Leftist violence has escalated to terrifying new levels.
They're now using organized hit lists to target conservative students.
And one university's TPUSA leader got hit with a hockey stick after Antifa posted this hit list.
Antifa's modern hit list operations target students
Front Range Antifa and Colorado Springs Antifa posted a "hit list" flyer targeting University of Colorado Boulder sophomore Nathaniel Ellis.¹
The flyer branded Ellis as a "Nazi activist" and accused him of being "responsible for white supremacist, antisemitic, and anti-LGBTQ vandalism on campus."
Boulder Students for a Democratic Society shared the dangerous flyer across social media, encouraging followers to "share widely" and tag the university to expose what they called a "Nazi activist on CU Boulder campus."²
Three days after the hit list went viral, Ellis was leaving a Turning Point USA meeting when a masked attacker on roller skates followed him from campus.
The assailant struck Ellis over the head with a hockey stick near the intersection of Baseline Road and 27th Way around 7 p.m. Thursday evening.³
"He came up behind me and broke a hockey stick over my head and yelled something to the effect of 'f— you, fascist,'" Ellis told the Daily Camera.⁴
Boulder Police described the suspect as "dressed in all black clothing, a black ski mask, and had a green Gatorade bottle with an orange top in his back right pants pocket."⁵
The attacker fled on roller skates after Ellis called 911.
Police confirmed they're investigating whether the social media posts and digital flyer played a role in the assault.
This attack follows a disturbing pattern where Antifa groups create public "hit lists" to target journalists and conservative activists nationwide.
Ellis serves as secretary of CU Boulder's Turning Point USA chapter, the organization founded by Charlie Kirk before his assassination in September.
Democrat politicians still denying Antifa exists
Even as Antifa openly operates hit lists and carries out coordinated attacks, Democrat leaders maintain their absurd denials that the group exists.
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) challenged anyone to "name one member of Antifa" just weeks before this attack occurred.⁶
The Justice Department responded by naming two Antifa members – Cameron Arnold and Zachary Evetts – in terrorism-related charges for orchestrating attacks on an ICE detention center.⁷
Former House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) previously called Antifa a "myth" when pressed about 2020's violence.⁸
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison claimed "nobody knows what the left-wing terrorist organization Antifa is and that it does not exist."⁹
Yet Ellison previously promoted the "Antifa Handbook" in 2018 and praised the group for "striking fear in the heart" of Trump.¹⁰
Even late-night host Jimmy Kimmel joined the denial campaign, telling viewers Antifa is "no more than a mythical chupacabra" and "an entirely made-up organization."¹¹
Former FBI Director Christopher Wray demolished these denials when he testified that "Antifa is a real thing."¹²
The Colorado attack proves how organized and dangerous this network has become.
This follows years of escalating Antifa violence
The Boulder attack represents just the latest escalation in Antifa's campaign of political terror that has intensified since Charlie Kirk's assassination.
https://twitter.com/boulderpolice/status/1981821481056158150
In July 2025, Antifa terrorists viciously assaulted federal agents at an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon, kicking and punching officers while targeting them with an "incendiary device."¹³
Portland has endured systematic Antifa violence for years, including the 2024 burning of more than a dozen Portland Police Bureau training vehicles and the 2020 killing of a Patriot Prayer supporter during riots.¹⁴
In February 2024, a transgender Antifa terrorist detonated an explosive device outside Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall's office, leaving behind stickers with Antifa slogans.¹⁵
President Trump has responded by designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and deploying federal resources to crush their operations in cities like Portland.¹⁶
The White House identified common threads in Antifa violence including "anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity" along with "support for the overthrow of the United States Government."¹⁷
Attorney General Pam Bondi blasted judges for blocking Trump's efforts to investigate and disrupt these terrorist networks.
"What they're doing to him, to our country is outrageous," Bondi said about attempts to stop Elon Musk's government efficiency efforts that could expose Antifa funding sources.¹⁸
The Boulder attack shows Antifa has perfected a coordinated strategy: create hit lists, spread them through sympathetic student organizations, then wait for radicalized individuals to carry out the violence.
Ellis courageously refused to be intimidated, stating: "Last night, Antifa physically attacked me for my America first values and actions. The same people that killed Charlie Kirk. Like Mr. Kirk, I will not let threats dissuade me from my TPUSA involvement or beliefs."¹⁹
While Democrats continue denying Antifa exists, their terrorist operations are expanding from major cities to college campuses nationwide.
What triggered this violence? Ellis's unwavering commitment to America First values – principles he refuses to abandon despite facing organized terrorist targeting for believing in his country.
The two words that triggered this violence? "America First" – the values Ellis refuses to abandon despite facing organized terrorist targeting for believing in his country.
¹ Jonathan Turley, "University of Colorado TPUSA Student Leader Attacked After Antifa Posted 'Hit List'," JonathanTurley.org, October 29, 2025.
² Ibid.
³ Daily Camera, "CU Boulder student says hockey stick attack was politically motivated," October 24, 2025.
⁴ Ibid.
⁵ Boulder Police Department, "Boulder Police Request Community's Help in Finding Suspect in Alleged Assault," October 24, 2025.
⁶ Jonathan Turley, "Two Alleged Antifa Members Charged with Terrorism-Related Crimes," JonathanTurley.org, October 17, 2025.
⁷ Ibid.
⁸ Fox News, "Trump designates Antifa terrorists as critics dispute if group exists," October 2025.
⁹ The Hill, "Antifa deniers: Dan Goldman and the ghost of J. Edgar Hoover," October 2025.
¹⁰ Ibid.
¹¹ Legal Insurrection, "Democrats, Media Revive Bogus 'Antifa Doesn't Exist' Narrative," October 11, 2025.
¹² Jonathan Turley, "University of Colorado TPUSA Student Leader Attacked After Antifa Posted 'Hit List'," JonathanTurley.org, October 29, 2025.
¹³ The White House, "President Trump Isn't Backing Down from Crushing Radical Left Violence," September 22, 2025.
¹⁴ The White House, "PORTLAND: Fake News Ignores Antifa Violence, Residents' Pleas for Help," October 2025.
¹⁵ The White House, "President Trump Isn't Backing Down from Crushing Radical Left Violence," September 22, 2025.
¹⁶ The White House, "President Trump Deploys Federal Resources to Crush Violent Radical Left Terrorism in Portland," September 2025.
¹⁷ The White House, "Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence," September 26, 2025.
¹⁸ Bob Unruh, "'Get to the rifles': Antifa members facing criminal indictment for scheme to attack federal agents," WorldNetDaily, October 2025.
¹⁹ CU Independent, "CU Boulder Turning Point secretary accused of ties to white nationalist organizations," October 24, 2025.
