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Author Mike Rothschild joins me to discuss the spread of false information in the wake of the recent natural disasters, and what we can do about it. Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:US officials struggle to quash Hurricane Helene conspiracy theorieshttps://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-officials-struggle-quash-hurricane-helene-conspiracy-theories-2024-10-05/North Carolina Republican pushes back on hurricane misinformation: "Nobody can control the weather"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chuck-edwards-north-carolina-hurricane-helene-fact-check/Fact check: Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene responsehttps://www.cnn.com/2024/10/06/politics/fact-check-trump-helene-response-north-carolina/index.htmlFalse conspiracy theories about Hurricane Milton continue to swirl despite outcry from officialshttps://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/hurricane-milton-conspiracy-theory-government-storm-biden-rcna174558Meteorologists Get Death Threats as Hurricane Milton Conspiracy Theories Thrivehttps://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/hurricane-milton-misinformation-meteorlogist-death-threats-1235130352/Marjorie Taylor Greene’s space laser and the age-old problem of blaming the Jewshttps://www.vox.com/22256258/marjorie-taylor-greene-jewish-space-laser-anti-semitism-conspiracy-theoriesGORDON LIDDY ON SHOOTING FROM THE LIP - RADIO HOST DENIES 'FUELING THE LUNATIC FRINGE'https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/04/26/gordon-liddy-on-shooting-from-the-lip/75754676-030f-4191-a9e3-a421855aea1f/Jewish Space Lasers THE ROTHSCHILDS AND 200 YEARS OF CONSPIRACY THEORIEShttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733925/jewish-space-lasers-by-mike-rothschild/After Helene created a news blackout, here’s what my Asheville neighbors and I didhttps://www.cnn.com/2024/10/11/health/asheville-neighbors-hurricane-helene-wellness/index.htmlComments? Suggestions? Email: griff@didnothingwrongpod.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe

Episode 73(originally released 06/26/2023) - David Niewert joins us to discuss his new book, "The Age Of Insurrection", about the Extremist Right's assault on Democracy, and what we can do about it.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here's are some of the sources and references from this episode:The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Assault on American Democracyhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720886/the-age-of-insurrection-by-david-neiwert/David's Twitter. Go follow him if you're not already.https://twitter.com/davidneiwertDavid Neiwert on The Lincoln Project PodcastComments? Suggestions? Email: griff@didnothingwrongpod.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe

Sociologist Karl Folk joins me to discuss the GOP's 2024 election strategy of “it doesn’t matter who votes. It matters who counts the votes.”, and what we can do about it.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:The R.N.C. Asked a Conspiracy Theorist to Train Poll Watchers. Here’s What He Told Them.https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/us/politics/republican-national-committee-2024-posobiec.htmlThe Horrifying Fascist Manifesto Endorsed By J.D. Vancehttps://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-horrifying-fascist-manifesto-endorsed-by-j.d.-vanceFAR-RIGHT OANN ANCHOR JACK POSOBIEC’S RISE TIED TO WHITE SUPREMACIST MOVEMENThttps://www.splcenter.org/splc-investigation-far-right-oann-anchor-jack-posobiecs-rise-tied-white-supremacist-movementPartisan Split on Election Integrity Gets Even Widerhttps://news.gallup.com/poll/651185/partisan-split-election-integrity-gets-even-wider.aspxDave Roberts's Twitter Threadhttps://x.com/drvolts/status/1839386902514049461?t=CPVSm7b4pV1DpGBpUHEsBw&s=19Vigilantes, Inc. Zach D. Roberts and Greg Palast's documentary about voter suppressionhttps://www.gregpalast.com/vigilantes-inc-free-download/In donations, Harris vs. Trump is no contesthttps://rochesterbeacon.com/2024/09/26/in-donations-harris-vs-trump-is-no-contest/Kamala Harris Hires Massive Legal Team To Fight Back Against Election Denialshttps://meidasnews.com/news/kamala-harris-hires-massive-legal-team-to-fight-back-against-election-denialsComments? Suggestions? Email: griff@didnothingwrongpod.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe

Mike Senters joins me to discuss the evolution of online information war tactics from Gamergate to the current battle in Springfield, Ohio, and how to counter them.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:Did Nothing Wrong Hot Take - Springfield BombsJD Vance defends baseless rumor about Haitian immigrants eating petshttps://www.cnn.com/2024/09/15/politics/vance-immigrants-pets-springfield-ohio-cnntv/index.htmlWhat we still haven’t learned from Gamergatehttps://www.vox.com/culture/2020/1/20/20808875/gamergate-lessons-cultural-impact-changes-harassment-lawsTwo distinct forms of isolation predict belief in conspiracy theorieshttps://www.psypost.org/two-distinct-forms-of-isolation-predict-belief-in-conspiracy-theories/Robert Putnam Knows Why You’re Lonelyhttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/magazine/robert-putnam-interview.htmlElon Musk blinks first, bowing to pressure in Brazil to reopen Xhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/22/musk-brazil-x/JD Vance suggested the US's support for NATO could be pulled if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk's Xhttps://www.businessinsider.com/jd-vance-nato-support-eu-regulation-x-musk-free-speech-2024-9(Editor’s Note: This seems BAD.)Comments? Suggestions? Email: griff@didnothingwrongpod.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe

Springfield, Ohio has become the newest battlefield in the information war, and now it's locked down over a series of bomb threats. In this Hot Take, I explain the issues with the word “Hoax” as it relates to this situation, and call out Donald Trump, JD Vance, Libs of TikTok, and the rest of the lying liars who used literal Neo-Nazi propaganda to put Springfield’s Haitian refugee community at risk.Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:How a fringe online claim about immigrants eating pets made its way to the debate stagehttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-fringe-online-claim-immigrants-eating-pets-debate-trump-rcna170759More Than Half of Trump Voters Believe Haitians Are Eating Pets: Pollhttps://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-republicans-haitian-migrants-eating-pets-poll-1954875JD Vance defends baseless rumor about Haitian immigrants eating petshttps://www.cnn.com/2024/09/15/politics/vance-immigrants-pets-springfield-ohio-cnntv/index.htmlFact check: Ohio woman accused of eating cat is from Canton, not from Springfieldhttps://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2024/09/10/canton-woman-accused-of-eating-cat-not-haitian-from-springfield-ohio/75157976007/?itm_medium=recirc&itm_source=taboola&itm_campaign=internal&itm_content=ExploreMoreMore truth about Springfield, Ohio: What has happened since the pet-eating rumors startedhttps://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2024/09/17/springfield-ohio-truth-latest-since-trumps-haitian-pet-eating-claims-fact-check/75260318007/Haitian immigrants helped revive a struggling Ohio town. Then neo-Nazis turned up https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/14/neo-nazis-springfield-ohio-haitian-immigrantsSpringfield, Ohio, cancels town festival after violent threats over Haitian residentwww.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/springfield-ohio-cancels-town-festival-after-violent-threats-over-haitian-residentsNeo-Nazi who left Maine claims credit for ‘eating dogs and cats’ lieshttps://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/09/16/aroostook/aroostook-culture/neo-nazi-christopher-polhaus-left-maine-takes-credit-eating-dogs-cats-lies/Vote.govhttps://vote.govComments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe

Journalist Robert Silverman and I discuss the recent Russian scheme to funnel large piles of cash to Right Wing influencers, and the massive amounts of domestic money they receive for their bad takes.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:Two RT Employees Indicted for Covertly Funding and Directing U.S. Company that Published Thousands of Videos in Furtherance of Russian Interestshttps://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-rt-employees-indicted-covertly-funding-and-directing-us-company-published-thousandsInside Tenet Media, the pro-Trump ‘supergroup’ allegedly funded by Russiahttps://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/09/05/tenet-media-russia-rt-tim-pool/What Right-Wing Influencers Actually Said in Those Tenet Media Videoshttps://www.wired.com/story/influencers-tenet-benny-johnson-tim-pool-russia-propaganda-videos/How ‘Coward and Phony’ Tim Pool Became One of the Biggest Political YouTubers on the Planethttps://www.thedailybeast.com/how-coward-and-phony-tim-pool-became-one-of-the-biggest-political-youtubers-on-the-planetTim Pool Caught COVID—and Joe Rogan Offered to Pay His Medical Billshttps://www.thedailybeast.com/tim-pool-caught-covid-and-joe-rogan-offered-to-pay-his-medical-billsTim Pool’s News Site Plagiarized the Mainstream Media He Claims to Hatehttps://www.thedailybeast.com/tim-pools-news-site-timcastcom-plagiarized-from-the-mainstream-media-he-claims-to-hateThe Long, Lucrative Right-wing Grift Is Blowing Up in the World's Face https://www.splinter.com/the-long-lucrative-right-wing-grift-is-blowing-up-in-t-1793944216Comments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe

Reed Galen is a co-founder of the Lincoln Project and the founder of “The Union”, a single-issue, pro-democracy coalition dedicated to defeating Donald Trump and MAGA at the polls in November.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:Lincoln Project Announcement Regarding Reed Galenhttps://lincolnproject.us/lincoln-project-announcement-regarding-reed-galen/Join The Union!https://jointheunion.usReed's Substack - "The Home Front"Reed's new podcast, The Home FrontComments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe

Episode 102(originally released 10/05/2023) -We take a look at Chaya Raichik/Libs of TikTok's Permanent Record of Stochastic Terrorism.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references we used to create this episode:Boston Children's Hospital warns employees over far-right online harassment campaignhttps://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/boston-childrens-hospital-warns-employees-far-right-online-harassment-rcna43376Twitter account Libs of TikTok blamed for harassment of children’s hospitalshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/02/lgbtq-threats-hospitals-libs-of-tiktok/Woman pleads guilty to making hoax bomb threat against Boston Children'shttps://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/woman-pleads-guilty-to-making-hoax-bomb-threat-against-boston-childrens/3147446/Libs of TikTok suspended from Twitter in wake of Children’s National Hospital audio recordinghttps://www.dailydot.com/debug/libs-of-tiktok-childrens-national-hospital/Libs Of TikTok post instigates another round of bomb threatshttps://www.losangelesblade.com/2023/09/25/libs-of-tiktok-post-instigates-another-round-of-bomb-threats/How Libs of TikTok Became an Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Machinehttps://www.them.us/story/libs-of-tik-tok-twitter-facebook-instagram-explained-childrens-hospitals-groomingLibs of TikTok - Media Matters Archivehttps://www.mediamatters.org/search?search=libs+of+tiktokEmail us: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe

Talia Lavin, an insightful author known for her critical examination of extremist ideologies, discusses her book, 'Wild Faith'. She delves into the Christian Right's troubling grip on American politics and how this impacts democracy. Topics include the dangerous intertwining of faith and politics, the ideological battle over women's rights, and the rise of Christian nationalism. Talia also emphasizes the need for mental health awareness amid activism while critiquing media perceptions of extremist beliefs and advocating for a compassionate understanding of faith.

Sociologist Karl Folk and I break down some of the inauthentic methods that the American right wing outrage machine uses, and suggest some solutions to prevent mainstream media complicity.Find this episode on your favorite podcast player here: https://pod.link/1647010767/Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:Reflexive Controlhttps://militairespectator.nl/artikelen/reflexive-controlHandbook of Russian Information Warfarehttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/313423985_Handbook_of_Russian_Information_WarfareWhat we still haven’t learned from Gamergatehttps://www.vox.com/culture/2020/1/20/20808875/gamergate-lessons-cultural-impact-changes-harassment-lawsUnder Elon Musk, X is denying API access to academics who study misinformationhttps://www.fastcompany.com/91040397/under-elon-musk-x-is-denying-api-access-to-academics-who-study-misinformationThe Case of Al Frankenhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/29/the-case-of-al-frankenTucker Carlson claims in book Fox News firing was part of $787.5m settlementhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/26/tucker-carlson-fox-news-firing-condition-dominion-settlementTommy Robinson moans luxury Cyprus holiday ruined after stoking riots from abroadhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tommy-robinson-cyprus-holiday-uk-riots-b2593729.htmlThis is the Twitter data that shows who's backing Tommy Robinsonhttps://www.wired.com/story/tommy-robinson-free-tommy-twitter-data(And now this kind of data is unavailable. Funny, that.)The Horrifying Fascist Manifesto Endorsed By J.D. Vancehttps://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-horrifying-fascist-manifesto-endorsed-by-j.d.-vanceProcess of Extermination - Review of "The Spanish Holocaust" by Paul Prestonhttps://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/books/review/the-spanish-holocaust-by-paul-preston.htmlComments? Suggestions? Email: didnothingwrongpod@protonmail.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.didnothingwrongpod.com/subscribe