Antifa Inc agent provocateur Adam Rahuba is now outed, and Karl Rove wishes he was as effective at making people shoot themselves.
In a series of stunts worthy of COINTELPRO tactics, Adam Rahuba has been trolling and scamming and mocking RWNJ’s for years.
In this article from the Washington Post (firewall) republished intact somehow at
The Union Leader in New Hampshire
He was the person behind the Gettysburg prank, where dozens of armed RWNJ’s showed up to defend the monuments and National Cemetary after online trollery got repeated and amplified thru Fox News and RWNJ social media sites. A total prank, they showed up, police were called and saved the preacher we read about at the time. The preacher was written about as someone who stood up to their bullying and was offered as a How To example. The preacher was not part of the prank, he just got sucked up, an innocent who was almost hurt.
Adam Rahuba:
“I guess I’m outed,” he said.
Rahuba has a long history of provocative online commentary, including a website he created years ago that made light of 9/11. A self-described democratic socialist and supporter of former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, Rahuba said he antagonizes far-right extremists mostly for his own amusement.
“I’ve found myself very annoyed with the rise of right-wing populism,” he said. “So I thought I’d do my own thing to push back against them.”
Rahuba laughed when asked whether he considered himself a member of antifa.
“I am antifa,” he said. “But I think you’re antifa as well . . . as is everybody with common sense. But as a part of an organized group? Absolutely not.”
He said he was not concerned about potential backlash from his identity being revealed. “I’m all in,” he said.
Brave or foolish?
Dangerous , the type of action that skirts the edge of disaster?
Hero for pranking the people that are itching to kill us?
Scammer with a bent to the dark side?
Government Agent?
Soros employee?
Future victim?
Jokester?... one stunt got the RWNJ gunnies out, and one guy shot himself in the leg (survived). Many of us more or less said ‘Horrible horrible (heehee)’
A Post examination of Rahuba’s activities provides a rare inside look at the work of a homegrown troll who uses social media to stoke partisan division. It shows that in an era of heightened sensitivity about disinformation campaigns carried out by foreign nations, bad-faith actors with far fewer resources can also manipulate public discourse and affect events in the real world.
A previous Post story raised questions about the identity of the person behind the Gettysburg deception. In response, several of Rahuba’s former acquaintances contacted reporters and said they suspected he operated Left Behind USA, the social media account that promoted the fake event. The Post examined dozens of accounts and websites, some linked to him by name and others used to anonymously promote hoaxes. Similarities in content, design and other details were apparent.
I would not advise anybody here associated with dkos in any way doing this, the backlash and attention significant: the damage it would cause are not very likely not yours to use.
The Gettysburg almost got the preacher beat up or even shot, that would not have been a good time for us or the preacher.
The embarrassment of the gunnies and RWNJ’s are delicious however. YMMV.
Do read the article wherever you find it, more links on of course..elsewhere.
It’s all fun and games until someone gets an eye shot out.