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On August 16th, Kalen D'Almeida was filming protesters in downtown Portland while dressed in black bloc attire. Kalen wore a helmet, goggles, and filmed with a cellphone and a bodycam. #portlandprotests
Kalen uploads videos to Twitter that are designed to trigger the right-wing outrage machine. Kalen will post a few context-less clips each night, claiming protesters are "violent antifa militants."
Some of these clips will be picked up & further editorialized by larger far-right figures like Andy Ngo & Ian Miles Cheong. At each level, the context becomes lost & the claims more exaggerated. Kalen is networked well w/far-right faux "journalists."
Some of his videos will make it as far as Fox News and Breitbart and occasionally earn him interviews and airtime. This is the far-right grift: turn a political movement into a few 15 second clips, let the outrage machine work, and reap the fame. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/politics/russia-disinformation-election-meddling.html
This leads to real-world violence. On Monday, Eric Michael Potratz menaced customers with a baseball bat as he tore down Black Lives Matter signs in several SE Portland businesses. #portlandprotests https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/08/bat-wielding-man-terrorizes-se-portland-businesses-over-black-lives-matter-signs-cops-and-shops-say.html
Eric Michael Portratz claimed that he was enraged after watching clips of a Portland protest pushed by Kalen and friends. Kalen's Tweets frequently attract calls for violence and murder from his followers. #portlandprotests
Kalen D'Almeida works as an EMT in Los Angeles County. If you have more information about his employment, please contact us. Here's Kalen divulging information about a patient he transported to his racist Twitter followers. ( http://archive.fo/6scw7 )
Despite working as a medical professional, Kalen D'Almeida spreads conspiracy theories about COVID-19.
Kalen views the George Floyd uprising as controlled by "antifa" and funded by shadowy forces. These "puppet-master" conspiracy theories are always layered with racism and anti-Semitism.
BONUS: Kalen D'Almeida unearths some "terrorist propaganda."
Kalen D'Almeida has shared a residence with Elijah Schaffer (another far right faux "journalist" since at least the fall of 2018.
If you have any additional information on Kalen, or any of these far right figures, email us at eugeneantifa [at] protonmail [dot] com.
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![Kalen D'Almeida has shared a residence with Elijah Schaffer (another far right faux "journalist" since at least the fall of 2018.If you have any additional information on Kalen, or any of these far right figures, email us at eugeneantifa [at] protonmail [dot] com.(///)](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ef1aUnCWAAMZApo.jpg "Kalen D'Almeida has shared a residence with Elijah Schaffer (another far right faux \"journalist\" since at least the fall of 2018.If you have any additional information on Kalen, or any of these far right figures, email us at eugeneantifa [at] protonmail [dot] com.(///)")
If you have any additional information on Kalen, or any of these far right figures, email us at eugeneantifa [at] protonmail [dot] com.
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