Alex Kaplan

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Given its apparent jump in popularity, I have joined UpScrolled. Plan to post there (along with here at Bluesky still) at least in the immediate future.

Without spoiling it much, this scenario, of a private citizen having a nuclear weapon, is used at one point in the sci-fi show Pluribus to show how out there the predicament the show's main character is in.

Rumble has added as an "editor pick" a video titled "Was the Ice Storm Natural—or Was It Engineered?," where conspiracy theorist Dane Wigington claimed the recent national winter storm was engineered "chemical winter weather warfare" & claimed weather experts are controlled by the Rothschilds.

Jordan Sather: "Finding liberal love in Minneapolis What city should Operation Lib Laugh Love go to next?" Sather also posted a video where he apparently created a fake Hinge account named "Chad."

Images from the video Jordan Sather posted of his apparently fake account on Hinge writing insulting comments at liberal women.

Jordan Sather: "I have a few more cities planned 🙂."

QAnon figure Jordan Sather posted a video where he apparently created a fake account on the dating app Hinge & then used it to harass liberal women around Minneapolis. Sather also wrote that he has "a few more cities planned" to do this to.

Rumble has added as an "editor pick" a video titled "Was the Ice Storm Natural—or Was It Engineered?," where conspiracy theorist Dane Wigington claimed the recent national winter storm was engineered "chemical winter weather warfare" & claimed weather experts are controlled by the Rothschilds.

Jordan Sather: "Finding liberal love in Minneapolis What city should Operation Lib Laugh Love go to next?" Sather also posted a video where he apparently created a fake Hinge account named "Chad."

Images from the video Jordan Sather posted of his apparently fake account on Hinge writing insulting comments at liberal women.

Jordan Sather: "I have a few more cities planned 🙂."

QAnon figure Jordan Sather posted a video where he apparently created a fake account on the dating app Hinge & then used it to harass liberal women around Minneapolis. Sather also wrote that he has "a few more cities planned" to do this to.

On a podcast yesterday, January 6 participant Taylor Johnatakis praised Trump for posting last year the quote "he who saves his Country does not violate any Law":

"I was like, that's it. Because we're way past law. We're way past law."

Prouds Boys-affiliated podcast comparing Alex Pretti to antisemitic meme.

Far-right 4chan-affiliated account posts image of post complaining that "the left is trying to make" Alex Pretti "look less Jewy."

QAnon figure Pepe Deluxe: "The media tried to make him look less r******d with AI Most of the pics of the shooting going around are AI as well I don't think the media will ever pay for their betrayal to the American people They deserve Hell"

Some in the far-right have also now resorted to antisemitism & calling Alex Pretti "r******d" looking as apparent defenses for the shooting.

Yesterday, Clay Parikh — an election denier who was a "witness" for Kari Lake 2022's election lawsuit — said "I do pay attention to Q" & found it "astounding," & while he was "not necessarily a Q person," "I know plenty of them ... It amazes me, because the predictions are dead on."

TheDonald’s Gab account posted an image of a post with the text, “Q: How do you think ICD is doing in Minnesota?” followed by images of Alex Pretti and Renee Good with the text “Pretti Good.”

Far-right figure Woke Societies: “For anyone who forgot: You side with murders, rapists and pedophiles that invaded our country and you defend them? Get in the way of the men and women the majority of the country voted for to remove them? And you get put down? Good. If it’s within the confines of the law I don’t care what it looks like.”

Proud Boys-affiliated group MurderTheMedia posted an image of a fake Pretti post saying “I should've never bought that Sig! It's so hot down here! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥”

QAnon figure Neon Revolt: "Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait Is that a friggin P320??? Ahahahahahahahahahahah did a commie just die because of an a P320 accidental discharge???? ahahahahahahahahha omggggggg this timeline."

Some in the far-right internet have not only defended Alex Pretti's shooting in Minnesota by ICE officials, but outright mocked & celebrated it, such as calling it "good," laughing about it, & suggesting Pretti went to Hell.

Malone was appointed by RFK Jr. to ACIP, which "develops recommendations on the use of vaccines in the civilian population of the United States," in June. He has regularly spread medical misinformation online, & he has a relationship with Plandemic conspiracy theorist Mikki Willis.

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ACIP member Robert Malone suggested on a stream that ACIP may restrict mRNA COVID vaccines.

“I’m not deaf to the calls that we need to get the COVID vaccine mRNA products off the market. All I can say is stay tuned & wait for the upcoming ACIP meeting.” www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-...

On a right-wing podcast earlier this week, January 6 participant & far-right figure Jake Lang, while discussing who would "own the streets of Minneapolis," said that "we need Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, Three Percenters, Boogaloo, all of them. There's even more. Patriot Front, all the active clubs."

On a Proud Boys-affiliated podcast this week, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio said the Proud Boys "are not going under no official capacity" to Minnesota, though individual Proud Boys may go. However, Proud Boy "PatriotRob" said "when Enrique goes out" to Minnesota, "I'm probably going with him."

QAnon community declares vindication as Trump’s Labor Department pens multiple posts echoing QAnon phrases

“Influencers associated with the QAnon conspiracy theory movement have boasted about multiple social media posts shared by the Trump administration’s Department of Labor that invoke phrases tied to the movement.”

Nick Fuentes’ Instagram takeover An army of groypers is spamming Instagram with Fuentes’ content, netting millions of views

Nick Fuentes didn't disappear after his Instagram ban.

In reality, he spent last year quietly taking over the platform. Here's how:

www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...

The December 2020 meeting with Trump that Sidney Powell, Michael Flynn, & Patrick Byrne attended to push election fraud claims became infamous.

Years later, it appears that Byrne has again visited the Trump White House regarding election fraud claims, & it was announced on a podcast by his allies.

LindellTV host Emerald Robinson claims Patrick Byrne “got called in to the White House” LindellTV host Emerald Robinson said on her January 8 show that election conspiracy theorist Patrick Byrne was supposed to appear on the program but instead “got called in to the White House.” Stefani...

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LindellTV host Emerald Robinson announced on her show last week that conspiracy theorist Patrick Byrne "got called in to the White House" that day.

Conspiracy theorist attorney Stefanie Lambert, who has represented Byrne, also claimed that Byrne was "at the White House."

QAnon community declares vindication as Trump’s Labor Department pens multiple posts echoing QAnon phrases Andrea Austria / Media Matters

Influencers associated with the QAnon conspiracy theory movement have boasted about multiple social media posts shared by the Trump administration’s Department of Labor that invoke phrases tied to the movement, reports Alex Kaplan. www.mediamatters.org/qanon-conspi...

On a podcast yesterday, prominent election denier David Clements said that "the stuff that's going on with Q — if it's real, right, & it is — is as mind blowing as anything that the Founders could have been grappling with to secure independence."

The December 2020 meeting with Trump that Sidney Powell, Michael Flynn, & Patrick Byrne attended to push election fraud claims became infamous.

Years later, it appears that Byrne has again visited the Trump White House regarding election fraud claims, & it was announced on a podcast by his allies.

It would also come as Trump has military intervened in Venezuela, who Byrne has claimed was involved in election fraud in 2020. A Trump U.S. attorney is reportedly investigating that conspiracy theory.

This alleged visit would be the 2nd known time Byrne has visited the White House.

In December 2020, he was part of a group of election deniers at a White House meeting where the group reportedly urged Trump to seize voting machines.

LindellTV host Emerald Robinson claims Patrick Byrne “got called in to the White House” LindellTV host Emerald Robinson said on her January 8 show that election conspiracy theorist Patrick Byrne was supposed to appear on the program but instead “got called in to the White House.” Stefani...

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LindellTV host Emerald Robinson announced on her show last week that conspiracy theorist Patrick Byrne "got called in to the White House" that day.

Conspiracy theorist attorney Stefanie Lambert, who has represented Byrne, also claimed that Byrne was "at the White House."

On a podcast yesterday, Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes called FBI Director Kash Patel "a traitor" who has "become part of the cover up & part of the deep state," & that Patel has "been compromised or bought off, but he's joined the bad guys."

A screenshot from the TikTok shop that has a you may also like section of recommended products with items called hip-hop necklace, eight eight pendant, SS necklace next to a shirt that reads “this girl loves to fart”

SCOOP: My investigation into TikTok Shop uncovered an algorithmic web of far-right product search suggestions that nudged me toward white nationalist and Nazi-related terms.

www.wired.com/story/tiktok...

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Last month, whites-only community Return to the Land leader Eric Orwoll said on a podcast "ordinary Republicans are now at a point where they think what we're doing is a good thing & they explicitly support it" & said the GOP "& government officials are saying explicitly white identitarian things."

The department's posts come as Trump has appealed to & boosted the QAnon community for years.

A QAnon influencer in response to the department's posts noted this:

"Whether you like it or not, Trump has been leaning into the whole Q thing for years, & he’s becoming less & less subtle about it."

QAnon community declares vindication as Trump’s Labor Department pens multiple posts echoing QAnon phrases

The Labor Department in recent days has done multiple posts echoing QAnon phrases. QAnon influencers in response have declared vindication.

One of them wrote the department "is Q posting. … This is not debatable now. If you like it, cool. If you don’t like it, too bad. It’s happening."

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