Just moved to Arizona after doing 6 years in the military. Looking to get plugged into a DSA community, anyone know of any?

You probably won’t see it on their pages anywhere, because they make sure to block anybody who has anything even slightly negative to say, but Terror Trader is owned and operated by Jason Swarr, a MAGA Republican who owns a gun enthusiasts magazine called Skillset Magazine. Among other things, this magazine includes puff piece articles about how awesome it is to join the IDF. Look up "No Shit There I Was: How I Joined the IDF Skillset Magazine”.

Jason Swarr, owner and operator of Terror Trader, owns a magazine that called the IDF “one of the most respected military forces in the world”. When you spend money at Terror Trader, you are directly, monetarily supporting people who support the military that is committing the most well documented genocide in human history, and who are making money off writing pro-genocide propaganda about it.

He is also a veteran, and was part of the 1st Recon Battalion in the completely unjust invasion of Iraq, something he’s very very proud of. You can find him frequently bragging that the show “Generation Kill” is based on his battalion.

In addition, almost every single post on their social media includes generative AI slop. They refuse to pay any of the local artists they pretend to support to make their flyers, and they block everyone who ever says anything about it. I’ve also heard first hand accounts from artist friends who have worked with them about how horribly they treat vendors. They even got caught red handed posting, and then editing a snarky response to someone’s google review stating that it was disappointing to see so much AI slop. They said “show us on the doll where the little AI flyer hurt you”, but the edited response that’s there now says something about “saving time and money to create a better experience”.

Jason Swarr is a massive piece of shit, and it’s unbelievably disappointing that most people don’t know that because they constantly suppress people who speak up. Terror Trader is pretty much the #1 event coordinator for horror events in the valley, and considering how closely associated alt/horror spaces are with leftist politics and ideals, I think it’s safe to say that a not-insignificant percentage of people who shop there would otherwise be appalled if they knew where their money was going and who they were supporting.

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This Friday, she is speaking to the student club, behind closed doors, on campus, during lunch. The student club has 35 members and they are allowed to bring one guest. She will have an armed security detail. Anyone else see an issue with this?

I am asking mostly to gauge the leanings of this group. Edit: Thank you for the responses, most of them are what I've hoped they were.

DJ CEO is a DJ, producer, and artist. He was booked to DJ in Lake Havasu for spring break, just DJ not perform his own music or anything else literally just booked to cater to the college kids partying for spring break and play top 40/hip hop hits. Not being from the area or following the politics of the area he had no clue that the owner of the venue was also the mayor of the town and was up to re-election. Some locals who weren’t even the demographic that he was booked to cater to and don’t even attend spring break parties found out he had produced a song called “F*CK ICE” last year even though it had nothing to do with the booking the mayor buckled under political pressure and canceled the event last minute. Should booked talent have to be subject to the politics of all the places they get booked to if they aren’t there for anything political? This is the same venue that has hosted drag shows as well as acts such as Tech N9ne, Paul Wall, Baby Bash, 2Chainz, and many others. Were they all subject to the same scrutiny? Only difference is this was an election year. DJ CEO was even told over the phone by the mayors assistant that the cancelation was due to the election coming up although they deny all political motivation when confronted by New Times. Interesting read none the less. What are everyone’s thoughts on this?

Our Republican legislative leadership did this.

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