Ball of Thread

Trump's Trolls' Turn


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Marcy Wheeler digs deeper into the Catturd Deficit that allows white supremacists to use Xitter to rig the news. Then she looks at how Trump's illegal war on Iran has created unprecedented fractures in his base, from Russian useful idiots like Marjorie Taylor Greene to anti-Semitic voices like Candace Owens, and even convicted January 6th participants like Joe Biggs.

She explores how to exploit these cracks using the same tactics that got Trump elected, turning his own troll army's playbook against them.

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