Editor鈥檚 note: This is the second in a series of three articles examining how disinformation, and those peddling it, are impacting the election process.
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson brought his 12-state, cross-country to the presidential battleground of Pennsylvania late last month, providing a platform for the disgraced conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and other luminaries of the far right to promote their campaign of lies and disinformation about an America under siege by immigrants and a shadowy cabal of 鈥済lobalists.鈥
Four years after purchasing a castle in rural West Virginia intended as their headquarters, the white nationalist outlet VDARE has said that an investigation by New York Attorney General (AG) Letitia James has 鈥渃rucified鈥 the site and left it 鈥渙n life support.鈥
Every week, we highlight stories on extremism and the radical right from the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Intelligence Project. Here are stories that caught our attention through March 1.
More than 18 million people have viewed Carlson鈥檚 post on X, with the company鈥檚 owner Elon Musk reposting the video. X under Musk has given a platform to certain far-right and fringe figures previously suspended on the site.
Just three days after Elon Musk reinstated Alex Jones聽on X, his reboot of Twitter, the bigot and conspiracy propagandist has gained over 800,000 followers.
The Donald Trump campaign team sent out in early April suggesting that 鈥淕eorge Soros is trying to single-handedly purchase the American justice system so that he can weaponize it to crush ALL of his opposition.鈥