Jared Holt

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#175: Trump is Q-posting his way through midterms (feat. Mike Rothschild)

Mike Rothschild joins the show to talk about Trump sharing QAnon content on Truth Social and what the movement has been up to as of late

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5 questions about the Proud Boys with author Andy Campbell

Andy’s new book ‘We Are Proud Boys’ takes a deep look into the fascist street gang

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#174: Web3 is the future... or is it? (feat. Molly White)

An episode about an industry that has lost its investors more than $10 billion (so far)

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For the record(s): Conspiracy theorists are swarming election offices with copy-and-paste information requests

Few seem to even understand exactly what it is they’re asking for.

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#173: Tim Pool hates mainstream media but his operation depends on it (feat. Robert Silverman)

Robert Silverman is a reporter who has published some of the most definitive reporting on pro-Trump social media personality Tim Pool to date. As much as Tim Pool may sell his offerings as better alternatives to mainstream media, Robert Silverman explains how writers at his news blog have relied almost

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My latest for The Daily Beast

'It’s right in front of our faces, in a place called Truth.'

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Everything they say shows you Biden is right about ‘MAGA Republicans’

Edited by Sam Thielman RIGHT-WING MEDIA FIGURES and centrist pundits have criticized the language President Joe Biden used to talk about the pro-Trump Republican movement on Thursday: dangerous, extreme, and a threat to this country. I suppose it could be debated whether that kind of language is productive toward healing

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It was time we made some changes around here

SH!TPOST is now called Posting Through It. It has moved from Substack to Ghost. This post explains.

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The thing about liars is that they don't tell the truth

It is less and less likely that Gavin McInnes was arrested while filming his show last week.

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Election denialist roadshows touring the country and inspiring action — Trapezoid of Discovery (8/29/22)

Conspiratorial influencers are drawing crowds to hear a false gospel alleging corruption in the 2020 election and encouraging them to join their battle

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You can’t kill an idea but sometimes I wish I could

Some ‘populist Left’ figures have suggested meshing with the far-right on limited issues. It’s a god-awful idea.

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More like Mar-a-Lame-o if you ask me — Emmi Conley (8/15/22)

The far-right internet erupts after an FBI search at Trump's house, Sen. Mike Lee's person account is ruled 'cringe', and Dark Brandon memes collide with Beltway Democrats

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‘Too good to check’: The botched attempt to discredit a horrifying post-Dobbs abortion story

Right-wing slop shops called the tune and mainstream news outlets credulously lined up to dance

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Your January 6th Hearing Questions, Answered — Kristen Doerer (7/16/22)

We took questions from Substack and Twitter followers about the latest January 6th hearings

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These cursed United States

‘It’s time to be brave. Fear is not a plan.’

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A QAnon crypto scheme wrecked investors — Nick Backovic & Ernie Piper (6/27/22)

Two QAnon personalities used their influence to hawk "sh*tcoins" to followers, who lost millions in real money

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What can the January 6 hearings accomplish?

The potential to change minds is minimal. But the process is still vital.

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Echo chambers and doom cycles — Ali Breland (6/14/22)

A conversation about why the term "echo chambers" doesn't match political reality. Then, a tour of the slow-motion decay rotting through American politics.

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‘Her job is to say something terrible every day so we do all her viral marketing for her’

Marjorie Taylor Greene has mastered the art of attracting and keeping attention

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Online privacy at the impending death of Roe v. Wade — India McKinney (5/30/22)

India and Jared talk about online privacy in the context of reproductive rights

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Maybe it’s time to rethink what we’re doing on social media.

A racist massacre in Buffalo laid bare some shortcomings of modern approaches to online extremist content

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Elon Musk, the crypto crash, 'Ultra MAGA' and more — Michael E. Hayden (5/16/22)

Six big things that happened while the show was on break.

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Abortion is more important than the leak.

Besides the leak, has anything else politicized the court recently?

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My latest for The Daily Beast

‘How Alex Jones’ Conspiracy Empire Has Kept Itself Going Even While Being Banned From Social Media’

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Flat Earth and why people will believe anything — Kelly Weill (4/12/22)

We can all be subject to mystical thinking in the absence of information we trust