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.
Among the accounts Trump amplified yesterday on Truth Social also included an account called "PATRIOTIC PINUPS," whose avatar is a closeup of a woman's breasts. The post came from a Truth Social group with the same name that appears to be dedicated to women in less clothing.
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Among the accounts Trump amplified yesterday on Truth Social also included an account called "PATRIOTIC PINUPS," whose avatar is a closeup of a woman's breasts. The post came from a Truth Social group with the same name that appears to be dedicated to women in less clothing.
This appears to be at least the 2nd time Trump has amplified a post from a Truth Social group affiliated with QAnon. In September 2023, Trump amplified a post from a Truth Social group called "Q" dedicated to "anon news."
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This appears to be at least the 2nd time Trump has amplified a post from a Truth Social group affiliated with QAnon. In September 2023, Trump amplified a post from a Truth Social group called "Q" dedicated to "anon news."
Yesterday morning, Trump amplified at least 2 QAnon-promoting accounts. One of those accounts' posts Trump amplified was from a Truth Social group dedicated to "digital soldiers" & "anons," (the latter being a term QAnon supporters use to describe themselves).
November 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Yesterday morning, Trump amplified at least 2 QAnon-promoting accounts. One of those accounts' posts Trump amplified was from a Truth Social group dedicated to "digital soldiers" & "anons," (the latter being a term QAnon supporters use to describe themselves).
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On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
![STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): And one other thing I want to say is that President Trump, as commander in chief, always has absolute authority to call all of us up as the militia because every one of us — in federal statues defining the militia, it's every able-bodied male from age 17-45. And for us veterans, it goes up to age 64 because of our prior training and experience.
Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union. And right now, we see all three of those in play.
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And the militia is all of us. So the National Guard is part of the militia, which is why it's completely lawful for him to use the National Guard as he has, and he should do more of that, I think, across the country.
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He could just say given the circumstances of an invasion, insurrection, and resistance against federal law being being enforced, I'm calling up the militia, ordering all the men to come together [in] every county, put the veterans in charge of training and organizing all the other men and just have them stand too and await his orders. He can do that and I think he should do that. And so that's what I'll be advocating for from him. So from the bottom, from down the rank and file, we can let President Trump know that we're ready to serve, encourage him to do that, call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:af7tqcetuyt352aolf3znlxe/bafkreialm4skuozqobejpd6vx4m6kuwsgtidxmmxvj3ftcff6otiuyohiy@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
New:
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
In a new blog post, Andrew Torba, the CEO of Gab, a social media platform known as a haven for white nationalists, lauded the "economic miracle" of Nazi Germany, claiming that the Nazis "understood a fundamental truth our leaders deny: that an economy must serve its own people first."
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In a new blog post, Andrew Torba, the CEO of Gab, a social media platform known as a haven for white nationalists, lauded the "economic miracle" of Nazi Germany, claiming that the Nazis "understood a fundamental truth our leaders deny: that an economy must serve its own people first."
In a new podcast interview, Eric Orwoll, the leader of the whites-only community Return to the Land, said he had a falling out with Nick Fuentes — who's previously supported Orwoll & RTTL — saying he's "concerned if that guy is put in a position of authority" because Fuentes "is just too emotional."
November 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
In a new podcast interview, Eric Orwoll, the leader of the whites-only community Return to the Land, said he had a falling out with Nick Fuentes — who's previously supported Orwoll & RTTL — saying he's "concerned if that guy is put in a position of authority" because Fuentes "is just too emotional."
In a new podcast interview, anti-vax figure & RFK Jr. ally Sherri Tenpenny while attacking vaccines falsely claimed that measles has "never been deadly," that it actually "strengthens your immune system," & that "people that have had measles are less likely to get brain cancer."
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
In a new podcast interview, anti-vax figure & RFK Jr. ally Sherri Tenpenny while attacking vaccines falsely claimed that measles has "never been deadly," that it actually "strengthens your immune system," & that "people that have had measles are less likely to get brain cancer."
Danielle Jurinsky last year participated in a Twitter/X Space organized by a QAnon influencer (www.mediamatters.org/mike-lindell...) in order to push her claims about immigration and Aurora.
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Danielle Jurinsky last year participated in a Twitter/X Space organized by a QAnon influencer (www.mediamatters.org/mike-lindell...) in order to push her claims about immigration and Aurora.
In a new podcast interview, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, while criticizing his January 6 conviction, said that if he had "wanted to storm the Capitol, if I wanted to siege DC ... & take over buildings, I could have done it. If I would have planned it, it would have been successful."
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In a new podcast interview, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, while criticizing his January 6 conviction, said that if he had "wanted to storm the Capitol, if I wanted to siege DC ... & take over buildings, I could have done it. If I would have planned it, it would have been successful."
(This was the full video.)
November 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
(This was the full video.)
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).
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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).
A few days ago, Aldo DiBelardino, a candidate for Virginia Beach, Virginia, sheriff known as "Peacemaker Aldo," told a QAnon figure on their podcast that "if I get elected on Tuesday," it will be due to "the help of your viewers."
November 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
A few days ago, Aldo DiBelardino, a candidate for Virginia Beach, Virginia, sheriff known as "Peacemaker Aldo," told a QAnon figure on their podcast that "if I get elected on Tuesday," it will be due to "the help of your viewers."
Last week, Trump appointee & former national security advisor Michael Flynn was photographed at an event with people from a new QAnon media organization while apparently holding a cup with the organization's logo, which includes explicit QAnon references.
November 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Last week, Trump appointee & former national security advisor Michael Flynn was photographed at an event with people from a new QAnon media organization while apparently holding a cup with the organization's logo, which includes explicit QAnon references.
This past weekend, Andrew Torba, the CEO of Gab, a social media platform known as a haven for white nationalists, invoked Franco, Mussolini, & the Nazis on examples of gaining power, adding, "imagine how quickly things could happen with social media & word-of-mouth networks of private group chats."
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This past weekend, Andrew Torba, the CEO of Gab, a social media platform known as a haven for white nationalists, invoked Franco, Mussolini, & the Nazis on examples of gaining power, adding, "imagine how quickly things could happen with social media & word-of-mouth networks of private group chats."
In a new interview on his podcast, anti-vax figure Del Bigtree told anti-vax figure Sherri Tenpenny — one of the 2021 "Disinformation Dozen" figures reported as responsible for much anti-vaccine social media content — that "people come up" to him & say "I didn't vaccinate my kids because of" her.
October 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
In a new interview on his podcast, anti-vax figure Del Bigtree told anti-vax figure Sherri Tenpenny — one of the 2021 "Disinformation Dozen" figures reported as responsible for much anti-vaccine social media content — that "people come up" to him & say "I didn't vaccinate my kids because of" her.
One of Trump's amplifications earlier this week is of an image with a "Q+" in it. (That is a term QAnon supporters use to refer to Trump himself.) Trump has now amplified on Truth Social at least a dozen images featuring a Q+ in them.
October 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
One of Trump's amplifications earlier this week is of an image with a "Q+" in it. (That is a term QAnon supporters use to refer to Trump himself.) Trump has now amplified on Truth Social at least a dozen images featuring a Q+ in them.
The official Gab account for far-right forum TheDonald this week explicitly invoked a phrase/symbol used by neo-Nazis to support Hitler (who is what the "HH" in the post is in reference to.) (www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...)
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The official Gab account for far-right forum TheDonald this week explicitly invoked a phrase/symbol used by neo-Nazis to support Hitler (who is what the "HH" in the post is in reference to.) (www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...)
Yesterday, in a Zoom chat among election denial figures that streams on a right-wing podcast, election denier Marly Hornik claimed that her organization's new lawsuit against New York over alleged voter roll inaccuracies would "secure the House majority for America First candidates in 2026."
October 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Yesterday, in a Zoom chat among election denial figures that streams on a right-wing podcast, election denier Marly Hornik claimed that her organization's new lawsuit against New York over alleged voter roll inaccuracies would "secure the House majority for America First candidates in 2026."
In a new podcast interview, Return to the Land leader Eric Orwoll said that "I actually wholeheartedly support Patriot Front," despite claiming to @philinvestigates.com that he did not "completely agree with their strategy or, perhaps, ultimate objective."
October 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
In a new podcast interview, Return to the Land leader Eric Orwoll said that "I actually wholeheartedly support Patriot Front," despite claiming to @philinvestigates.com that he did not "completely agree with their strategy or, perhaps, ultimate objective."
Yesterday, Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared on a podcast on a QAnon-affiliated channel, where she told the host, "I actually watch a lot of your content," & that "I really appreciate the topics you cover."
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Yesterday, Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared on a podcast on a QAnon-affiliated channel, where she told the host, "I actually watch a lot of your content," & that "I really appreciate the topics you cover."
Last night, Trump amplified at least 4 QAnon-promoting accounts a total of 8 times.
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Last night, Trump amplified at least 4 QAnon-promoting accounts a total of 8 times.
On a podcast yesterday, Proud Boy Ethan Nordean said the Proud Boys hadn't returned to Portland because "if it's just kind of like a, 'Hey, there's an event going on, antifa’s throwing an event,' that's not a good reason to go," "especially if ICE & the National Guard & everybody's doing their job."
October 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
On a podcast yesterday, Proud Boy Ethan Nordean said the Proud Boys hadn't returned to Portland because "if it's just kind of like a, 'Hey, there's an event going on, antifa’s throwing an event,' that's not a good reason to go," "especially if ICE & the National Guard & everybody's doing their job."
A hoax — apparently led by certain accounts — has spread for months on social media regarding Attorney General Pam Bondi & former Homeland Security Secretary of Alejandro Mayorkas. The false claim has gotten tens of thousands of reposts & likes.
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A hoax — apparently led by certain accounts — has spread for months on social media regarding Attorney General Pam Bondi & former Homeland Security Secretary of Alejandro Mayorkas. The false claim has gotten tens of thousands of reposts & likes.
In a new interview, election denier & podcast host David Clements claimed that he's currently "a technical liaison with national security advisers," is "under an NDA" over it, & is "trying to introduce people ... that have credentials that hopefully the president will take hold of their expertise."
October 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
In a new interview, election denier & podcast host David Clements claimed that he's currently "a technical liaison with national security advisers," is "under an NDA" over it, & is "trying to introduce people ... that have credentials that hopefully the president will take hold of their expertise."
Corsi, in particular, has for months claimed be working with former Trump attorney Peter Ticktin in the drafting of an supposed upcoming Trump executive order based on a “national security emergency” ahead of 2026 elections.
Corsi has also suggested the military could be involved running elections.
Corsi has also suggested the military could be involved running elections.
![Jerome Corsi, who previously worked for conspiracy theory network Infowars, said that a “national security emergency will allow Donald Trump to make sure that the elections in 2026 are secure even if we have to go to extreme measures and get the military involved.” Corsi also has a long history of producing false research, helped popularize the QAnon conspiracy theory, and was instrumental in pushing the lie that former President Barack Obama has a fake birth certificate. [NPR, 3/2/23; Media Matters, 1/8/18, 11/13/18; Stern American, 9/18/25]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:af7tqcetuyt352aolf3znlxe/bafkreiasvcifrof76shx2mfwaxyiogjxsp4hffc7hvjeqhcad4vovendii@jpeg)
![Jerome Corsi has repeatedly claimed that he and Peter Ticktin have been involved in the drafting of a Trump executive order “to be implemented for the 2026 elections.” During appearances on the podcasts Stern American and Nino’s Corner, Corsi claimed that he and Ticktin had been involved with a “17-page draft of an executive order” that would “declare a national security emergency” and includes “steps the states will be required to take in order to make sure the elections are secure.” Corsi has also claimed that Trump “can use his Article 2 powers as commander in chief and have the military run the elections if he had to.” In October, Corsi claimed to have been “briefed” that the order was “expected to come down the next couple of months and to be implemented for the 2026 elections.” [Stern American, 7/14/25, 9/18/25, 10/8/25; Rumble, 9/2/25, 10/22/25, 10/22/25]
Corsi said the executive order would be “based on our research” and would target voter rolls, mandate voter ID, and require proof of citizenship to register to vote. Corsi said the order would “stop using all existing voter rolls, stop using all existing computers that handle those voting rolls, that we go to voter ID and proof of citizenship for new registrations, and that that proof of citizenship demand the ability to make sure someone is a citizen before they be allowed to vote.” [Stern American, 7/14/25, 7/30/25]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:af7tqcetuyt352aolf3znlxe/bafkreif5caosx3epclaxbxvcmw7yyxwty7mffw65zyzanvgpmvdmfik36y@jpeg)
October 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Corsi, in particular, has for months claimed be working with former Trump attorney Peter Ticktin in the drafting of an supposed upcoming Trump executive order based on a “national security emergency” ahead of 2026 elections.
Corsi has also suggested the military could be involved running elections.
Corsi has also suggested the military could be involved running elections.