NEW: Harris AI crowd size conspiracy theory runs rampant on TikTok mediamatters.org/tiktok/harris-…

Kamala Harris’ campaign isn’t using artificial intelligence to manipulate crowd photos of campaign events, but unchecked TikTok videos repeating the blatantly false conspiracy theory are racking up millions of views. mediamatters.org/tiktok/harris-…

NEW: Moms for Liberty is raising money to put Glenn Beck’s teen fiction book in public school libraries mediamatters.org/moms-liberty/m…

An important fact about Glenn Beck is that his fiction is god-awful.

New: Scandal, school board election failures, and a disastrous interview appear to have diminished Moms for Liberty’s influence, and last weekend’s summit provided plenty of additional evidence that the group is currently flailing. mediamatters.org/moms-liberty/w…

NEW: Media Matters went inside Moms for Liberty’s summit last weekend and it was…bleak. What I saw at the Moms for Liberty summit: a diminished and desperate group, with Madeline Peltz mediamatters.org/moms-liberty/w…

Our latest: did it for the bit

That's really all there really is to say about this trainwreck. That and that one of the awards they gave out was named after a drag king

Moms for Liberty, the insane religious hate group that Donald Trump spoke at, featured a woman claiming onstage that homosexuality is a "demonic spiritual attack." The Republican party is run by deranged Christian fundamentalists. Video via Olivia Little mediamatters.org/moms-liberty/w…

What Is Moms for Liberty? Meet the Dark Money Defunding Rural Schools barnraisingmedia.com/what-is-moms-f…

Moms for Liberty held its annual Joyful Warriors National Summit at the end of last month. In attendance was Olivia Little, senior investigative researcher at Media Matters, who tells The New Abnormal just how “dire” it was in comparison to last year. trib.al/n6AU10e

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NEW: TikTok Shop is selling black market Ozempic, performance enhancement drugs, and cosmetic filler mediamatters.org/tiktok/tiktok-…

My latest: I wrote for MSNBC about Stop the Steal 2.0, a highly professionalized network of election deniers in MAGA media and courtrooms across the country who've learned from their mistakes in 2020 msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-…

Some thoughts from Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense

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NEW: TikTok’s algorithm is boosting LA wildfire misinformation, fueling panic and uncertainty at a time when clear information is critical mediamatters.org/tiktok/tiktoks…

Some personal news: I'm writing a book about the future of right-wing media Thank you to Sourcebooks for placing your faith in this project and to my inimitable agent Madeline (Maddie), the truest believer PICK ME coming fall 2026

They folded. We're fighting. nytimes.com/2025/07/25/us/…