Steven BeschlossDec 8, 2022

When I hear about the coup attempt in Germany & the desire of these violent extremists to insert Prince Heinrich XIII of Reuss as the leader after a planned execution of the German chancellor, it sounds ludicrous, laughable. But that's the thing: These people are deadly serious.

Because the plots of these anti-democratic extremists often seem so ludicrous, they can succeed because the public--& too many leaders--don't take them seriously enough. This tendency is how Trump got as far as he did.

Show threadMona Sigal MDDec 8, 2022
@StevenBeschloss let’s be VERY clear: the German coup attempt was financed by Putin, without a speck of a doubt, possibly also with Chinese money funneled through Russia. And I have no doubt, that further investigations with reveal tight connections with American militia groups. There is just too much similarity.
Show threadDanatheoneDec 8, 2022
@mona @StevenBeschloss Tempting isn't it, we do want the dots connected, don't we...
What can we say, what can we know? Appears there is ongoing potential collusion among various anti-democracy forces throughout the world
The education of the innocent and optimistic continues
Show threadCatmama 🐈Dec 8, 2022
@dana @mona @StevenBeschloss
Steve Bannon, CPAC members, and others are working hard to make those anti-democratic forces into a connected network 😠
Show thread@batyalee 🌿Dec 8, 2022
@Catmama @dana @mona @StevenBeschloss When Bannon left the WH during TFG's residency, it was rumored that he went to Europe to develop right-wing networks. It's pretty clear he was successful.
Show threadCatmama 🐈Dec 8, 2022
@batyalee @dana @mona @StevenBeschloss
He did go to Europe (can't remember which country) and was eventually kicked out. I'm sure he made quite a few contacts while there ☹️
Show threadVoron
@Catmama @batyalee @dana @mona @StevenBeschloss The first CPAC international was held in Japan in 2017, they have had them in Australia, Hungry, Brazil & South Korea. There is another right wing international organization that has bleed over with CPAC that has been holding international conferences for longer but I don’t recall the name at the moment
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