Yesterday, in a notable dissent among election deniers, Marly Hornik on a podcast criticized "patriots" & "experts incredibly invested in this issue" who want Trump to "sign an emergency authorization to overrule the Elections Clause," saying it'd "get the president landed in prison for treason."

Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · last mo.

In the months since Trump issued his mail-in ballots executive order, election deniers have urged him to declare a "national emergency" to give himself "king-like powers" & take over election processes. My latest:

Irish white nationalist Keith Woods has claimed that he was denied a visa & "barred entry into the United States by the Trump Administration due to his political activities," specifically his feelings on Israel.

Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Former Border Patrol commander-at-large Greg Bovino spoke at this event with white nationalist Keith Woods & told Woods "immigration & remigration, mass deportations, are the number one issue for the preservation of our culture, the preservation of our society, our values, our customs, our beliefs."

Tina Peters and other election deniers claim they've pitched the Trump administration on a midterm "election-security plan" (Alex Kaplan/Media Matters for America) Main Link | memeorandum Permalink

An additional scoop within this piece: Tina Peters on a podcast said that in her Oval Office meeting with Trump she urged him to fire members of the Election Assistance Commission, which he subsequently did.

Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · 6d ago

SCOOP: A group of election deniers claim they met with CISA & said they've pitched the Trump administration on a midterm “election-security plan." The group includes Tina Peters; Clay Parikh, who's served as a “special government employee” for the Trump administration; & two podcast hosts.

SCOOP: A group of election deniers claim they met with CISA & said they've pitched the Trump administration on a midterm “election-security plan." The group includes Tina Peters; Clay Parikh, who's served as a “special government employee” for the Trump administration; & two podcast hosts.

Tina Peters and other election deniers claim they've pitched the Trump administration on a midterm “election-security plan”

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Yesterday, on the podcast for MAHA Action, an organization closely tied to RFK Jr., the organizations's president, Tony Lyons, lauded "Plandemic" figure Judy Mikovits, calling her "one of the great heroes of the COVID era" who "was right about so many things."

Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

On a QAnon-affiliated podcast a few days ago, "Plandemic" video star Judy Mikovits baselessly claimed that the Sandy Hook victims died from "a bad lot of vaccines," that Obama "killed those kids," & that the parents of the Sandy Hook victims were "paid off."

Mark Cook, who was involved with the "national emergency" proposal that's circulated in the Trump WH, said on a podcast days ago, "We have to start shifting into a different strategy to deal with one of two scenarios: either a national election emergency or an election that's gonna be stolen."

Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · 5mo ago

With the latest update to this piece, here are the known election denial & far-right figures so far claiming to have been involved with putting together the proposed Trump "national emergency" executive order, which has reportedly circulated within the Trump White House.

As part of a media tour for his new film "Citizen Vigilante," director Uwe Boll earlier this month went on white nationalist Kevin DeAnna's podcast to promote the film, where Boll claimed that “Islamistic migrants … don't adjust” and “want to take over.” My latest:

During media tour, Citizen Vigilante director Uwe Boll tells white nationalist that “Islamistic migrants … don't adjust” and “want to take over”

Uwe Boll, the director of Citizen Vigilante, went on white nationalist Kevin DeAnna’s program and criticized “Islamistic migrants” amid a media tour that included multiple right-wing shows from late J...

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Whites-only community Return to the Land's founders filed a defamation lawsuit against Sky News, claiming it "produced a hit piece" that caused "government investigations against [them], causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees, severe reputational harm, & ongoing emotional distress."

Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · 12mo ago

The leader of a whites-only community has repeatedly gone on far-right streams to promote the settlement project since it began in 2023. That includes telling one of streams that "in the far right in America, basically every major faction or actor has been supportive of us." My newest reporting:

On a QAnon-affiliated podcast this week, True the Vote's Catherine Engelbrecht admitted TTV in 2022 brought together "people ... in the anon community" to discuss TTV's claims about election software company Konnech: "The anon movement was really sort of, you know, kind of finding ... its place."

Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · 2y ago

Looking at the full True the Vote/Konnech story, it's likely one of the biggest stories in the history of QAnon. True the Vote appears to have funneled material from QAnon figures to the LA County DA to in part result in a case that resulted in taxpayers there having to pay a $5 million settlement.

On the far-right network One America News earlier this week, election denier Tina Peters claimed that Colorado Governor Jared Polis, who commuted her sentence, "asked me to be involved in prison reform."

Alex Burness@burness.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Will just reiterate that in the many years I covered Polis closely, he never showed particular interest in the topic of over-sentencing, nor in criminal justice reform generally. This decision would read a lot differently if Polis had any sort of record as an advocate for clemency.

A QAnon Influencer has shared a letter they received from Donald Trump after they sent him a gift of binders filled with "Anon all star cards" they created. There were 1776 cards which featured bio's, Q drops, and slogans like WWG1WGA.

Rumble has selected as a new "editor pick" a podcast episode that is dedicated to the false "medbed" conspiracy theory. In the video, titled "MED BED TECH & YOUR HSA CAN PAY FOR IT!," the host falsely claims that "medbed technology is not only real, it's available to most of us."

Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · 2y ago

-Lizard people -QAnon -9/11 Trutherism -Flat Earth Rumble's source code calls its “editor picks” section the “absolute real best of" the platform, but an ongoing @mmfa.bsky.social review found that the section repeatedly features conspiracy theories. My newest reporting:

Election denier David Clements on a podcast last week, while discussing Q posts & hopes for arrests regarding supposed election fraud, said, "I'm kind of having analysis fatigue ... I can only dream up these things for so long before I'm like, OK. Please just hang somebody."

Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · 4w ago

New: Election denier David Clements called for “a military-like commission” for those who used the government to "rig & steal elections" to be "prosecuted, tried, put out to pasture." www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...

Following Trump's elections speech, election deniers on social media & podcasts have claimed vindication & called for voting restrictions & arrests next. Said one prominent election denier: "It was nice to see the commander-in-chief on TV saying out loud what many of us already know." My latest:

After Trump's address, election deniers claim vindication and say that voting restrictions and arrests are next

Right-wing media personalities, including election deniers with a history of spreading claims of widespread voter fraud, claimed they “feel vindicated” and called for new voting restrictions after Pre...

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Election denier Seth Keshel a few days ago shared on his social media an apparent signed letter from Trump praising Keshel & his new election denial book.

David Gilbert@davidgilbert.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hardly a surprise (and he had been very unsubtly teasing it all week) but election denial superstar Seth Keshel just revealed in his newsletter that he helped draft Trump's speech last night So the response really was to be expected www.wired.com/story/conspi...

Patrick Byrne, one of the biggest players in the election denial movement, has repeatedly on streams, podcasts & social media either claimed he has or did commit apparent crimes to rectify supposed election fraud. For instance, he's claimed he would have been involved in a coup if Harris won.

Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · 2w ago

On a stream today, Patrick Byrne claimed in 2022 "a group within the government" told him that they were "ready to back a coup" & asked him to "lead it." Byrne said that if the 2024 election had "gone the wrong way, I would have gotten back in touch & said, yippee ki-yay. What did you have in mind?"

On a stream today, Patrick Byrne claimed in 2022 "a group within the government" told him that they were "ready to back a coup" & asked him to "lead it." Byrne said that if the 2024 election had "gone the wrong way, I would have gotten back in touch & said, yippee ki-yay. What did you have in mind?"

Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · 4w ago

Patrick Byrne in a podcast interview yesterday claimed that for the 2024 election he had made "a deal with Albanian mafia that were ready to fire bomb ... for a million bucks for me" the supposed Serbian facility that he claims was hacking voting machines to cause election fraud.

Some in the far-right weren't quite as excited by Trump's election denial speech last night as others: January 6 participant Zach Rehl said on a Proud Boys-affiliated podcast that he was "a little underwhelmed" by the speech, as "most of the stuff he said was just like things I already knew about."

Trump in his speech tonight did indeed seem to invoke a version of this false conspiracy theory about Venezuela.

Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · 3w ago

There's a good chance Trump will invoke a variation of the false Venezuelan election fraud conspiracy theory in his speech on Thursday. Read here about some of the conspiracy theorists who have played a major role spreading it, like Patrick Byrne and Martin Rodil.

There's a good chance Trump will invoke a variation of the false Venezuelan election fraud conspiracy theory in his speech on Thursday. Read here about some of the conspiracy theorists who have played a major role spreading it, like Patrick Byrne and Martin Rodil.

Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Background here on the Venezuela election fraud conspiracy theory & some of the figures who are connected to these "whistleblowers." It includes Patrick Byrne, who attended the now-well known December 2020 Trump meeting with Michael Flynn & Sidney Powell. www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio announced on his podcast today that he "just got banned on Facebook."

During an appearance by attorney Peter Ticktin this past weekend on Real America's Voice to again push for Trump to invoke a "national emergency" executive order to control election processes, the network had the chyron "the case for marshal law" on screen. (The network likely meant "martial law.")

Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · last mo.

Savin & attorney Peter Ticktin also spoke together on a panel that included Tina Peters. During the panel, Savin said that he & Ticktin were part of a coalition that had proposed a Trump "national emergency" executive order that's gone around the White House.

Patrick Byrne in a podcast interview yesterday claimed that for the 2024 election he had made "a deal with Albanian mafia that were ready to fire bomb ... for a million bucks for me" the supposed Serbian facility that he claims was hacking voting machines to cause election fraud.

Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · 2y ago

New: Election denier Patrick Byrne, who has ties to the QAnon community, claimed in a Twitter/X Space that he's conducted "illegal activity ... hacking the government of Venezuela" & used materials from it before "a magistrate in Washington, D.C." www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...

Peter Ticktin — an attorney who's represented Trump & urged Trump to declare a "national emergency" over election fraud — said on a podcast "you can't believe the polls. You can't believe any of these things because they're all part of the cabal. They're all part of what's trying to take us over."

Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social · 4w ago

Poll trutherism is the foundation of election denial. Here's how MAGA media support it. www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...

New: Election denier David Clements called for “a military-like commission” for those who used the government to "rig & steal elections" to be "prosecuted, tried, put out to pasture." www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...

Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · last mo.

David Clements suggested at the summit that "a tribunal" for "a prominent traitor" in the deep state that "may or may not include a firing squad" could “improve our elections,” as clerks will “start paying attention to executive orders.”

Some in the far right have defended the white nationalist organization Patriot Front over a photo of its members on the Washington, D.C. metro surrounding a Black female passenger, claiming it shows the woman "never rode in a car so safe."

QAnon figure Liz Crokin, who recently resigned from Michael Flynn's organization America's Future, yesterday made allegations about inappropriate conduct regarding Brian Gamble, her previous America's Future colleague.

Alex Kaplan@alkapdc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

QAnon figure Liz Crokin has announced that she has resigned from Michael Flynn's organization America's Future. She appears to have had a falling out with people in Flynn's orbit.

Election deniers reach a fever pitch calling for a “national emergency” declaration so Trump can give himself “king-like powers” over the midterms

Election deniers reach a fever pitch calling for a “national emergency” declaration so Trump can give himself “king-like powers” over the midterms

After President Donald Trump issued an executive order at the end of March aimed at stopping supposed fraud with mail-in ballots, election deniers have urged Trump to declare a national emergency to a...

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Trump meets with Tina Peters at the White House as Peters in the weeks since her release from prison has on podcasts urged Trump to "sign an executive order to get rid of the machines" — in line with the "national emergency" call from other election deniers. www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...

Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · last mo.

Tina Peters, freed from prison in Colorado, joins President Trump in the Oval Office. Big moment for Trump, Peters, and Governor Jared Polis.