Today I’m at the Georgia Faith and Freedom Coalition event in Powder Springs, Georgia, where Trump is scheduled to appear with leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation. Guy at the parking lot greeted me with a stack of these “to hand out at your church!” The event program devotes one page to each of the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s goals—like “protecting life,” “religious liberty” etc. The only topic that gets 2 pages—the centerfold—is “standing with Israel.”

THREAD 🧵: Today I wrote about the proliferation of Pro-Putin conspiracy theories in American anti-vax groups. motherjones.com/politics/2022/… 1/9 Over the last week, anti-vaxxers have created a kind of a Frankenstein of conspiracy theories, folding Ukraine conflict into existing narratives. For example... 2/9

Short thread 🧵: I wrote about the doctors’ groups promoting the trucker convoys. motherjones.com/politics/2022/… 1/7 Organizers of the convoys want you to think it's a people’s movement—just a bunch of everyday patriots out to defeat the mandates! But the ideology comes from powerful sources of disinformation. 2/7

Fake school board election fliers: A thread. Below, I’m going to post two fliers someone recently provided to me. They’re from a few months back, during a school board election in the Northeast. Look closely, they’re fake. 1/10 Here are the fake fliers. 2/10

THREAD: I wrote about the anti-vax moms taking marching orders from white nationalists on Telegram. They’re organizing US convoys a la Ottawa for the coming weeks, and these groups are terrifying. motherjones.com/politics/2022/… 1/10 In the groups, people strategize about how to cause the most chaos, and leaders urge members to drop off supplies for the convoys. Overtly racist, anti-Semitic, and homophobic comments are a constant theme. Just one example. 2/10

Short thread: I wrote about how insurers are paying tens of millions of dollars for ineffective ivermectin prescriptions for Covid. Here's who else is paying: You! motherjones.com/politics/2022/… 1/ Those expenditures are maddening, and they're also dangerous. As @NickSawyerMD told me, when insurers cover dubious treatments, they reinforce the false idea that the treatments are somehow effective. 2/