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So the thing is, it is partisan, towards the republican party. When they showed liberal issues during the election, it wasn't ones that would drive the average liberal vote. It was issues that would drive conservative outrage, like Antifa ads saying to burn down society, etc. And IIRC correctly, the ad spend they did was showing these liberal ads to conservative audiences, which would make no sense if it was non partisan.

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This article shows the state actors actively organizing left-wing counter-protests. Your narrative is part of the problem.

No, it doesn't. It just says that they were connected to the protests.

"The 'Resisters' Page also created a Facebook Event for a protest on August 10 to 12 and enlisted support from real people. The Event – “No Unite the Right 2 – DC” – was scheduled to protest an August “Unite the Right” event in Washington. Inauthentic admins of the “Resisters” Page connected with admins from five legitimate Pages to co-host the event."

The article specifically states the state actors created an event, and then coordinated with five legitimate pages to co-host the event:

> The “Resisters” Page also created a Facebook Event for a protest on August 10 to 12 and enlisted support from real people. The Event – “No Unite the Right 2 – DC” – was scheduled to protest an August “Unite the Right” event in Washington. Inauthentic admins of the “Resisters” Page connected with admins from five legitimate Pages to co-host the event. These legitimate Pages unwittingly helped build interest in “No Unite Right 2 – DC” and posted information about transportation, materials, and locations so people could get to the protests.

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