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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 5h

Earlier this week, Barry Ramey, a January 6 participant & a podcast host on a Proud Boys-affiliated channel, encouraged "patriots" to "go out" for the October 18 No Kings protests to "say hello," also saying, "We're looking forward to it."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 11h

Multiple far-right & MAHA personalities have attacked Trump's Pfizer deal regarding prescription drugs, saying the deal was a “huge betrayal,” “a bomb going off with the MAHA-MAGA alliance,” & meant the movement “is completely destroyed.”

My latest:

Far-right media and MAHA figures have rebuked Trump’s Pfizer deal

Multiple far-right and MAHA media personalities have been critical of President Donald Trump’s announcement of a new deal with Pfizer regarding prescription drugs.These figures, some of whom have expl...

www.mediamatters.org

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 8h

Yesterday, Barry Ramey, a January 6 participant & a podcast host on a Proud Boys-affiliated channel, said that "there's been some good things that came out of" QAnon.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 8h

Yesterday, far-right figure Laura Loomer criticized the deceased actor Isaac Kappy, who is beloved in the QAnon community, & accused the QAnon community of being "rabidly anti Jewish." In response, QAnon figures criticized Loomer.

Loomer on Twitter/X: Isaac Kappy "was a mentally ill man. Now he’s dead."

Loomer also wrote: "What was he exposing about me? It’s literally mentally ill to go around and accuse every Jew of being 'Mossad'. Fuck him. He’s in hell."

"The think about the Q anon people is they are rabidly anti Jewish and their way of trying to discredit any journalist who is Jewish is by convincing their mental followers to think every single Jew is Mossad. Without any evidence of course. They think I’m supposed to not fight back when these people and their lunatic friends say things like 'she’s Trans' 'she’s Mossad'. I don’t care if someone is offended by what I say. Show receipts, or shut up. I’m so tired of having to share space on the right with these insane people who just make up lies. I hate them.

QAnon figure Chad Vivas alongside image of Loomer's anti-QAnon post: "👀 She hates you."

QAnon figure Brian Cates in response to Loomer's Kappy criticism: "You bitch."

QAnon figure MJ Truth in response to Loomer's Kappy criticism: "Ooof 🤦🏻‍♂️"

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 5h

Earlier this week, Barry Ramey, a January 6 participant & a podcast host on a Proud Boys-affiliated channel, encouraged "patriots" to "go out" for the October 18 No Kings protests to "say hello," also saying, "We're looking forward to it."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 8h

Yesterday, Barry Ramey, a January 6 participant & a podcast host on a Proud Boys-affiliated channel, said that "there's been some good things that came out of" QAnon.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 8h

Yesterday, far-right figure Laura Loomer criticized the deceased actor Isaac Kappy, who is beloved in the QAnon community, & accused the QAnon community of being "rabidly anti Jewish." In response, QAnon figures criticized Loomer.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 11h

Multiple far-right & MAHA personalities have attacked Trump's Pfizer deal regarding prescription drugs, saying the deal was a “huge betrayal,” “a bomb going off with the MAHA-MAGA alliance,” & meant the movement “is completely destroyed.”

My latest:

Far-right media and MAHA figures have rebuked Trump’s Pfizer deal

Multiple far-right and MAHA media personalities have been critical of President Donald Trump’s announcement of a new deal with Pfizer regarding prescription drugs.These figures, some of whom have expl...

www.mediamatters.org

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 1d

A false claim has spread for months on social media about FBI Director Kash Patel, Alexander Vindman, Trump, & a phone call. The false claim has gotten tens of thousands of reposts & likes, including from Newsmax host David J. Harris Jr.

Twitter/X accounts: "🚨BREAKING: Kash Patel calls for Democrat Alexander Vindman to be prosecuted for leaking a phone call to undermine President Trump.

Should Vindman face justice?

YES or NO?"

Twitter/X accounts, an Instagram account, & Newsmax's David J. Harris Jr. on Facebook: "🚨BREAKING: Kash Patel calls for Democrat Alexander Vindman to be prosecuted for leaking a phone call to undermine President Trump.

Should Vindman face justice?

YES or NO?"

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 2d

On Friday, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio announced on his podcast that because "it seems like [the] Portland Police Bureau is not doing their job," "the Proud Boys will be coming back to Portland" in "one capacity or another."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 3d

YouTube has apparently reinstated Liz Crokin, a prominent QAnon & Pizzagate conspiracy theorist. Crokin wrote she's "cautiously optimistic I will be allowed to expose elite pedophiles, sex trafficking & Pizzagate over there without censorship." She was originally banned from the platform in 2020.

Liz Crokin on Twitter/X: "Liz Crokin Back On YouTube!!! I just got my YouTube account with 200,000 followers back after they banned me over 5 years ago. I opened this account in 2014 and the last video I posted was a report on President Trump’s War On Human Trafficking in September of 2020. I was not sure I would actually get my account back and I remain skeptical and cautiously optimistic I will be allowed to expose elite pedophiles, sex trafficking and Pizzagate over there without censorship. Needless to say, looks like I will be posting more videos now!"

Liz Crokin on YouTube: "I got my YouTube account back after they banned me over five years ago. Most of my old videos going back a decade are up again if you want to watch them now that my account has been reinstated. I’ll be posting new videos soon. Thanks to all my supporters who have stuck with me all these years! ❤️❤️❤️"

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 3d

On Friday, Trump appointee & former national security advisor Michael Flynn posted a video that he/his team apparently created that included a Q post in it.

Flynn on Twitter/X: "This is WARFARE! it’s not just bombs and bullets, its information, technology, and other unseeable forces. It’s 5th Generation Warfare! @boonecutler @charliekirk11 LOCAL ACTION NATIONAL IMPACT It’s time to stand up, step up, and speak up. LET’S GO!!!"

The post includes a video that includes an image of a 2017 Q post.

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Jack Wheatley @jacktwheatley.bsky.social · 7d

New from me for @mmfa.bsky.social

Since June, Fuentes has appeared on at least nine right-leaning podcasts and streaming shows … whose episodes have earned a total of over 7.2 million views on various social media platforms, as of publication

www.mediamatters.org/white-nation...

White nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes is making the rounds on podcasts with millions of viewers

White nationalist streamer and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes is potentially spreading his extremist commentary to millions via guest appearances on numerous online shows. Since June, he's appeared on ...

www.mediamatters.org

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 8d

"The ads are a lucrative part of Facebook’s advertising revenue that, the project’s researchers and others say, has led the company to turn a blind eye to a flood of low-quality or deceptive content, spam and in some cases outright fraud on the platform."

Spam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads

www.nytimes.com

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 7d

In a new talk posted to YouTube of a weekly video chat with a MAHA nonprofit organization, CMS Director Dr. Oz said that it "may ... be true" that "the [COVID] vaccine should never have been made."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 7d

Scoop:

Richard Mack, the leader of a far-right sheriffs group, told multiple far-right podcasts in late September that Tom Homan said he would send at least a member of his staff to the organization’s upcoming national conference. Homan said he'd "run it past" Trump if he could come himself too.

A far-right sheriffs organization says Trump “border czar” Tom Homan is sending a representative to its upcoming conference

www.mediamatters.org

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 7d

Last night, Trump amplified 2 QAnon-promiting accounts a total of 3 times. One of the accounts had "qanon" right in its handle.

Trump amplifying posts from @IStandWithTrump47.

Evidence of @IStandWithTrump47 promoting QAnon.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 8d

In a new appearance on the QAnon-affiliated podcast X22 Report, Eric Trump (who has been on the podcast multiple times now) told the host that "independent voices like yours & the Joe Rogans of the world" have "massively filled a void."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 8d

In a new interview on a right-wing podcast, far-right conspiracy theorist Ivan Raiklin — known for his "Pence Card" claim leading up to January 6 — said he's "personally communicated & ... compared notes" with certain GOP members of Congress, including a member of the new GOP J6 House Committee.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 9d

In response to Trump posting this video about medbeds, multiple users in far-right & QAnon spaces online saw it as confirmation of the false conspiracy theory, writing that they hoped Trump was announcing medbeds that could be used to help their loved ones.

"Such exciting times. My brother’s cancer is sadly worse than they once thought. Keeping the faith that they will arrive in time. If not… resurrection!"

"🙏 I'm Praying that this is true, not for ne but for my Granddaughter who was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor 🙏"

"Trump posted for a reason. I pray it is so. The granddaughter needs a miracle. Seizures out of control and the brain is protruding into the spinal cord."

"I just showed this to my 81 year old mother who suffers from severe osteoporosis

Her eyes lit up and she became emotional.

Truly can’t wait for our loved ones to heal"

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Hadas Gold @hadasgold.bsky.social · 10d

A new year long study says X is the 'go-to' platform for antisemitic content www.cnn.com/2025/09/29/b...

Musk’s X is ‘go-to platform’ for antisemitism, study finds | CNN Business

The new year-long study found that X’s content restrictions are not having much effect on antisemitic content.

www.cnn.com

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 10d

In a new podcast interview, anti-vax figure Sherri Tenpenny said her family "used to sit around the kitchen table talking about [the] New World Order & the Illuminati &, you know, Council for Foreign Relations & all that stuff when I was a kid."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 11d

It appears that the video had been previously posted elsewhere on social media before Trump amplified it.

Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 11d

Here is the AI video Trump posted, three days ago on this crypto junk Instagram page.

But a day before that it was on a now deleted insta page using a common name for romance scamming accounts - “Dr. David Richard Simon.”

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 11d

The post has now been deleted.

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 11d

Deleted

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 11d

(And yes, the video appears to be AI. That is not what a Fox News chyron looks like, for one thing.)

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