The right-wing media ecosystem is laying the groundwork for another January 6

My latest piece for MSNBC.com details the right-wing media ecosystem's repeated claims that only fraud could explain a future Trump defeat — and the horrific potential consequences of spreading those conspiracy theories:

The cycle of lies that drove the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is again underway.

Five months before the 2024 election, claims that only fraud could explain a future Donald Trump defeat are already commonplace in the right-wing media ecosystem. Fox News stars and Trumpist influencers are priming their audiences to listen if Trump once again claims an election was “rigged” against him — and to come to his aid.

Read the whole thing.

The right-wing media ecosystem is laying the groundwork for another January 6

Fox's Trey Gowdy calls out Noem for getting ahead of the facts: “I don't understand why it is so hard for those of us in public service to say from time to time, ‘You know what, I got it wrong'”

Fox stars respond to Alex Pretti’s killing by attacking Minneapolis “insurgency” of “hardcore communists” and “jihadists”

Megyn Kelly on ICE operations in Minnesota: “I'm still amongst those people” who “wanted all illegals deported, whether they'd committed a crime or not. ... I want them gone.”

Tim Pool: “Trump is a weak old man”

After comparing Alex Pretti to the BTK serial killer, Newsmax's Greg Kelly: “I can't just pretend because you're dead, you're like the superior person”

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