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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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(And no, this is a different John Goodman. Not the actor.)

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Key election denial activists in the right-wing media ecosystem

Here are the election deniers who have spent last year & this year championing online a national emergency declaration. If Trump tries to declare one, these are the figures you'd need to know about who likely played a role in making it happen.

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It’s become increasingly apparent that election denial activists have the president’s ear. Figures seeking to undermine faith in election outcomes through direct action and advocacy efforts have boast...

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The specifics of this are in this new article I just published. It's all one story over the course of last year and this year, with many of the same players.

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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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And Seth Keshel claimed that he has “worked many hours with his [Trump’s] staff in the White House helping them understand the election issues.”

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-Jerome Corsi claimed that Peter Ticktin “briefed Trump” on supposed algorithms that can cause election fraud. -Ralph Pezzullo claimed that “14 engineers that Gary [Berntsen] & Martin [Rodil] recruited” as part of an investigation into supposed election fraud “were deposed by" the DOJ.

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This article contains certain details not previously reported. Among those: -Tina Peters claimed Trump asked her who to pardon. -Peters claimed WH chief of staff Susie Wiles asked her “if I would go over some things that were getting ready to come out” in Trump’s July election fraud speech.

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Basically, if you're trying to determine the specific election deniers who are significant right now (besides just invoking election denial claims on TV or something), this list represents the ones to focus on.

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This list is based on over a year of regular monitoring of these figures' online activity, particularly their appearances on podcasts.

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This list includes numerous election deniers who've played a role in claiming ties to Trump & his administration with regards to election denial. It includes those more well known, like Tina Peters & Patrick Byrne, & those less well known but still very important, like John Goodman & Juan O. Savin.

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Key election denial activists in the right-wing media ecosystem

NEW from me: A comprehensive list of key election denial activists in the right-wing ecosystem. These activists regularly appear in right-wing media to promote their work & boast of ties to Trump, urging him to get rid of voting machines, ban mail-in ballots, & declare a national emergency.

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

This appears to be the reason for the Fetterman emails through Parler.

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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

Folks, figures (Wayne Allyn Root, Peter Ticktin) calling for "martial law" are not new. It's part of online calls from a network of election deniers since last year. Ticktin was involved with a proposed 2025 Trump national emergency EO. Root has said his push is basically rooted in that proposed EO.

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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…

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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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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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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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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 · 21/09/2026

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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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 · 11/09/2026

And just a few years ago, Trump shared a video that explicitly pushed 9/11 trutherism.

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

Bush seems to suggest 9/11 trutherism is still mainly online , but it has spread offline from the internet over the past two decades. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) headlined a 9/11 truther conference last year, & a former congressman, Curt Weldon, is now an outspoken 9/11 truther. bsky.app/profile/alka...

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Trump in 2023 amplified a video from a QAnon-promoting account that baselessly claimed that Dick Cheney was involved with planning 9/11 (9/11 trutherism is near universal in the QAnon community).

Trump amplifying a video from Truth Social account @WATCHER222 including Dick Cheney in a "criminal indictment" for the 9/11 attacks.

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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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Hornik's claim comes days after she said this on a podcast:

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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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(I am not aware of Congress having this kind of power under the Constitution.)

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