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Welcome back to False Flag! As the conservative movement remains divided over whether white nationalists and antisemites should be welcome in the Republican party, only one voice is brave enough to stand up for the side of tolerance: Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump.
In an appearance on comedian Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast, the president’s daughter-in-law tried to put some distance between Trumpian conservatism and Fuentes after Maher called the young podcaster a “little prick” who would never receive a “Club Random” invite.
“That is an unfortunate individual, and I hate that he gets associated so closely with, you know, the MAGA movement, with my father-in-law,” Lara Trump said.
“He should denounce him more forcefully,” Maher said.
“Maybe you’re right,” Lara Trump said.
Not the most forceful stuff, to be sure, but still stronger than what the Heritage Foundation, JD Vance, and even her father-in-law have offered when it comes to Fuentes. So thank you, Lara Trump!
This Thanksgiving week, I want to say thank you for being a False Flag reader. To read the entirety of today’s newsletter—which looks at how a new Twitter (sorry, X) feature that allows anyone to see an account’s geolocation is roiling the MAGA ranks—you’ve got to sign up for Bulwark+. You’ll love being a member: It’s the perfect way to enjoy your tryptophan high.
–Will
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X Country Chaos Riles the Right
The increasingly fractious online right exploded this weekend after their preferred hangout space, Elon Musk’s X, changed a setting so that users can see what country an account is based in.
Over the course of many hours, online combatants, trolls, and political operatives exchanged screen grabs of the “About” pages of various high-profile MAGA accounts, reveling in the newfound proof that these pseudonymous posters had been stirring up shit online to generate engagement payouts from Musk from distant lands.
A few of the dozens of examples that caught our eye include ...
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