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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This is not the first time Trump has amplified a fake pro-Trump Denzel Washington quote. He previously did so in 2019 (www.rawstory.com/2019/12/trum...). Trump has also spread a hoax/false claim from this specific "Red Eagle" social media account previously. bsky.app/profile/alka...

Trump sharing an image of a post sharing a fake Denzel Washington quote praising Trump.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

YouTube is currently monetizing a video spreading this false claim about James Talarico.

Ads on a 10/11/26 YouTube video titled "“He was MISSING for 13 DAYS!” - James Talarico MISSING for TWO WEEKS, DENIES Mental Health BREAKDOWN."

From the video description: "Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is facing explosive questions after disappearing from the campaign trail for nearly TWO WEEKS as new allegations emerge about a possible stay at an Ohio mental health facility."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia appears to have been a follower of QAnon figure Jon Herold (known online as "Patel Patriot"), whose "Devolution" conspiracy theory — which claimed Trump was secretly still in power — was popular within the QAnon community after Biden took office.

From Judd Legum's article: "Zacharia also posted about her beliefs on “devolution,” the QAnon theory that, after leaving office in 2021, Trump retained control over the military. In response to an April 3, 2022 post asking for evidence of devolution from “patelpatriot,” Zacharia suggested the military signaled that Biden wasn’t really in charge by not giving him a real 21-gun salute on Inauguration Day. “On Biden’s inaugural day, he received a 3 cannon, ~ 9 shot every 8-9 second gun salute versus a true presidential 21 gun salute,” Zacharia wrote.

Four days later, Zacharia posted a “ReTruth” of the same account suggesting that Trump would have been “derelict in his duties” had he not retained control of the military after leaving office."

From https://www.mediamatters.org/qanon-conspiracy-theory/qanon-affiliated-figure-has-hosted-trumps-va-secretary-and-least-four-gop: "Jon Herold, known online as “Patel Patriot,” came to prominence in the QAnon community after the 2020 presidential election when he created a conspiracy theory known as “Devolution” that he has said “mirrors closely to Q,” which the community subsequently embraced. The baseless theory held that Donald Trump was secretly still the president during Joe Biden’s tenure — having “suspended the counting of the electoral college votes” and “secretly suspended elements of the Constitution” — and would eventually return to the Oval Office during Biden’s term."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has now sent a fundraising email via an email distribution domain from the conservative social media platform Parler via a group called "Americans for Israel," which says it is "a project of Secure America Now."

Dear Fellow Patriot,

I’ll bet you’re more than a little surprised to get this email from me.

But please set aside party affiliation for a second and hear me out.

You see, I’m not a progressive.

And I’m definitely not a Democratic Socialist.

I’m just a senator with a big mouth who happens to stand with Israel. Today, I’m asking you to do the same by signing your “Stand with Israel” Emergency Declaration.

STAND WITH ISRAEL
You see, when I heard about October 7th and how they tortured, mutilated, and murdered Israeli families, I thought to myself that if that was my family, I’d say that that kind of evil should not be allowed to endure. It has to be destroyed.

And I can’t imagine why the entire world wouldn’t be appalled by that kind of barbarism.

Yet, too many on the radical left are siding against Israel.

I mean… why?

Why would you stand with the kind of regimes that force their people to live under values that so-called progressives in America would never live? They’ve lost any kind of moral bearings.

Whenever I’m in a situation to be called on to take up the cause of enhancing the security of Israel or deepening our relationship between the United States and Israel, I’m going to lean in.

One group that always has my back and is making the biggest impact in this fight is Americans for Israel.

I am really thankful for them.

Because this crazy Democratic Socialist movement is:

Denying Israel the right to protest itself, let alone fight back against those who wish to destroy it
Pro-Iran, Pro-Hamas and Pro-Hezbollah
Supporting a Palestinian, “one-state solution”
Heck, one of the DSA’s “rising stars” – Abdul El-Sayed – is campaigning in Michigan with radical influencer Hasan Piker who thinks “America deserved 9/11.” This isn’t just radical, it is dangerous.

And that is why you need to sign your “Stand with Israel” Emergency Declaration and submit it to Americans for Israel today to help them in their mission to educate, advocate, and activate Americans of all political affiliations to unite and stand for Israel.

I am proud to support them. What about you? Will you? Please hurry. This kind of evil cannot be allowed to endure.

Thank you very much,

John Fetterman,
United States Senator (PA)

Senator Fetterman
P.S. If I’m the last on my side of the aisle to have this kind of a view, so be it. I’m sticking with Israel. It might not be considered a political winner, but like, so what? Judge me. And, in the meantime, do whatever you can do to help our brothers and sisters in Israel.

STAND WITH ISRAEL
Americans for Israel
AMERICANS FOR ISRAEL IS A PROJECT OF SECURE AMERICA NOW. SECURE AMERICA NOW IS A NON-PARTISAN 501(C)(4) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. CONTRIBUTIONS ARE NOT TAX DEDUCTIBLE.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

On election denial organization True the Vote's podcast yesterday, Arne List, a California election conspiracy theorist (www.redding.com/story/news/p...), compared the destruction of a county's election-related material under state law to Jews being murdered during the Holocaust.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

New: QAnon figure & Tina Peters ally Juan O. Savin claimed Trump "had meetings in the White House” discussing plans that may include refusing to certify election results due to voting machines not being "certified" & won't allow people to "actually take office." www.mediamatters.org/election-den...

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Last week, Arizona GOP state Representative Rachel Keshel briefly appeared on a QAnon-affiliated podcast alongside her husband, election denier Seth Keshel. During Rachel Keshel's appearance, Seth Keshel asked viewers to donate to her reelection campaign.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

New: The Gateway Pundit's Joe Hoft said Jack Smith “should be hung, don't you think?” www.mediamatters.org/gateway-pund...

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A few days ago, Georgia State Election Board Vice Chair Janelle King had Georgia election denier Garland Favorito on her podcast, telling him she "love[s] ... that you give us the full picture" & defending him being called a conspiracy theorist, saying, "You should all be conspiracy theorists."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

On her show today, LindellTV host Emerald Robinson had on Peter Brimelow, the founder of the white nationalist organization VDARE, where Robinson told Brimelow that he was "the regular OG of cancel culture." She also said that she had previously attended an event at Brimelow's West Virginia castle.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

RFK Jr., while speaking at a recent event that aired on the podcast of MAHA Action — an organized closely linked to RFK Jr. — said "people ... will be building monuments" to "people like [Andrew] Wakefield, ... Barbara Loe Fisher, Lyn Redwood, & Mary Holland," all of whom are anti-vax figures.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One person who has become important in this Trump-election denier ecosystem who has not gotten much coverage: John Goodman. The Florida activist directly connects those (like Peter Ticktin & Jerome Corsi) behind last year's proposed national emergency EO with Wayne Allyn Root's push for it now.

John Goodman
Allegedly involved with proposal for “national emergency” executive order

Who is John Goodman? Goodman is a member of the “Florida Election Integrity Committee,” and he has pushed claims about fraudulent mail-in ballots in the 2020 election.

What has John Goodman been up to?

-Wayne Allyn Root suggested that Goodman worked on a proposed executive order for the midterms with Jerome Corsi and Peter Ticktin. He called Goodman “my election expert” who said to him that a national security emergency is “the way to go.”
-According to Goodman, he was put in touch with Root in March “and we started talking and discussing” the national emergency idea and wanted to “try to find a way that was legal” where there would be “no obstruction.”
-On Root’s program, Corsi claimed to “have been working also with” Goodman.

Mark Cook
Claimed to be involved with drafting proposal for “national emergency” executive order

Who is Mark Cook? Cook has been described as one “of the most influential election deniers in Colorado.” Cook traveled the country in 2024 for the “Hand Count Roadshow,” claiming that voting machines can be manipulated and advocating for hand-counting votes. As Slate reported, he “has been a featured guest on MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s show Lindell TV to promote the theory that Dominion Voting Systems rigged the 2020 election.”

What has Mark Cook been up to? During media appearances, Cook has discussed his election denial activity and ties with the administration.

-Cook has said that he was a “co-author” of a proposed executive order for the midterms that circulated within the administration.
-During a podcast interview, he called for Trump to declare a national emergency for the midterms, with the military’s involvement.
-Wayne Allyn Root had Cook on his show to discuss the national emergency proposal, saying Goodman had connected them. During the interview, Cook said again that he “was a co-author of that 17-page EO,” which Root said he was “now trying to turn into a national security emergency.”

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Gregg Phillips, who's been a board member of election denial group True the Vote (& worked in the Trump admin), criticized the national emergency/pausing elections push, noting a president doesn't have "special authority to postpone, cancel, take over, or rewrite the rules for federal elections."

Gregg Phillips on Truth Social in response to a user asking, "What if he declares a national emergency?":

"The United States has never paused, canceled, or delayed a nationwide federal general election - not during the War of 1813, the Civil War, two World Wars, the Great Depression, the 1918 flu pandemic, 9/11, major hurricanes, COVID or anything else.

A President cannot unilaterally cancel or postpone an election. Congress sets the federal Election Day, and constitutional deadlines still apply: House terms end January 3, and presidential terms end at noon on January 20.

America has never 'paused' a national election.

That is not how our constitutional system works."

Gregg Phillips on Truth Social in response to a user asking, "What if he declares a national emergency?":

"No. A presidential declaration of a national emergency does not give the President special authority to postpone, cancel, take over, or rewrite the rules for federal elections.
A national-emergency declaration is not a blank check. It activates only specific powers Congress has already placed in particular statutes. Congress has authorized many emergency authorities, but none authorizes a President to move Election Day, cancel an election, choose presidential electors, alter voting rules, or place federal elections under White House control."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A few days ago, Matt Meck, the "chief of staff" for QAnon influencer Juan O. Savin, said on a podcast that he "was texting Secretary Kennedy over the weekend, last weekend," regarding Kennedy being "a speaker on the authentic health side" for Savin's conference next year.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yesterday, on his Gateway Pundit podcast, Wayne Allyn Root — who's pushed for a national emergency for elections & says he texts with Trump — told fellow election denier Mark Cook he'd send to Trump Cook's self-proclaimed "stuff that will, I think, make a big difference in having a fair election."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Some in the far right — including True the Vote partner & onetime Trump admin official Gregg Phillips — attacked Fox News for joining outlets in a WH boycott in response to the admin bans of Politico, CNN, & MS NOW, calling Fox "Globalist Deep Staters" who should "go to jail for voter suppression."

Left: QAnon figure MJTruth: "Fox News says they won’t cover President Trump’s events anymore, but they sure will cover Kamala Harris..

Fox News can kick rocks"

Right: QAnon figure Burning Bright: "In 2016, it was common knowledge among the newly-formed MAGA faithful that FOX was not our friend.

They doubled down with their role in the Fake Election of 2020.

Now, FOX is leading the charge AGAINST Trump's banning of CNN.

They're NOT secret white hats, and never have been."

Left: Qanon figure The SCIF: "CNN, MSNOW, and Politico spent over a DECADE lying about and belittling President Trump.

They totally deserve what they've gotten.

Fox News saw it all happen.

But now, instead of standing up for Trump and spreading the truth, Fox News is standing by CNN, et Al.

They are all the same."

Right: QAnon figure Pepe Deluxe: "Perfect timing!

Just when the unAmerican Fox News comes out of the closet with CNN"

Roger Stone: "FOX shows their true colors. Not fair and balanced.-Globalist Deep Staters"

Gregg Phillips post on left: "they should all go to jail for voter suppression…

///

Fox News joins rival networks in suspending pooled coverage after White House turns away CNN"

Gregg Phillips post on right: "@FoxNews

Putting your thumb on the scale of a federal election during voting is wrong and irresponsible.

In fact, dropping the White House proves your bias.

FCC should pull your license.

You’ve always been cowards. Now the world understands you are really communists sympathizers.

#RedFox @realDonaldTrump"

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

On a podcast earlier this month, anti-vax figure Del Bigtree, who was communications director for RFK Jr.'s 2024 presidential campaign, said that he "was the one actually that asked [RFK Jr.] to run for president. I did it four years before he decided to do it."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Last week, while on a conspiracy theorist's podcast, Rainer Rothfuß, an Alternative for Germany (AfD) member of Germany's parliament, said there could be "a well-coordinated false flag attack" to cause war with Russia, "just like when 9/11 happened," & "nobody will dare to question the narrative."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

During an appearance last week on Real America's Voice, election denier podcaster Joe Oltmann appeared to push a 2020 4chan hoax regarding Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts & the 2020 election. John Eastman & Stewart Rhodes also pushed it in recent years. www.mediamatters.org/4chan/viral-...

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It appears that Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) sent a fundraising email via an email distribution domain from the conservative social media platform Parler. ("Free Speech Daily" sends emails through "parlermailer[dot]com.")

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

On a podcast on a Proud Boys-affiliated channel yesterday, white nationalist organization Patriot Front founder Thomas Rousseau said the organization has "been active in quiet networking with & in supporting candidates," from "small city commissioner positions all the way up to congressional runs."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Last week, election denier podcaster Joe Oltmann, during an interview on his show with Wayne Allyn Root — a prominent advocate of Trump declaring a national security emergency for elections — suggested that Trump "is gonna need to make a Julius Caesar moment" over declaring a national emergency.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

On a stream earlier this month, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio seemed to suggest that January 6 "was the most patriotic act in the United States history besides the American Revolution."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

QAnon figure Jeffrey Pedersen (known online as "intheMatrixxx") received credentials to attend the 2026 midterm Republican National Convention. While there, he was photographed with Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Newt Gingrich, Ben Shapiro, & James O'Keefe.

Photo of QAnon figure Jeffrey Pedersen (known online as "intheMatrixxx") with Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) at the 2026 midterm Republican National Convention.

Photo of QAnon figure Jeffrey Pedersen (known online as "intheMatrixxx") with Newt Gingrich at the 2026 midterm Republican National Convention.

Photo of QAnon figure Jeffrey Pedersen (known online as "intheMatrixxx") with Ben Shapiro at the 2026 midterm Republican National Convention.

Photo of QAnon figure Jeffrey Pedersen (known online as "intheMatrixxx") with James O'Keefe at the 2026 midterm Republican National Convention.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Kim Coulter — a podcast host on a Proud Boys-affiliated channel & the niece of Ann Coulter — announced on her podcast this week that she & her husband "recently became members of" the whites-only settlement Return to the Land.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This morning, Trump amplified 2 separate QAnon-promoting accounts a total of 3 times.

Trump amplifying a post from @Angela73 and evidence of @Angela73 promoting QAnon.

Trump amplifying posts from @mazurikl and evidence of @mazurikl promoting QAnon.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

On Real America's Voice a few days ago, election denier Marly Hornik seemed to claim that she "was on the phone with someone yesterday in the Department of Homeland Security" regarding her baseless claim that Mamdani's election as mayor of New York had election fraud.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

On a new online stream, prominent election denier Patrick Byrne claimed that he got a "letter from the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2006 that says" that "the rest of [his] life" he "can't be prosecuted in the United States" in order to "disrupt this corrupt takeover of the US government."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

On Sunday, Trump shared a post from a QAnon-promoting account. He has now amplified this specific account at least 10 times.

Trump amplifying a post from @Imaluckyangel.

The post from @Imaluckyangel that Trump amplified.

Evidence of @Imaluckyangel promoting QAnon.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

New: Tony Lyons, an ally of RFK Jr. & the president of MAHA Action — an organization closely tied to RFK Jr. — told viewers on the organization's podcast that "anytime you hear the word measles, you should sort of think psyop, you know, think brainwashing." www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-...

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

In a presentation newly uploaded to YouTube, election denier Douglas Frank — who once spoke at one of Trump's rallies — predicted & hoped that Trump is "gonna declare a state of emergency" for elections, claiming that Trump "has nothing to lose."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

On a podcast a couple of days ago, election denier Marly Hornik said that she had just been in Washington, D.C. for meetings that included "some FBI people who worked on" investigating supposed election issues in Fulton County, Georgia.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It appears that has a hoax Obama quote about wanting to overthrow the government has spread around the far right and on social media in recent months.

Post on major QAnon forum: "The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, John RATCLIFFE: BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA said ‘I WANT THIS DONE,’ ” I WANT TO OVERTHROW the United States GOVERNMENT. 💥 BQQQQQQM 💥"

The post embeds a post from another social media platform pushing the hoax.

QAnon figure Pepe Deluxe: "And this is,

The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, John Ratcliffe:

Barack Hussein Obama said ‘I want this done,’ ” I want to overthrow the United States government."

Facebook post: "And this is,

The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, John Ratcliffe:

Barack Hussein Obama said ‘I want this done,’ ” I want to overthrow the United States government."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

New: Wayne Allyn Root said Trump posted “my columns about national security emergency for elections three times in the last two weeks." "Why is he doing that if he doesn't plan to actually sign that declaration?” Root had pushed it to Trump in an interview. www.mediamatters.org/wayne-allyn-...

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

There appears to be a split among the Proud Boys on Milo Yiannopoulos's deportation. Enrique Tarrio cheered his deportation while a Proud Boys social media account appeared to criticize it.

Proud Boys on social media: "There are 105 million illegal immigrants in this country and they are worried about this harmless homo?"

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

New: Roger Stone has endorsed the Trump national security emergency proposal for elections, telling Wayne Allyn Root — who pushed it to Trump during an interview this month — that it was, "brilliant," & a "revolutionary idea," & seems "legally unstoppable." www.mediamatters.org/election-den...

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Last month, a federal judge dismissed the "Disinformation Dozen" members' lawsuit against @counterhate.com, calling it a "shotgun pleading." Now one of them, Christiane Northrup, seemed to baselessly suggest a death threat was why the suit was dismissed. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

On Friday, Trump posted a link to a Gateway Pundit column from Wayne Allyn Root headlined "WAYNE ROOT: Liberal Media Goes Insane with Rage Over My Idea for 'National Security Emergency for Elections.' My Response: Scream & Attack All You Want. You Can’t Stop It. It’s Foolproof. Here are the Facts."

Trump on Truth Social linking to a Gateway Pundit column from Wayne Allyn Root: "WAYNE ROOT: Liberal Media Goes Insane with Rage Over My Idea for “National Security Emergency for Elections.” My Response: Scream & Attack All You Want. You Can’t Stop It. It’s Foolproof. Here are the Facts:"

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

New: On the podcast for MAHA Action — an organization closely tied to RFK Jr. — a guest said that if people instead of vaccination "eat vitamin A foods, take daily cod liver oil, keep your kids well nourished, you will weather measles just fine." www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-...

BOB SEARS (GUEST): I know people are concerned about measles and — because there's been a clear comeback over the last couple years. And I like to just maybe make sure everyone understands why there's been a comeback and what you can do about it and why you can be educated about it, but you don't have to live in fear of measles.

So first of all, why the comeback? The main reason why is that the vaccine we use wears off too soon. It might protect kids, some kids from catching measles while they're young, but it wears off by the time you're a teenager, and most adults are walking around without measles immunity. So we can actually never really get rid of measles from our country because it's just it's — you know, it's trying to regain a foothold, and we might be seeing more cases because people don't trust the measles MMR vaccine as much anymore. So that might be why some of these communities are having measles outbreaks.

But the truth is it's not spreading because people are not vaccinating. It's because we can't eliminate this infection from our society. We just don't have a vaccine that gives you lifelong immunity, like catching the disease, that gives you lifelong immunity.

BOB SEARS (GUEST): So do you need to fear measles? My feeling is no. If you look at the fatality rate in healthy kids who are well nourished and who get enough vitamin A in their diet, the fatality rate of measles is about one for every 93,000 children. That's a very low fatality rate. Now when you look at all children in our country, you know, well nourished, undernourished, the fatality rate might be about one in 10,000. That's a number we've known about for a very long time.

Why does the CDC say the fatality rate is one in 500 or one in 1,000? That's what the old CDC used to say to scare people. That's only hospitalized kids. Kids who show up in the ER very sick from measles or if you're hospitalized, the fatality rate could be about one in 1,000 of those cases. But for everybody, the good news is if you have a healthy child and you're getting vitamin A in your diet, the fatality rate is about one in 93,000. So that's what I tell people to do. Eat vitamin A foods, take daily cod liver oil, keep your kids well nourished, you will weather measles just fine.

I think people don't trust the vaccine anymore, Tony. The MMR vaccine, which protects, or "protects" against measles, it's one of the vaccines with the most possible side effects and some of the most severe side effects. People just don't trust it anymore. So parents are now raising their kids without that vaccine. And you know what? Measles might be here to stay. It might become more a part of our society. We can be on the lookout for it. Stay home if you have a fever and a cough and red eyes. And then if you get the rash, stay home, you know? Maybe you don't want to spread it to everyone in your school. Now we're back to COVID days, right?

BOB SEARS (GUEST): But recognize it, stay home if you catch it, but don't fear it and be well nourished so you're ready for it. And most importantly, if you catch measles, take high dose vitamin A. The CDC has always been very clear that high dose vitamin A reduces the risk of your measles infection. It reduces complications. The measles page on my website tells you all of this information, tells you how much vitamin A to take daily as a prevention, how to high dose vitamin A if you catch measles, what that protocol is.

So you know what? Education is important, knowledge, not fear, and, you know, we'll get through this. And if we have to accept measles as a sort of a regular part of a society now moving forward, then we have to be ready for it.

TONY LYONS (MAHA ACTION PRESIDENT): Yeah. Bob, those are great, great points. I mean, you know, with most of these things in in the last, you know, 30, 40 years, we've always been fed just one side of the story. So we're trying to prevent a single measles death. So does that mean we should be willing to have autism rates that go from one in 10,000 to one in 30 or, you know, something like that?

Or should we be able — you know, should we be fighting certain things while ignoring other things, while watching every child in the country have, you know, some kind of allergy now, versus 20, 30 years ago, where you could have a whole school where there was virtually no children who had an allergy to anything or virtually — you know, practically no obesity, no childhood cancers. So all of these kinds of things, they're a part of this story, right?

BOB SEARS (GUEST): Exactly. And I think the old CDC focused way too heavily on disease prevention. If we could prevent an infection no matter what the cost to everyone in society, let's prevent it. Whereas I think wise people today, they look more at long term health, healthy living, healthy outcomes. And if we have to catch some infections along the way, yet live a healthier, longer, happier life while we're doing that, that's what I think is an important or more important aspect of health. And that's what I would love the CDC to focus on is long term well-being, not infection prevention.

TONY LYONS (MAHA ACTION PRESIDENT): Right. Great, great, great points.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Yesterday, Tony Lyons — the president of MAHA Action, an organization closely tied to RFK Jr. — on the organization's podcast criticized Dolly Parton for encouraging people to get vaccinated during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Some in the far right have attacked Dolly Parton following her death for her role in promoting & funding COVID vaccines.

QAnon figure MJTruth: "I’m surprised… had quite a few people announce they’ve unfollowed me because 'Dolly Parton' was a good one…

All I did was show you that she called you a coward twat for not taking the covid death vaccine.

I guess we should have let that slide? 🤷‍♂️

Nah… sorry. Everyone needs to remember who the players were and the parts they played in the largest democide perpetuated in human history…"

QAnon figure Pepe Deluxe: "Look at why the media are praising Dolly

Sickening

I am convinced her Cancer was caused by the vax

She was fooled as many were I love and care about

My Mom and my beloved President

It's sick how the Communist media spin things"

Far-right figure John Sabal posted an image of a post he wrote with the text: "May be a 'coward' in the eyes of a Lucifarian, sure... But, it's certainly better to be a 'coward' that doesn't get turbo cancer and winds up dead because of demonic mRNA death jabs. Just sayin."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Eric Orwoll, the leader of the whites-only community Return to the Land, has announced that the group is suing the Trump administration (& Arkansas), saying it has opened multiple investigations into the group, including from the Department of Justice & the Department of Housing & Urban Development.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

In the early morning hours on Monday, Trump amplified 3 separate QAnon-promoting accounts a total of 4 times.

Trump amplifying a post from @talkthestreet and evidence of @talkthestreet promoting QAnon.

Trump amplifying posts from @Imaluckyangel and evidence of @Imaluckyangel promoting QAnon.

Trump amplifying a post from @thatswhattime and evidence of @thatswhattime promoting QAnon.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

On a podcast yesterday, Tina Peters said she was undecided on whether to accept Shasta County, California Registrar of Voters Clint Curtis' officer of a position regarding elections for the county, saying she has "to pray about it."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

On a podcast earlier this week, election denier Patrick Byrne seemed to suggest that Rudy Giuliani following the 2020 election had some kind of conflict of interest believing the Venezuela election fraud conspiracy theory: "Rudy had another client & the client was the CFO of the Venezuelan cartel."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) was the only major Florida GOP gubernatorial candidate to not appear on Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio's podcast. That includes Florida's current lieutenant governor, Jay Collins, who appeared on Tarrio's podcast last month.

Enrique Tarrio interviewing Florida GOP gubernatorial candidate and former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Paul Renner on Tarrio's podcast.

Enrique Tarrio interviewing Florida GOP gubernatorial candidate and Florida Lieutenant Governor Paul Renner on Tarrio's podcast.

Enrique Tarrio interviewing Florida GOP gubernatorial candidate James Fishback on Tarrio's podcast.

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

On a podcast yesterday, Richard Mack — the leader of a far-right constitutional sheriffs organization & who has advised Trump "border czar" Tom Homan — said, "I hope [Trump] does declare an emergency" over elections, & that if Trump doesn't, "we're all gonna wish later that he had."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

New: On a podcast yesterday, Tina Peters praised WH counsel David Warrington for "the work that he did to effectuate & work with" Gov. Jared Polis "for my release." Peters also claimed that DHS official Heather Honey “facilitated the meeting” she had with CISA. www.mediamatters.org/election-den...

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Catherine Engelbrecht, the founder of the election denial group True the Vote, has come out against the national emergency proposal after Wayne Allyn Root pushed it to Trump in an interview, saying there wasn't enough time to implement it & it "should not happen to begin with. States run elections."

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

On his podcast yesterday, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio claimed that he "was doing personal detail and security for the MEP of Poland just two days ago." "MEP" is an often used acronym for "Member of the European Parliament," though Poland has dozens of MEPs, not just one.

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