3/ weirder still... verging into all out MAGA civil war at this point if roger stone is calling #MikeBenz a "weird little fucker" (tbf he's not even wrong, though i might personally go with "weird little white supremacist piece of shit")

#MAGA #uspol #uspolitics #epstein #epsteinfiles #MAGAcivilwar #rogerStone

Some posts disparaging the #protests were shared by accounts w/deceptive handles that closely resembled those of ofcl govt sources or news orgs.

#MikeBenz, a #conspiracy-minded #influencer on X who last year claimed that the #Pentagon used the pop star #TaylorSwift as part of a psyop to undercut #Trump, advanced an outlandish theory that the mayor had links to the #CIA & had helped start riots in the city where she lives.

#SocialMedia #moderation #ConspiracyTheories #propaganda #disinformation

This is what #DarrenBeattie — & #MikeBenz —have long called for. Many of the names & keywords he included in his request reflect #ConspiracyTheories & #grievances promoted by Revolver News—which Beattie founded after being fired from his job as a speechwriter during the first #Trump admin when CNN reported that he had spoken at a conference with #WhiteNationalists.

#disinformation #law #privacy #InfoSec #RevengePolitics #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreePress #democracy
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/19/politics/darren-beattie-mencken-club/index.html

An hour after staff were informed, Secy of #State #MarcoRubio published a blog announcing the news on the #Federalist, one of the outlets that sued #GEC over allegations of *censorship*. He then discussed in an interview w/ #RightWing Internet personality #MikeBenz plans for #DarrenBeattie to lead a “transparency effort.”

“What we have to do now—& Darren will be big involved in that…is…document what happened…because…people who were harmed deserve to know…,& be able to prove…they were harmed.”

@deepmud what i have found kind of puzzling is that the conspiracy nuts on twitter seem to regard #MikeBenz as a closet jew sent by netanyahu because [reasons].

i have to admit i'm finding it hard to parse.