I talk with Journalist Taylor Lorenz about political campaigning on the internet, working as an independent creator, and why we don't need a "Joe Rogan but Leftist".

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User Mag, Taylor's newsletter

Power User - Taylor's weekly podcast

https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/power-user-with-taylor-lorenz

Why Democrats won't build their own Joe Rogan

EVEN HASAN PIKER WAS SURPRISED HE GOT TO STREAM FROM THE DNC

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/hasan-piker-dnc-creators-for-kamala-1235089088/

‘A change from the status quo’: the voters who backed Trump and AOC

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/17/trump-aoc-voters

Young men swung to the right for Trump after a campaign dominated by masculine appeals

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-11-30/young-men-swung-to-the-right-for-trump-after-a-campaign-dominated-by-masculine-appeals

How economic concerns and low voter turnout in Democratic strongholds helped Trump win

https://www.yahoo.com/news/economic-concerns-low-voter-turnout-111802344.html

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We sit down with Katie McHugh, who walked away from the center of the Alt Right and has been helping to fight them ever since. We’re also joined by the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Michael Edison Hayden to talk about his experiences working with Katie, and how she’s been an invaluable part of the fight against White Nationalism since walking away.

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U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL INVOLVED IN WHITE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT, HATEWATCH DETERMINES

https://www.splcenter.org/gebert

STEPHEN MILLER’S AFFINITY FOR WHITE NATIONALISM REVEALED IN LEAKED EMAILS

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/11/12/stephen-millers-affinity-white-nationalism-revealed-leaked-emails

Leaked Stephen Miller emails show Trump’s point man on immigration promoted white nationalism, SPLC reports

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/12/leaked-stephen-miller-emails-suggest-trumps-point-man-immigration-promoted-white-nationalism/

More Miller “hate group” emails leak as former reporter claims media hid "racist screeds" for years

https://www.salon.com/2019/11/14/more-miller-hate-group-emails-leak-as-former-reporter-claims-media-hid-racist-screeds-for-years/

Can You Ever Trust a Former White Nationalist?

https://politicalresearch.org/2022/05/11/can-you-ever-trust-former-white-nationalist

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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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