The public image of Antifa has always been this loosey-goosey street-level chaos, complete with black clothes, masks, pool noodles, broken windows, fights with cops, and somebody always setting something on fire.

But those who pay even the slightest bit of attention know there's a lot more to this very coordinated, highly funded network of anti-American storm troopers.

And one of the biggest things they need are places to communicate without being easily tracked. They need websites, encrypted email, secure chats, and somewhere to publish instructions or brag about what they've done.

That doesn't sound like an "idea." It sounds more like a terror network.

And now, breaking news is coming out of the State Department that reveals just how "organized" they are.

According to the Trump admin, one Italy-based group was providing digital infrastructure to the violent far-left networks operating in the United States and overseas.

It's called Autistici/Inventati, or the A/I Collective.

And the United States just designated this group a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.

And that's a really big deal, folks.

State and Treasury are going after what they describe as part of the "machinery" behind violent extremist networks in the US.

The best way to explain it is like this… instead of spending eons chasing random bank robbers, somebody finally started looking at who was supplying all the getaway cars.

And according to the State Department, A/I isn't some innocent mom-and-pop internet provider that stumbled upon a few lunatics among its customers. Quite the opposite. The US government says they screened users for ideological approval before giving them access.

So, the more extreme, the better.

Now, that old line about Antifa being too loose and disorganized to amount to much doesn't hold a lot of water.

Here's how the State Department announced the move:

Department of State:

The A/I Collective builds and provides the digital infrastructure for violent Antifa cells and other radical left-wing networks in the United States and across the world.

Today, the United States is designating this extremist group as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.

The Autistici/Inventati Collective is an Italy-based hacker cell that provides far-left extremists with encrypted communications, calls, and web-hosting services – all concealed from law enforcement.

The A/I Collective is a central node in the far-left's war on our civilization.