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Army Parrots Racist Right’s Talking Points on Antifa

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In what are believed to be the first public Defense Dept. assessments of anti-fascists, internal documents whitewashed antifa's enemies but admitted the group posed no threat.

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Stephanie Keith / Reuters

Internal U.S. Army documents in 2017 on anti-fascists (antifa) parroted a fascist talking point about the far-right’s supposedly non-racist creds, according to newly released material reviewed by The Daily Beast.

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