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

Newsmax guest: “There is nothing American about a Bad Bunny performance. Bad Bunny seems for all intents and purposes to hate America.”

Steve Bannon: “I'm a huge believer in these government shutdowns”

Benny Johnson on Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl: “NFL leadership has decided to hire a cross dressing, America-hating, ICE-hating Puerto Rican dude”

Ben Shapiro says the “general idea” of Pete Hegseth's comments to generals is right, but “we've had some overweight generals before who were pretty good generals”

Dinesh D'Souza tells Laura Loomer that Candace Owens makes “wild allegations” through her “bogus investigations”

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