Jack Wheatley
@jacktwheatley.bsky.social
researcher, always antifascist, radical folk musician
[tweets mine, hate mail: jwheatley@mediamatters.org]
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New from me for @mmfa.bsky.social:
“Pat Buchanan was right about everything”: As Heritage scrambles over Nick Fuentes, its endorsement of the nativist pundit for a presidential medal remains
www.mediamatters.org/pat-buchanan...
“Pat Buchanan was right about everything”: As Heritage scrambles over Nick Fuentes, its endorsement of the nativist pundit for a presidential medal remains
www.mediamatters.org/pat-buchanan...
“Pat Buchanan was right about everything”: As Heritage scrambles over Nick Fuentes, its endorsement of the nativist pundit for a presidential medal remains
Amid the fallout from Tucker Carlson’s interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes, the Heritage Foundation has faced accusations of condoning antisemitic extremism and Heritage President Kevin Robe...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
New from me for @mmfa.bsky.social:
“Pat Buchanan was right about everything”: As Heritage scrambles over Nick Fuentes, its endorsement of the nativist pundit for a presidential medal remains
www.mediamatters.org/pat-buchanan...
“Pat Buchanan was right about everything”: As Heritage scrambles over Nick Fuentes, its endorsement of the nativist pundit for a presidential medal remains
www.mediamatters.org/pat-buchanan...
was questioned by the police after removing Nazi stickers around my town. The officer then asked me if I had seen any Black Lives Matter stickers too, and said that “one could argue they are also a hate group”
Not good!
Not good!
November 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
was questioned by the police after removing Nazi stickers around my town. The officer then asked me if I had seen any Black Lives Matter stickers too, and said that “one could argue they are also a hate group”
Not good!
Not good!
New from my colleague Gideon Taffe and I for @mmfa.bsky.social
Following Tucker Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes, fault lines have emerged as right-wing media battle over the future of MAGA
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
Following Tucker Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes, fault lines have emerged as right-wing media battle over the future of MAGA
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
Following Tucker Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes, fault lines have emerged as right-wing media battle over the future of MAGA
Tucker Carlson’s friendly interview with white nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes has precipitated a right-wing media struggle over the future of the MAGA movement.While many traditional ri...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New from my colleague Gideon Taffe and I for @mmfa.bsky.social
Following Tucker Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes, fault lines have emerged as right-wing media battle over the future of MAGA
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
Following Tucker Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes, fault lines have emerged as right-wing media battle over the future of MAGA
www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...
weird how quickly maga went from “stop calling us Nazis” to “we love the Nazis!”
October 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
weird how quickly maga went from “stop calling us Nazis” to “we love the Nazis!”
New from me for @mmfa.bsky.social
Since June, Fuentes has appeared on at least nine right-leaning podcasts and streaming shows … whose episodes have earned a total of over 7.2 million views on various social media platforms, as of publication
www.mediamatters.org/white-nation...
Since June, Fuentes has appeared on at least nine right-leaning podcasts and streaming shows … whose episodes have earned a total of over 7.2 million views on various social media platforms, as of publication
www.mediamatters.org/white-nation...
White nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes is making the rounds on podcasts with millions of viewers
White nationalist streamer and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes is potentially spreading his extremist commentary to millions via guest appearances on numerous online shows. Since June, he's appeared on ...
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October 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
New from me for @mmfa.bsky.social
Since June, Fuentes has appeared on at least nine right-leaning podcasts and streaming shows … whose episodes have earned a total of over 7.2 million views on various social media platforms, as of publication
www.mediamatters.org/white-nation...
Since June, Fuentes has appeared on at least nine right-leaning podcasts and streaming shows … whose episodes have earned a total of over 7.2 million views on various social media platforms, as of publication
www.mediamatters.org/white-nation...
Got the opportunity to shake the hand of @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social this evening. It was a good night.
September 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Got the opportunity to shake the hand of @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social this evening. It was a good night.
New from @mcmasterreed.bsky.social and I for @mmfa.bsky.social:
Patrick Bet-David airs a friendly interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes: “You’re sarcastic, you’re a troll — you got all of that, so it’s great for camera”
www.mediamatters.org/white-nation...
Patrick Bet-David airs a friendly interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes: “You’re sarcastic, you’re a troll — you got all of that, so it’s great for camera”
www.mediamatters.org/white-nation...
Patrick Bet-David airs a friendly interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes
On Tuesday, self-categorized business podcaster Patrick Bet-David hosted white nationalist streamer Nick Fuentes on The PBD Podcast, where Bet-David praised the Holocaust denier and downplayed his ext...
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September 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
New from @mcmasterreed.bsky.social and I for @mmfa.bsky.social:
Patrick Bet-David airs a friendly interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes: “You’re sarcastic, you’re a troll — you got all of that, so it’s great for camera”
www.mediamatters.org/white-nation...
Patrick Bet-David airs a friendly interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes: “You’re sarcastic, you’re a troll — you got all of that, so it’s great for camera”
www.mediamatters.org/white-nation...
“Americanism not globalism will be our credo” is a trump sound bite that features prominently during Nick Fuentes’ show lobby.
Trump’s DHS & HHS just tweeted it out.
White nationalists are celebrating, taking it as another sign groypers have embedded themself within the administration.
Trump’s DHS & HHS just tweeted it out.
White nationalists are celebrating, taking it as another sign groypers have embedded themself within the administration.
September 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
“Americanism not globalism will be our credo” is a trump sound bite that features prominently during Nick Fuentes’ show lobby.
Trump’s DHS & HHS just tweeted it out.
White nationalists are celebrating, taking it as another sign groypers have embedded themself within the administration.
Trump’s DHS & HHS just tweeted it out.
White nationalists are celebrating, taking it as another sign groypers have embedded themself within the administration.
one of my favorite right-wing media side plots is all of them getting attacked by demons apparently
September 20, 2025 at 4:25 AM
one of my favorite right-wing media side plots is all of them getting attacked by demons apparently
This is psychosis
September 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This is psychosis
No normal person can read this and not see it as fucking insane
September 14, 2025 at 5:21 AM
No normal person can read this and not see it as fucking insane
rfk jr ruined skinny ties for me
September 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
rfk jr ruined skinny ties for me
Fun fact that may be of interest to my fellow MSU James Madison alumni…
Lisa Cook was an Econ and IR professor at Madison like ten years ago. Small world!
jmc.msu.edu/Directory/c/...
Lisa Cook was an Econ and IR professor at Madison like ten years ago. Small world!
jmc.msu.edu/Directory/c/...
August 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Fun fact that may be of interest to my fellow MSU James Madison alumni…
Lisa Cook was an Econ and IR professor at Madison like ten years ago. Small world!
jmc.msu.edu/Directory/c/...
Lisa Cook was an Econ and IR professor at Madison like ten years ago. Small world!
jmc.msu.edu/Directory/c/...
Reposted by Jack Wheatley
A North Texas lawyer notorious for his involvement with far-right extremist groups — and his legal representation of members of white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups — is working as a court appointed attorney in Denton County.
My latest for @thebarbedwire.com.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/22/c...
My latest for @thebarbedwire.com.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/22/c...
Need a Court-Appointed Lawyer in North Texas? You Might Get One With a White Nationalist Tattoo.
Jason Lee Van Dyke — one-time leader of the Proud Boys and sender of racist tweets — is a court appointed attorney in Denton County.
thebarbedwire.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A North Texas lawyer notorious for his involvement with far-right extremist groups — and his legal representation of members of white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups — is working as a court appointed attorney in Denton County.
My latest for @thebarbedwire.com.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/22/c...
My latest for @thebarbedwire.com.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/08/22/c...
Reposted by Jack Wheatley
Thanks to @jacktwheatley.bsky.social for pointing out that Jason Lee Van Dyke, the subject of this story, posted “I am unapologetically fascist. I despise democracy" on X just a few months ago.
Need a Court-Appointed Lawyer in North Texas? You Might Get One With a White Nationalist Tattoo.
Jason Lee Van Dyke — one-time leader of the Proud Boys and sender of racist tweets — is a court appointed attorney in Denton County.
thebarbedwire.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Thanks to @jacktwheatley.bsky.social for pointing out that Jason Lee Van Dyke, the subject of this story, posted “I am unapologetically fascist. I despise democracy" on X just a few months ago.
Pro-Trump streamer Adin Ross attacked New Jersey-born streamer Hasan Piker: “Leave the country. … Go back to wherever the fuck you're from since you hate America.”
(New from @mmfa.bsky.social)
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(New from @mmfa.bsky.social)
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Pro-Trump streamer Adin Ross says he would ask Trump about the Epstein list: “I’m straight up going to ask about that. I don’t give a fuck. That’s what he used for his campaign.”
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August 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Pro-Trump streamer Adin Ross attacked New Jersey-born streamer Hasan Piker: “Leave the country. … Go back to wherever the fuck you're from since you hate America.”
(New from @mmfa.bsky.social)
www.mediamatters.org/manosphere/p...
(New from @mmfa.bsky.social)
www.mediamatters.org/manosphere/p...
COO for Turning Point UK Nick Tenconi just did a Hitler salute on video then posted it
August 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
COO for Turning Point UK Nick Tenconi just did a Hitler salute on video then posted it
new england qanon fan: patriots are in control
August 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
new england qanon fan: patriots are in control
*goes to Scotland once*
August 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
*goes to Scotland once*
Palantir ad spotted at Detroit airport
July 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Palantir ad spotted at Detroit airport
New from me for @mmfa.bsky.social
MAGA media are seemingly flooding the internet with AI slop about Florida's new detention center.
Some social media platforms are recommending AI-generated content to users
www.mediamatters.org/immigration/...
MAGA media are seemingly flooding the internet with AI slop about Florida's new detention center.
Some social media platforms are recommending AI-generated content to users
www.mediamatters.org/immigration/...
MAGA media are seemingly flooding the internet with AI slop about Florida's new detention center
Right-wing media figures and social media influencers are sharing seemingly AI-generated content about Florida’s new migrant detention facility in the Everglades, including images of alligators in “IC...
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July 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
New from me for @mmfa.bsky.social
MAGA media are seemingly flooding the internet with AI slop about Florida's new detention center.
Some social media platforms are recommending AI-generated content to users
www.mediamatters.org/immigration/...
MAGA media are seemingly flooding the internet with AI slop about Florida's new detention center.
Some social media platforms are recommending AI-generated content to users
www.mediamatters.org/immigration/...
New from @jackwinstanley.bsky.social and I for @mmfa.bsky.social:
www.mediamatters.org/health-care/...
www.mediamatters.org/health-care/...
Right-wing media figures make false claims about Medicaid cuts in the GOP’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has warned that Medicaid cuts in Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” would cause millions of people to lose health coverage. Right-wing media figures ...
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June 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
New from @jackwinstanley.bsky.social and I for @mmfa.bsky.social:
www.mediamatters.org/health-care/...
www.mediamatters.org/health-care/...
Livingston County’s Jason Woolford posting in support of Trump’s war with Iran on facebook
June 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Livingston County’s Jason Woolford posting in support of Trump’s war with Iran on facebook
CNN airing a segment right now titled “Why Iran hates America,” truly astounding to see
June 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
CNN airing a segment right now titled “Why Iran hates America,” truly astounding to see
New for @mmfa.bsky.social
www.mediamatters.org/white-nation... White nationalist streamer Nick Fuentes declares “the groypers have won” as the right is now “so explicitly against mass migration” | Media Matters for America
www.mediamatters.org/white-nation... White nationalist streamer Nick Fuentes declares “the groypers have won” as the right is now “so explicitly against mass migration” | Media Matters for America
White nationalist streamer Nick Fuentes declares “the groypers have won” as the right is now “so explicitly against mass migration”
Nick Fuentes, a Holocaust denier and white nationalist, leads a far-right contingent calling themselves “groypers.” In addition to making an apparent Nazi salute and suggesting a willingness to commit...
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June 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
New for @mmfa.bsky.social
www.mediamatters.org/white-nation... White nationalist streamer Nick Fuentes declares “the groypers have won” as the right is now “so explicitly against mass migration” | Media Matters for America
www.mediamatters.org/white-nation... White nationalist streamer Nick Fuentes declares “the groypers have won” as the right is now “so explicitly against mass migration” | Media Matters for America