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Established Fact [Established Fact — Fithian’s statements documented in recordings] Lisa Fithian, a documented radical street-action organizer and key Protect the Results trainer, conducted pre-election sessions explicitly designed to prevent deployment of the National Guard against protesters — including establishing protocols for “protective barriers” between violent and nonviolent actors. This planning was conducted before the

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

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