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Adam Kinzinger continues support for Ukrainian ‘meme army,’ despite neo-Nazi ties

In defending NAFO, unhinged congressman attacks Jewish entrepreneur and the State of Israel.

Jordan Schachtel
Oct 17, 2022
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Over the past couple of months, the corporate press has inundated itself with endless articles celebrating a pro-Ukraine “meme army” called NAFO (short for the North Atlantic Fellas Organization), which has helped to raise money for a shadowy, unaccountable foreign organization to support Ukraine’s fight against Russia. The NAFO keyboard warriors, which label themselves the “fellas,” operate as internet attack dogs (who sport Shiba Inu logos) in the information war against Russia.

Over the weekend, however, NAFO ran into major controversy. Internet sleuths and researchers discovered that the founder of NAFO, a man named Kamil Dyszewski, identifies politically with neo-Nazi ideology, as an avowed antisemite, Hitler admirer, and Holocaust denier.

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Moss Robeson @mossrobeson__
NAFO founder Kamil Dyszewski (@Kama_Kamilia) is an antisemitic gamer from Poland
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11:49 PM ∙ Oct 14, 2022
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Moss Robeson, a New York-based researcher on Ukrainian fascist movements and the publisher of the Bandera Lobby Blog on Substack, highlighted a series of disturbing antisemitic sentiments advanced by the NAFO founder.

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Moss Robeson @mossrobeson__
The original "fella" is a Nazi? What a surprise
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The NAFO founder has since locked his Twitter account and mass deleted many of these posts.

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz
Ah yes, the totally organic grassroots information op being amplified by the mainstream news media, US government officials, and foreign government agencies.
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12:14 AM ∙ Sep 2, 2022
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Over the past couple weeks, the NAFO “meme army” has received rhetorical support from several Baltic state leaders, and even the Ukrainian ministry of defense. Its chief advocate in the United States is Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who has interacted frequently with its founder, and has helped to solicit funds for the foreign operation. NAFO’s online troll army has also received endless applause in the D.C. neoconservative and neoliberal foreign policy think tank circuit

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InUkraine @InUAOfficial
Have you heard of #NAFO? It's the North Atlantic Fellas Organization. Through the power of shit-posting, it's helping Ukraine on the digital front — and raising money for its troops.
politico.euThe shit-posting, Twitter-trolling, dog-deploying social media army taking on Putin one meme at a timeThe North Atlantic Fellas Organization is fighting the Kremlin’s propaganda machine — and winning.
8:59 PM ∙ Oct 8, 2022
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Kinzinger, who frequently tags the NAFO internet community in his posts, has gone as far as to change his profile photo to support the movement. He has encouraged his followers to donate money to Saint Javelin, the outfit that employs the NAFO founder and sells his meme “artwork,” and it claims to donate some of the proceeds to buy military hardware.

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Adam Kinzinger #fella @AdamKinzinger
The legion has received over $1000 in donations because I switched my photo for #NAFO. So I’m going to leave it up for longer! Thanks for supporting the cause. #WeAreNAFO #fellas @Kama_Kamilia
4:16 PM ∙ Aug 5, 2022
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On Saturday, Kinzinger made it clear that he was aware of the NAFO founder’s rabid antisemitism and Holocaust denial. Instead of apologizing for raising money for a neo-Nazi, Kinzinger doubled down on his support.

The congressman, who, along with Rep. Liz Cheney, is the only other Republican who sits on the U.S. House Committee on January 6, labeled the neo-Nazi revelations as a big nothingburger. In a tweet posted Saturday evening, Kinzinger complained that people are making a “big deal” out of nothing and demanded it was time to “move on” and continue to support NAFO.

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Adam Kinzinger #fella @AdamKinzinger
@BravoKilo6464 @Kama_Kamilia Nobody is making a big deal about this but the repeated nafo comments is spreading this. So, all good. Move on
2:14 AM ∙ Oct 16, 2022
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January 6th Committee @January6thCmte
"We’re here today because the facts were irrelevant to President Trump. It was about protecting his very real power and very fragile ego... he was willing to sacrifice our republic to prolong his presidency." -@RepKinzinger
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Ivana Stradner of the neoconservative Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD), who claims to act as an unofficial spokesperson for the movement, jumped into the fray to dismiss the NAFO controversy as Russian propaganda.

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Ivana Stradner 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @ivanastradner
There’s an aggressive information operations campaign for the Western audience related to nazism in Ukraine… this will soon be linked to a new Russian pretext related to terrorism… Putin had an interview last week and now 🇷🇺 is fighting “terrorism”…be ready for this.
2:06 PM ∙ Oct 16, 2022
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And the retiring congressman wasn’t done yet. Kinzinger continued his advocacy for NAFO through the weekend, fiercely defending it against any and all allegations of misconduct. Kinzinger spent much of Sunday attacking the American Jewish entrepreneur David Sacks as a Russian propagandist, repeatedly and bizarrely highlighting his Jewish last name in the process.  

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Adam Kinzinger #fella @AdamKinzinger
David, whose last name is Sacks, claims #nafo is a foreign propaganda organization. Well there SACKS, much better than under the influence of Russian propaganda. Sacks. #NAFOarticle5 https://t.co/fS0JMPMPro
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David Sacks @DavidSacks
A US Congressman declaring “Country First” while proudly self-identifying as a member of a foreign propaganda organization (NAFO) which was founded by a neonazi. Can things get any crazier? https://t.co/KnJEkq3SHt
7:00 PM ∙ Oct 16, 2022
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Adam Kinzinger #fella @AdamKinzinger
When you appease evil you encourage evil. I though you at least had some sense not to retweet David Sacks who is a propagandist . #nafo
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Elon Musk @elonmusk
Exceptionally well-said https://t.co/UT8fXG0MeF
12:36 PM ∙ Oct 17, 2022
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Sacks has called for a peaceful settlement to the Russia-Ukraine war, warning about the increasing prospect of nuclear warfare.

And on Monday, Kinzinger continued his defense of NAFO, attacking the State of Israel for supposedly not doing enough to support Ukraine.

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Adam Kinzinger #fella @AdamKinzinger
Iran is giving #Russia drones that are murdering civilians. 1). Israel is out of excuses to sit on the sideline and pretend they can’t do anything. 2) the Biden admin needs to speak out loudly about the regime in Iran and support the protesters, and provide Ukraine air defense
12:29 PM ∙ Oct 17, 2022
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Neither the official NAFO Twitter account nor Saint Javelin, the internet merchandise shop that sells the neo-Nazi’s artwork, have commented on the matter.

For more on the disturbing origins of NAFO and the campaign to support its growth, I encourage you to read Moss Robeson’s NAFO deep dive on Medium.

The Dossier reached out to Rep. Kinzinger for a request for comment. It went unanswered.

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Big Grey
Oct 17, 2022Liked by Jordan Schachtel

Kinzinger and Cheney represent everything, EVERYTHING wrong with Congress.

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Oct 17, 2022Liked by Jordan Schachtel

Illinois as trying hard to be as cringey as NY, CA, and MA. Governor Jay Pritzker's billionaire family is profiting off trans drugs. Mayor Lori Lightfoot is overseeing mass slaughter in the streets. Rep Sean Casten's daughter died after getting the COVID jabs, but he continues to pump them - another investigation worth pursuing like Tiffany Dover, Carlos Tejada, Gael Monfils, Alphonso Davies, etc.

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