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Senior reporter at The Bulwark. Email: sommer - at- thebulwark.com. Signal: willsommer.38

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Governor candidate James Fishback faces allegations over relationship, began when partner was a minor Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback is facing allegations from a former partner regarding a relationship that began when she was a minor, according to documents filed in a 2025 Leon Coun...

Typically when you're running for governor, you don't want a story about a romantic relationship you had with a 16 year old. Bad news for America First gubernatorial hopeful James Fishback! flvoicenews.com/gop-governor...

05.12.2025 04:44 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 18
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The Blaze is finally backing away from its bogus Jan. 6 pipe bomber story falsely IDing a Capitol Police officer after a different person was arrested today. They just added this to the story:

04.12.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 347    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 3
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MAGA Influencers Take Heat Over Qatar Junket β€œWow, America’s like really third world compared to these places.”

Pro-Trump influencers are in hot water after taking a luxurious, mysteriously funded trip to Qatar.

My new False Flag newsletter for @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-influ...

04.12.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Tough break for the Blaze!

04.12.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

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FML. Here Come the Nick Fuentes Clones. Plus: A Florida gubernatorial candidate’s luxury watch drama.

The Blaze, Glenn Beck's right-wing media outlet, is trying to build its own Nick Fuentes. But it's not winning over the Groypers…

@willsommer.bsky.social with this concerning yet unsurprising development in his latest False Flag, only @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/fml-here-c...

02.12.2025 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 4
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FML. Here Come the Nick Fuentes Clones. Plus: A Florida gubernatorial candidate’s luxury watch drama.

Brace yourselves: MAGA media is trying to clone Nick Fuentes.

My latest False Flag newsletter for @thebulwark.com is here:
www.thebulwark.com/p/fml-here-c...

02.12.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 10
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New X Games: Legitimate Groyper or Bangledeshi Bot? The ragebait in your timeline may be coming from abroad.

X's new country location feature has roiled MAGA, sparking accusations of groyper astroturfing. But is it really that simple?

My latest False Flag newsletter for @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/new-x-twit...

25.11.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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β€˜Ignorant and life-threatening’: experts condemn Free Birth Society misinformation Professionals say claims about birth, including excessive bleeding, blue babies and placenta care, are dangerous

This investigation of the Free Birth Society is both well-done and absolutely infuriating. It's unbelievable that its proponents are getting mega-rich off advice that is killing or disabling babies and nearly killing mothers. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

24.11.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Why the Epstein Story Is So Awkward for QAnon

"But with revelations about Mr. Trump’s relationship to Mr. Epstein mounting, the default QAnon position has become that Mr. Epstein just isn’t that interesting anymore." - @willsommer.bsky.social

24.11.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Opinion | Why the Epstein Story Is So Awkward for QAnon

With Donald Trump’s connections to Jeffrey Epstein facing scrutiny, QAnon believers are suddenly not so interested in Epstein anymore.

For @nytopinion.nytimes.com, I asked a man whom many believe to be JFK Jr in disguise for his take. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...

24.11.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 164    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0
GOP Civil War Is Heating Up Fast w/ Will Sommer
YouTube video by Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast GOP Civil War Is Heating Up Fast w/ Will Sommer

Talked to @willsommer.bsky.social

youtu.be/qs0TsvNsXR0?...

20.11.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 256    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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Meet the Ambitious, Duplicitous, Semi-Fictitious MAGA Upstart Driving Trump World Nuts Plus: Tim Pool becomes persona non grata at TPUSA party.

NEW from @willsommer.bsky.social: After criticizing Turning Point and Charlie Kirk's security team, Tim Pool has been disinvited from TPUSA's AmFest.

Read about this and all the drama in MAGA world in @thebulwark.com's False Flag:
www.thebulwark.com/p/james-fish...

20.11.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tim Pool has been SNUBBED by Turning Point USA after suggesting the organization won't survive Charlie Kirk's murder. @thebulwark.com

20.11.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2
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Meet the Ambitious, Duplicitous, Semi-Fictitious MAGA Upstart Driving Trump World Nuts Plus: Tim Pool becomes persona non grata at TPUSA party.

Investor James Fishback is a rising star on the right, and now threatens to upend Trump's plans in the FL gov race. But to really understand Fishback, you have to read his many bizarre text messages.

My latest False Flag newsletter for @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/james-fish...

20.11.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Great detail!

18.11.2025 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think it’s a joke!

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The Leopard Is Eating Trump’s Face And it’s still hungry.

From the Epstein files to would-be assassin Thomas Crooks, Trump's presidency is being swallowed up by conspiracy theories he helped create.

My latest False Flag newsletter for @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-leopar...

18.11.2025 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Part 1: How I Found Out Olivia had just returned from a reporting tripβ€”at least that’s what she told me it wasβ€”and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...

Quite a twist at the end here!

www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...

18.11.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 202    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 41
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Kash Patel’s Girlfriend Is Driving MAGA Nuts She’s litigious. They’re sexist. It’s a miasma of loathing.

Kash Patel's much-younger girlfriend is driving Trump allies nuts with her legal battles over being called an Israeli honey-pot spy. Will the FBI director ever catch a break?!

My latest False Flag newsletter for @thebulwark.com:
www.thebulwark.com/p/kash-patel...

13.11.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 109    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 6
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Kash Patel’s β€˜Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the β€˜Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.

New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

12.11.2025 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1975    πŸ” 773    πŸ’¬ 135    πŸ“Œ 171
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The Blaze’s Pipe-Bomb Bombshell Appears to Bomb The right-wing outlet claimed to solve the Jan. 6th pipe-bomb mystery. Things quickly looked less certain.

Pro-Trump media went wild for a bombshell exposΓ© claiming the Jan. 6th pipe bomber was a Capitol Police officer with CIA ties.

But now the story looks shaky, tweets are getting deleted, and the story's backers are running for cover. My @thebulwark.com newsletter: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-blaze-...

11.11.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 647    πŸ” 175    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 15
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Get ready: Receipts, our new economic newsletter from @crampell.bsky.social, is dropping the first edition tonight! Subscribe now to get it in your inbox: www.thebulwark.com/subscribe

06.11.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 7
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Kash Patel’s Private Jet Problem Is Even Worse Than It Looks This dude can’t stop flying to Nashville.

Kash Patel's private-jet problem is getting worse. The FBI director has taken the government jet to Nashville, his country-singer girlfriend's home city, even more than has been publicly reported.

My latest newsletter for @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/kash-patel...

06.11.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 398    πŸ” 146    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 22
Bulwark's Election Night Coverage
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The @thebulwark.com election show is live NOW, starring none other than @samsteindc.bsky.social. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj91...

05.11.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Groyper War Consumes the Biggest Right-Wing Think Tank Plus: Another round of nutty Trump pardons?

NEW: Ex-Heritage officials have come out of the woodwork to level criticisms after the Tucker video with one telling @willsommer.bsky.social they didn’t think Roberts would β€œlast much longer.”

04.11.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2
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Groyper War Consumes the Biggest Right-Wing Think Tank Plus: Another round of nutty Trump pardons?

MAGA's most important think tank has been roiled by the Tucker Carlson-Nick Fuentes interview, and the situation is only getting worse.

My latest False Flag newsletter for @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/groyper-wa...

04.11.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 411    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 25
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Laura Loomer is now credentialed to cover the Pentagon The far-right activist has repeatedly criticized defense officials on her website and social media accounts while boasting of her close ties to President Donald Trump.

Amid Pete Hegseth's purge of actual news outlet, Laura Loomer has joined the credentialed Pentagon press corps. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

04.11.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 164    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 18
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One of the Most Dangerous Interviews Ever in MAGA Media Why Tucker Carlson platformed white supremacist Nick Fuentes.

"Suddenly, nothingβ€”including the racism, Holocaust denialism, and antisemitism Fuentes has championedβ€”seems to be too hot for MAGA media to embrace" β€”@willsommer.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/one-of-the...

31.10.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 188    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 11
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One of the Most Dangerous Interviews Ever in MAGA Media Why Tucker Carlson platformed white supremacist Nick Fuentes.

Tucker Carlson's interview with Nick Fuentes is even worse for the rightβ€”and Americaβ€”than it looks.

My latest False Flag newsletter for @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/one-of-the...

30.10.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 449    πŸ” 131    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 10

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