Episode 140 - "It doesn't have to be true, it just has to go viral" w/Karl Folk

Karl Folk joins the Pod to discuss the Dilley Scheme Team, the rise in authoritarian signaling, and the need for Democrats to learn from their messaging mistakes.

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Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:

The pro-Trump ‘meme team’ behind video referencing ‘Reich’

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7228wlpe0ko

Brenden Dilley: ‘It Doesn’t Have to Be True; It Just Has to Go Viral’

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/brenden-dilley-it-doesnt-have-to-be-true-it-just-has-to-go-viral/#google_vignette

Inside the Troll Army Waging Trump’s Online Campaign

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/us/politics/trump-meme-trolls-2024.html

Christian Nationalism in the Case of the Dilley Meme Team

https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/ctec-publications-0/christian-nationalism-case-dilley-meme-team

‘Timcast IRL’ Livestream Abruptly Ends After Laura Loomer Calls For Executing Democrats

https://angrywhitemen.org/2024/05/31/timcast-irl-livestream-abruptly-ends-after-laura-loomer-calls-for-executing-democrats/

'Hang Everyone': The Far Right's Violent Rhetoric in Response to the Conviction of Donald Trump

Steve Bannon Vows Purge if Donald Trump Wins Election

https://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-purge-doj-trump-elected-1905739

Steve Bannon Issues Warning to Donald Trump's Enemies—'We Want You to Fear'

https://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-warning-donald-trump-enemies-fear-1903830

Trump's Deportation Army

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