After getting BANNED on Twitter in 2018, and being digitally exterminated on nearly every other social media site, payment processor, Uber, Lyft, Uber Eats, & my own bank, I'M BACK!!!!!
—Laura Loomer
Thank you for bringing me back to life, @elonmusk. Five years in exile is a long time. A lot has changed. We are in a different world now, and I am a different man. Things will be different, but hopefully, better. The tide may be turning.
—Carl Benjamin
Thank you to everyone who has supported me while I was suspended from Twitter and I will be forever grateful for @ElonMusk for spending $44billion to restore free speech.
—ALX
The woke globalists oppose- free speech- God- basic biology- the truth- human flourishing- innocent until proven guilty
—Jackson Hinkle
I'm back. Thanks @elonmusk
—Jordan Peterson
What Happened When Elon Musk Brought Them Back?Supported by
SKIP ADVERTISEMENTTwitter Barred Them. What Happened When Elon Musk Brought Them Back?After Hurricane Helene, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the hard-right conservative from Georgia, shared on X the widely debunked claim that government scientists could control the weather. “It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done,” she wrote in one post.
The conspiracy theorist Alex Jones repeatedly posted on X erroneous claims about Hurricanes Helene and Milton, including that the Pentagon had somehow engineered the storms.
“Treason Alert,” Mr. Jones wrote in one post. “America is the target,” he warned in another.
In just those three posts, Ms. Greene and Mr. Jones racked up a combined 72,000 likes, and over 34,000 shares. They are only a handful of the many misleading diatribes and conspiracy theories that regularly appear on X.
Not long ago, those two would not have been able to publish those posts through their accounts.
Ms. Greene and Mr. Jones are among a large set of users who were barred from the site for spreading misinformation, inciting violence or otherwise violating its rules — and were reinstated after Elon Musk bought the platform, then known as Twitter, two years ago.
Many of these people picked up where they left off, according to a New York Times analysis of 50,000 posts by more than 100 high-profile reinstated users. They include Laura Loomer, a right-wing influencer who has campaigned with Mr. Trump; Mike Lindell, the chief executive of MyPillow; and Rogan O’Handley, a right-wing political commentator. All have a broad reach — at least 100,000 followers — and were identified by researchers who study disinformation or extremism on X.
Most hold right-wing or even far-right views, and are part of a broader political shift underway on X. With just weeks before the U.S. election, Democrats have been abandoning the platform, according to recent academic research, while use by Republicans has remained steady. After publicly endorsing Mr. Trump for president in July, Mr. Musk has used X as a bullhorn to promote the candidate, one that many of the reinstated accounts then echo.
The Secret Service and PA Police have protected the SHOOTERThey let him stay on the roof with a rifle.
Secret Service = CIA complicit.
—Greg Rubini, July 13
Who tried to kill Trump?
We already know who tried to kill Trump. Don't kid yourself
—Jackson Hinkle, July 13
Whether this was a CIA-coordinated plot, or just a lone shooter, the Deep State are responsible regardless.
Either they planned the hit, or their years of violent rhetoric and endless MSM propaganda, created the vitriol that led to the attack.
Now, we must cleanse this evil.
—Jacob Creech, July 14
Over half the accounts tracked by The Times have discussed baseless rumors that the attempted assassination of Mr. Trump in July was orchestrated by powerful Democrats. Combined, their posts were shared three million times in the 24 hours after the shooting.
Since Hurricane Helene made landfall last month, 80 accounts have posted over 500 times discussing claims that the government is controlling the weather, or that the Biden administration is intentionally withholding aid from those affected by the storms. The posts were shared over one million times.
In the last month, posts from 51 accounts discussed “illegal immigrants.” Claims that people from other countries were committing voter fraud, stealing taxpayer money and linked to possible terror plots were shared or liked over 2.7 million times.
Emergency Warning Deep State Will Try To Kill Trump Again!
We are in the middle of a Deep State hot coup.
—Alex Jones, July 13
Nowhere on her birth certificate does it say that she is BLACK OR AFRICAN.
@KamalaHQ is a liar.
Donald Trump is correct. Kamala Harris is NOT black and never has been.
—Laura Loomer, July 31
HUGE CYBERATTACK against ISRAEL just took place.
All ISRAELI emergency services and lines are currently facing a BLACKOUT.
—Jackson Hinkle, Nov. 27
ISRAEL COMMITS HUGE TERROR ATTACK IN IRAN
—Jackson Hinkle, Jan. 3
IRAN'S new liquid-fueled Fattah-2 hypersonic missile has officially BYPASSED the missile technology of the United States’ X-51.
—Jackson Hinkle, Jan. 3
Comrade Kamala will obliterate Social Security and Medicare by giving it away to the Millions of Illegal Immigrants who are infiltrating our Country!
—Donald J. Trump, Aug. 25
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