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by mikedilger 2098 days ago
(Washington, left-wing activist, forest fire): https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/police-arrest-puyallup-man-...

(Oregon, arsonist, forest fire) https://thepostmillennial.com/arsonist-arrested-after-using-...

I haven't found the trifecta of ('Oregon', 'Left-wing activists', 'forest fires'). But I wouldn't have written an article making a claim that it definitely didn't happen. "falsely claimed" and "debunked" are unjustified claims themselves.

We are living in a strange time where many people think they know more than they do.

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Excuse me? Where is there "left wing activist" in the Puyallup brush fire? (Not forest fire, but whatever.)

The article just says it was a streamer

Fair question (I've upvoted you). Here's more detail on the person that started it: https://heavy.com/news/2020/09/jeffrey-jeff-acord/