Patrick Colbeck

“Liberty City Antifa” Simulation Matrix – War-Gaming Violent Direct Action in Philadelphia (PA)

Established Fact During ShutDown DC’s pre-election simulation exercises, participants explicitly modeled the deployment of “Liberty City Antifa” — a fictitious militant anti-fascist network placed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — to war-game violent direct-action capabilities and social unrest in a critical battleground state. Philadelphia was selected specifically because of its electoral significance. The modeling of a violent

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AFL-CIO “Shadow Campaign” Directives – Union Deployment to Counting Centers (MI)

Established Fact Mike Podhorzer, a senior AFL-CIO advisor described by Time magazine as the “architect” of the shadow campaign, distributed internal directives before the election explicitly detailing how the election would play out in battleground states and mobilizing union members to be deployed to polling and counting centers in Michigan to “control the narrative” and

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Raffensperger Pre-Election Settlement Functioned as “Consent Decree” (GA)

Disputed Fact [Disputed Fact — As to settlement’s legal nature and effect]  The settlement’s legal nature and effect are contested.  Critics often describe the March 2020 document as a “consent decree” that changed Georgia election law, while the text labels it a “Compromise Settlement Agreement and Release” that implements a rule already adopted by the

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Raffensperger Pre-Election Settlement – Unauthorized Signature Verification Waiver (GA)

Established Fact [Established Fact — Settlement Reached] Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger entered into a March 2020 settlement with Democratic Party plaintiffs that modified absentee ballot signature notice and cure procedures. AP reported that the settlement did not bar signature verification, and that Fulton County rejected only six of 148,318 absentee ballots for signature

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Coordinated Institutional Capture – The “Georgia Miracle” Network (GA)

Reasonable Inference [Reasonable Inference — As to influence on adjudication and tabulation] Operations orchestrated by the Center for Common Ground and the NAACP, led by Andrea Miller and Ray McClendon, coordinated with the Grassroots Emergency Election Protection Coalition to conduct get-out-the-vote, ballot curing, and election protection operations in Georgia. Miller and McClendon have publicly claimed

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CISA-EIP Censorship Architecture – Suppression of Election Integrity Speech Pre-Election (US)

Established Fact CISA, acting outside its statutory authority, created the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP) in July 2020 — staffed by Stanford University’s Internet Observatory, the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, Graphika, and the Atlantic Council’s DFRLab — and used it to flag domestic political speech on social media platforms through a Jira

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Fight Back Table / Democracy Defense Coalition – Dark Money Coordination Hub (US)

Reasonable Inference [Reasonable Inference — As to advance coordination] Mike Podhorzer (AFL-CIO senior advisor) and Deirdre Schifeling led the “Fight Back Table” and “Democracy Defense Coalition” operating out of 1536 U Street NW, Washington, D.C. These entities drafted internal memos predicting battleground state outcomes before the election and mobilized dark money and union resources. The

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Fight Back Table / Democracy Defense Coalition (US)

Established Fact [Established Fact — Organizations exist, memos documented] Mike Podhorzer (AFL-CIO senior advisor, described by Time as the “architect” of the shadow campaign) and Deirdre Schifeling led the “Fight Back Table” and “Democracy Defense Coalition” — organizations operating out of 1536 U Street NW, Washington, D.C. These entities drafted internal memos predicting specific battleground

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“Inside/Outside Strategy” – Coordinated Federal-NGO Pincer Operation (US)

Reasonable Inference The organizational model confirmed in the Time magazine reporting involves AFL-CIO operatives and allied dark money networks operating internally (Fight Back Table, Democracy Defense Coalition) while external NGO and activist networks applied simultaneous external pressure (Protect the Results, ShutDown DC) — a coordinated dual-track strategy designed to control the post-election environment. The documented

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Protect the Results Coalition Seditious Conspiracy (US)

Disputed Fact [Disputed Fact — As to whether planning contemplated unlawful force] The Protect the Results coalition launched June 12, 2020, comprising 148 organizational partners that publicly committed to trigger street-level mass protest and unrest if Trump contested the election. Coalition members’ public statements emphasized peaceful, lawful protest; whether the planning contemplated unlawful force is

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