The Federalist is known for publishing defenses of Trump, Covid conspiracy theories, & racist posts.
Unsurprisingly, its donors include Richard Uihlein, who helped bankroll the Jan. 6 rallies, and DonorsTrust, which funds white nationalist hate groups. exposedbycmd.org/2021/06/15/rev…
Also in this report: We obtained the most recent tax filing of the Real Clear Foundation, which supports RealClearPolitics. It shares Federalist's donors & has taken a hard right turn in recent years. The two outlets have overlapping execs & board members. exposedbycmd.org/2021/06/15/rev…
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Here's my recent article showing that Griffin and Yass were two of the biggest donors to super PACs that helped elect the Republicans who voted against the 2020 presidential election results. exposedbycmd.org/2021/01/28/the…
I cannot emphasize enough the significance of rightwing billionaires who bankroll the GOP giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to help Yang.
They would not spend this money if they didn't think Yang is the best viable candidate to protect their enormous wealth & power.
NEW: Parler's new interim CEO, Mark Meckler, is a rightwing activist who wants to radically rewrite the Constitution to shrink the federal government. exposedbycmd.org/2021/02/15/par…
Majority shareholder Rebekah Mercer brought Meckler on as she fired the previous CEO. Also on the "executive committee" is Matthew Richardson, a far-right British Ukip operative & Steve Bannon ally who once said that bigots deserve representation. exposedbycmd.org/2021/02/15/par…
After scores of Parler users invaded the U.S. Capitol, Mercer ousted CEO who claims he wanted some content moderation. Seems she wants Parler to be *even more* rightwing. Meckler's group is tied to extremists. exposedbycmd.org/2021/02/15/par…
We need a comprehensive, honest reckoning of how we got to this moment when a mob of people are willing to invade the Capitol to overturn the democratic process. While there are many different factors, a key one is the lengthy GOP campaign of lies about voter fraud.
This is a phenomenon that I and many other journalists have been tracking for years. Trump’s job as coup leader would have been more difficult w/o his party & numerous allied groups spreading propaganda about nonexistent fraud, suing against state voting laws, scaring their base.
For years the GOP, aided by outside legal & advocacy groups & think tanks, have fearmongered about allegedly fraudulent voters, attacking voting laws, passing voter ID bills, suing states to purge their voter rolls, even fighting things like high school civics programs.
It is baffling to me that people WHO WERE THE TARGETS OF THE INSURRECTION, LITERALLY THE PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES WERE JUST AT RISK can possibly argue *against* holding the ringleader accountable. How are these people like this? How?
Interesting how the Republican politicians who inspired the deadly, fascist coup attempt spent the year trying to get antifascists—the ones who challenge the types of people who ransacked the Capitol & killed a cop—classified as terrorists.
This is classic fascist propaganda tactics. You inspire violent acts on behalf of your leader and then blame them on the opposing side. Cruz went to far as to sponsor the bill & hold a hearing on nonexistent antifa violence. All of this is meant to exonerate the actual criminals.
Cruz & other Republicans (& rightwing think tanks like the Heritage Foundation) have embraced and promoted white nationalists’ biggest propagandist, Andy Ngo, whose job it is to invent antifa violence as his extremist allies terrorize communities.
I'd like to recount how my governor, @andrewcuomo, has led New York during the pandemic:
1. Didn't act while the virus initially took hold & made New York the global epicenter of the virus. propublica.org/article/two-co…
2. He then one-upped himself, forcing nursing homes (you know, the places filled with fragile, elderly people who are most likely to die from COVID) to take in COVID patients. More than 6,700 nursing home residents died of COVID in those facilities. apnews.com/article/virus-…
3. Cuomo proceeded to lie about what happened after he required the homes take COVID-positive patients back from hospitals. cnn.com/2020/10/01/pol…