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The Phantom Menace: What's Really Behind MAGA’s Manufactured ANTIFA Threat

Republicans invent shadowy enemies to wage war on American democracy while they make America's actual problems worse

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Tara Devlin
Oct 11, 2025
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Sorry, Republicans—no matter how many times the Trump regime and its right-wing mouthpieces repeat the lie, ANTIFA is still not an actual organization. ANTIFA stands for anti-fascism; it’s not a group with a leader, membership roster, or headquarters. There’s no “ANTIFA organization.” It’s a decentralized movement, an idea—a rallying point for those who believe in democracy, oppose bigotry and authoritarianism. Not some omnipresent threat orchestrating violence at the behest of an invisible, nameless founder.

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