I am highly dubious of the group behind the 87 "felony" bookings in Louisville. These are longtime pro's and celebrities. If they get *charged* with felonies, I'll be very surprised and take my L. But don't start throwing your money yet. They have institutional support already.

Here are over 100 Federal cases that don't have that kind of support baked-in. People are already taking pleas. https://twitter.com/OLAASM/status/1272326772948963328?s=19

I don't know how many more times Mallory and Sarsour need to create a new, boutique activist consortium and grab a bunch of headlines before people recognize the pattern and function they serve, but apparently it's a lot.

The only question was whether the initial overcharging was a planned part of the performance or not, but different rules clearly apply for institutionally backed, professional "activists" and their self-perpetuating theater. https://twitter.com/OLAASM/status/1284328357790973954?s=20

"We just took a bunch of serious arrests, donate now" is a business model for a lot of folks. Understand that. https://twitter.com/OLAASM/status/1283267203165573120?s=20

A related thread on how this shit works: https://twitter.com/OLAASM/status/1012709676369100801?s=20

Like the Sanders campaign (of which Sarsour was a part), these radlib protest theater groups are a resource, energy and time-sucking vortex that frequently ensnare young folks who don't know any better and always serve to dissipate energy from more radical projects. I hate them.

They are meant to confuse newly politicized people about what effective protest looks like and to lure them into the theatrical, self-perpetuating and defanged web of the npic. Where the state wants them.

And Sarsour actively fundraised for the Vaca Daza-led prong of the fascist coup in Bolivia through her network of NYC professionals, so fuck her. And no, I don't care how much the rightwing hates radlibs. They're loathsome *from the left* as well.