Episode 140 - "It doesn't have to be true, it just has to go viral" w/Karl Folk

Did Nothing Wrong podcast

Karl Folk joins the Pod to discuss the Dilley Scheme Team, the rise in authoritarian signaling, and the need for Democrats to learn from their messaging mistakes.

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Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:

The pro-Trump ‘meme team’ behind video referencing ‘Reich’

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7228wlpe0ko

Brenden Dilley: ‘It Doesn’t Have to Be True; It Just Has to Go Viral’

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/brenden-dilley-it-doesnt-have-to-be-true-it-just-has-to-go-viral/#google_vignette

Inside the Troll Army Waging Trump’s Online Campaign

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/us/politics/trump-meme-trolls-2024.html

Christian Nationalism in the Case of the Dilley Meme Team

https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/ctec-publications-0/christian-nationalism-case-dilley-meme-team

‘Timcast IRL’ Livestream Abruptly Ends After Laura Loomer Calls For Executing Democrats

https://angrywhitemen.org/2024/05/31/timcast-irl-livestream-abruptly-ends-after-laura-loomer-calls-for-executing-democrats/

'Hang Everyone': The Far Right's Violent Rhetoric in Response to the Conviction of Donald Trump

Steve Bannon Vows Purge if Donald Trump Wins Election

https://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-purge-doj-trump-elected-1905739

Steve Bannon Issues Warning to Donald Trump's Enemies—'We Want You to Fear'

https://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-warning-donald-trump-enemies-fear-1903830

Trump's Deportation Army

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