
 * Some flyers read "No White Guilt" at the top while others read "White Lives Matter." Either way, Matthew Cover of East Peoria said the blatant display of racism is "Disheartening, it's frustrating." Cover, who is of Jewish descent, said he was taking his dog for a walk Monday when he noticed several sandwich bags in neighboring yards. "Obviously i realized that it was like a anti-Semitic kind of white supremist type material," he said. He wasn't the only one to be alarmed. East Peoria residents reported many of these flyers to police. Others in Germantown Hills, Washington, Eureka, El Paso, Chenoa, and Fairbury reported flyers there as well. "You should care about people and not want to harm them regardless of what they believe or don't believe or what their ethnic background is," added Cover.
 * Police are asking for surveillance footage of any suspicious vehicles that may have been tossing the flyers into yards and driveways. Several witnesses, including Cover, said they saw a dark colored small pickup truck driving through neighborhoods.
 * https://www.nylon.com/celebrities-endorsing-anti-semitic-ideas-cameo
 * Talks about Cameo stunt
 * https://www.dailypress.com/ct-celebrities-white-supremacists-cameo-app-20181201-story.html
 * Short explanation of Cameo stunt
 * https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-celebrities-white-supremacists-cameo-app-20181201-story.html
 * A new video app is being utilized by white supremacists to trick celebrities into recording anti-Semitic messages, according to a report by BuzzFeed News.
 * Cameo, which launched in April 2018, was created to allow fans to pay for celebs to record personalized messages. Among those who have been duped are NFL legend Brett Favre, rapper Soulja Boy, and actor Andy Dick. The two alt-right leaders behind the plan bragged about it in a livestream Wednesday.
 * Cameo and representatives for the celebrities told BuzzFeed Newsthey were unaware the messages supported anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. In one message, Favre says, "Brett Favre here with a shoutout to the Handsome Truth and the GDL boys. You guys are patriots in my eyes. So keep waking them up and don't let the small get you down. Keep fighting too and don't ever forget the USS Liberty and the men and women who died on that day. God bless and take care."
 * GDL refers to the "Goyim Defense League," an anti-Semitic group run by YouTubers who go by Handsome Truth and Sway Guevara.
 * The phrasing used by Favre includes coded messaging, such as "the small," which refers to "small hats," a slur for yarmulkes. The "U.S.S. Liberty" refers to a ship that was accidentally shot by Israeli forces during the Six-Day War. Conspiracy theorists assert that the attack was actually intentional.
 * Cameo allows users to purchase a video message for a fee set by the celebrity after submitting a script to be either accepted or rejected. In the livestream, Handsome Truth explains that they purposefully made the messages cryptic enough that the celebs wouldn't realize their actual meaning.
 * Representatives for Andy Dick and Soulja Boy told BuzzFeed News that both men thought they were supporting fans with their Cameo messages. Favre's representatives didn't return BuzzFeed's request for comment, but Cameo's CEO said that Favre's team was made aware of the video when it started to go viral on alt-right internet spaces, and his reps reached out to Cameo to have it removed.
 * Representatives for Andy Dick and Soulja Boy told BuzzFeed News that both men thought they were supporting fans with their Cameo messages. Favre's representatives didn't return BuzzFeed's request for comment, but Cameo's CEO said that Favre's team was made aware of the video when it started to go viral on alt-right internet spaces, and his reps reached out to Cameo to have it removed.

Antifa
https://www.adl.org/disinformation-antifa-manual

-Debunked by Snopes in 2017, images labeled as an “antifa manual” have been circulating online for years. According the Anti-Defamation League, the language used in the document appears designed to sow division and features many statements that do not align with the sentiments of anti-fascist organizers, often clumsily mimicking “left wing” rhetoric. The same images, originally published in 2017 continued to be shared on social media in posts about 2020 BLM protests.
 * add something about the antifa manual in the antifa article?

https://www.adl.org/disinformation-claims-about-black-lives-matter-and-antifa-collaborating-with-muslim-groups-to


 * add something about sharia law conspiracy?