Alex Kaplan
@alkapdc.bsky.social
Senior Researcher at Media Matters, focusing on social media misinformation, disinformation, & online extremism. Statements are mine, not employer's. Send tips to [email protected].
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Given the growth of Bluesky, I plan going forward to also document here Trump's ongoing amplification of QAnon-promoting accounts on Truth Social. My original thread/documenting, which began in 2022, can be found here.
Reposted by Alex Kaplan
On Sunday, Trump posted images of posts from a QAnon-promoting figure with explicit QAnon imagery. Trump's now amplified posts with explicit QAnon imagery dozens of times, & has amplified this figure's Truth Social account nearly 40 times.
The QAnon community has hyped these new amplifications.
The QAnon community has hyped these new amplifications.
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
On Sunday, Trump posted images of posts from a QAnon-promoting figure with explicit QAnon imagery. Trump's now amplified posts with explicit QAnon imagery dozens of times, & has amplified this figure's Truth Social account nearly 40 times.
The QAnon community has hyped these new amplifications.
The QAnon community has hyped these new amplifications.
Reposted by Alex Kaplan
In a new interview with LindellTV, US Agency for Global Media acting CEO Kari Lake suggested Voice of America getting "some investigative reporters in who want to look at election fraud & election malfeasance across the globe because we know it's not just in America that we have election fraud."
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In a new interview with LindellTV, US Agency for Global Media acting CEO Kari Lake suggested Voice of America getting "some investigative reporters in who want to look at election fraud & election malfeasance across the globe because we know it's not just in America that we have election fraud."
In a new interview with LindellTV, US Agency for Global Media acting CEO Kari Lake suggested Voice of America getting "some investigative reporters in who want to look at election fraud & election malfeasance across the globe because we know it's not just in America that we have election fraud."
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In a new interview with LindellTV, US Agency for Global Media acting CEO Kari Lake suggested Voice of America getting "some investigative reporters in who want to look at election fraud & election malfeasance across the globe because we know it's not just in America that we have election fraud."
On Sunday, Trump posted images of posts from a QAnon-promoting figure with explicit QAnon imagery. Trump's now amplified posts with explicit QAnon imagery dozens of times, & has amplified this figure's Truth Social account nearly 40 times.
The QAnon community has hyped these new amplifications.
The QAnon community has hyped these new amplifications.
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
On Sunday, Trump posted images of posts from a QAnon-promoting figure with explicit QAnon imagery. Trump's now amplified posts with explicit QAnon imagery dozens of times, & has amplified this figure's Truth Social account nearly 40 times.
The QAnon community has hyped these new amplifications.
The QAnon community has hyped these new amplifications.
Trump shared an image of a tweet from an account apparently based in Africa seeming to push for banning foreign-born American citizens from running for office.
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Trump shared an image of a tweet from an account apparently based in Africa seeming to push for banning foreign-born American citizens from running for office.
The Russian official reportedly behind the proposed Ukraine peace plan, Kirill Dmitriev, has openly and repeatedly promoted QAnon.
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Russian official reportedly behind the proposed Ukraine peace plan, Kirill Dmitriev, has openly and repeatedly promoted QAnon.
This line in Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation announcement may be a reference to the viral video from QAnon influencer JoeM called "The Plan to Save the World." The video has gotten many views online over the years & sometimes served as an introduction for people into the conspiracy theory.
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This line in Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation announcement may be a reference to the viral video from QAnon influencer JoeM called "The Plan to Save the World." The video has gotten many views online over the years & sometimes served as an introduction for people into the conspiracy theory.
QAnon influencer Jacob Creech, known online as "Clandestine," has posted a photo of what he claims is a check for $1,000 that Trump appointee & former national security advisor Michael Flynn sent him last year for plagiarizing him.
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
QAnon influencer Jacob Creech, known online as "Clandestine," has posted a photo of what he claims is a check for $1,000 that Trump appointee & former national security advisor Michael Flynn sent him last year for plagiarizing him.
In a new appearance on a QAnon-affiliated podcast, prominent election denier David Clements invoked Q posts as a possible justification for a 3rd Trump term, along with sovereign citizens claims about "a new republic," which he suggested only the "anon community" has "the capacity to understand."
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In a new appearance on a QAnon-affiliated podcast, prominent election denier David Clements invoked Q posts as a possible justification for a 3rd Trump term, along with sovereign citizens claims about "a new republic," which he suggested only the "anon community" has "the capacity to understand."
New:
Manosphere influencer Myron Gaines on Tim Pool's podcast days ago bragged that he “kept a woman out of the White House, back to the fucking kitchen.”
He also claimed that Harris “blamed me and Andrew Tate” for her 2024 loss, saying it was “a W for us.” www.mediamatters.org/manosphere/t...
Manosphere influencer Myron Gaines on Tim Pool's podcast days ago bragged that he “kept a woman out of the White House, back to the fucking kitchen.”
He also claimed that Harris “blamed me and Andrew Tate” for her 2024 loss, saying it was “a W for us.” www.mediamatters.org/manosphere/t...
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
New:
Manosphere influencer Myron Gaines on Tim Pool's podcast days ago bragged that he “kept a woman out of the White House, back to the fucking kitchen.”
He also claimed that Harris “blamed me and Andrew Tate” for her 2024 loss, saying it was “a W for us.” www.mediamatters.org/manosphere/t...
Manosphere influencer Myron Gaines on Tim Pool's podcast days ago bragged that he “kept a woman out of the White House, back to the fucking kitchen.”
He also claimed that Harris “blamed me and Andrew Tate” for her 2024 loss, saying it was “a W for us.” www.mediamatters.org/manosphere/t...
Reposted by Alex Kaplan
NEW: Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grokipedia cites a neo-Nazi website 42 times, researchers say www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
It appears far-right figure & Trump confidant Laura Loomer fell for an apparent satirical post from a Krassenstein brother that then went around on social media (possibly as real by some).
(Mamdani didn't announcing anything with numerals; Arabic numerals are just the normal numbers we all use.)
(Mamdani didn't announcing anything with numerals; Arabic numerals are just the normal numbers we all use.)
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It appears far-right figure & Trump confidant Laura Loomer fell for an apparent satirical post from a Krassenstein brother that then went around on social media (possibly as real by some).
(Mamdani didn't announcing anything with numerals; Arabic numerals are just the normal numbers we all use.)
(Mamdani didn't announcing anything with numerals; Arabic numerals are just the normal numbers we all use.)
In a new interview with far-right conspiracy theorist Ann Vandesteel, J6 & Unite the Right participant Tyler Dykes (www.politico.com/news/2024/07...), who's running for Congress in South Carolina, said that as a member of Congress he would "fight for you ... the way that I did in January 6."
November 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
In a new interview with far-right conspiracy theorist Ann Vandesteel, J6 & Unite the Right participant Tyler Dykes (www.politico.com/news/2024/07...), who's running for Congress in South Carolina, said that as a member of Congress he would "fight for you ... the way that I did in January 6."
This week, former Florida House speaker & current GOP gubernatorial candidate Paul Renner went on far-right conspiracy theorist Ann Vandersteel's podcast. Vandersteel, who has promoted QAnon, Pizzagate, & sovereign citizen ideology, endorsed Renner, who said he was "honored to have your support."
November 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This week, former Florida House speaker & current GOP gubernatorial candidate Paul Renner went on far-right conspiracy theorist Ann Vandersteel's podcast. Vandersteel, who has promoted QAnon, Pizzagate, & sovereign citizen ideology, endorsed Renner, who said he was "honored to have your support."
Reposted by Alex Kaplan
Multiple online influencers affiliated with the QAnon conspiracy theory are baselessly suggesting that newly released emails from Epstein are actually evidence Trump was an “informant” who worked to take down the convicted sex trafficker, reports Alex Kaplan. www.mediamatters.org/qanon-conspi...
QAnon influencers baselessly suggest newly released Epstein emails show Trump was an “informant” against Epstein
Multiple online influencers affiliated with the QAnon conspiracy theory — which falsely asserts that a secret satanic pedophile cabal that included Jeffrey Epstein runs the world — are baselessly…
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November 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Multiple online influencers affiliated with the QAnon conspiracy theory are baselessly suggesting that newly released emails from Epstein are actually evidence Trump was an “informant” who worked to take down the convicted sex trafficker, reports Alex Kaplan. www.mediamatters.org/qanon-conspi...
A few days ago, during a stream focused on Portland, host "PatriotRob" on a Proud Boys-affiliated podcast claimed that "real patriots are not cop-callers," that "the right handles our shit [on] our own," & to "let the left be the fucking bitches that call the cops."
November 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A few days ago, during a stream focused on Portland, host "PatriotRob" on a Proud Boys-affiliated podcast claimed that "real patriots are not cop-callers," that "the right handles our shit [on] our own," & to "let the left be the fucking bitches that call the cops."
Trump administration & Voice of America official Kari Lake was photographed with "Plandemic" conspiracy theorist Mikki Willis, apparently at a James O'Keefe event last week at Mar-a-Lago.
November 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Trump administration & Voice of America official Kari Lake was photographed with "Plandemic" conspiracy theorist Mikki Willis, apparently at a James O'Keefe event last week at Mar-a-Lago.
Reposted by Alex Kaplan
QAnon influencers baselessly suggest newly released Epstein emails show Trump was an "informant" against Epstein (Alex Kaplan/Media Matters for America)
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November 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
QAnon influencers baselessly suggest newly released Epstein emails show Trump was an "informant" against Epstein (Alex Kaplan/Media Matters for America)
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With the new release by Congress of Epstein emails regarding Trump, there's been some discussion & invoking of QAnon with regards to it.
Well, this is a matter of fact how some of the conspiracy theory's supporters are reacting to those emails.
Well, this is a matter of fact how some of the conspiracy theory's supporters are reacting to those emails.
QAnon influencers have baselessly suggested that newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails show Trump was an “informant” against Epstein.
It comes as the QAnon community has for months tried to rationalize Trump opposing the Epstein files’ release.
My latest:
It comes as the QAnon community has for months tried to rationalize Trump opposing the Epstein files’ release.
My latest:
QAnon influencers baselessly suggest newly released Epstein emails show Trump was an “informant” against Epstein
Multiple online influencers affiliated with the QAnon conspiracy theory — which falsely asserts that a secret satanic pedophile cabal that included Jeffrey Epstein runs the world — are baselessly sugg...
www.mediamatters.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
With the new release by Congress of Epstein emails regarding Trump, there's been some discussion & invoking of QAnon with regards to it.
Well, this is a matter of fact how some of the conspiracy theory's supporters are reacting to those emails.
Well, this is a matter of fact how some of the conspiracy theory's supporters are reacting to those emails.
QAnon influencers have baselessly suggested that newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails show Trump was an “informant” against Epstein.
It comes as the QAnon community has for months tried to rationalize Trump opposing the Epstein files’ release.
My latest:
It comes as the QAnon community has for months tried to rationalize Trump opposing the Epstein files’ release.
My latest:
QAnon influencers baselessly suggest newly released Epstein emails show Trump was an “informant” against Epstein
Multiple online influencers affiliated with the QAnon conspiracy theory — which falsely asserts that a secret satanic pedophile cabal that included Jeffrey Epstein runs the world — are baselessly sugg...
www.mediamatters.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
QAnon influencers have baselessly suggested that newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails show Trump was an “informant” against Epstein.
It comes as the QAnon community has for months tried to rationalize Trump opposing the Epstein files’ release.
My latest:
It comes as the QAnon community has for months tried to rationalize Trump opposing the Epstein files’ release.
My latest:
Reposted by Alex Kaplan
The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
AI-Generated Videos of ICE Raids Are Wildly Viral on Facebook
An account is spamming horrific, dehumanizing videos of immigration enforcement because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding them for it.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
Among the accounts Trump amplified yesterday on Truth Social also included an account called "PATRIOTIC PINUPS," whose avatar is a closeup of a woman's breasts. The post came from a Truth Social group with the same name that appears to be dedicated to women in less clothing.
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Among the accounts Trump amplified yesterday on Truth Social also included an account called "PATRIOTIC PINUPS," whose avatar is a closeup of a woman's breasts. The post came from a Truth Social group with the same name that appears to be dedicated to women in less clothing.
This appears to be at least the 2nd time Trump has amplified a post from a Truth Social group affiliated with QAnon. In September 2023, Trump amplified a post from a Truth Social group called "Q" dedicated to "anon news."
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This appears to be at least the 2nd time Trump has amplified a post from a Truth Social group affiliated with QAnon. In September 2023, Trump amplified a post from a Truth Social group called "Q" dedicated to "anon news."
In the past, content from Christopher Blair, the "satire" story creator, has been spread as real by others, such as Macedonian hoax sites. Now that includes the president of the United States.
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 AM
In the past, content from Christopher Blair, the "satire" story creator, has been spread as real by others, such as Macedonian hoax sites. Now that includes the president of the United States.
New:
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
![STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): And one other thing I want to say is that President Trump, as commander in chief, always has absolute authority to call all of us up as the militia because every one of us — in federal statues defining the militia, it's every able-bodied male from age 17-45. And for us veterans, it goes up to age 64 because of our prior training and experience.
Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union. And right now, we see all three of those in play.
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And the militia is all of us. So the National Guard is part of the militia, which is why it's completely lawful for him to use the National Guard as he has, and he should do more of that, I think, across the country.
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He could just say given the circumstances of an invasion, insurrection, and resistance against federal law being being enforced, I'm calling up the militia, ordering all the men to come together [in] every county, put the veterans in charge of training and organizing all the other men and just have them stand too and await his orders. He can do that and I think he should do that. And so that's what I'll be advocating for from him. So from the bottom, from down the rank and file, we can let President Trump know that we're ready to serve, encourage him to do that, call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:af7tqcetuyt352aolf3znlxe/bafkreialm4skuozqobejpd6vx4m6kuwsgtidxmmxvj3ftcff6otiuyohiy@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
New:
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...