Lady, EVOLVED 
f·b·i monitoring of activist movements
« Most of the federal informants who have emerged from criminal cases related to Jan. 6 were not tasked by their handlers with spying on right-wing subjects — let alone with seeking to entrap Trump supporters into storming the Capitol. They were mostly far-right figures who were recruited by the F.B.I. to report on their adversaries in the far-left antifa movement. »
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they’re using this as evidence to debunk the conspiracy theory that jan 6th rioters were provoked by the f·b·i but uhhh it’s kind of concerning in its own right
re: f·b·i monitoring of activist movements
@Lady ...and, I'd say, consistent with how the US government has acted over the last, what, 70+ years?