Why is the FBI spying on a bookstore in Chicago?

[AntivaxHunters]

Bare with me as I'm on my phone posting this so if there's typos please excuse them.

This is a wild story.
Unicorn Riot uncovered this. The FBI is spying on Pilsen Community Books in Chicago which is a very progressive & leftist bookstore.
The whole thread unroll of many tweets is here [link:https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1635728084258226181.html|

I'll post a link to a few tweets on Twitter if you want to read it there.

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Much more on Twitter & at the thread reader link above

[EYESORE 9001]

1. J. Edgar would be proud

Perhaps he still is, but he’s also doing a slow roast on a spit in hell.

[mopinko]

2. well, the heartland is gone,

so they gotta look elsewhere i guess.
they shut down occupy chicago just as easily as they did in other cities.

the fbi needs to be hosed down.

[Hotler]

3. The fascist wing of the FBI? Same group that held up Mar-a-largo investigation?

Meanwhile Nazi have the run of the country.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. Because the government has a very specific idea of what "extremists" might be.

[orthoclad]

5. Lotsa new labels

"In language reminiscent of the Red Scare, cubicle-lurking FBI intelligence analysts wrote in their reports that the store is used by “anarchist violent extremists,” or “AVEs,” “environmental violent extremists,” or “EVEs” and “pro-abortion extremists.”

My favorite: when Erin Brockovitch spoke at East Palestine, DHS sent out a bulletin from their "fusion center" (a War Of Terror artifact) saying this could trigger "special interest terrorism". You know, like those homeowner terrorists who resent being poisoned and having their life ruined. Temper, temper (finger wagging).

Meanwhile, actual reich wing terrorists are attacking power stations, committing massacres, and attacking the Capitol, but that's just biz as usual. Nothing to get excited about. No indication of a problem or timely warnings, despite having surveillance that would put the Stasi to shame.

The writing is on the wall. We trust these people with guns and badges?

[Ptah]

6. Arlo Guthrie: The Pause of Mr Clause

[Midnight Writer]

7. Will Jim Jordan hold hearings on this?

[crickets]

8. Books are scary!

People who read them (or worse, sell them) are terrorists!

People who can read can also write. They might use that ability to... *screeching Psycho violins* ... paint signs to carry in a peaceful protest! The horror!

Face meet palm.