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[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 46 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You'll never have definitive proof because the vast majority of people in media doing fed work are assets and mostly unwitting assets. They're not actual case officers, meaning they'll always be plausible deniability. For stuff like Breadtube, all the feds have to do is create thousands of fake Patreon accounts and funnel money to the channels they want to platform. The only Breadtube channel that's actually close to a witting asset instead of an oblivious useful idiot is that Southern anarchist larper (I forgot the dude's name) who got busted trafficking Ukrainian (?) women. It's pretty obvious he's taking marching orders from some handler. But for almost everyone else, it's just useful idiots getting platformed by the feds through (not so) clandestine means.

[–] Sulvor@hexbear.net 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 40 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Not "outed" (yet), but obvious feds:

-Beau Of The Fifth Column

-Jackson Hinkle

[–] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 27 points 2 months ago

Beau of the Fifth Column really gets my blood boiling.

The idea that a slaver's fan base can forgive him without the input of all his slaves and then he should live comfortably as a "content creator" after that is abhorrent.

barbara-pit

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

I could see bad empanada being one too

[–] miz@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Breath_Of_The_Snake@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

It wouldn’t hold up under court of law standards, but the amount of circumstantial evidence alone.

[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Mossad lady at Mintpress? Please tell me more.

[–] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Brace Belden fought with the Kurds and they called in US airstrikes. Don’t think he’s a fed proper though nor was he “outed.” All in all, he seems to be pretty useless if he is a fed. Don’t think any handler wants to pay an asset to make comedy podcasts and attend random political events

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago

What do you have against tech CEO Rachel Jake?

Don't be a hater.

[–] shath@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] shath@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

everyone except me is a fed

[–] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's one big fedjacket and we're all wearing it

[–] Sulvor@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] shath@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

im cold wtf this is no fair

[–] grandepequeno@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

No, and most people who are said to be feds aren't

[–] CommCat@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

Juan Cole was the biggest cheerleader of the Libyan opposition during the Libyan crisis that led to the assassination of Qaddafi, he was all over left media, especially Democracy Now! He sounded ecstatic when Qaddafi was lynched. I even remember reading one of his articles where he claims the US military is too moral to target civilians...ugh anyways....

https://www.counterpunch.org/2011/08/30/meet-professor-juan-cole-consultant-to-the-cia/

he still pops up once in while in Left media, remember this fucker...

[–] HexcraftDirtFarmer@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Dunno why but I posted a response to a totally different question - awell

Edit to on topic: Nope, haven't heard of any online leftists being proven to be feds. That seems more an IRL group thing, or at least it's incredibly difficult not to infer based on some of the body counts.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] livestreamedcollapse@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

I started listening to Colonial Outcasts, which feels like a looser version of Eyes Left (incidentially a host of each pod was an army ranger, whatever happened to Spencer Rapaone?). That said an infrequent host (or recurring guest?) Elina Xenophontos follows Jackson Hinkle, so that's a bit 👁️ to me