Federal Agents Stage Raid on Canal Street in New York City

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7. There's more to this story - Who are the rightwing influencers filling Trump's head with visions of antifa?

Which city will they target next?

Meet the content creators whose videos from Portland and Chicago shape the president’s distorted view of reality

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/16/rightwing-influencers-trump-antifa

Last week’s White House roundtable on antifa was an odd affair, mainly because the supposed experts who briefed Donald Trump on antifascism were rightwing influencers who make a living filming themselves confronting leftwing protesters.

Videos of protests in Portland and Chicago produced by these conservative content creators have long shaped the president’s distorted view of reality.

Although the influencers all describe themselves as “independent journalists”, they all frame leftwing protesters as nefarious or ridiculous in their videos, and eight of the 11 are current or former employees of Turning Point USA, the conservative advocacy organization founded by the late Charlie Kirk.

.... “Their job”, the extremism researcher Jared Holt said on his podcast, “is to make these viral clips that they can show on Fox News and scare your grandpa into thinking antifa is on the verge of a mass slaughter, and that Mr Trump is the only man who can put an end to this by sending the military to go crack some skulls”.


This is in the NYT article ...

"Nick Shirley, who identifies himself as an independent journalist and who met with President Trump at the White House this month for a round table on Antifa, posted a video from Canal Street on Sept. 25 titled: “I Confronted Dangerous Migrant Scammers in NYC.”"