Important reporting with ⁦Stephen Starr⁩ - the violent racism we’re seeing on the campaign trail toward Springfield started months ago by smaller far right groups theguardian.com/us-news/2024/s…

In my first magazine story for Mother Jones, I wrote about the attacks on disinformation researchers, and the ways they echo attacks on climate scientists in the '90s. One person compared it to the Red Scare: “How do we not see the historical parallels?” motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Glad I was asked to share my wisdom and insights on election-season disinformation threats, real and exaggerated, alongside Jesselyn Cook and Renée DiResta for this Stuart A. Thompson joint: nytimes.com/2024/09/17/tec…

Targeted disinformation is cheap and effective. AI turbocharges its spread. Read what three experts, Jesselyn Cook, Sasha Issenberg, and Renée DiResta, think about the impact of social media and conspiracy theories on the upcoming 2024 presidential election. nytimes.com/2024/09/17/tec…

NEW: For the last two months I've been monitoring online meetings run by a group of election deniers to organize a grassroots campaign to push conspiracies about a flood of illegal migrants voting for Kamala Harris. This week, they rolled out their plans wired.com/story/election…

New from 404 Media: someone put facial recognition on Meta's smart glasses to instantly dox strangers. You look at them, sends face to a facial recognition tool. LLM infers name, sends to people site. Gets phone number, address. I've seen it in action 404media.co/someone-put-fa…

NEW: I obtained internal emails from city government of Springfield, Ohio. These emails show the absolute chaos caused by Trump and Vance after claiming Haitian immigrants were eating pets. Threats, hateful emails, media bonanza. A nightmare. 404media.co/internal-email…

One of the most extraordinary stories of the year: Lizzie Presser's piece on the collision course between two Wisconsin teenagers. Deeply reported, beautifully told--and devastating. I had to stop several times while reading it to catch my breath. propublica.org/article/teens-…

New CNN investigation reveals how deceptive political fundraising has misled elderly Americans into giving away millions in donations. Devastating accounts of retirees losing their life savings -- and their families' attempts to get the money back. edition.cnn.com/interactive/20…

What happened to QAnon, arguably the most consequential political conspiracy theory in recent history? Jesselyn Cook, author of a new book about QAnon, discussed what role it is playing in the 2024 election. trib.al/CCX44jV

new PRRI survey finds that 19% of Americans believe the core tenets of the QAnon conspiracy theory prri.org/spotlight/the-…

Another hoax video is designed to scare people away from the polls with a false warning from the FBI, the agency says: motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

‘Mourning the Living’: New Book Explores How QAnon and Conspiracy Theories Are Leaving a Trail of Shattered American Families in Its Wake | A review of Jesselyn Cook’ “The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family.” buckscountybeacon.com/2024/11/mourni…

The QAnon movement had a huge year in 2024. In 2025, they think all their dreams and predictions are going to come true. With comment from Alex Kaplan Jesselyn Cook Poker and Politics PRRI and the Trump transition team wired.com/story/kash-pat…

We asked homeless people whose encampments were cleared out to write about these “sweeps” in their own words. “Knowing that my belongings are likely gone for good—trashed or lost forever—fills me with a sadness that’s hard to bear,” a Seattle man wrote. projects.propublica.org/impact-of-home…

Everyday investors are turning to financial influencers, or ‘fin-fluencers,’ to learn how to manage their finances. But is the advice out there always good? I explored the world of personal finance, and the challenges for regulators in the influencer age nytimes.com/2025/01/25/bus…

Fabulous and deeply moving read

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