Mike Wendling
@wendling.bsky.social
Reporting on conspiracy theorists and the far-right.
Substack: https://thedayofreckoning.substack.com
Latest book: https://tinyurl.com/muuf3tk
Go Bills.
Substack: https://thedayofreckoning.substack.com
Latest book: https://tinyurl.com/muuf3tk
Go Bills.
Fortunately X, Reddit and Bluesky aren't real life.
Unfortunately Facebook is
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Unfortunately Facebook is
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Americans’ Social Media Use 2025
YouTube remains the most popular, but adults are increasingly using Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and Reddit. Use of some platforms varies by age, gender, and race and ethnicity.
www.pewresearch.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Fortunately X, Reddit and Bluesky aren't real life.
Unfortunately Facebook is
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Unfortunately Facebook is
www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...
I have roped my good friend @mattpierce75.bsky.social into a podcast studio. We've been Americans living in London for a long time, and now city is lousy with yanks.
We're doling out tips for expats and bantz for brits. Sub here:
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We're doling out tips for expats and bantz for brits. Sub here:
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1: Newcomers, we are your sherpas
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November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I have roped my good friend @mattpierce75.bsky.social into a podcast studio. We've been Americans living in London for a long time, and now city is lousy with yanks.
We're doling out tips for expats and bantz for brits. Sub here:
open.spotify.com/show/7zFOTKk...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
We're doling out tips for expats and bantz for brits. Sub here:
open.spotify.com/show/7zFOTKk...
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The FCC is investigating the BBC to bolster a potential private civil lawsuit.
To put it another way, US taxpapers are bankrolling an attempt by the president to take a billion dollars from British TV viewers.
www.ft.com/content/0a16...
To put it another way, US taxpapers are bankrolling an attempt by the president to take a billion dollars from British TV viewers.
www.ft.com/content/0a16...
FCC probes BBC’s edit of Donald Trump’s January 6 speech
Regulator asks UK broadcaster if misleading ‘Panorama’ clip was aired in US
www.ft.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The FCC is investigating the BBC to bolster a potential private civil lawsuit.
To put it another way, US taxpapers are bankrolling an attempt by the president to take a billion dollars from British TV viewers.
www.ft.com/content/0a16...
To put it another way, US taxpapers are bankrolling an attempt by the president to take a billion dollars from British TV viewers.
www.ft.com/content/0a16...
This hasn't received much coverage so far, but Andy Ngo has sued @observeruk for an article (a review of a Mumford and Sons album) that called him an "alt-right agitator"
www.law360.com/articles/241...
www.law360.com/articles/241...
Influencer Says 'Alt-Right' Label In Review Defamed Him - Law360
A conservative American author urged a London judge on Wednesday to rule that a review of a Mumford & Sons album in The Observer newspaper had defamed him by referring to him as an "alt-right agit...
www.law360.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This hasn't received much coverage so far, but Andy Ngo has sued @observeruk for an article (a review of a Mumford and Sons album) that called him an "alt-right agitator"
www.law360.com/articles/241...
www.law360.com/articles/241...
Conspiracy theorists will have a field day with this one and I can see why. “Why is the power company warning me about power cuts?” Some of modern life has become predictable to the point where disruption seems like deliberate conspiracy
November 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Conspiracy theorists will have a field day with this one and I can see why. “Why is the power company warning me about power cuts?” Some of modern life has become predictable to the point where disruption seems like deliberate conspiracy
One of the biggest stories that has emerged is Epstein's role in backing the global far-right, starting with his close friendship with Steve Bannon.
www.garbageday.email/p/epstein-he...
www.garbageday.email/p/epstein-he...
Epstein Helped Build MAGA. Has He Blown It?
Steve Bannon, Jeffrey Epstein, Bubba, and the end of democracy
www.garbageday.email
November 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
One of the biggest stories that has emerged is Epstein's role in backing the global far-right, starting with his close friendship with Steve Bannon.
www.garbageday.email/p/epstein-he...
www.garbageday.email/p/epstein-he...
Remember Veles in Macedonia?
Now a decade later fake news hubs, where people from poor countries pump out rage bait to Westerners, still thrive. This one in Sri Lanka
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Now a decade later fake news hubs, where people from poor countries pump out rage bait to Westerners, still thrive. This one in Sri Lanka
apple.news/AGTw6O5E1T_C...
Sri Lankan influencer targets UK with anti-migrant Facebook pages — The Times and The Sunday Times
A Sri Lankan influencer is at the heart of a network of more than 100 Facebook pages posting anti-migrant and Islamophobic disinformation about the UK, an investigation shows. Geeth Sooriyapura, a sel...
apple.news
November 19, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Remember Veles in Macedonia?
Now a decade later fake news hubs, where people from poor countries pump out rage bait to Westerners, still thrive. This one in Sri Lanka
apple.news/AGTw6O5E1T_C...
Now a decade later fake news hubs, where people from poor countries pump out rage bait to Westerners, still thrive. This one in Sri Lanka
apple.news/AGTw6O5E1T_C...
The Spectator has put this insanity on its World section and it’s behind a paywall so you may have to trust me that it’s a delulu take on how QAnon is right and good. Looking forward to next headline“Epstein did nothing wrong”
thespectator.com/topic/has-qa...
thespectator.com/topic/has-qa...
Has QAnon been vindicated?
Throughout the past ten years "Q" has, in a quite objective sense, been good at predicting the course of events.
thespectator.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The Spectator has put this insanity on its World section and it’s behind a paywall so you may have to trust me that it’s a delulu take on how QAnon is right and good. Looking forward to next headline“Epstein did nothing wrong”
thespectator.com/topic/has-qa...
thespectator.com/topic/has-qa...
You know those people who hate the so-called “mainstream media”, and have a bizarre notion of how it all works?
No, not those ones! I mean the folks you follow, the very concerned millennial types.
Latest post breaking down the bad arguments over “amplification”
open.substack.com/pub/thedayof...
No, not those ones! I mean the folks you follow, the very concerned millennial types.
Latest post breaking down the bad arguments over “amplification”
open.substack.com/pub/thedayof...
It’s 2025 and we’re really hearing the same arguments about 'platforming'?
There are better ways to think about the problem of 'amplification'
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
You know those people who hate the so-called “mainstream media”, and have a bizarre notion of how it all works?
No, not those ones! I mean the folks you follow, the very concerned millennial types.
Latest post breaking down the bad arguments over “amplification”
open.substack.com/pub/thedayof...
No, not those ones! I mean the folks you follow, the very concerned millennial types.
Latest post breaking down the bad arguments over “amplification”
open.substack.com/pub/thedayof...
There are people on the left of politics who are failing to come to grips with a rise in conspiracy and violence.
However those things have plagued the right for years. I don’t quite get how some right-wing activists think it’s a newish thing?
christopherrufo.com/p/candace-ow...
However those things have plagued the right for years. I don’t quite get how some right-wing activists think it’s a newish thing?
christopherrufo.com/p/candace-ow...
Candace Owens Creates Chaos
And the rise of American schizo-politics
christopherrufo.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
There are people on the left of politics who are failing to come to grips with a rise in conspiracy and violence.
However those things have plagued the right for years. I don’t quite get how some right-wing activists think it’s a newish thing?
christopherrufo.com/p/candace-ow...
However those things have plagued the right for years. I don’t quite get how some right-wing activists think it’s a newish thing?
christopherrufo.com/p/candace-ow...
Imagine having a conspiracy-addled brain, sitting across from Donald Trump and NOT asking him about Jeffrey Epstein.
The mind boggles
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The mind boggles
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READ IN FULL: The full transcript from Bev Turner's interview with Donald Trump
The President sat down with Bev for GB News's US programme The Late Show Live
www.gbnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Imagine having a conspiracy-addled brain, sitting across from Donald Trump and NOT asking him about Jeffrey Epstein.
The mind boggles
www.gbnews.com/politics/us/...
The mind boggles
www.gbnews.com/politics/us/...
I’ve been writing about extremism on the right for many years, and people called it crazy or made up or overblown or “what about the other side”.
Now:
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Now:
open.substack.com/pub/roddrehe...
What I Saw And Heard In Washington
Groyperism's Spread Among Generation Z Conservative Apparatchiks Is Real
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I’ve been writing about extremism on the right for many years, and people called it crazy or made up or overblown or “what about the other side”.
Now:
open.substack.com/pub/roddrehe...
Now:
open.substack.com/pub/roddrehe...
Reposted by Mike Wendling
“We're not going to react to every single thing that Trump does. We can't stop that. What we can do is we can help feed the hungry people in our community. We can help provide shelter and warmth to the houseless people in our community.”
- @emily.gorcen.ski
- @emily.gorcen.ski
GLOBAL WARNING: Emily Gorcenski (Ep 4)
YouTube video by AWKWORD
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November 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“We're not going to react to every single thing that Trump does. We can't stop that. What we can do is we can help feed the hungry people in our community. We can help provide shelter and warmth to the houseless people in our community.”
- @emily.gorcen.ski
- @emily.gorcen.ski
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I have a chapter on white nationalism in this but the volume's real impact will be demonstrating the relevance of "race" for the study of the ancient past. W/ @katherineharloe.bsky.social @kataplexis.bsky.social @platanoclassics.bsky.social @twhittermarsh.bsky.social @aerl.bsky.social & many others
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I have a chapter on white nationalism in this but the volume's real impact will be demonstrating the relevance of "race" for the study of the ancient past. W/ @katherineharloe.bsky.social @kataplexis.bsky.social @platanoclassics.bsky.social @twhittermarsh.bsky.social @aerl.bsky.social & many others
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
The woman wanted in connection with a racist attack in central London isn't a mere "Trump supporter", she's a former QAnon follower who destroyed a mask display in a shop, but apparently later left the Q movement. metro.co.uk/2025/11/11/t...
Trump supporter and businessman are couple who 'shouted racist abuse' in London
Police want to speak to Melissa Lively and Philipp Ostermann after an incident at a Tube station over the weekend
metro.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The woman wanted in connection with a racist attack in central London isn't a mere "Trump supporter", she's a former QAnon follower who destroyed a mask display in a shop, but apparently later left the Q movement. metro.co.uk/2025/11/11/t...
Amazing story about Jan 6 rioter turned Blaze reporter who appears to have falsely accused a police officer of planting a “false flag” pipe bomb outside the RNC.
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open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Amazing story about Jan 6 rioter turned Blaze reporter who appears to have falsely accused a police officer of planting a “false flag” pipe bomb outside the RNC.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Tucker Carlson solidifies his conspiracy credentials with coverage of “Chemtrails”
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Tucker Carlson solidifies his conspiracy credentials with coverage of “Chemtrails”
Reposted by Mike Wendling
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/09/f... They pepper-sprayed a one-year-old yesterday
Feds Pepper-Spray 1-Year-Old In Cicero, Use Tear Gas On Little Village Neighbors
Federal agents were shot at, according to the Department of Homeland Security, while legal observers said agents created a "dangerous and unsafe environment."
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/09/f... They pepper-sprayed a one-year-old yesterday
I've written as much about the events of 6 January 2021 as anyone in the BBC, and the Panorama error was easily avoided. However it's curious nobody noticed at the time - a year ago. Now top scalps have been claimed after a crusade by the British right-wing press.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
BBC chair to respond to MPs as departing News CEO rejects claims of institutional bias
The BBC's director general Tim Davie, and CEO of news Deborah Turness, resigned last night after a leaked dossier made a series of criticisms of BBC output.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I've written as much about the events of 6 January 2021 as anyone in the BBC, and the Panorama error was easily avoided. However it's curious nobody noticed at the time - a year ago. Now top scalps have been claimed after a crusade by the British right-wing press.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
There is no basement underneath Comet Ping Pong.
Why does it matter now, nearly a decade after "Pizzagate"?
The story behind the conspiracy theory and why debunking can only go so far in healing our information disorder. New post:
open.substack.com/pub/thedayof...
Why does it matter now, nearly a decade after "Pizzagate"?
The story behind the conspiracy theory and why debunking can only go so far in healing our information disorder. New post:
open.substack.com/pub/thedayof...
November 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
There is no basement underneath Comet Ping Pong.
Why does it matter now, nearly a decade after "Pizzagate"?
The story behind the conspiracy theory and why debunking can only go so far in healing our information disorder. New post:
open.substack.com/pub/thedayof...
Why does it matter now, nearly a decade after "Pizzagate"?
The story behind the conspiracy theory and why debunking can only go so far in healing our information disorder. New post:
open.substack.com/pub/thedayof...
Now you too can own a piece of Parler, the weird alt-social network that is primarily known for being used by Jan 6 Capitol rioters.
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Now you too can own a piece of Parler, the weird alt-social network that is primarily known for being used by Jan 6 Capitol rioters.
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As it turns out, people did not understand what mass deportations would look like.
Trump winning is the end. The courts and institutions can’t save us. It is crucial he loses. I don’t understand.
Do people not understand what mass deportations will look like. It will be sobbing mothers and children yanked apart from each other in front of you and your own kids.
Do people not understand what mass deportations will look like. It will be sobbing mothers and children yanked apart from each other in front of you and your own kids.
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
As it turns out, people did not understand what mass deportations would look like.
ICE agents storm a day care center in Chicago and claim they are fighting an “invasion” (of preschool teachers?)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/i...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/i...
Questions remain why ICE targeted day care teacher who was detained in North Center facility
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents targeted Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano, of Colombia
www.chicagotribune.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
ICE agents storm a day care center in Chicago and claim they are fighting an “invasion” (of preschool teachers?)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/i...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/i...