40/ Alex Jones tried to blame his lies on bouts of psychosis. I’m sure the Proud Boys who believed his lies about the 2020 election—and have now been indicted for storming the Capitol—will be happy to hear this.
Hopefully, this story is “cover” and, behind the scenes, @January6thCmte and @TheJusticeDept are speaking with Frank Scavo about his ties to Trump, Bannon, the #MAGAMoonies & January 6. But I’m not optimistic. 1/ #papol
“To draw such [large] crowds,” Ali Alexander “made clear Stop the Steal would collaborate with anyone who supported its cause, no matter how extreme their views.
‘We’re willing to work with racists,’ he said on one livestream in December.” - June 2021 propublica.org/article/new-de…
“‘Thirty percent of that crowd was Alex Jones’ crowd,’ Alexander said on another livestream, referring to the Million MAGA March on Nov. 14. ‘And there were thousands and thousands of Groypers — America First young white men. …” 1/
“Even if you thought these [white nationalist Groypers] were bad people, why can’t bad people do good tasks? Why can’t bad people fight for their country?” - said Ali Alexander (a person of color, JFC) 2/
Reminder that Roger Stone has ties to Joel Greenberg (who has confessed to having sex w/ a minor) and Matt Gaetz (who is under investigation for alleged sex trafficking of a minor. 1/
“One method that was repeated on both OANN & Tucker Carlson Tonight was the use of dubious experts,” who “might have multiple degrees from Ivy League institutions, but they lacked any training or education in the topics they were discussing on air.” 1/ julietjeskeblog.com/2022/01/tucker…
“Dubious experts are problematic for a number of reasons. ‘With the boomer population, who’s new to social media, they grew up trusting their news sources…So, when they see sites, they assume a level of authority where there really isn’t one…” 2/