Did Nothing Wrong podcast

Episode 113(originally released 11/27/03) -Writer and Activist Elad Nehorai joins the pod to discuss the rising tide of antisemitism, false narratives, and keeping your humanity during inhumane times.

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ELAD NEHORAI Writer. Community Builder. Marketer. Activist.

http://eladnehorai.com

Elad's Substack(GO SUBSCRIBE PLZ)

Elad's Twitter feed(or "X" if we must)

https://twitter.com/EladNehorai

Elon Musk is the most dangerous antisemite in America

https://forward.com/opinion/549819/elon-musk-is-the-most-dangerous-antisemite-in-america/

The Right's Selective Outrage on Antisemitism is a Scam

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-rights-selective-outrage-on-antisemitism-is-a-scam?ref=author

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In this episode, I break down what happened on Election night, and discuss what a way forward might look like. Plus, I talk about what’s ahead for the podcast in the future.

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CNN Election Results

https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/results/president?election-data-id=2024-PG&election-painting-mode=projection-with-lead&filter-key-races=false&filter-flipped=false&filter-remaining=false

REPUBLICANS CELEBRATE BY ADMITTING THEY CAN’T WAIT FOR PROJECT 2025

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/republicans-celebrate-project-2025-trump-win-1235155322/

Here’s What An RFK Jr. Health Role In A Trump Administration Could Look Like: Vaccine Skepticism, Fluoride Ban

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2024/11/06/heres-what-an-rfk-jr-health-role-in-a-trump-administration-could-look-like-vaccine-skepticism-fluoride-ban/

Trump Jr. floats Alex Jones as father's White House press secretary: 'I'm not even joking'

https://nbcmontana.com/news/nation-world/trump-jr-floats-alex-jones-as-fathers-white-house-press-secretary-im-not-even-joking-donald-trump-republican-presidential-candidate-gop-2024-election

Conspiracy theories are spreading about Trump’s win. They’re false.

https://www.vox.com/politics/383944/conspiracy-theories-trump-win

Election Denial Conspiracy Theories Are Exploding on X. This Time They’re Coming From the Left

https://www.wired.com/story/election-denial-conspiracy-theories-x-left-blueanon/

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In this episode, I will make a call on what I think is going to happen in the 2024 US presidential election, and in the aftermath.

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The AZGOP is selling the headquarters it bought 9 months ago

https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2024/03/27/arizona-gop-headquarters-sale

Trump’s new joint fundraising pact with RNC puts priority on paying his legal bills first

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-03-21/trumps-invite-to-major-donors-prioritizes-the-committee-paying-his-legal-bills-over-the-rnc

A “bust out” is a common tactic in the organized crime world, wherein a business' assets and lines of credit are exploited and exhausted to the point of bankruptcy.

http://worldtraining.net/bustout.html

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-america-pac-blitz-canvassing-michigan-uhaul/

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-america-pac-blitz-canvassing-michigan-uhaul/

Canvassers for Elon Musk’s America PAC Were Fired and Stranded in Michigan After Speaking Out

https://www.wired.com/story/canvassers-elon-musk-america-pac-fired-stranded-michigan-mistreatment/

'All hell has broken loose': Inside Elon Musk's high-stakes pro-Trump door-knocking effort

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/elon-musks-high-stakes-trump-door-knocking-effort-america-pac-rcna176255

There’s more herding in swing state polls than at a sheep farm in the Scottish Highlands

Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg

What are the surprising takeaways from early voting? Analyst explains why Republicans should worry.

https://www.msnbc.com/weekends-with-alex-witt/watch/what-are-the-surprising-takeaways-from-early-voting-analyst-explains-why-republicans-should-worry-223380549986

The right is projecting irrational confidence about a Trump win. That could aid an effort to steal the election.

https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/right-projecting-irrational-confidence-about-trump-win-could-aid-effort-steal-election

Bannon Leaves Jail, Immediately Urges Trump to Falsely Declare Victory Again

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/bannon-leaves-jail-immediately-urges-trump-to-falsely-declare-victory-again/

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In this episode, I try to get to the bottom of why more GOP and conservative people aren't speaking out about the very real danger of what a second Donald Trump presidency would do to this country.

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Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney, and other GOP lawmakers who criticized Trump or voted to impeach him have spent tens of thousands of dollars on private security

https://www.businessinsider.com/lawmakers-spent-thousands-on-security-after-capitol-insurrection-records-2021-4

Romney: 'Large portion' of GOP ‘doesn’t believe in the Constitution’

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2023/09/14/romney---a-very-large-portion-of--the-gop--doesn-t-believe-in-the-constitution-

What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/mitt-romney-retiring-senate-trump-mcconnell/675306/

Private Equity’s Senator Gets Big Payout

https://www.levernews.com/private-equitys-senator-gets-big-payout/

FBI finds hundreds of weapons at home of suspect in Arizona Democratic Party office shooting

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe-breaking/2024/10/23/suspect-identified-tempe-democratic-party-office-shootings/75806849007/

JD Vance Offers Baffling Defense of Trump’s ‘Enemy Within’ Comments

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-offers-baffling-defense-of-trumps-enemy-within-comments/

Mariannette Miller-Meeks says she got death threats after voting against Jordan in speaker’s race

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mariannette-miller-meeks-says-got-death-threats-voting-jordan-speakers-rcna121142

Did Nothing Wrong Episode 106 - Jim Jordan for Speaker?

The Washington Post says it will not endorse a candidate for president

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/10/25/washington-post-endorsement-president/

On political endorsement

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/25/washington-post-endorsement/

The Washington Post is in deep turmoil as Bezos remains silent on non-endorsement

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/26/media/washington-post-jeff-bezos-endorsement-turmoil/index.html

Marty Baron on the Washington Post’s “Spineless” Endorsement Decision

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/marty-baron-on-the-washington-posts-spineless-endorsement-decision

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Sociologist Karl Folk and I talk about the home stretch of the 2024 election, and the increasingly desperate measures MAGA and the Silicon Valley oligarchs are taking to convince you they're ahead.

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How Russian disinformation is reaching the U.S. ahead of the 2024 election

https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/russian-disinformation-2024-election-storm-1516/index.html

Russian disinformation peddlers are targeting Harris-Walz campaign with fake videos, Microsoft says

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/russian-disinformation-peddlers-are-targeting-harris-walz-campaign-fak-rcna171476

Leaked chats reveal right-wing militia's coordinated efforts to watch AZ ballot boxes

https://azmirror.com/2024/10/17/leaked-chats-reveal-right-wing-militias-coordinated-efforts-to-watch-az-ballot-boxes/

Pro-Trump dark money network tied to Elon Musk behind fake pro-Harris campaign scheme • OpenSecrets

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2024/10/pro-trump-dark-money-network-tied-to-elon-musk-behind-fake-pro-harris-campaign-scheme/

Peter Thiel Invests In Polymarket Political Betting Platform—But The Future Of Gambling On Elections Remains Unclear

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2024/05/14/peter-thiel-invests-in-polymarket-political-betting-platform-but-the-future-of-gambling-on-elections-remains-unclear/

A handful of pro-Trump bettors have dumped more than $25 million into Polymarket, swaying election odds in his favor

https://fortune.com/2024/10/18/presidential-election-odds-pro-trump-bettors-polymarket-political-polls-harris/

Polymarket whale raises Trump odds, sparking manipulation concerns

https://cointelegraph.com/news/polymarket-whale-trump-odds-manipulation

What We Know About the Mystery Trader Betting Big on a Trump Win - Newsweek

https://www.newsweek.com/who-polymarket-mystery-trader-fredi9999-1969646

University of Florida - Election Lab Early Vote Tracker

https://election.lab.ufl.edu/early-vote/

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Author Mike Rothschild joins me to discuss the spread of false information in the wake of the recent natural disasters, and what we can do about it.

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US officials struggle to quash Hurricane Helene conspiracy theories

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-officials-struggle-quash-hurricane-helene-conspiracy-theories-2024-10-05/

North Carolina Republican pushes back on hurricane misinformation: "Nobody can control the weather"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chuck-edwards-north-carolina-hurricane-helene-fact-check/

Fact check: Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene response

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/06/politics/fact-check-trump-helene-response-north-carolina/index.html

False conspiracy theories about Hurricane Milton continue to swirl despite outcry from officials

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/hurricane-milton-conspiracy-theory-government-storm-biden-rcna174558

Meteorologists Get Death Threats as Hurricane Milton Conspiracy Theories Thrive

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/hurricane-milton-misinformation-meteorlogist-death-threats-1235130352/

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s space laser and the age-old problem of blaming the Jews

https://www.vox.com/22256258/marjorie-taylor-greene-jewish-space-laser-anti-semitism-conspiracy-theories

GORDON LIDDY ON SHOOTING FROM THE LIP - RADIO HOST DENIES 'FUELING THE LUNATIC FRINGE'

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/04/26/gordon-liddy-on-shooting-from-the-lip/75754676-030f-4191-a9e3-a421855aea1f/

Jewish Space Lasers THE ROTHSCHILDS AND 200 YEARS OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733925/jewish-space-lasers-by-mike-rothschild/

After Helene created a news blackout, here’s what my Asheville neighbors and I did

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/11/health/asheville-neighbors-hurricane-helene-wellness/index.html

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Episode 73(originally released 06/26/2023) - David Niewert joins us to discuss his new book, "The Age Of Insurrection", about the Extremist Right's assault on Democracy, and what we can do about it.

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The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Assault on American Democracy

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720886/the-age-of-insurrection-by-david-neiwert/

David's Twitter. Go follow him if you're not already.

https://twitter.com/davidneiwert

David Neiwert on The Lincoln Project Podcast

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Sociologist Karl Folk joins me to discuss the GOP's 2024 election strategy of “it doesn’t matter who votes. It matters who counts the votes.”, and what we can do about it.

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The R.N.C. Asked a Conspiracy Theorist to Train Poll Watchers. Here’s What He Told Them.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/us/politics/republican-national-committee-2024-posobiec.html

The Horrifying Fascist Manifesto Endorsed By J.D. Vance

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-horrifying-fascist-manifesto-endorsed-by-j.d.-vance

FAR-RIGHT OANN ANCHOR JACK POSOBIEC’S RISE TIED TO WHITE SUPREMACIST MOVEMENT

https://www.splcenter.org/splc-investigation-far-right-oann-anchor-jack-posobiecs-rise-tied-white-supremacist-movement

Partisan Split on Election Integrity Gets Even Wider

https://news.gallup.com/poll/651185/partisan-split-election-integrity-gets-even-wider.aspx

Dave Roberts's Twitter Thread

https://x.com/drvolts/status/1839386902514049461?t=CPVSm7b4pV1DpGBpUHEsBw&s=19

Vigilantes, Inc. Zach D. Roberts and Greg Palast's documentary about voter suppression

https://www.gregpalast.com/vigilantes-inc-free-download/

In donations, Harris vs. Trump is no contest

https://rochesterbeacon.com/2024/09/26/in-donations-harris-vs-trump-is-no-contest/

Kamala Harris Hires Massive Legal Team To Fight Back Against Election Denials

https://meidasnews.com/news/kamala-harris-hires-massive-legal-team-to-fight-back-against-election-denials

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Mike Senters joins me to discuss the evolution of online information war tactics from Gamergate to the current battle in Springfield, Ohio, and how to counter them.

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Did Nothing Wrong Hot Take - Springfield Bombs

JD Vance defends baseless rumor about Haitian immigrants eating pets

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/15/politics/vance-immigrants-pets-springfield-ohio-cnntv/index.html

What we still haven’t learned from Gamergate

https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/1/20/20808875/gamergate-lessons-cultural-impact-changes-harassment-laws

Two distinct forms of isolation predict belief in conspiracy theories

https://www.psypost.org/two-distinct-forms-of-isolation-predict-belief-in-conspiracy-theories/

Robert Putnam Knows Why You’re Lonely

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/magazine/robert-putnam-interview.html

Elon Musk blinks first, bowing to pressure in Brazil to reopen X

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/22/musk-brazil-x/

JD Vance suggested the US's support for NATO could be pulled if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk's X

https://www.businessinsider.com/jd-vance-nato-support-eu-regulation-x-musk-free-speech-2024-9

(Editor’s Note: This seems BAD.)

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Springfield, Ohio has become the newest battlefield in the information war, and now it's locked down over a series of bomb threats. In this Hot Take, I explain the issues with the word “Hoax” as it relates to this situation, and call out Donald Trump, JD Vance, Libs of TikTok, and the rest of the lying liars who used literal Neo-Nazi propaganda to put Springfield’s Haitian refugee community at risk.

Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:

How a fringe online claim about immigrants eating pets made its way to the debate stage

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-fringe-online-claim-immigrants-eating-pets-debate-trump-rcna170759

More Than Half of Trump Voters Believe Haitians Are Eating Pets: Poll

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-republicans-haitian-migrants-eating-pets-poll-1954875

JD Vance defends baseless rumor about Haitian immigrants eating pets

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/15/politics/vance-immigrants-pets-springfield-ohio-cnntv/index.html

Fact check: Ohio woman accused of eating cat is from Canton, not from Springfield

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2024/09/10/canton-woman-accused-of-eating-cat-not-haitian-from-springfield-ohio/75157976007/?itm_medium=recirc&itm_source=taboola&itm_campaign=internal&itm_content=ExploreMore

More truth about Springfield, Ohio: What has happened since the pet-eating rumors started

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2024/09/17/springfield-ohio-truth-latest-since-trumps-haitian-pet-eating-claims-fact-check/75260318007/

Haitian immigrants helped revive a struggling Ohio town. Then neo-Nazis turned up

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/14/neo-nazis-springfield-ohio-haitian-immigrants

Springfield, Ohio, cancels town festival after violent threats over Haitian resident

www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/springfield-ohio-cancels-town-festival-after-violent-threats-over-haitian-residents

Neo-Nazi who left Maine claims credit for ‘eating dogs and cats’ lies

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/09/16/aroostook/aroostook-culture/neo-nazi-christopher-polhaus-left-maine-takes-credit-eating-dogs-cats-lies/

Vote.gov

https://vote.gov

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