Alex Kaplan
@alkapdc.bsky.social
Senior Researcher at Media Matters, focusing on social media misinformation, disinformation, & online extremism. Statements are mine, not employer's. Send tips to akaplan@mediamatters.org.
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Alex Kaplan
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Given the growth of Bluesky, I plan going forward to also document here Trump's ongoing amplification of QAnon-promoting accounts on Truth Social. My original thread/documenting, which began in 2022, can be found here.
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Martin Rodil, an election denier involved with the Trump admin's 2020 election probes, said on a podcast that there's "a similar effort right now being conducted in Arizona in Maricopa County, where the U.S. government is conducting a deep investigation.”
www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...
Martin Rodil, an election denier involved with the Trump admin's 2020 election probes, said on a podcast that there's "a similar effort right now being conducted in Arizona in Maricopa County, where the U.S. government is conducting a deep investigation.”
www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...
February 11, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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Martin Rodil, an election denier involved with the Trump admin's 2020 election probes, said on a podcast that there's "a similar effort right now being conducted in Arizona in Maricopa County, where the U.S. government is conducting a deep investigation.”
www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...
Martin Rodil, an election denier involved with the Trump admin's 2020 election probes, said on a podcast that there's "a similar effort right now being conducted in Arizona in Maricopa County, where the U.S. government is conducting a deep investigation.”
www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...
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Election denier reportedly involved with Trump administration's 2020 election probes suggests Maricopa County, Arizona, is the administration's next target (Alex Kaplan/Media Matters for America)
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February 11, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Election denier reportedly involved with Trump administration's 2020 election probes suggests Maricopa County, Arizona, is the administration's next target (Alex Kaplan/Media Matters for America)
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Plandemic conspiracy theorist Mikki Willis — who has associated with & claimed to work with multiple Trump administration officials previously (like RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, & Robert Malone) — appears to have invoked a QAnon-linked conspiracy theory about red shoes. www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
February 11, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Plandemic conspiracy theorist Mikki Willis — who has associated with & claimed to work with multiple Trump administration officials previously (like RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, & Robert Malone) — appears to have invoked a QAnon-linked conspiracy theory about red shoes. www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
New:
Martin Rodil, an election denier involved with the Trump admin's 2020 election probes, said on a podcast that there's "a similar effort right now being conducted in Arizona in Maricopa County, where the U.S. government is conducting a deep investigation.”
www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...
Martin Rodil, an election denier involved with the Trump admin's 2020 election probes, said on a podcast that there's "a similar effort right now being conducted in Arizona in Maricopa County, where the U.S. government is conducting a deep investigation.”
www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...
February 11, 2026 at 3:57 PM
New:
Martin Rodil, an election denier involved with the Trump admin's 2020 election probes, said on a podcast that there's "a similar effort right now being conducted in Arizona in Maricopa County, where the U.S. government is conducting a deep investigation.”
www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...
Martin Rodil, an election denier involved with the Trump admin's 2020 election probes, said on a podcast that there's "a similar effort right now being conducted in Arizona in Maricopa County, where the U.S. government is conducting a deep investigation.”
www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...
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Ann Vandersteel, a far-right figure who has previously promoted QAnon, Pizzagate, & sovereign citizen ideology, has claimed that in 2018 Eric Trump "walked up to me, addressed my by name, & thanked me ... for the mass support our podcast had provided to his father & family."
February 10, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Ann Vandersteel, a far-right figure who has previously promoted QAnon, Pizzagate, & sovereign citizen ideology, has claimed that in 2018 Eric Trump "walked up to me, addressed my by name, & thanked me ... for the mass support our podcast had provided to his father & family."
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Multiple election deniers are cited in this affidavit by name or can be identified: Kurt Olsen, Clay Parikh & Kevin Moncla.
All of them have gone on a QAnon-affiliated show dedicated to election fraud claims. Parikh, who's gone on it repeatedly, even told the channel that it’s "how I get my news."
All of them have gone on a QAnon-affiliated show dedicated to election fraud claims. Parikh, who's gone on it repeatedly, even told the channel that it’s "how I get my news."
February 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Multiple election deniers are cited in this affidavit by name or can be identified: Kurt Olsen, Clay Parikh & Kevin Moncla.
All of them have gone on a QAnon-affiliated show dedicated to election fraud claims. Parikh, who's gone on it repeatedly, even told the channel that it’s "how I get my news."
All of them have gone on a QAnon-affiliated show dedicated to election fraud claims. Parikh, who's gone on it repeatedly, even told the channel that it’s "how I get my news."
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One of the figures repeatedly cited in the affidavit for the Fulton County FBI election center raid literally praised & gave credence to QAnon just weeks ago.
Yesterday, Clay Parikh — an election denier who was a "witness" for Kari Lake 2022's election lawsuit — said "I do pay attention to Q" & found it "astounding," & while he was "not necessarily a Q person," "I know plenty of them ... It amazes me, because the predictions are dead on."
February 10, 2026 at 8:59 PM
One of the figures repeatedly cited in the affidavit for the Fulton County FBI election center raid literally praised & gave credence to QAnon just weeks ago.
While this man managed the Labor Department's social media, the QAnon community hailed the department's posts echoing QAnon phrases as vindication for the conspiracy theory.
Wrote one QAnon influencer: "The U.S. Department of Labor’s official account is Q posting. … This is not debatable now."
Wrote one QAnon influencer: "The U.S. Department of Labor’s official account is Q posting. … This is not debatable now."
February 11, 2026 at 1:53 PM
While this man managed the Labor Department's social media, the QAnon community hailed the department's posts echoing QAnon phrases as vindication for the conspiracy theory.
Wrote one QAnon influencer: "The U.S. Department of Labor’s official account is Q posting. … This is not debatable now."
Wrote one QAnon influencer: "The U.S. Department of Labor’s official account is Q posting. … This is not debatable now."
One of the figures repeatedly cited in the affidavit for the Fulton County FBI election center raid literally praised & gave credence to QAnon just weeks ago.
Yesterday, Clay Parikh — an election denier who was a "witness" for Kari Lake 2022's election lawsuit — said "I do pay attention to Q" & found it "astounding," & while he was "not necessarily a Q person," "I know plenty of them ... It amazes me, because the predictions are dead on."
February 10, 2026 at 8:59 PM
One of the figures repeatedly cited in the affidavit for the Fulton County FBI election center raid literally praised & gave credence to QAnon just weeks ago.
Multiple election deniers are cited in this affidavit by name or can be identified: Kurt Olsen, Clay Parikh & Kevin Moncla.
All of them have gone on a QAnon-affiliated show dedicated to election fraud claims. Parikh, who's gone on it repeatedly, even told the channel that it’s "how I get my news."
All of them have gone on a QAnon-affiliated show dedicated to election fraud claims. Parikh, who's gone on it repeatedly, even told the channel that it’s "how I get my news."
February 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Multiple election deniers are cited in this affidavit by name or can be identified: Kurt Olsen, Clay Parikh & Kevin Moncla.
All of them have gone on a QAnon-affiliated show dedicated to election fraud claims. Parikh, who's gone on it repeatedly, even told the channel that it’s "how I get my news."
All of them have gone on a QAnon-affiliated show dedicated to election fraud claims. Parikh, who's gone on it repeatedly, even told the channel that it’s "how I get my news."
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Right-wing media and election deniers have been pushing conspiracy theories claiming that the 2020 election was stolen by the Venezuelan government for over five years.
After years of right-wing media and election deniers pushing outrageous claim Venezuela stole the 2020 US election, the Trump administration is now probing for evidence
For over five years, right-wing media and election deniers have pushed long-winded conspiracy theories claiming that the 2020 U.S. presidential election was stolen by the Venezuelan government via Sma...
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February 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Right-wing media and election deniers have been pushing conspiracy theories claiming that the 2020 election was stolen by the Venezuelan government for over five years.
Ann Vandersteel, a far-right figure who has previously promoted QAnon, Pizzagate, & sovereign citizen ideology, has claimed that in 2018 Eric Trump "walked up to me, addressed my by name, & thanked me ... for the mass support our podcast had provided to his father & family."
February 10, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Ann Vandersteel, a far-right figure who has previously promoted QAnon, Pizzagate, & sovereign citizen ideology, has claimed that in 2018 Eric Trump "walked up to me, addressed my by name, & thanked me ... for the mass support our podcast had provided to his father & family."
Earlier this week, QAnon & Pizzagate conspiracy theorist Liz Crokin claimed that "I went to DC not too long ago, & I was talking to" D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, "& she was ... just telling me like, 'Liz, it's so bad. The corruption's so bad & so deep.'"
February 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Earlier this week, QAnon & Pizzagate conspiracy theorist Liz Crokin claimed that "I went to DC not too long ago, & I was talking to" D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, "& she was ... just telling me like, 'Liz, it's so bad. The corruption's so bad & so deep.'"
Trump last night posted a video from an apparent QAnon figure that includes a flag with the QAnon slogan & a "Q" on it.
February 6, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Trump last night posted a video from an apparent QAnon figure that includes a flag with the QAnon slogan & a "Q" on it.
"Exactly what we were asking [Trump] to do"
"Over the moon"
"Very exciting"
"A victory"
"A great relief"
"Vindication"
Election deniers on podcasts, blogs, & social media are cheering the FBI's raid of the Fulton County election center.
My latest:
"Over the moon"
"Very exciting"
"A victory"
"A great relief"
"Vindication"
Election deniers on podcasts, blogs, & social media are cheering the FBI's raid of the Fulton County election center.
My latest:
“Exactly what we were asking him to do”: Election deniers cheer FBI's raid of Fulton County election center
Figures involved in promoting false claims of widespread election fraud in the 2020 presidential election have hailed the FBI’s January 28 raid and seizure of materials from an election center in Fult...
www.mediamatters.org
February 5, 2026 at 7:59 PM
"Exactly what we were asking [Trump] to do"
"Over the moon"
"Very exciting"
"A victory"
"A great relief"
"Vindication"
Election deniers on podcasts, blogs, & social media are cheering the FBI's raid of the Fulton County election center.
My latest:
"Over the moon"
"Very exciting"
"A victory"
"A great relief"
"Vindication"
Election deniers on podcasts, blogs, & social media are cheering the FBI's raid of the Fulton County election center.
My latest:
On a podcast this week, California GOP congressional candidate Dennis Feitosa said that white nationalist Nick Fuentes was "charismatic" & "capable of reaching a lot of people," meaning "narratives that the Jews are putting out there is going to effectively, you know, get a little weaker."
February 4, 2026 at 8:38 PM
On a podcast this week, California GOP congressional candidate Dennis Feitosa said that white nationalist Nick Fuentes was "charismatic" & "capable of reaching a lot of people," meaning "narratives that the Jews are putting out there is going to effectively, you know, get a little weaker."
On a right-wing podcast today, ACIP member Robert Malone, who has a history of spreading medical misinformation online, claimed that COVID "boosters didn't make sense" & "you might speculate that those things might come up at the February meeting" for ACIP.
February 3, 2026 at 8:06 PM
On a right-wing podcast today, ACIP member Robert Malone, who has a history of spreading medical misinformation online, claimed that COVID "boosters didn't make sense" & "you might speculate that those things might come up at the February meeting" for ACIP.
On a far-right podcast this past weekend, conspiracy theorist Patrick Byrne claimed that the FBI Fulton County election center raid was "exactly what we were asking [Trump] to do" in the December 2020 Oval Office meeting that Byrne, Michael Flynn, & Sidney Powell had with Trump.
February 2, 2026 at 8:12 PM
On a far-right podcast this past weekend, conspiracy theorist Patrick Byrne claimed that the FBI Fulton County election center raid was "exactly what we were asking [Trump] to do" in the December 2020 Oval Office meeting that Byrne, Michael Flynn, & Sidney Powell had with Trump.
A baseless conspiracy theory has spread on social media that New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is the illegitimate son of Jeffrey Epstein, getting thousands of shares. A Russian state-run media outlet has also shared the baseless claim.
February 2, 2026 at 7:36 PM
A baseless conspiracy theory has spread on social media that New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is the illegitimate son of Jeffrey Epstein, getting thousands of shares. A Russian state-run media outlet has also shared the baseless claim.
Rumble has added as an "editor pick" a video titled "PizzaGate was Real ReeEStream," where the streamer specifically discusses Comet Ping Pong & suggests there's a "group of elite pedophile lizard people eating babies."
February 2, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Rumble has added as an "editor pick" a video titled "PizzaGate was Real ReeEStream," where the streamer specifically discusses Comet Ping Pong & suggests there's a "group of elite pedophile lizard people eating babies."
Given its apparent jump in popularity, I have joined UpScrolled. Plan to post there (along with here at Bluesky still) at least in the immediate future.
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January 30, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Given its apparent jump in popularity, I have joined UpScrolled. Plan to post there (along with here at Bluesky still) at least in the immediate future.
Without spoiling it much, this scenario, of a private citizen having a nuclear weapon, is used at one point in the sci-fi show Pluribus to show how out there the predicament the show's main character is in.
Tim Pool: “I'm a 2A absolutist. I'm more 2A than all y'all combined. I have argued for the private ownership of nuclear and biological weapons.”
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January 29, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Without spoiling it much, this scenario, of a private citizen having a nuclear weapon, is used at one point in the sci-fi show Pluribus to show how out there the predicament the show's main character is in.
Rumble has added as an "editor pick" a video titled "Was the Ice Storm Natural—or Was It Engineered?," where conspiracy theorist Dane Wigington claimed the recent national winter storm was engineered "chemical winter weather warfare" & claimed weather experts are controlled by the Rothschilds.
January 28, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Rumble has added as an "editor pick" a video titled "Was the Ice Storm Natural—or Was It Engineered?," where conspiracy theorist Dane Wigington claimed the recent national winter storm was engineered "chemical winter weather warfare" & claimed weather experts are controlled by the Rothschilds.
QAnon figure Jordan Sather posted a video where he apparently created a fake account on the dating app Hinge & then used it to harass liberal women around Minneapolis. Sather also wrote that he has "a few more cities planned" to do this to.
January 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
QAnon figure Jordan Sather posted a video where he apparently created a fake account on the dating app Hinge & then used it to harass liberal women around Minneapolis. Sather also wrote that he has "a few more cities planned" to do this to.
On a podcast yesterday, January 6 participant Taylor Johnatakis praised Trump for posting last year the quote "he who saves his Country does not violate any Law":
"I was like, that's it. Because we're way past law. We're way past law."
"I was like, that's it. Because we're way past law. We're way past law."
January 27, 2026 at 8:02 PM
On a podcast yesterday, January 6 participant Taylor Johnatakis praised Trump for posting last year the quote "he who saves his Country does not violate any Law":
"I was like, that's it. Because we're way past law. We're way past law."
"I was like, that's it. Because we're way past law. We're way past law."