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  • Tyler DiPeppe is a former member of the Neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division. Tyler is also a Trans man. We discuss his involvement, how he got out, and what he's doing to help others leave as well.

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    Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:

    Atomwaffen Division - SPLC Extremist File

    https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/atomwaffen-division

    Atomwaffen and the Siege Paralax: How One Neo-Nazi's Life's Work Is Fueling A Younger Generation

    https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/02/22/atomwaffen-and-siege-parallax-how-one-neo-nazi’s-life’s-work-fueling-younger-generation

    Justice Department announces nationwide arrests of members of neo-Nazi Atomwaffen group

    https://abcnews.go.com/US/justice-department-announces-nationwide-arrests-members-neo-nazi/story?id=69239957

    Neo-Nazi charged in 'swatting' scheme that targeted ex-DHS chief Kirstjen Nielsen

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/neo-nazi-charged-swatting-scheme-targeted-ex-dhs-chief-kirstjen-n1143581

    No prison time for transgender ex-neo-Nazi in threat case

    https://apnews.com/article/arizona-florida-washington-gender-identity-conspiracy-1952b35f4817342779ba387c33faa9a1

    Transgender ex-neo-Nazi won't face prison time, 'already suffered enough'

    https://www.jpost.com/international/transgender-ex-neo-nazi-wont-face-prison-time-already-suffered-enough-663842

    Why Do Neo-Nazis Keep Getting Arrested For Child Sexual Abuse Material?

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/why-do-neo-nazis-keep-getting-arrested-for-child-porn/

    Vaush on the Struggle for the Future of Young Men

    https://therealnews.com/vaush-on-the-struggle-for-the-future-of-young-men

    Hands of Eir on Bluesky

    https://bsky.app/profile/handsofeir.bsky.social

    Help Tyler get back on his feet

    https://www.gofundme.com/f/new-beginnings-newcar-bills-debt

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  • On this episode, I'm joined by Sociologist Karl Folk to discuss whether or not BlueSky has “the juice". We also discuss the Luigi Mangione case and what it says about where we are as a society.

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    What is Bluesky, the online platform welcoming users leaving Elon Musk's X?

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-bluesky-why-are-people-leaving-x-platform/

    Bluesky brings the fun, weird vibes of old Twitter back to life

    https://www.vox.com/technology/385433/what-is-bluesky-twitter-social-media-use-future

    Twitter's Traffic Falling Relative to Bluesky

    https://futurism.com/twitter-traffic-plummeting

    What we know about Luigi Mangione, suspect charged in UnitedHealthcare CEO's killing

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/luigi-mangione-healthcare-ceo-shooting-what-we-know/

    Luigi Mangione Has a Fan Club at Pennsylvania Prison

    https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/luigi-mangione-sci-huntington-prison.html

    Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures

    https://www.asahq.org/about-asa/newsroom/news-releases/2024/11/anthem-blue-cross-blue-shield-will-not-pay-complete-duration-of-anesthesia-for-surgical-procedures

    Update to anesthesia billed time units policy - Provider News

    https://providernews.anthem.com/new-york/articles/update-to-anesthesia-billed-time-units-policy-23312

    'Like a miracle': N.C. couple free of nearly $100,000 medical debt after 15 years

    https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/-miracle-nc-couple-free-nearly-100000-medical-debt-15-years-rcna183426

    Lakeland woman threatens insurance company, says ‘Delay, Deny, Depose’: police

    https://www.wfla.com/news/polk-county/lakeland-woman-threatens-insurance-company-says-delay-deny-depose-police/

    Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd - Robin Hood of the Cookson Hills

    https://www.carnegie.lib.oh.us/Floyd

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  • UBI, or Universal Basic Income, would guarantee everyone in society an income floor. In this episode, I talk about this idea with Scott Santens, who has been a tireless advocate of the concept.

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    Here are some of the sources and references used to create this episode:

    Scott Santens UBI Guide

    www.scottsantens.com

    (Links to a ton of peer-reviewed data and studies on the UBI concept, some of which is referenced in the episode)

    Scott's Book, "Let There Be Money"

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NH31Y4C?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=&linkCode=sl1&tag=sssubi-20&linkId=9a6d60d23a1b6add7c1686b4e07c1927&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

    Andrew Yang's Freedom Dividend

    https://2020.yang2020.com/policies/the-freedom-dividend/

    The bizarre tale of President Nixon and his basic income bill

    https://thecorrespondent.com/4503/the-bizarre-tale-of-president-nixon-and-his-basic-income-bill/173117835-c34d6145

    In Reversal Because of A.I., Office Jobs Are Now More at Risk

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/upshot/artificial-intelligence-jobs.html

    Some on Social Media See Shooting Suspect as a Folk Hero

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/nyregion/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-suspect.html

    The Shooting That Was Inevitable Our political system is breaking down. Now it has killed.

    https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/unitedhealthcare-shooting-inevitable.html

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  • I talk with Journalist Taylor Lorenz about political campaigning on the internet, working as an independent creator, and why we don't need a "Joe Rogan but Leftist".

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    User Mag, Taylor's newsletter

    Power User - Taylor's weekly podcast

    https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/power-user-with-taylor-lorenz

    Why Democrats won't build their own Joe Rogan

    EVEN HASAN PIKER WAS SURPRISED HE GOT TO STREAM FROM THE DNC

    https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/hasan-piker-dnc-creators-for-kamala-1235089088/

    ‘A change from the status quo’: the voters who backed Trump and AOC

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/17/trump-aoc-voters

    Young men swung to the right for Trump after a campaign dominated by masculine appeals

    https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-11-30/young-men-swung-to-the-right-for-trump-after-a-campaign-dominated-by-masculine-appeals

    How economic concerns and low voter turnout in Democratic strongholds helped Trump win

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/economic-concerns-low-voter-turnout-111802344.html

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  • We sit down with Katie McHugh, who walked away from the center of the Alt Right and has been helping to fight them ever since. We’re also joined by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Michael Edison Hayden to talk about his experiences working with Katie, and how she’s been an invaluable part of the fight against White Nationalism since walking away.

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    Here are some of the sources and references we used to create this episode:

    U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL INVOLVED IN WHITE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT, HATEWATCH DETERMINES

    https://www.splcenter.org/gebert

    STEPHEN MILLER’S AFFINITY FOR WHITE NATIONALISM REVEALED IN LEAKED EMAILS

    https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/11/12/stephen-millers-affinity-white-nationalism-revealed-leaked-emails

    Leaked Stephen Miller emails show Trump’s point man on immigration promoted white nationalism, SPLC reports

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/12/leaked-stephen-miller-emails-suggest-trumps-point-man-immigration-promoted-white-nationalism/

    More Miller “hate group” emails leak as former reporter claims media hid "racist screeds" for years

    https://www.salon.com/2019/11/14/more-miller-hate-group-emails-leak-as-former-reporter-claims-media-hid-racist-screeds-for-years/

    Can You Ever Trust a Former White Nationalist?

    https://politicalresearch.org/2022/05/11/can-you-ever-trust-former-white-nationalist

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  • Episode 113(originally released 11/27/03) -Writer and Activist Elad Nehorai joins the pod to discuss the rising tide of antisemitism, false narratives, and keeping your humanity during inhumane times.

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    ELAD NEHORAI Writer. Community Builder. Marketer. Activist.

    http://eladnehorai.com

    Elad's Substack(GO SUBSCRIBE PLZ)

    Elad's Twitter feed(or "X" if we must)

    https://twitter.com/EladNehorai

    Elon Musk is the most dangerous antisemite in America

    https://forward.com/opinion/549819/elon-musk-is-the-most-dangerous-antisemite-in-america/

    The Right's Selective Outrage on Antisemitism is a Scam

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-rights-selective-outrage-on-antisemitism-is-a-scam?ref=author

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  • In this episode, I break down what happened on Election night, and discuss what a way forward might look like. Plus, I talk about what’s ahead for the podcast in the future.

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    Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:

    CNN Election Results

    https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/results/president?election-data-id=2024-PG&election-painting-mode=projection-with-lead&filter-key-races=false&filter-flipped=false&filter-remaining=false

    REPUBLICANS CELEBRATE BY ADMITTING THEY CAN’T WAIT FOR PROJECT 2025

    https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/republicans-celebrate-project-2025-trump-win-1235155322/

    Here’s What An RFK Jr. Health Role In A Trump Administration Could Look Like: Vaccine Skepticism, Fluoride Ban

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2024/11/06/heres-what-an-rfk-jr-health-role-in-a-trump-administration-could-look-like-vaccine-skepticism-fluoride-ban/

    Trump Jr. floats Alex Jones as father's White House press secretary: 'I'm not even joking'

    https://nbcmontana.com/news/nation-world/trump-jr-floats-alex-jones-as-fathers-white-house-press-secretary-im-not-even-joking-donald-trump-republican-presidential-candidate-gop-2024-election

    Conspiracy theories are spreading about Trump’s win. They’re false.

    https://www.vox.com/politics/383944/conspiracy-theories-trump-win

    Election Denial Conspiracy Theories Are Exploding on X. This Time They’re Coming From the Left

    https://www.wired.com/story/election-denial-conspiracy-theories-x-left-blueanon/

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  • In this episode, I will make a call on what I think is going to happen in the 2024 US presidential election, and in the aftermath.

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    The AZGOP is selling the headquarters it bought 9 months ago

    https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2024/03/27/arizona-gop-headquarters-sale

    Trump’s new joint fundraising pact with RNC puts priority on paying his legal bills first

    https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-03-21/trumps-invite-to-major-donors-prioritizes-the-committee-paying-his-legal-bills-over-the-rnc

    A “bust out” is a common tactic in the organized crime world, wherein a business' assets and lines of credit are exploited and exhausted to the point of bankruptcy.

    http://worldtraining.net/bustout.html

    https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-america-pac-blitz-canvassing-michigan-uhaul/

    https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-america-pac-blitz-canvassing-michigan-uhaul/

    Canvassers for Elon Musk’s America PAC Were Fired and Stranded in Michigan After Speaking Out

    https://www.wired.com/story/canvassers-elon-musk-america-pac-fired-stranded-michigan-mistreatment/

    'All hell has broken loose': Inside Elon Musk's high-stakes pro-Trump door-knocking effort

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/elon-musks-high-stakes-trump-door-knocking-effort-america-pac-rcna176255

    There’s more herding in swing state polls than at a sheep farm in the Scottish Highlands

    Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg

    What are the surprising takeaways from early voting? Analyst explains why Republicans should worry.

    https://www.msnbc.com/weekends-with-alex-witt/watch/what-are-the-surprising-takeaways-from-early-voting-analyst-explains-why-republicans-should-worry-223380549986

    The right is projecting irrational confidence about a Trump win. That could aid an effort to steal the election.

    https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/right-projecting-irrational-confidence-about-trump-win-could-aid-effort-steal-election

    Bannon Leaves Jail, Immediately Urges Trump to Falsely Declare Victory Again

    https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/bannon-leaves-jail-immediately-urges-trump-to-falsely-declare-victory-again/

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  • In this episode, I try to get to the bottom of why more GOP and conservative people aren't speaking out about the very real danger of what a second Donald Trump presidency would do to this country.

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    Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney, and other GOP lawmakers who criticized Trump or voted to impeach him have spent tens of thousands of dollars on private security

    https://www.businessinsider.com/lawmakers-spent-thousands-on-security-after-capitol-insurrection-records-2021-4

    Romney: 'Large portion' of GOP ‘doesn’t believe in the Constitution’

    https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2023/09/14/romney---a-very-large-portion-of--the-gop--doesn-t-believe-in-the-constitution-

    What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate - The Atlantic

    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/mitt-romney-retiring-senate-trump-mcconnell/675306/

    Private Equity’s Senator Gets Big Payout

    https://www.levernews.com/private-equitys-senator-gets-big-payout/

    FBI finds hundreds of weapons at home of suspect in Arizona Democratic Party office shooting

    https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe-breaking/2024/10/23/suspect-identified-tempe-democratic-party-office-shootings/75806849007/

    JD Vance Offers Baffling Defense of Trump’s ‘Enemy Within’ Comments

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-offers-baffling-defense-of-trumps-enemy-within-comments/

    Mariannette Miller-Meeks says she got death threats after voting against Jordan in speaker’s race

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mariannette-miller-meeks-says-got-death-threats-voting-jordan-speakers-rcna121142

    Did Nothing Wrong Episode 106 - Jim Jordan for Speaker?

    The Washington Post says it will not endorse a candidate for president

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/10/25/washington-post-endorsement-president/

    On political endorsement

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/25/washington-post-endorsement/

    The Washington Post is in deep turmoil as Bezos remains silent on non-endorsement

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/26/media/washington-post-jeff-bezos-endorsement-turmoil/index.html

    Marty Baron on the Washington Post’s “Spineless” Endorsement Decision

    https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/marty-baron-on-the-washington-posts-spineless-endorsement-decision

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  • Sociologist Karl Folk and I talk about the home stretch of the 2024 election, and the increasingly desperate measures MAGA and the Silicon Valley oligarchs are taking to convince you they're ahead.

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    Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:

    How Russian disinformation is reaching the U.S. ahead of the 2024 election

    https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/russian-disinformation-2024-election-storm-1516/index.html

    Russian disinformation peddlers are targeting Harris-Walz campaign with fake videos, Microsoft says

    https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/russian-disinformation-peddlers-are-targeting-harris-walz-campaign-fak-rcna171476

    Leaked chats reveal right-wing militia's coordinated efforts to watch AZ ballot boxes

    https://azmirror.com/2024/10/17/leaked-chats-reveal-right-wing-militias-coordinated-efforts-to-watch-az-ballot-boxes/

    Pro-Trump dark money network tied to Elon Musk behind fake pro-Harris campaign scheme ‱ OpenSecrets

    https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2024/10/pro-trump-dark-money-network-tied-to-elon-musk-behind-fake-pro-harris-campaign-scheme/

    Peter Thiel Invests In Polymarket Political Betting Platform—But The Future Of Gambling On Elections Remains Unclear

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2024/05/14/peter-thiel-invests-in-polymarket-political-betting-platform-but-the-future-of-gambling-on-elections-remains-unclear/

    A handful of pro-Trump bettors have dumped more than $25 million into Polymarket, swaying election odds in his favor

    https://fortune.com/2024/10/18/presidential-election-odds-pro-trump-bettors-polymarket-political-polls-harris/

    Polymarket whale raises Trump odds, sparking manipulation concerns

    https://cointelegraph.com/news/polymarket-whale-trump-odds-manipulation

    What We Know About the Mystery Trader Betting Big on a Trump Win - Newsweek

    https://www.newsweek.com/who-polymarket-mystery-trader-fredi9999-1969646

    University of Florida - Election Lab Early Vote Tracker

    https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/

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  • Author Mike Rothschild joins me to discuss the spread of false information in the wake of the recent natural disasters, and what we can do about it.

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    US officials struggle to quash Hurricane Helene conspiracy theories

    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-officials-struggle-quash-hurricane-helene-conspiracy-theories-2024-10-05/

    North Carolina Republican pushes back on hurricane misinformation: "Nobody can control the weather"

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chuck-edwards-north-carolina-hurricane-helene-fact-check/

    Fact check: Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene response

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/06/politics/fact-check-trump-helene-response-north-carolina/index.html

    False conspiracy theories about Hurricane Milton continue to swirl despite outcry from officials

    https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/hurricane-milton-conspiracy-theory-government-storm-biden-rcna174558

    Meteorologists Get Death Threats as Hurricane Milton Conspiracy Theories Thrive

    https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/hurricane-milton-misinformation-meteorlogist-death-threats-1235130352/

    Marjorie Taylor Greene’s space laser and the age-old problem of blaming the Jews

    https://www.vox.com/22256258/marjorie-taylor-greene-jewish-space-laser-anti-semitism-conspiracy-theories

    GORDON LIDDY ON SHOOTING FROM THE LIP - RADIO HOST DENIES 'FUELING THE LUNATIC FRINGE'

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/04/26/gordon-liddy-on-shooting-from-the-lip/75754676-030f-4191-a9e3-a421855aea1f/

    Jewish Space Lasers THE ROTHSCHILDS AND 200 YEARS OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES

    https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733925/jewish-space-lasers-by-mike-rothschild/

    After Helene created a news blackout, here’s what my Asheville neighbors and I did

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/11/health/asheville-neighbors-hurricane-helene-wellness/index.html

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  • Episode 73(originally released 06/26/2023) - David Niewert joins us to discuss his new book, "The Age Of Insurrection", about the Extremist Right's assault on Democracy, and what we can do about it.

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    Here's are some of the sources and references from this episode:

    The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Assault on American Democracy

    https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720886/the-age-of-insurrection-by-david-neiwert/

    David's Twitter. Go follow him if you're not already.

    https://twitter.com/davidneiwert

    David Neiwert on The Lincoln Project Podcast

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  • Sociologist Karl Folk joins me to discuss the GOP's 2024 election strategy of “it doesn’t matter who votes. It matters who counts the votes.”, and what we can do about it.

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    Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:

    The R.N.C. Asked a Conspiracy Theorist to Train Poll Watchers. Here’s What He Told Them.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/us/politics/republican-national-committee-2024-posobiec.html

    The Horrifying Fascist Manifesto Endorsed By J.D. Vance

    https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-horrifying-fascist-manifesto-endorsed-by-j.d.-vance

    FAR-RIGHT OANN ANCHOR JACK POSOBIEC’S RISE TIED TO WHITE SUPREMACIST MOVEMENT

    https://www.splcenter.org/splc-investigation-far-right-oann-anchor-jack-posobiecs-rise-tied-white-supremacist-movement

    Partisan Split on Election Integrity Gets Even Wider

    https://news.gallup.com/poll/651185/partisan-split-election-integrity-gets-even-wider.aspx

    Dave Roberts's Twitter Thread

    https://x.com/drvolts/status/1839386902514049461?t=CPVSm7b4pV1DpGBpUHEsBw&s=19

    Vigilantes, Inc. Zach D. Roberts and Greg Palast's documentary about voter suppression

    https://www.gregpalast.com/vigilantes-inc-free-download/

    In donations, Harris vs. Trump is no contest

    https://rochesterbeacon.com/2024/09/26/in-donations-harris-vs-trump-is-no-contest/

    Kamala Harris Hires Massive Legal Team To Fight Back Against Election Denials

    https://meidasnews.com/news/kamala-harris-hires-massive-legal-team-to-fight-back-against-election-denials

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  • Mike Senters joins me to discuss the evolution of online information war tactics from Gamergate to the current battle in Springfield, Ohio, and how to counter them.

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    Did Nothing Wrong Hot Take - Springfield Bombs

    JD Vance defends baseless rumor about Haitian immigrants eating pets

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/15/politics/vance-immigrants-pets-springfield-ohio-cnntv/index.html

    What we still haven’t learned from Gamergate

    https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/1/20/20808875/gamergate-lessons-cultural-impact-changes-harassment-laws

    Two distinct forms of isolation predict belief in conspiracy theories

    https://www.psypost.org/two-distinct-forms-of-isolation-predict-belief-in-conspiracy-theories/

    Robert Putnam Knows Why You’re Lonely

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/magazine/robert-putnam-interview.html

    Elon Musk blinks first, bowing to pressure in Brazil to reopen X

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/22/musk-brazil-x/

    JD Vance suggested the US's support for NATO could be pulled if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk's X

    https://www.businessinsider.com/jd-vance-nato-support-eu-regulation-x-musk-free-speech-2024-9

    (Editor’s Note: This seems BAD.)

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  • Springfield, Ohio has become the newest battlefield in the information war, and now it's locked down over a series of bomb threats. In this Hot Take, I explain the issues with the word “Hoax” as it relates to this situation, and call out Donald Trump, JD Vance, Libs of TikTok, and the rest of the lying liars who used literal Neo-Nazi propaganda to put Springfield’s Haitian refugee community at risk.

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    How a fringe online claim about immigrants eating pets made its way to the debate stage

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-fringe-online-claim-immigrants-eating-pets-debate-trump-rcna170759

    More Than Half of Trump Voters Believe Haitians Are Eating Pets: Poll

    https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-republicans-haitian-migrants-eating-pets-poll-1954875

    JD Vance defends baseless rumor about Haitian immigrants eating pets

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/15/politics/vance-immigrants-pets-springfield-ohio-cnntv/index.html

    Fact check: Ohio woman accused of eating cat is from Canton, not from Springfield

    https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2024/09/10/canton-woman-accused-of-eating-cat-not-haitian-from-springfield-ohio/75157976007/?itm_medium=recirc&itm_source=taboola&itm_campaign=internal&itm_content=ExploreMore

    More truth about Springfield, Ohio: What has happened since the pet-eating rumors started

    https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2024/09/17/springfield-ohio-truth-latest-since-trumps-haitian-pet-eating-claims-fact-check/75260318007/

    Haitian immigrants helped revive a struggling Ohio town. Then neo-Nazis turned up

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/14/neo-nazis-springfield-ohio-haitian-immigrants

    Springfield, Ohio, cancels town festival after violent threats over Haitian resident

    www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/springfield-ohio-cancels-town-festival-after-violent-threats-over-haitian-residents

    Neo-Nazi who left Maine claims credit for ‘eating dogs and cats’ lies

    https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/09/16/aroostook/aroostook-culture/neo-nazi-christopher-polhaus-left-maine-takes-credit-eating-dogs-cats-lies/

    Vote.gov

    https://vote.gov

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  • Journalist Robert Silverman and I discuss the recent Russian scheme to funnel large piles of cash to Right Wing influencers, and the massive amounts of domestic money they receive for their bad takes.

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    Two RT Employees Indicted for Covertly Funding and Directing U.S. Company that Published Thousands of Videos in Furtherance of Russian Interests

    https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-rt-employees-indicted-covertly-funding-and-directing-us-company-published-thousands

    Inside Tenet Media, the pro-Trump ‘supergroup’ allegedly funded by Russia

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/09/05/tenet-media-russia-rt-tim-pool/

    What Right-Wing Influencers Actually Said in Those Tenet Media Videos

    https://www.wired.com/story/influencers-tenet-benny-johnson-tim-pool-russia-propaganda-videos/

    How ‘Coward and Phony’ Tim Pool Became One of the Biggest Political YouTubers on the Planet

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-coward-and-phony-tim-pool-became-one-of-the-biggest-political-youtubers-on-the-planet

    Tim Pool Caught COVID—and Joe Rogan Offered to Pay His Medical Bills

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/tim-pool-caught-covid-and-joe-rogan-offered-to-pay-his-medical-bills

    Tim Pool’s News Site Plagiarized the Mainstream Media He Claims to Hate

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/tim-pools-news-site-timcastcom-plagiarized-from-the-mainstream-media-he-claims-to-hate

    The Long, Lucrative Right-wing Grift Is Blowing Up in the World's Face

    https://www.splinter.com/the-long-lucrative-right-wing-grift-is-blowing-up-in-t-1793944216

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  • Reed Galen is a co-founder of the Lincoln Project and the founder of “The Union”, a single-issue, pro-democracy coalition dedicated to defeating Donald Trump and MAGA at the polls in November.

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    Lincoln Project Announcement Regarding Reed Galen

    https://lincolnproject.us/lincoln-project-announcement-regarding-reed-galen/

    Join The Union!

    https://jointheunion.us

    Reed's Substack - "The Home Front"

    Reed's new podcast, The Home Front

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  • Episode 102(originally released 10/05/2023) -We take a look at Chaya Raichik/Libs of TikTok's Permanent Record of Stochastic Terrorism.

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    Boston Children's Hospital warns employees over far-right online harassment campaign

    https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/boston-childrens-hospital-warns-employees-far-right-online-harassment-rcna43376

    Twitter account Libs of TikTok blamed for harassment of children’s hospitals

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/02/lgbtq-threats-hospitals-libs-of-tiktok/

    Woman pleads guilty to making hoax bomb threat against Boston Children's

    https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/woman-pleads-guilty-to-making-hoax-bomb-threat-against-boston-childrens/3147446/

    Libs of TikTok suspended from Twitter in wake of Children’s National Hospital audio recording

    https://www.dailydot.com/debug/libs-of-tiktok-childrens-national-hospital/

    Libs Of TikTok post instigates another round of bomb threats

    https://www.losangelesblade.com/2023/09/25/libs-of-tiktok-post-instigates-another-round-of-bomb-threats/

    How Libs of TikTok Became an Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Machine

    https://www.them.us/story/libs-of-tik-tok-twitter-facebook-instagram-explained-childrens-hospitals-grooming

    Libs of TikTok - Media Matters Archive

    https://www.mediamatters.org/search?search=libs+of+tiktok

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  • Author Talia Lavin joins me to talk about her new book, “Wild Faith, how the Christian Right is taking over America”, about how this reactionary movement is a grave threat to democracy.

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    The Sword and the Sandwich

    Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America

    https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia-lavin/wild-faith/9780306829192/

    Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy

    https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/talia-lavin/culture-warlords/9781549127830/?lens=hachette-books

    New York Times review of "Culture Warlords"

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/books/review/culture-warlords-talia-lavin.html

    Talia on Twitter

    https://x.com/mobydickenergy

    Moby Dick Energy - The Podcast

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  • Sociologist Karl Folk and I break down some of the inauthentic methods that the American right wing outrage machine uses, and suggest some solutions to prevent mainstream media complicity.

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    Reflexive Control

    https://militairespectator.nl/artikelen/reflexive-control

    Handbook of Russian Information Warfare

    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313423985_Handbook_of_Russian_Information_Warfare

    What we still haven’t learned from Gamergate

    https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/1/20/20808875/gamergate-lessons-cultural-impact-changes-harassment-laws

    Under Elon Musk, X is denying API access to academics who study misinformation

    https://www.fastcompany.com/91040397/under-elon-musk-x-is-denying-api-access-to-academics-who-study-misinformation

    The Case of Al Franken

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/29/the-case-of-al-franken

    Tucker Carlson claims in book Fox News firing was part of $787.5m settlement

    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/26/tucker-carlson-fox-news-firing-condition-dominion-settlement

    Tommy Robinson moans luxury Cyprus holiday ruined after stoking riots from abroad

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tommy-robinson-cyprus-holiday-uk-riots-b2593729.html

    This is the Twitter data that shows who's backing Tommy Robinson

    https://www.wired.com/story/tommy-robinson-free-tommy-twitter-data

    (And now this kind of data is unavailable. Funny, that.)

    The Horrifying Fascist Manifesto Endorsed By J.D. Vance

    https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-horrifying-fascist-manifesto-endorsed-by-j.d.-vance

    Process of Extermination - Review of "The Spanish Holocaust" by Paul Preston

    https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/books/review/the-spanish-holocaust-by-paul-preston.html

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