There's a war on for your mind.

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I did the same for a piece I wrote a few months back and I think I managed to get through four days before giving up.

I mean, finally a good use of AI in journalism.....very jealous

He sat atop an extremist empire. She thought he needed money. The far-right influencer Nick Fuentes has pocketed roughly $900,000 from “fanatical” donors since the start of 2025. Some superfans see him as part of their families.

“i am chained to the desk reading insipid slop,”

Nick Fuentes on the comments his own fans pay him hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to read out

Really great work here from @drewharwell.com and @jeremybmerrill.com

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The number of MAGAs and former MAGAs who are now "just asking questions" about the Butler assassination is growing daily

www.wired.com/story/maga-i...

Wouldn't want it any other way 😂

Fascinating to see people's response on here to this being mostly: "Well of course they are, because it was staged."

The one conspiracy to rule them all.....

Part of it

MAGA Is Increasingly Convinced the Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged Conspiracy theories about the Butler, Pennsylvania, shooting have ramped up in recent weeks as once steadfast Trump supporters turn on the president.

NEW:

Much of MAGA is now convinced that the Trump assassination attempt in Butler, PA was staged

www.wired.com/story/maga-i...

Trailer 2: Amplified - The Exportation of the Culture Wars YouTube video by The Delve

New trailer for Amplified featuring Susan Rice, @davidgilbert.bsky.social @betoorourke.bsky.social, John Brennan, Jim Clapper, @paulmurphy.pbp.ie, @aoifegall.bsky.social, @jonlemire.bsky.social and Jim Clapper youtu.be/j65fbS-a2Ug?...

MAGA Is Starting to Look Beyond Trump A seemingly endless torrent of criticism directed toward Trump from former MAGA allies suggests the president is losing support from his base.

NEW:

MAGA is already looking beyond Trump

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Lot of people commenting about why politicians can't ban smartphones/social media AND nudify apps.

Well, they can, but there's no real evidence that doing the former has any impact on children's lives while addressing the latter will absolutely have an impact.

So much this. And ideally they would do so with a two-pronged approach that recognizes the reality of the situation. Mandatory removal is less useful than going after the tools themselves (as the EU is promising to), the infra (California) and teaching kids that this stuff is *not OK*

The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought An analysis by WIRED and Indicator found nearly 90 schools and 600 students around the world impacted by AI-generated deepfake nude images—and the problem shows no signs of going away.

Maybe instead of pushing social media and smartphone bans, politicians and educators should confront the growing and deeply troubling issue of nudify apps being used on schoolchildren

Great analysis from @mattburgess1.bsky.social, in collaboration @indicator.media

www.wired.com/story/deepfa...

The Fanfare Around Geese Actually Was a Psyop The Brooklyn band Geese was labeled an “industry plant” by those who questioned its sudden ubiquity. Maybe it was.

The Brooklyn band Geese was labeled an “industry plant” by those who questioned its sudden ubiquity. Maybe it was. www.wired.com/story/geese-...

Mind the Gap Ireland is the second richest country in Europe, and this week a single protest shut it down. Here's why.

"Ireland did not just lack the infrastructure to manage a fuel crisis; Ireland is lacking so fucking much that it lacked the infrastructure to have a conversation about the fuel crisis."

A damning indictment of Ireland's recent failures, from Sinéad O'Sullivan

www.butthistime.com/p/mind-the-gap

Staunch Trump Supporters Are Now Asking if He’s the Antichrist The Iran war and a series of social media posts, including one depicting Trump as Jesus Christ, have some conservative commentators and fans suspecting the president may be the antichrist.

Whether its "desecrating Easter" or attacking the pope and now posting an AI image of himself as Jesus, Trump is doing a lot to piss off Christians lately.

So much so that many of them are now asking: Is Trump the Antichrist?

w/ @makenakelly.bsky.social

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SCOOP

The Iranian group producing the Trump LEGO videos have a secret weapon.....Americans who send them tips and ideas to make their content better

www.wired.com/story/inside...

Far right Irish agitator Anthony Casey claims the "Irish state are gearing up" in response to the fuel protests, with a thumbnail on his YouTube video showing a picture of an armoured tank—a vehicle which the Irish state does not own

Fuel protests in Ireland have been coopted by the far-right and clowns like Anthony Casey are inflaming the situation further on social media and in WhatsApp groups, by claiming the "Irish state are gearing up"

(*Ireland does not currently own any of the tanks Casey shows in this YouTube thumbnail)

Members of neo-Nazi ‘active clubs’ join combat events at secretive Virginia compound Licensed school teacher and one-time police officer among those participating in riot-style gatherings as experts warn of threat to public safety

Important reporting here on what active clubs are up to, specifically the growing trend of organized fight events bringing groups from across the country together

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Hundreds killed as Israel launches fresh wave of air strikes across Lebanon amid dashed hopes of a ceasefire Israeli military says it hit more than 100 sites including ‘headquarters and military infrastructure belonging to Hizbullah’

Sally Hayden reports from Beirut:
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The Next Attorney General Will Probably Be an Election Denier Pam Bondi’s DOJ left election deniers frothing for more. Potential candidates for the attorney general job could give them what they want.

Do you know what “Deep State goop” is?

Well, Michael Flynn believes its what is stopping the Justice Department from exposing America's rigged elections.

He's hoping the new Attorney General will get rid of the goop

www.wired.com/story/the-ne...

The Next Attorney General Will Probably Be an Election Denier Pam Bondi's DOJ left election deniers frothing for more. Potential candidates for the attorney general job could give them what they want.

NEW:

A review of the short list of potential candidates for US attorney general, show that whoever Trump picks, an election denier will be in charge of the Department of Justice

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I created a free interactive dashboard documenting all META's influence operation takedowns A searchable database and interactive dashboard collating all META's CIB and ATP reports

I've built a free open-source intelligence dashboard tracking every coordinated inauthentic behaviour (CIB) operation Meta has disclosed since 2018. 214 operations. 53 origin countries. $22.7M in ad spend. 71 reports analysed. Access it here! marcowenjones.substack.com/p/i-created-... #disinfo

The DOJ Misled a Judge About How It’s Using Voter Roll Data The acting head of the DOJ’s voting section told a judge last week that the agency had not touched the nonpublic voter roll data it has collected. That wasn’t true.

“It is a reflection of the DOJ's rejection of experience and lawyering skill, in favor of loyalty,” - @beckerdavidj.bsky.social

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The DOJ Misled a Judge About How It’s Using Voter Roll Data The acting head of the DOJ’s voting section told a judge last week that the agency had not touched the nonpublic voter roll data it has collected. That wasn’t true.

SCOOP

A DOJ lawyer told a judge in Rhode Island that voter rolls data the agency has collected from states was being kept separate, and no analysis was being done to identify voting irregularities.

That wasn't true....

www.wired.com/story/doj-mi...

Unmasking the Paramilitary Agents Behind Trump’s Violent Immigration Crackdown A WIRED analysis of DHS records identified dozens of specialized federal agents who used force against US civilians during the largest known deployment of its kind in US history.

"Puente rolled down his window and pointed his grenade launcher at a man. 'Get the fuck out of the way!' he yelled, aiming his muzzle at the civilian."

Incredible reporting from @regret.bsky.social and @awinston.bsky.social unmasking violent Border Patrol agents

www.wired.com/story/border...

I Took RFK Jr.’s Advice and Ate Nothing but High-Protein Foods for a Week From forcing down chewy, bacon-flavored Man Cereal to vomiting at the office, buying into the MAHA protein craze was a challenging endeavor.

This week @milesklee.bsky.social took one for the team and followed the RFK Jr high-protein diet.

While he did not work out in jeans (disappointing) he did end just throwing up in WIRED's offices...

www.wired.com/story/i-took...

The New Era of Militia Influencers The militia movement in the US is undergoing a rebrand that trades counterprotests for expensive weapons, manly sweatshirts, and highly curated Instagram grids.

NEW:

The US militia movement are rebranding,

They are now focused less on showing up at drag queen story hours and more on expensive weapons, selling manly sweatshirts, and tending their highly-curated Instagram grids.

www.wired.com/story/the-ne...

This Is How Trump Is Already Threatening the Midterms WIRED surveyed the ways the Trump administration is working to manipulate this year’s midterm elections.

How Trump and his allies are already threatening the midterms:

• The SAVE Act
• Threats of ICE at polling locations
• Election denier in key admin positions
• FBI probing debunked conspiracies
• War on mail-in voting
• Redrawing maps
• Decimating DOJ's voting section

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