Chuck Darwin<p>In at least 14 states, "Bonds for the Win" activists attempted to serve <a href="https://c.im/tags/sham" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sham</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/paperwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>paperwork</span></a> to school districts, in several cases causing commotions that required police intervention. </p><p>And the number of people joining their cause is quickly growing as misinformation about the strategy’s effectiveness circulates.</p><p>On the chat app Telegram, where the activists organize, Bonds for the Win’s main channel grew from 700 subscribers to nearly 20,000 in the past month. Its members focus on <a href="https://c.im/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>schools</span></a>, but they have also served paperwork to a handful of <a href="https://c.im/tags/county" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>county</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/commissioners" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>commissioners</span></a> and discussed plans to go after other local officials, <a href="https://c.im/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>judges</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/sheriffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sheriffs</span></a> with similar claims.</p><p>Bonds for the Win is using these battles as a way of drawing in followers, demonstrating how quickly a faulty fringe tactic can generate momentum as frustrated parents join forces with conspiracy theorists.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Miki" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Miki</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Klann" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Klann</span></a>, a QAnon adherent in Scottsdale, Arizona, who has said she believes AIDS is a hoax and that the Earth is flat, founded Bonds for the Win in December. </p><p> “We want the people to understand their 'sovereignty'.” Klann said in a recent video</p><p>The group’s strategy of intimidating government bodies with paperwork has been used in the past by <a href="https://c.im/tags/sovereign" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sovereign</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/citizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>citizens</span></a><br />-- loosely affiliated <a href="https://c.im/tags/rightwing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rightwing</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/anarchists" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>anarchists</span></a> who believe federal and local governments are operating illegitimately.</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/parents-mask-schools-surety-bonds-rcna16872" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/news/us-news/paren</span><span class="invisible">ts-mask-schools-surety-bonds-rcna16872</span></a></p>