days before Fuentes told Alex Jones the opposite) that just repeat his bombastic claims at face value. Talk about his influence over the years with nuance & texture, which I tried to do here www.thenation.com/article/poli...

some good points. So what's the difference? We should talk about the 'groyperfication' of the GOP as John Ganz puts it, without playing into Fuentes' overinflated image as the singular mastermind & arch-whisperer of the young Right. Don't write articles like this (a few

But they've largely internalized the broader white Christian nationalist worldview (as has the rest of MAGA), including paleocon suspicion of Israel. They certainly agree with Kevin Roberts' video, & they love Tucker. They've seen Fuentes clips on their feeds and admit he makes

I've watched the space closely for years & will keep beating this drum. My sense is most young MAGA Hill types think Fuentes himself is not a serious actor- they think his pro-Hitler stuff, vitriolic antisemitism, misogyny & opposition to interracial marriage is a bad look & he's likely gay

Thank you for this. I’ve been tracking the groypers closely since 2019 and you captured it all perfectly- better than I could. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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Don’t universalize

Our century’s Father Coughlin is the most popular figure in our country’s homegrown fascist movement and the ADL’s priority is opposing the guy who opposes genocide

Progressives, in fact, can learn alot from his successes & failures at influencing the rightward flank of conservatism along the way

At various moments since 2019 Fuentes has dipped in & out of relevance, even while the Right kept radicalizing. Now the right’s crisis over US support for Israel, after two years of genocidal annihilation in Gaza has provided him the opening he needs www.thenation.com/article/poli...