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</style><![endif]--><!-- __merge_tags_in_links__ --><style></style></head><body class="a" style="margin:0px auto;padding:0px;word-wrap:normal;word-spacing:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"><div role="article" aria-roledescription="email" aria-label="email_name" lang="en" style="font-size:1rem"><div style="display:none;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden;"> How celebrity gossip is luring women and queer people into alt-right conspiracies.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ </div><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" class="gg"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table role="none" width="670" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="aa" style="width:670px;table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td class="bodyWrapper" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:10px 5px 10px 5px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;border-style: solid; border-color: #FFFFFF;border-radius:10px 10px 0px 0px;background-color:#FFFFFF;" class="c"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr id="header"><td style="padding:15px 15px 0px 15px;"><div style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="f" align="right" valign="top"><p> June 10, 2026 | <a data-read-online-tooltip="true" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxzHzk_dZAfgDdopHfyE7vogfSolZ98omLshIIU2KNRRawNMI6sc93OUBgHKNfOiwVi0KmU23zW22SFJI_X6nLdrnEFsXCsuJxpSZoSaYWQpawk4zse7fWFseuLXIu1Q69iQ09u57nV9A6bzcwBaCRK-Wm_5pc3zEVLDIq2CBFGJpadOPIBGB-XGBM_Nd7Lz8n2CIUCoIIPgfW5B1FUL2vHMGHfpfVI5zmmpKP7MRP_c81h8aBu_xZ14N_MDL9DLH9IYzVaAkkVX9yOsgU6lacARaGglWeqgXLDfgvieEA48PHpBE0KGfSIF8ADNp-QnVSra96i9A4bKaM1z8QEE-yx_yVnhgmR-Pjvk5fUoJizKwhCUaZ2-UY5MH0Y9jtKc3uBt_fnYhUQsMPRMCUD4FRckGjopeOyIOrxaK71J-9L12eK_6XESRF1HM_o2S3yMmrsc_OjZA8fchvH5YQeGswuunauuZ1k52aO71s0E8k0RGglUX-lG4rAvgKK_pSvter2HbHWV3rbyxPfey7EFPatzm_zFZ_QKHcjxdOzhfl0NpAcV1h_vBxcFD-BfXZ5YQGueJnUgOS-KH4O9lZwgYXgnvf4rnZ6jtOgire8EOO-esXv4JTZrvVhL4hhW9xILhK0jZWlvNXiAEhcIOCsnCScddYvNZiM2PGA199SWBR-XRqyFY2Az9h3vb7gMkJxWUqoSWzL-FE5QAxFbWczLyvOck6qzLHqRoj__yPWpMjUnRPbuy3r1gQY6rfkSK4rzlwI/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h0/h001.QaZqx9BLjzPJy8XbDNrts9KuFl5hSzGciLpWWrcmHdU">Read online</a></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:15px 0;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><h1 style="text-align:left;font-family:'Trebuchet MS','Lucida Grande',Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight:Bold;font-size:32px;color:#2A2A2A;padding:2px 0;line-height:38px;"> The anti-Blake Lively to election fraud conspiracy pipeline </h1><p style="text-align:left;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:20px;color:#3E3E3E;padding:5px 0;line-height:24px;"> How celebrity gossip is luring women and queer people into alt-right conspiracies. </p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border-top:1px solid #E5E7EB;border-bottom:1px solid #E5E7EB;padding-top:12px;padding-bottom:12px;margin-bottom:15px;margin-top:15px;"><tr><td align="left" valign="middle"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tr><td align="left" valign="middle"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxwdxXZJ4vS_WNglP7rrPFlRWLgQ1Yoj0wNFXIULLtY-mW9EJ-ZofCsbalt-R1zyqkFdhYJY6Sk2xGmGIcs-sEFBdQwAZfI_1FzIaf7XTqld6eDPgpRhDYpeCiJE-eCccLjl_QCEdKxb89YJwuVhYgSHrZbKY0-3S1ARtm5ezR-FwpE5oeS1DgCIKfv6ENpMoih0Ja8xq-O8V7MKnrHH-e3g5xttH64CeF9ZyqVckgyyhbEatoSVOxrzwAWkgr9DbiAsa3bXWLHIT7L2sBsI86BUnzx6ni1JJ1j6zYL_7GkyUxMH4spZ3rzyIh0A0i8LNAplQA-KY2XsdUwSA7CKM_jKMAvzSweTqYyVxo6r6_rjyDuFdjBsRAB50L2SpkhmI_BNiaBg_WpWBLEvEb2z8ESGEWSfj7-ySd5NchZggG_eWPG-LmTil6PxYv7HM6U0cTD5DFoUULSzlVAtEs_JVYLnCykyLjHEZawoba343JPwTGyI6M-PgQ740d49VV8-N1w2E7qV8N-aXDg6Jk8QHEyTwdx_XqdJB9ub7PuWELaFOxCjfKD-HY71zhr6kyCj0SUQw1EkE7EZyBbOo9ktk7dSLGe_0rbP2NIbFUePgDk0CMAPzD-9k2SVLriexXdqdGBupd634YLRoxrSe0_g1cTSwCuLYpbe1P9ZAoWJY10T2ftCl67QlPNQU5swXqWJv3qXfTiOcSdUEflV9MFiLK1HgE6sHKf28BOv-4cjRo-VKJzONd-5g2sT7g2fivRzCmCBzw6DEl2ySHgqSjvBS3nJCDWtcVobY_8KFHXWjur01mIqwUv6Qyrc43qdSaHb6yNZ4iCw9BNrgN_v2ykpEOoLU-I7WFT1qGBdPdWyxc9q_A/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h1/h001.GvBylODbBZyrp3OhMdbzxAdTk8uF4uA16NSfYzsjh7A" style="text-decoration:none; 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Last week, I feared that the reality TV villain’s <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxz0po9Y9_bZRYAnQGx_EdKmp8qqGxw5TANHkkh1qH4bDXHLHipXf_ZK7y3RZVv4B6gVLhSMU1_14Pw-oU8pWtTreJpMrC9qILzxYyU9gWItpwBX7cFZ_m2DIu_mTgBqXzqUz7BiQ1V8GqV2CpwEVAKrJH6cAR7X3EU5cNx64EWjwt0bsg_g-89TniHecbWe634MCHx_yILdNalLww01Y40Mr2gVRX2RKP4AmH6-GXLKtluphh_Sal3MEydNZG7eOM9pZUY3DimClsjeaH-LgKEHwis3giIuB-pCOkvn9-Rbo81vKE0778ixTkr-E754P3iyC3saOyFb7y3wgG0jGh7y1L-COkkSNnK84esACRCYpKdNL-wu-VG2IgSQWIagPln1NLHET6Jf09Ld3Dc6LblnhMdmAyjP24qZJGjgBDLjSAKzxQIsbcw3Gp4Ig4PFDb_JSUKBW9v33wNKm287CInp5lY2e0eFxR4h85pqTAe-izimP-BHJxKAoiUCdR1AtqFqfK8GrG7KoHkQVMNQwOYwveUrtiqNkANyzcOiOBiKhv0ibj0lEufMOwjGf4QSiKFCy5aIg2T5z2rzxJKWWgG2XfGKHSinWkd48btCpMDADVMgjW0FLW6mBgNrV3ik4Yg4W8Gj93-M4hD4NzrRPevMJn_Szm08odeXM24AZPoWSr-tuaT8sEOplyeqtTdhDSMCwPBeWkVHUT7LMbvQG_gZVabbC6kV07eznXGg0MW9jccj3qaG3nGRbNlEPDI8_-C5-VkuSsEb3mmIqit8wZUG/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h3/h001.Usnod-IRNqc1mwiHLulaNqDFauHBJc_0K1wnAomPYcY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>early lead</span></a> in the race for mayor of Los Angeles meant he would spend the next six months campaigning against <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzx0jh14vVL-hDubZuZzcXFtvWeMmsyxJiLJ5r4TOHQzNiEqPaszSl-6M3KRvxadIuay8KXObfsKDM7OU247TZtGlhj-ynQ21csIcnNdvuH1q8IawyPfmoS-1S6HPi8sK3Zm001Q9MdL5zibnA3dhBCTPOFM3jz51Dxe59XNB3AAlBU2A509Sn6wdXynPQ86WV9mPwYXG86_k2uKfWEPXTqJ9hAUJ-6rwgnlaXZ4oaRtKfn4lXR9wEfKXrcP14omZZzufRewI11Xw8tFaTDq99xD_ClPOQJ-KlxFXDdEvfA9-g5Noj_mWXujyNmwG-PqLL-kAgIyGKo9yWCy1dlYr5uo/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h4/h001.yjT3ay9yjNV5XE1I0h5-vNW3qupjiXW7hpd7OGS7T74" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>homeless people</span></a> and resharing AI videos of himself <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.U1lMVaAPjMqLNNPr09SLYJCyLNlzQIeJpb2bd-B29Ho-bSJPinYDR8FK-ev9PBYsjEd6BDhshGAvcUcLJ0lIYG2d5V1_vMmOdXpdcPFZQpREPTLv--XHt3t_5E94mqKBi600jEv_wwJGZvq-qagPbzsCHghML3Q_g3xkp_haPCr_DkswKFVinzF_5ZSVQK4OCUY7Z6XINGL67s8asHZlJ4sPygusKV72HjOfQ4DnENd4JhukuMpEcv16izOp8fZeVRZkzhg3iF43TwyKlQcOmT8EZgCqY3MfRCd8asvJPhyhT4d-vB6m832RyS9E70B4IGvFCx5b3-d9sljY211WX7jWR43-jLteN0WAXWSGHOIIiRFE_6B5nt4ooOEVIadq4n8QAgdvV2L3ZKNL285XNocl6mEJiFX8gyLxAjAGbwY/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h5/h001.ed-ryl24q-lGJIi-gflH1iejGG_39Q7hP5f0UvbZwfA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>as Batman</span></a>. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Fortunately, that didn’t pan out. LA City Council member <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz8MjUOBW2NKIHT3mtIXm6YVL2_iUUZpAFMa0FJj9N7UE8QPwC22sQVrOEtgFGNPoVs4-EHFoEXXPuM-A_hrFqTtHuRhtuf31dlO7M100gXHm04NnEXFQTL0VqJWbIFGzwYVo2xBWMXiz1Qp4aIbGycBMSS4aOC7N5sphvcQkpGThnAoYRy3QhhQ0RwObSXmbIDM_lQ1jWhxdZn-ciLJOPVAmY0iB1pVEGEut38usEEtRV0v2FXnTAhg1Y0AvjQRBnO6YODn_vhdbnE0MWTByJVM/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h6/h001.gcmuCV_bqk8nPO6dSC1q6CqY8gaXFvoUFBn8r05r290" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Nithya Raman</span></a> ultimately <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzx0jh14vVL-hDubZuZzcXFu8ohp2v7aF5ExOwq4mOuys3g-aMzfO08_DTW0eomwBT9a_onoBr7_RPxHdI0_h1h57mVCtynLa20n6IPjmRVaYjZFhWOB2hN8K8Vc_RPBiY-btJmr4yMKjYFITc6dM7I7XC1RrL52TzYmlOulW4kWI1k7OfK-wVsKTc27Ua3amme-u0-YPUcRNP4oZN5YjISb9rbwunXQR-JIdZn0jnHctZ5cD1gSSv44Wz_woY4CvpWW6vFTkb4rSq4LVdthIcnAIPG5Y1UbVokJCWXmqTbph8W52U9mRyy2KQlN63PLGJ1dgoxfSunG-z6xB-KjnO_k/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h7/h001.6rPMgi745-hONTwbVyzOKm7O5oYSXhBkuoCyaPVSQ2A" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>overtook </span></a>Pratt by about 30,000 votes with more than 98% of the ballots counted. Raman’s progressive platform will be challenging incumbent mayor and establishment Democrat Karen Bass. Pratt—who <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz33XHsKcjrKLLJgEJbnSuhwJGGN57RCm9FMbhVymTV7zao4XS4G5QB1fB8851kX10gJWprLJjzBbNOUUuat9jNbfaYGt59jEEBfOsmrKUCdax4r3PIX55f2_u7hTkgkrJf0SdPN4DI5XkTY-gEnEBVvDCOpvYn7NacGUSIVJQ2xQobw0zy0hxli176FgwNkSim54GNXNOOkHN9GIBJd08u_6McCyASFdN7qTh8TCO0LCq3aNzwLMW_sJdGDHQs8owaIFyAFKOdy9SL1-3ec5CSfp9m-D8X2kBxseaqkZgsjuCkdE5cPICft5kCCIA2mYGkG70dwRVDpI6abZAmAbzxWFRpnV3b5fenUz6V40l3Rn9lElHxh54g9N0MV5LqUKxQ/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h8/h001.HzcEIIjWpCjkLnk4WWdyDZjlgRzBgWjFWPYo5N5eGUw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>pledged to leave</span></a> LA if he lost, but was <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzx0jh14vVL-hDubZuZzcXFtvWeMmsyxJiLJ5r4TOHQzNGZQqpQDLHnBB-0vSj4Zf822M4HCvxMA_CU6WTc7vaaUxwN7iLpyqPK9AP3qjtUd0Nl2VnXn_Q5SVv_jGYvaBG7GKeqo3hUEeyLTnrc0Wv9R4FhaUW9A6QTSuJw31nBcl0CLCK3E0H6Fib3tKahY7yL2D1ornUbIY3g56b9b-GniCEpWMuSXESrpa_Vba_96TwJZQBaYr7iXJJs-5oSNSSc7132ol3d2BEyJMMsCLYbRQGZ3xQuDmpw3CvvlsEewNLxhrfGrMc6KbzdAtczH5lpWhXCXIl-exF2rRMqLkFVkO3_cXYaEt-7YWOB5Hk4FcgUBX4z1uyCcLbuXIbZnG5cjjAw2DEfE91LYHyIWtkFvjkMrAS5fo1GwltgzDMW41FtYxAG93lHVy5bw61828Sw/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h9/h001.PqRzX2HJ3JbXEq-PmhuNCCjSQ0TQQ-aCSvnGGpf8qkQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>already living</span></a> in Santa Barbara and the <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzx0jh14vVL-hDubZuZzcXFtvWeMmsyxJiLJ5r4TOHQzNlEbMfs-7qHlM3u864hUDB4jRQLtaoMHS9R5QQjAYl-QRUfvZky6eSXA60S5iiLTz5l9nt4lCEKr7kKTgxMifdQjVOMb-4Yx42L2DV2Gaxb9BxK6FzoMBxy9rDZhA6G-ANTR3Fm_KAEw6-f-bU0UYLc3-iRCFYcvEAS5IZmufElib9hYxVe5iSuTR-Px-0fP_q0a4xhZ9VkDhFSCvO_YB-HePSHs2sHYBGnwALUO9J2_Ef7Bc5x1ukSFpUoe5B1eDdk1f3CcnLtQQueNYUGYTyEiwwLUbOUlsYfk-MYunKu7VQJoHdeL-jan1wRF114wg-szxf2cmO56pfxxGU40WSw/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h10/h001.sfzn13ndSnoTlZTXNuGuxuP2-npJBTuWwau32sc9Hgc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Hotel Bel-Air</span></a>—is probably coming up with his next monetization scheme already. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> It isn’t surprising that LA voted for two Democrats over a <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzwcmijWHR_CFdJCBKFpDH5msdXKev3s89gtfXfuFrmrzdZ6ovHDnIMXPelRmT_s05iWZEaLPrC7eeLdFi43uNOjW6oKWnMd_0syLiIIUhL_fUP4DRodWhlivzYn2nNm7DnDtocRabx8V1XiREYoNeneXIZ-7lFk-5emtZ3nlkfU_-tAkGtMEJEeHbEjwunI2D39qP9JY0s-kS71P1I0Gxp9xSIlHjbEr_oOncuYtTWsnC2Ub6maB0ZcaxxxeZ2VRVcj-B8yNsi7kx5M5AFoahAtz_DP1yzLHciTCWhntdzpQ9PRyxXWWUIizYk0yg_AXZw/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h11/h001.oxvEWUyobr9F7wNBM6XIll9CnlpQi9cvLJX1K46L3hc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>registered Republican</span></a>. But Pratt and his MAGA supporters are <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz1YH0vL8rEwpVt69oNb1XO6Vq67uqQd887t9l0UQxilE_dFSC-gEyugkGD_YRLEV5EyiDgF_L4-kcEPIhMwRtZ8gdALuruhoMTP5EzBeZXfaXV-lopZMFH6S9aVwHyreI_4XSlBkZzXzIn7zGovSLqHO1wfIlh5L5yvxKhC1LdM6Ey4-vrTfVn-VBddvOEySK26QOZ_AAN1Ib28jVrHLXy8UVfPt5DtD13HVVRCbBnterp_X6JfH0G22xmRqzbzvTXyj3vEGWdB_YMGHPF-vNq0_n3x9ny8ID2SmN3VD2LXK_B8LgJbQ8IH3yb6vE2nih6aPSE9tC2b5m5LgIxL7kM8/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h12/h001.YHdjc_SVJ3bQuh7GqwraxrwXpZSedcdK_6NkcjBkFiA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>pushing a conspiracy</span></a> that he only lost because of election fraud. There’s no real evidence for this, just like <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz-mlJ1sCGwUdkTIhi1nH6ojZxWyEgaGEL3y9-oRWeIRQnmcQxwzjQ5u4AVUDeoS3zf42BvNYR_7ragJLKGhxWWRyIR-F9FE94JaONeq0gAuJ_Pk7gnvwhWmkxQoCRdLFNksSvxMph68N5rZhb4qSC4UDJ7tGuQr30canF64eRUO6UooYByjhodQPCOW9-xkpGjJrZCwEUbHjm9FnBVTLYtkSl4nEJcyttQT1AlEZCL8_hA8bBoRyXombFmVvcfhd4doHHPwyrgyY5Wd6GzikD1AT-H2dXz4FeCg251aKQkif/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h13/h001.HZxsMOx_CFcm-NE8IDllmkDjAc_uHAr7OL27nI14MLw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>there’s no real evidence</span></a> that fraud factored into Donald Trump losing the 2020 election. Still, it’s not harmless or fringe. It’s a <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.n1IEs7xClbkLfz6xkBCaiYR26_5-EybNAuG1lP-bnrpHZ_YaAXKL137CLj-Km5xVQplfzhb4Ygxz3PF9V-NESQKRPZkdOpy6NIY_vRq48SMiZfDGc2eQvqOP9U2YdoSkc8mb4qy-25Wr8PGo59PMl7m8pdtlBF5MLRVlSrzkhoJ8i-A-TFz9lKHOD1_uiIf8Ga5PJDM9FD-LCZe5QcDXYGq_eUW7kzj66EFGTjFIQyQfZugyci92KOYOWt8kWb3EUnUk6ChSPhzJrVrt-M0Lmr6ocD1RNRTaL6VBRoNq5YUtzfQsqRc_Qdone5BQSyfXbH37m6hNmeuG4FbcsWMTyg/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h14/h001.iukPA3pHfh4ppdHgTuMemv98-UtAYRq9Vk3zn-MMVm0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>preview of reactions</span></a> to the midterms and <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.3nA-t7clmhywZGhYV-QlMUIdHnrmHLbNNbTajsSszNMvrLZwSefMqhSP0zSGvURrhn18yIDU3C71ZA1OrK-i6zsKV90eJKCFq5Vb9P7ydnnGRS-rHCLxVH_RMQEEGTLYXhAacuvUVTFyCjdSeF54Hjjn_rXoEIw2ePSleR78kw-pbcQLkjv6t3kyoaJ6i-0JzwsDaJho0T7XeTFqzWshGRTMur08HnQ3HTu5btZ5EBuQ_ofOk0CkBr-wOd-pniJhUthDL0gm84T8Di-MiYX-lq1v_Ohq0JrzSUHbcFR6D6iH4JrShyVE2tYb2ipNgheGhmuJnS10NogU-a54nkoMn4N-smL61CFkAjQIJV-WBPNsmt8njLaKKynIQ_Ri9Js_UJF5DlY_ULUBDZisDOdKsw/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h15/h001.sGK--1-tR-OBeTUm1xCTBcx4dKi7BFAli0qvBhyEPis" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>potential fuel</span></a> for far-right political violence. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Trump <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.U1lMVaAPjMqLNNPr09SLYLbUx8w5Ve5YkTLh5JI3sSAYqeg0SJ53NUKKRG9Fscc5VRwTJJX9qjI6-j0InZ1OaELRhOCLgGiTAUeI8eyKwDmJknKazPwCxa8q7kn-OVQ-dQ6RWWUtcqh2NZy5Edx0HkENeX93HeZUF5j9IYZBnchIPRHER8lFpqORPfa4hn10YZu2QPbU8Fr2DfvhpHWgWrh0mRPWeQmboPWlb6hZfTTZ3ShIOEFVjXg-g8MgESRI-VOjNRjLShhVvV8PwKt-4Lij5aPDFRoCb5kd033icGEuX4Co-SFzDBr9eC_0yKK_KwuA3Zhc7KopuihYT7M8dg/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h16/h001.xXbCDAZ4YH21sI_1zR5E6HVAUnz7aSR7QniWbSQ2OwY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>falsely claimed</span></a> the LA mayor’s race was “rigged,” conservative influencers <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzzE3eJPhTlE3Lzvtt3AIV2ZFG_aLnQ4as55Vz5u0sqUXwXuchD0Kq9eGqEE8T7dE8oc4OIwOUqHKOumj5aiikI_HTcYDaiwmR8ZHSRvQienbYR1UH9n3PZMN-3MZMv5iOEEZY6A32O9kuHizIUX_RQpI4GxtgbWjHbS41OJ_hYby8FhBLXf06e0sZDzsVMVNCxXowIWPUlyv2eEq6PKK7aFR3SnMJPs1fQXWPl17Y8y6s58KtJCdw47t5rBMBTZ8MmAoNttvzTOcVi9QQ-7nmHdDmXqlstBKjT-tpNzBIN_c6J2J6GR2zAl--O2w8JzoD6bw2vb9iVjqgniW1YQoTNtqQaQVt69QnJ7XjjDJaNg_/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h17/h001.U7yRz-Z0yaZYPF50e9-9eDy7bDGXrOyQn7-wAt7kbYA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>got paid </span></a>by betting markets Polymarket and Kalshi to post that California Democrats were “cheating,” and <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz1YH0vL8rEwpVt69oNb1XO6Vq67uqQd887t9l0UQxilE_dFSC-gEyugkGD_YRLEV5EyiDgF_L4-kcEPIhMwRtZ8gdALuruhoMTP5EzBeZXfaXV-lopZMFH6S9aVwHyreI_4XSlBkZzXzIn7zGovSLqHO1wfIlh5L5yvxKhC1LdM6Ey4-vrTfVn-VBddvOEySK26QOZ_AAN1Ib28jVrHLXy8UVfPt5DtD13HVVRCbBnterp_X6JfH0G22xmRqzbzvTao4pkuXLXWBqTtfxs8DaE4d55wEr1vYcpALsZWypkHEmyyDwtRucEM-VMgahQPXa8qjLd6WqSp1UqtCeJPmtHQ/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h18/h001.iXdIsxCOP1_AzWaFHQvwVc4jeH2ELTKpteQGR--By7g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Pratt himself</span></a> suggested that Raman was able to “find” extra votes somewhere. Alongside the usual election deniers, I noticed another kind of commentator joining in: anti-Blake Lively podcasters. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> On one hand, this crossover makes perfect sense. Pratt is also a longtime <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.v5jdO7zlviFOnLWibVs1pW0yGuPoFve0J2tBMbczXSYrmb9xHdS2EEW0DhGMR3B1QKzbDi0t1aDkhy1KqC7mq2xeXCe3vayWaw4SkJbz4atAu2ggemO1hLm8MZqYjASPKjd7GoN_Pk6JXRC6XHsj5kHRLx_BMm4sCK-QGxvCdsZhR3qCr0NtAqJCvJje_X5B4EAf3gyfvVZbejayweJ17pb3N2s1e8r13Wzmq-D26w-rDE70yY2KCKG0Siti44r-K-iVabITkQKQM4J0NIcLr3SkCSUigVjQRWIbWX0mxFM6072-QINKU8pYr0gViLUt8uXaH41joLgKl7pavOYwEQ/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h19/h001.OfquorXj9BqrbgjOFf4KWSkcvqKtns2lCA0OVstSxTI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>pop culture podcaster</span></a> who has more recently used the medium <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.v5jdO7zlviFOnLWibVs1pW0yGuPoFve0J2tBMbczXSYrmb9xHdS2EEW0DhGMR3B1W-2oEIyKuTfYLi6lRp-I4gRvUBQTeLtoXFV5gaOa7xhDwytLHzDkjXNCrql9QsO4HouK50PJGhWAGwsuVQ2Nr4vITImGNmBqCoA0f4RHgCle5fpBM2Aol-iO5BeG_Ck4b981MtlfZjMXxLuNt9aRY6jebGWfVRGiMiVLtMypYYlGtJEmq3E8nK-q1NSqFupOEeCmzSykMNW1XC5Ceb3A1Mc8iEUseMab7_-thfEUEiW3hyLx56HzjcvgcGXLdYwpeY244blGsWc-SnfzGfeBrSKs2IHe0UG9BvnR96tMYW0/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h20/h001.FDUR9GTlC5l_A1a2O2NTCxeT-LW--PxygyhAup1b_6M" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>to promote</span></a> his political ambitions. Some of his campaign’s loudest supporters were people in the reality TV and celebrity gossip industry. But the content these creators are posting goes beyond endorsement to craft entire narratives that undermine trust in elections. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/588b717d-c43b-4233-8e4d-cd095095c994/Screenshot_2026-06-10_at_1.52.41_AM.png?t=1781070787" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="t" style="width:630px; padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px;"><p><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><i>SHERMAN OAKS, CA - May 16, 2026: A portrait of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt n a residential neighborhood of Sherman Oaks on Saturday, May 16, 2026. (Etienne Laurent / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images). INSERT: </i></span><i>US actress Blake Lively attends the LACMA Art+Film Gala in Los Angeles, California, on November 2, 2024. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)</i></p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> It’s also not that different from the way they talked about Lively. After the actress <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz4y2e3JRXYLdN8WM8otMb6cGL877QaqCRgpZyP75E0cqSSMrOah5PTghPTGV_leo3190Rg8uWpLUcSq3TgXD21l7QDP12ce9_6uxcKFSev7mgXOIa2ah6OKaAEj3-Eu8qcX6xsqgHDzxEAOulstG8HshM9Ev6J7GMPmPZZ5nOPGd3dS-5bfTEcoNW-C7ufTyqJITth_S_myNnHhYjeM5WJJW9AQPZ_zErqivqVb4r04monmFJknxmTa08s1G6gPBPYOBs-s1EfLsr-Gz2mubXEc99W3clOnk0boq03BaUnplVYw50ykVpI-nfRL8g6j2ovYItwDSX_I1Hyry5_utDFE0rsa54hqR_xhGbgVi-CAq8ZQjpJl-afddRI6MGthqdw/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h21/h001.SsBPmpqO6fY7nyeL0kdPrTvtHynHeLBNp05ACfJG8eM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>alleged in 2024</span></a> that her costar and director Justin Baldoni sexually harassed her on set and retaliated further with a <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxy4bYQdqKKVyk-sRvj9Rz_IpruooD2F7F_6tZObYB2jrN5TFxAULCc4C7EWhq05tnu3kfWHQOYibpLyoBZR2U3jvdCgU6ZC4LaieSYSVuYpksNdA3fzdQokFAGiDMFztuLi01BEiPS3Kkcv5Pr0kQsO09S9s8CvbDUppN6Yos8DnwqXFBlaojp1HlZ6TETSXDeskYAfE1XVDtojVaky7sY2vJHErYGVfjXuw8FdykHZ4VxJAOGr4jhTD4ptaDfcjx9Z03Q1R0XAHlWSHR68bfZ1QT1rBl68Yb4a8YBRDvuVDGu4TKUcHdCXblztPssPzEyN4BBzXfeqp2OgQyyXHD-e3iUyW8zX8l-80bpCSA5riQqJP0RpfKySLwLX6mqJWflWpkBGoT_HCU59FAsY4v5btEV8SmsUmtRljKmhliMP1q3nKyMmF5m9e-_r53fbKpSHzhPWsRDAiSkOIHcSuDakPNDkUXRCt687wsnVDu_DEX99_fK7fnVCZopLDXUR3F_RmbKp3rb-b2ZBgvkw7M-ZJE7Qw0pOP2p-TLKrUfutd8o8BVatwNilhQZUh6eY5Fuzonw0R11iUbN4vuAUXZ6GCxiH0dkKTZL38fEcIs7JNtpd7gKOpT6xPUamB_aAn1OF4EXqMHuyx9eju4feDR5nkHsjS2GTzATci9ZsVFml2lGO7h_UlQei4H1nHhPGNYGvOuevE-0eWNh2AyJT3WaEsv72YGVgj_DLXUJNyuURtLYSBe1wx14UK8J2_VdJxgYZbddka4RjujDzhoztdUF2/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h22/h001.jorFAB1ZA_k1TP7KuRYUZdlGxos-5xYrCYD5u8Zdwa8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>paid PR smear campaign</span></a>, anti-Lively commentators began churning out frequent and even daily negative coverage to counteract her case. Instead of disproving her allegations, they relied on character attacks like <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz1ysX8TlR-T2AV_IxD2TLxpxjYPs3bsRXGvXIuiVng5H4AJyWALGrI5hLD8MpJGx7BZA0HJnkEb2pJh6W2Sotwk4ueqDdTghvLOf0qa9G1ThCSKjgdlwJchjHgY_fMDa7qNApgCjCvJ1e_kMzrcicHt4FaSHhHgE3rLnKg99X4_HbIatSsAxD4yhfYFDc8jPqYxtNtA7_d-V_GkjjC_2GOhEXgECDUaanW6r0HLP7bXmp_AT2u5bgTIHBbJv5xaM1xdGsGpqkZrI3gOeoKpYE0_pMH9j9VW3z2zxk59T2M3wIGwh4IrU5e4BiMERMXRXXNqEseqHV027NXCwF_FyMtY/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h23/h001.Psa4xLoYks6HWNXsrm6kVhy_oL0cYnPox2HubO6v0QQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>derogatory nicknames</span></a>, spread unsubstantiated counterclaims, and suggested that sympathetic or even just neutral judges and journalists were secretly working for her. After Raman surged ahead of Pratt, they used the same playbook. Instead of showing evidence that Raman’s voters were fake, they justified their suspicion with character attacks on her, Bass, and <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.ke39WvCfsq8Y99teWgMXH_Cex9leIgcqqR1BgmtRzTjZQXeaORDM1RZSMGOp1CwIluJp039hhq5RpIWJX5V4bdcR5LWIvNYbugO8neepA5d4K3G-Cq2JdMO7XUbi-1VWkcNdq6HcnCTZjv-M8DgR-UO5C-0T3Ig4OXgrntWVt9N-w3_boVK151zrCAwmnrmTRu9MfM1Pd8qxeWsK2oUYprGY0B3z3MA3Pckio_aFYqRjHvL2dHtkQHjkhKeXGExQn-OPMXTq4TgBqs8u640olTiKi7sAH2DJidyAUe37MFUs2oSJ76pDcFyE9ntPCMpV/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h24/h001.Iryls3FQx9XQFZbUrDMIMKGp0ZNAZ-4IClMrJjk6qWA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>their voters</span></a>. Their rhetoric included meme-inspired phrasing like “the math is not mathing,” insinuating that election officials and infrastructure used to count votes are faking totals. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> This pop culture-to-politics pipeline funnels celebrity gossip fans into alt-right conspiratorial thinking. The genre has been overlooked compared to the manosphere, in part because the creators and audiences involved are dominated by women and queer people. But hate trains against famous actresses and other high-profile women can travel far and wide, carrying near-universal appeal in cases <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxxBq86FcUO7lK-U_ICXTWxWU2PNG9T8u0f_dL_ExbdnoqAB_9acQigHz4h82C6Sy-SvTCOvz1LvJczwUiBTP5JkvhU7SjB6kaALWG60r_GNPKdYKwMVkPjgTfkTzLB-UFoTnfqO8winMyynzW27A39H293pqqdkUPurdzIxeLYiW-5qg68RB-pgCzsmpukTyxpMC3nyI9P-NdeAQXr-dJLCKBRq_El09RJQBDeE_nRJcuSPHyP9D3ppqNG6gxcvskUmhg5QoA0S3BgwGKpfgp8UnbRI5wnmS7ikm9qfqQ8iFBhTglQEepbGJI-YBM1509AFXsmpw7SeiIW4d6hv-QuCDxRecouJGp--DAtoNGwJhF1AJM4uzlifNotZdz-FaZvpeqI8__p6E4kjk2J3yByVSZmHVqkOo4zInvAlz4PQstDmeybPBLPkYJye8rGkKKLmG2zfun1dP7FTz5rvw8cqLXzNzpRbttfBbGE6vfV3E1pxDbcGaVj7jdc-0bb2w6H-BZ4eKlMI7UyVu786CQLzz9fPS0XIeWxD1H2gYEEHyhsvqwvj5k1yvVonIxxYeuZ1Cfu7oWhqH5CLZScwcmpFxbvVTzgtljdVbmwABr1EA9vL2MDMwl2-P_XK1XK6wnKAMuyq561YIKZvKi5-MtTb1Xt5Ot_F5cZ7ru2bCk02OyKJXhGNNtB_DcgMhjYv1AeRdHUBUZ4Nsm8D96DveBIF4xIV840JEinyehKbWJv1ck4bslGpmCAkocOfSGqfwnE/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h25/h001.-ZSaBnJqVp38B7D4yPTuKJkI_RD-Jq6rTwTL-2jc_EA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>like </span></a><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxxBq86FcUO7lK-U_ICXTWxWU2PNG9T8u0f_dL_ExbdnoqAB_9acQigHz4h82C6Sy-SvTCOvz1LvJczwUiBTP5JkvhU7SjB6kaALWG60r_GNPKdYKwMVkPjgTfkTzLB-UFoTnfqO8winMyynzW27A39H293pqqdkUPurdzIxeLYiW-5qg68RB-pgCzsmpukTyxpMC3nyI9P-NdeAQXr-dJLCi8tg8ZDKR59sMOudHxw62OY8rJTlk_Z0EkSXmRYbez5UolButILamgG8OXXyFos1qMVtGRyG-GVPKxn2NuK1IrgiaRhAv63_IsTATLv5v1nZ0QhIT-DnFZ2hgyQO4C9KSoyDeP0GePv0XFH_8N331BO_rB-EnU2_aWDCYeX0pkT121GUlb29dv29GaKcxA9n7175SgUowF0ODa1b-Y3URjVPbzbBVmrTudJy0KiEJDUmr9HKJViFjgtIQZ9gzWSnsHfgmeinM4EcpTPrN306WLjgGUAiDJxb6DJngH_ZbtcGYBFtDgE0YOs-2hbR-LPcf8utIB1NFkM9gBB8ExuBz_IwVXlgjwamiYTAmUD1kZ3PyB6UyZjufntG4wfRyRpJ0fbBX0EVXPqttv8yR6jZTtYkMw1gxDaanUyttNoH-4N0XfRCrCnFd6qrRu2W2d3gQBPUaCKrXtezW5NDxbuJpQUW4VZXTIYLcWOnLlpqbgCHgP4kWBPQSI17p2QdP_rvDPMFuIcTGJd_olpEf2vA0cWeVzvnUR5KkzFDE0bDcRo/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h26/h001.jdDelvqWTf-1INSTuju7Bq_ROor9mRC_RNxG_i2GExQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><i>Depp v. Heard</i></span></a>. These kinds of smear campaign tactics have increasingly converged with politicians and politics. They have significant downstream impacts in addition to how they disrupt their targets’ lives and reputations. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> This pipeline isn’t new, either. It’s just revamped for the creator economy, short-form video, and Trump 2.0. Tabloid media has long occupied readers’ attention with juicy gossip about celebrities while simultaneously feeding them <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz7VpfbNLiq2JBXlkH9eRnKSnA74ewq-QEz--NexXcZQoLrUj5oTVK1FhmmRLFHHDv1TRkf0uh7bsCTz-jUBnai8atLD_-cla4vkRlGehOwcIVPx1AI-4D1MBdyLM0dXvPiGMXzY_pm84x11QUIcFWt1v2WPWoIZwtxM2Zx2eiXjb347DWCc8NcftQ1VtKiMfI7MF-joXJwlfh2sDGIzQbuGxiCh36lIv-W1JGGl09AiBKV5N1gqUfj_3cnxCh1lfphCUTMDZVuqDE7guadLxC2PQjaXz1n6IlD6jJCTTDAZ09xHPzc0uxTwnRNjKorv9gs-tj9X160kq2LgbyHQL32k/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h27/h001.pqvflq6piHClJ3GDPEoXDcmFMlLz2s1YZpGEV2SZ1vU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>conservative talking points</span></a>. Nowadays, the girls and gays spill the tea (verbiage <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz81Z1CHCo41OP8f_eFu2t00aakteXyxzBzGuGNAX3jbg8mUPm3qhz2OybUs5c47SpYrsoFzrrB8Ce0j17UP6Okl6SqF3n_ShPUVcEteAtrUbz_biI-ra5xZIG-uiLHH5pmWeoU3endJ-tUmGiBL7Eik3yMnDrSZqt177lX0VpvBq7Tf2Lu5HfGr8-AYjxMNh_32IkSBgWvBsNgYUvK9D7ilfD3eqd7r7ChvrMsTvXYx213mSoc7W69PDAktQsVDrsoLuOgc88iuG43V_HRy5ztsNrY59XOPGz_mvNrqehtL1wlYy8-tqnfymLLPNy6iKCg/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h28/h001.GlDS_0N6K9DSh4FrmVz3zA8RtwWvC2eDI7gXkKpQapY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>lifted from</span></a> the Black queer community) on their podcasts about Bravo stars and Hollywood mean girls. Then, they might accuse a woman of stealing an election from her unqualified opponent, which is not all that different from accusing an actress of lying about sexual harassment to take control of her director’s movie. </p></td></tr><tr class="btn_row"><td valign="top" style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:12px;text-align:center;width:100%;word-break:break-word;" class="dd"><table width="100%" role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:14px auto 14px auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="background-color:#030712;border-radius:8px;mso-padding-alt:12px 20px;" class="btn"><a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxw-9UbDfvT-b-BqkIB088N2wQpjnzw-NaITW1jeWzFGuw3aExvhNl781Pg2zKEM8rBxhOZ7jR-NRDvqZI1a0S4rEKk_9jUMj-Q5uBYTwfmEaJU8oVr7d21KNFsZTWy5nRvXkpz5dMRat4WfUJgByM1_ZW22FNB0slKYV5CbKxBlP0RJPybCkuil5_9wG4jUpvg3huMfLDibJBcnSrDSz-KjhgcmQQ89m3JmmTmoRUksoKJS0dzARLtxBYE4t5lcfesmRbHIkJ_M-x4L69ujjKjSU6H8wpAw_wj53A25xKBO3VdosgKefhY_xL4IQfUXLPkSjoTqq3HXSI4dsSxmP5DiQ3gmzW9n9ucBh4pQp2FmCijdN_NCrYaGZdenLT4fsvpchY5QNqV9Ldlm0eC1P3bJiqY2YP9cVsAEUf3mpCULkeYXjXmDwFkfzSAwmEPdZ1Uou3IDRTRfCWAOB2-ntHrWC3dXXjDECju0or46V2mHeLpRzwNfdnotR2aY5MgRPBvmUv1ilQLb1Nk-JF00aFIHPmsU7JMGAhbp6EA4vzGkx4R2p_FJi_1h9Q0ZMrkIE0AeP_tGKOwc9BSjVsdf5qwWWRhTEvd6G6XJAlF-9LIvH9W34QEHNS_xx-OhjoI49P-G4NqGxuCxM4JCrRVFhed5iumEVniCSY58K__pAgDAWw8dZp2kz-2yTWngRvQIdk0SH0LxDxwukirOtqy7avAi3xNMFpB-sl6VZUu4maNB3EBj7gfK0XEACpb4rgKlUyMuOSf5xm-N5cQd1ojFll_jNgX_2RBgLwA3rt97l7SIqQ/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h29/h001.LiqkrLlTcd6JCl4H3K9LhdZQf2M2763WQQwBTSEZkxc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="background-color:#030712;border-radius:8px;color:#FFFFFF;display:inline-block;font-family:'Verdana',Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;line-height:18px;padding:12px 20px;text-decoration:none;"> Support Spitfire News </a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Back in mid-May, I noticed that Pratt had reshared <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.ke39WvCfsq8Y99teWgMXH3vpoB5HuVdkAfK6ZuhExgvYq0kxC70QuWKjCWRVfskJ5mqbEqjXCHQoSZvxXnbpVX8dYHUJMfqhpdvYyP16HUMVcI9tveGUBiiiO-_G0obvroqPBVyXnNn26tTgufA7yBoEfPVsiw5XlpdzAEPr0kMCco4jvBFnmDvmlgs7bg4U1jDXg0gJYQX8jflZtWkr3qRGV_GmCzyYbV4aUXuZj2XYtAVNftOpl1zGrXoaVl25pCf8KAZ33GoiKQ89Iu4ZYr_0sQUK3zfZXhWWofrudlfCZtEQ83zLVmQ1MnhkOfdH/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h30/h001.3z8n5pbeiGJvD1iGjR6I_XlH8Yti31Jg4n-FDHu4Jj4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>an endorsement </span></a>on X from a prominent Lively hater named Zack Peter, who hosts a popular pop culture podcast called "No Filter.” Even now, weeks after the case <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzwcmijWHR_CFdJCBKFpDH5mOcEzYreOzFCJk7OCDKRXOzrQqbJf7BvEX27jRJlpBc0EpIdngqg6wmzY9SKFbDpqx47wkRNzJoeKgjfBW12mC2x5XArzzG5J5Y_3ZK99EHv6T7PNORHsVXwE5Tu7ZhhKhacGzDWlAggRcjaunbCAFux12ZpNAHAL1fgxlaRdMgjyDJt6otA3cqJe8BYMdM-g_TxlLSYeM-aLna2zqrBgumzM41RBvOPsxDZTRfcwjHTvIZrYgB7yJtZQ74fJMX7-g44HnrxUon94MqktnKNHzPTsNSQfUCXUwdfUjmTPqjvkKFSXG6To6E5-_aRNqkI3cqar58FHLpbt5Z9JAG4S0/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h31/h001.NWXZd2hgdNVyPSC_b5xEvNcADlK1Ytx-Uo0rCY6GWY8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>was settled</span></a> (disputes over legal costs remain), Peter has released videos about Lively’s “<a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz6bgeoSS6YHyl1BTr3Y0_hR7wAyAVA2SxvAaiRgvwORjP72SchBFUxhDyNua9ISIhzpM06l6MPw7BrcPWkWG1TjWjcWrSRiUprUdbBFai3AEX33Klj_EFJGS1JOIj8ZlW8W-Mc6GC3gHKF8DFv8G04ff74rXZtuZDigK8OSXA_btzoCnuqctx4PA9h7G9rSjQ1m2xCnv1HVF2C__W9IXAhV05QKvBX_iC27Bb8WTsPkqss3VozHsEVPm_TTq_oDESLcdpTERgI6KhO3DLcClPxQ/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h32/h001.A2WGJ8P0OC414yQE251YGtjZ3l0DcAdIANwmZh32aDw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>destroyed</span></a>” beauty brand and her “<a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz11qCGEnH1jUNJZkj95TeGYS2ZZrH565ASntulp1IstOMuMvWjH7sNaj6hXf8kh95KxeKPTOfF_SfzRMF2InuGEaDFLVX9L13lfhc4v2BhSMpJb9cHbKVQzPheCYL5DE1lxJoBdHl2YSBynl1gPEt0soYEYRQLn_fefYeugHgf5CFzOhsiqCuTVDOUQaTVJezBfxnpeHBMJvPKqod8gsItbBmtNj5Br2_eweOP2VtVg7h025kH63OWrVHkVDnmioTGu6aY3Gs9oyVAji_FKQcpU/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h33/h001.UV7nWkN6bVJOOusZvza84VTA_w_IJOv0eA-PM7HmIO4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>smug little smile</span></a>” in a selfie with her husband. This mirrors the way anti-Amber Heard creators are still making new content about her case more than four years after it ended. The profit incentive and audience hunger is still there. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Peter is also enmeshed in the mainstream celebrity news and entertainment world. He <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzyJfC8JSWx87gV9E-N9sgcVOJCuvNf01JyapjiiIORrglTqL0gnf8akfSZ29bej6efeFkgIYLyo-CzkYMUmryEwhJY0p5DH9l-hH0BBlSLc4B-ZtXWnCdA4GLOr9HyQ2-A0B94DvFY76Tk1y0CIBQPNkDGOobUiO5WFnzneuCmSFd3wOQ5RWYtghYdQVtMcsetlHbzNXXqdwDyUXn5anXJCrBI13RAaKbj-PQON7aA0N-M9ggLlGtX1Zy7bVZFvLRNFrCP8jHG2VHT99hUyn2CM/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h34/h001.aPx7pa3fvpAp6CRtKiLv6Wm3X4j9BzAMR-bcm41-s6Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>previously hosted</span></a> podcasts about reality TV for The Ringer’s network and he’s freelanced for a slew of digital culture websites. And before that, he also had a stint in his early twenties as the <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz6Yh5RL5fKLLhQBbIyLZo0td2Z2BSBRJhXI0qK4nFpC9cFnO-rdm8looPUBAO7BWnDkuxNyHT0uBiMfjm8VHdoQsZCNOYOleh10NSZTrPB2ATCeO4FXqxLdEvoWWNOWGR56epDJRvTJbZbB1OaLEdjXHCoa1VedxkkIQw8L2McvdkhN_o4yF8QB59VKaoSy1Tdl-FR3ub6-v_xJV-kJat4HrmdA4R9_725ZIaxqqSvcZ5yhJ8MSs-LnLl4XQS8uWPF6zsXfk-NrWm9zWoWSvtPBabqwLffqKe9XlnmZZ0h9Kh8oN1rmlLFxXSAUJ1WzFfwu3ocdeegU8cSZmSxYj-AhDeLaw5ZrRh_TtyK0qgMV-M2KipFwTxWo5THNTbF1ohQ/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h35/h001.3nA42XKwggQMBu8-RrnCh-MJQELQo4ebgHLaXoBIh78" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Executive Director</span></a> for notorious anti-vaxxer Jenny McCarthy’s group Generation Rescue, which pushes the <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzyJEaav0wRYMhC1QarQb472E0To3XsXBGm6zYxIcnCpMTMn-zAm3Uzjve-bpYROovGfKMrCXZFgXxdsWJoO-74Kv3CkT9BCPbLJ6_hAURr5pff0TAUjWhdoUsIFtL787wqwTngj2D29f3GgqamIacqPO-SHpurboaD3G2EQgH8tAK39btaLh6dpWz6BGnH2UTBpYPwNRgTJjrdKDJhsNjH-wBskWG96QPpF03D4EuLLglVBUIFC6K5WIDlL0H7IuQCMJHVPy0lEnNLGsZqG2ZD-ZqrsVZVa2KmnzSIWxNXckj9I-qAQmVhQ6DLAtfPcyuH5WrxncqpB1sATOgj16SL98mGJBWKmkRvsFs0PEpBUSivB3Gw6VjL7DCQQjdLkMCRFvnvwfcaEg7gET2C1L6L9HNNUDzu4Kh7YlWbinsXb3/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h36/h001.J4vzYzBH_XrNZz-ieH9nHVf73hQl1Y5m79zcSSmZRJg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>disproven theory</span></a> that vaccines cause autism. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Oh. Well, I guess it’s not that surprising after all that Peter would cast doubt on official election results. But when he does so, he doesn’t indicate that he’s ideologically aligned with Trump or MAGA or even MAHA. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> “I am not a Republican. I am not MAGA. And my most anti-Trump friends and family I know voted for Spencer,” Peter said in a recent <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz11qCGEnH1jUNJZkj95TeGaTC3-xL4vCdcy11oy8S88Eqcasny7u3UlzvQBgQyLAhYB8NNJ9pyUc6L4AlXCCArQ3qRtiQfG_FpVHsD3i99puwveRmbLpScr7tijbCRvB-o8vLsYkRLnck9yfqaiiHsGOaPpt0N7OjTtqv0Jvr2UBier1f_EbKBp_nSYOdRz4B_g7ynVE7EMU9PG1XB5CIz7TE_NqkgNe3WghV007ACCVtD_0dDJrg2Prl1GT8u4F5gk1IHVeQ9iehV6OfFQXcFo/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h37/h001.gyCcbDAL7nn8eBX0xfkEMhP3LYXN6pP3AwyyVC0aoPs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>YouTube Shorts video</span></a>. “Listen, I’m not here to spread conspiracy theories and say ‘Oh, California voter fraud is a real thing and that’s what happened here and it’s rigged.’ What I am saying is that the math is not mathing.” </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> His comments mostly agree. “Even if you're a full blown leftist democrat, anyone with eyes or a brain cell left can see something is corrupt with this election,” says catherinehumphries5491. “Haha!! I’m here in Southern California and I’ve been watching you about Blake, lively [sic]<b> </b>and other things but now you just got my follow…” wrote a woman whose YouTube account identified her as a health coach and colon hydrotherapist. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/6db47866-ec7d-480a-9e47-256629012145/Screenshot_2026-06-10_at_4.43.37_PM.png?t=1781124243" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="t" style="width:630px; padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px;"><p>A screenshot of a post on X from Zack Peter on June 8, 2026. It is captioned “So Nithya Raman has officially beat Spencer Pratt?? In what world…” It contains an embedded short-form video where Peter casts doubt on the mayoral election results in LA, saying “She basically conceded on election night because she was so far behind.”<br>INSERT: Zack Peter attends the "Scream 7" x Meta Creator Event at Paramount Pictures Studios on February 03, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures) </p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Peter is far from the only anti-Lively, pro-Baldoni commentator who argued that the LA mayor’s race wasn’t legitimate. Another one of them was former Fox News and NBC broadcaster Megyn Kelly, who said allowing mail-in voting <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.ke39WvCfsq8Y99teWgMXH_Cex9leIgcqqR1BgmtRzTjZQXeaORDM1RZSMGOp1CwIluJp039hhq5RpIWJX5V4bdcR5LWIvNYbugO8neepA5d4K3G-Cq2JdMO7XUbi-1VWkcNdq6HcnCTZjv-M8DgR-UO5C-0T3Ig4OXgrntWVt9N-w3_boVK151zrCAwmnrmTRu9MfM1Pd8qxeWsK2oUYprGY0B3z3MA3Pckio_aFYqRjHvL2dHtkQHjkhKeXGExQqyfizNis_9CF1G08v-Mu1CJ4OuQeB5xL858iOkNfT5EarnhFVPj9fkig1kTIlEcD/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h38/h001.8-Y5V92qcCvyDBDi1GsLXDa6wsAT1riPdkYsUW5xON8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>was illegitimate</span></a> in itself. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> “I mean, these are lazy ass people. They can’t get off their fat asses and get to election polling stations on election day,” Kelly said. Five days before that, Kelly <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz6bgeoSS6YHyl1BTr3Y0_hQgfGjXR9_m10arQk2FYpwCRlN6hK8iJn-kgUqNS4444C0p2TNsiwPuPiah8fTPuavjVH8UnzzOyNjkHs7glNPE1WleAUvNHX-YzQsvtfC7Ai07jaYdEwEl-FrJH65i4ikBLKdynigTSYr1TKQSoZ2TwgSPqIlIMzpGYr-j5BV_PQloF750_2ky89DwxWoK9KD5TErEEJvhp6roGaYMLfFh62ZIfGMp2GhsbUr_fjpibbqjJZGE6aErc2E4PnHsvfI/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h39/h001.KnIVLcw8dwMd1uq6xf-5v4Y8Y1DVdOCBjmYzIuzL1Fk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>insisted in a video that</span></a> Lively was still hurting “actual victims.” After <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.n1IEs7xClbkLfz6xkBCaiavZrpdgpD_WR2rjcu0zIOHWiuAdp74d-Ms8XE4dOfDN3u_ahmnybgC8Jb1QKRtp1ajY_yTDfdzL6_UlwSlDk9XEpd2DlmEU6xx1fIJ35sFImx0tl_Mnswcayakk21w_0G8odINCmgSBm_TUGyUzPDtOY_UcqQOTmTauw_z2wzOu1rVVIIfFJSkFoQiUWRKL8rxUM2lejDItnmZzLsaapbcLFGBV9BY0ZtBf1oK1WNuxpAcTDZJ95ys5LsEX9J6OvMSkf5ky2RKNhvRd-fB73VdzFlzN34PYC_mWi_BKqcx9/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h40/h001.OCLd2f_BUKX7q1UV2MJgLNj_NcOMgZyva5ciso7Rkmk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>being fired</span></a> from NBC, Kelly rebuilt an independent platform by covering trending pop culture topics from a conservative viewpoint, in addition to regular pro-Trump political coverage. This is becoming a crowded field for newly independent conservative influencers. Unlike most of them, Kelly also conveniently <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxzLYbW72o6SzY-cd_I3Miy2FrSlklmqehysVgBXUPfbb5fA3wNapbQbtZyQFOLkXSgbeUeamU3jS3O9EHhNH03Tmxz5bI3uGWzLCqoILqK5TT-Y_hb5QZTS2b-5t7SO2M6lHSqZ8snIr0GAdGFNDwL7iJI4dZAwZbbAxHslVmJYsPA7N3VVZRLyziJcVky6q-ahctfbhJo5zvKkKagZ2FkwaHwQNA2wAj-1HoP3QfzbxNEvFH3-1VlclzJe7npEK6k1A1wySQvp5r9bF2O1ftL_y23Sn3a23y1pFcaUZ5cat9jB7npOG46imdSRyuD7_3X3VmGuSxgrAow9uIm2smI6sCTE5wgT06mOSFyvhzeywYahTaGEBhvSbg5bUwph-ARqzOtUYR9CM-UEct7AQnUwH0_v0WYTMNvZUMSBJcwoMy06B5A5puLQs5uGRFBdH2g6jVQL18hQrIKFkMK-DUnqH5OBdFgW-kZHKxcQ3Fgy45ZN33_oc3-HuSUXyAJTH-6Qt16D6lWi-467OcJnwJRh085eYzulzko1vLJShDyGrEIk4bH2YtLoYhOUff-_CQR-w9G-2y0IpKPgVmenNqjowASUksjKOZik6aIKlm3_bt83_DLz4F91T5VXFVwJPcuOrv2T83EWvLMR_9Mclx6PoMT21tLQkPRdGIAlSrc9whslKkbCbdqUk1NNx_fg7xlmhGIfAsAkpMwm57yt9QSqkN15canB9tipnQO6BjZedY5BAllt8TH2l7F1cJ-qjBM/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h41/h001.UZG8PatijJr8Ycx_x5k-RYksCTsf58FHcZCPE4Jii64" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>shares a lawyer</span></a> with Baldoni, and his counsel <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzxgpDGDt5UAe01pW-E9gqBI4xQ0Q3A4DbThNdnDC5nM4IJAxQsNYaZFjHao95daE5LWQfsHSyZYElc73KUpeQ5kjw865Gv5u3ECxHB3erMJf-79WY7nwvbQM8Uhe8VVe7srTLineoLRJ6hQUHmJVsxrE5aunrXWOsZft7NYMD6wOTDZyzZi19UkFFcaYbB5GtooF-Pg7Vsi3ph_1yTRcXn7H8XDUoHo4eNjz8f0yfDA9JtsIRNL9fMu_k6km0wbEl3IsZ_s1xg5rjFVGKkJ22r4/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h42/h001.EbbDw7nKcHB2mXUGL2I-Zf7eK1X8dBSJPTidwpBHca0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>has appeared</span></a> on Kelly’s show to bolster his other client’s defense. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Anti-Lively pundits who think the LA election <i>was </i>fair have even gotten blowback from their viewers for <i>not </i>promoting the fraud conspiracy. Andy Signore, <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz4y2e3JRXYLdN8WM8otMb6fenNeKwHYTen34KDRC9vUPlSkkd1XTUigo28zvwjcl-ZeI8_BVbaUmOxhwV_jDAiLRconwBREW-oZPCZ5D3mmv63bByDYCwcOIdZz2gxJWVtOkigNuHXrL4U8pwKRcNX6pvSJhgx1EztItVEl4Qaq4l_SWGW0z4l8WTnkRQd1nh2FRkHWnC3PDUXatSvy7j01VgC-iEgNTVLhRUgsbhY7z_Ee8gLFFym-1ZhhAkKidoloKSjSVSXfwv-kdFXF7bAIHMpfpGjvMVefA_N_KFPc3JeEIW_vn2q8mM1_9JNe_drkhvMaWaQEk8nY-Pcue8zpt6ElJlbsm0DXGoCuH14l8/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h43/h001.p48jqKxxbvtRkty1ie_518Jkm0jLzzTAWR298RhDbbQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>a #MeToo pariah</span></a> who rebuilt his YouTube audience by attacking Heard, shared <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.ke39WvCfsq8Y99teWgMXH0We2F8br-jUOkza2WKQtwkii3ux4jrk3zGa6h3KPk0eZvPMcDA04kujmsFQFsZTRBoPCxHv3w_y2gRo4u2BfkXwpEk0S5cla1eVpLvT2V8TbQRxpfMnlwIgtdGUBPyzDGJ4jA8t0BlK3bl9xM8eGVXGoqonyyUJy_OC8t4JZvgZ3mO_CzEYDEW22Y59_hkOIAVjoNfQwzDMzI2tA3bLNR1ZsW0iV0y9uTxjEdbN-A2opn3IZMuGhLb8dv6LtKX3ELy_UBhjUty2-5XNEScEGje-mlPllpN01p2Tdl5bDA4P/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h44/h001.-wOWOYBb1XfHbid3MDZb4Te7gy6FZpo79PfdXTMs7PU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>his disagreement </span></a>with Trump for calling the mayoral race “rigged” on X. Peter, formerly a <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz1ysX8TlR-T2AV_IxD2TLxpxjYPs3bsRXGvXIuiVng5H4AJyWALGrI5hLD8MpJGx7BZA0HJnkEb2pJh6W2Sotwk4ueqDdTghvLOf0qa9G1ThCSKjgdlwJchjHgY_fMDa7qNApgCjCvJ1e_kMzrcicHt4FaSHhHgE3rLnKg99X4_HbIatSsAxD4yhfYFDc8jPqYxtNtA7_d-V_GkjjC_2GOhEXgECDUaanW6r0HLP7bXmp_AT2u5bgTIHBbJv5xaM1yd3nhKXJX2VKTMzTX3bUvDtQujETGcEdiThtrXUJUNcseyEz0lsUpNtLpLgqsnfoL_XHVz6FleWIL67lutO3ww/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h45/h001.KnVyr8Y3pt4OxdtUGLWHP3B4P5aoMYU9-XIUkBrT0w8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>staunch ally</span></a> of Signore’s in the campaign against Lively, then <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.ke39WvCfsq8Y99teWgMXH3vpoB5HuVdkAfK6ZuhExgvDYRlU4JmPF8ZTMwYUO4ETsa5LrYPOA4HWXCVlcyQ4Gi4Q2FoL6Z3j_20TLCbtohU6V06qF9ztf-KObdrUFcyYTxs2blYAnLuqT-GQm6Rw47YamZM0YTp2sS73wG1oRcHD2QuRTYmc6s5HX2Gs5_3MfbqhxFIeZmc89zeEc6aNBslY_B0sqyeRAEhX6NsqVdx4_ULwBHMgdDHJbVR_ep34rnM9g39CP1v-PedOCXvCuBWbPVM8061xWL-MPA7B2wGKfL3USWhcuCp9wTl4dFKV/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h46/h001.BGluPWVBYKK1Q8GOTfi6gsBUta1qzKF-FgtkJbYOtko" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>ratioed</span></a> Signore by falsely claiming it was “statistically impossible” for Raman to win. Signore also received dozens of angry comments. “<span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.03);">I liked your Blake vids, but on this, Get Fucked Dude,” wrote one person. Once an audience starts going down the conspiratorial pipeline, the creator can’t stop them. They can join them or lose them.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> In the 2020s, I’ve watched plenty of creators and audiences follow this trajectory. Some of them start out as anti-Trump social justice warriors and fall for reactionary conservatism disguised as progressive (a common thread in political manifestations of <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxxO7toP0EOskF04Z9JF_GAFzyXFfUS2TAo3MyyJKNgJwo4k9tSSC-3gFTCg8zNcSwk9FQo9T7zdRgiiTdSVwt0-wWmewjvm2UqbEtCvOVyxTvV0jGqa5i_cJE_DGLIRFNwkYbZz7K_xQwiXQfT040UGa99HJIX1gsBVzSkFCjRGUoBS0bXDnb3sZwgCaAwmqddbxwN0OMQgOnN_K6bcHwsiauxWmvAEvYs_NFwRHwdHF-EV8JqjQlZ5UVJx-rNld5tst6zid3lTTjxq1KNNcmjOq6pBkNBbYWroYf1hcbTjj1aCe87JMhyhqn0z7GNdEqkFVCqgZkciYU-5cR1wPsoRspuboEd34I6KL94vi3CUZ5IrUOG56o3RhB3hx0brCr3ozwgyZjgKw5e4VXQSZJEGQLycbCfnKE-6PynDdLLXZXT0Bwf9qeZXrpubmMp1jxk0a2mjyBSX882XhUr3GkCbvosj_YqUbphTbYuUzUfKUxCk415_rhgyJ7rNghlTLpIqdaMbloPheXU1h2WLzaQfed54AduUaIBPb3P4Zv07u9459QCfbtcXwwFIBpOY55XLCEqg2SbPTuDFOeqMDTxOOoTsyGaB3h5mUqg0KfnbQDVjVonJO693rx2_z6VawOfCvHxdGxhXfjPAFBE106E0KyNBh1YE3DkTBBMlB3nTEu-CP4UGvvxsLWsAHSul7axonZUHpxwvwYBV82HlRgyYK_tvivp1THDeJr6ywaLaT8SbVyyyk0y1iupWJIJOydADdpZrwBTLUixaOCnQ1-dx/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h47/h001.OFlFv16GJR4dLpZKlgSJ6NNQOEHXy6TKWUNccf-tR1o" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>DARVO</span></a>). Other times, they were always conservative and concealed it to partake in seemingly nonpartisan displays of misogyny against celebrity women. Reality TV, high-profile court cases, and influencer scandals may not have been obvious political territory before, but they’ve clearly turned into conduits for alt-right thinking. And smear campaigns against famous actresses and progressive politicians in the spotlight rely on the same biases and rhetoric that could later justify voting for Trump or claiming the position of mayor of LA was stolen from a different reality villain. </p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><tr><td class="b" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#030712" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;border-style:solid;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color: #FFFFFF;border-bottom-left-radius:10px;border-bottom-right-radius:10px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#030712" style="padding:12px"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><span style="padding-left:1px;"></span></td><td align="center" valign="middle" width="75" style="width:75px;"><a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbzxgpDGDt5UAe01pW-E9gqBJV-dvfECpvW0U0iZtqBj35VqW-OVC379y3YmtrzlttWt9VA2fiQ9jDodqIWtxSdF5QQpjzzRKPYSIodr6YvwobIFDzcheXvytJtEOy9krWRTafVkuTcG0M7D3pzgxlxvI313SDQJNsXFR2SmbXUMcSPw_jMvAZ1J6eeWTa80_YRPN_Ob_PM70NAJ8xrPmELoXpwFG8LBtmcy5FGA8hk597Rd6knGFg2isQjmoQIRZFuxLN8JCf1Adhso5GVS4O3AA/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h48/h001.gzDx3Qp0jhbqf4_vnFQ-gME7arvEYC5OOoeVI6s07BU" style="text-decoration:none;"><img width="22" height="22" alt="ig" border="0" style="display:block;max-width:22px;color:light" src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/static_assets/instagram_light.png"/></a></td><td align="center" valign="middle" width="75" style="width:75px;"><a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.uP0QS_diFLgi8m-4cLSdATZxPzwAuOxbPiu_KooIzNrER-GBudIVgRwOdhg5GZGUdgHJTqU0td-p1H0SOOnP3f9mOPXqxa12nCpD5ihN2b0NtPJKmxMCca9RS9-9uDRYqb68NArK8QN98SaAol8ENqibK6jWMaSQw5yTFVgG_ntJAQ0H1YezVI4KKayTk7y_2lLlC3kLA_LgwKRitaA5Or6Os2vlabozSsjUco5WoTLjqsGWor7FFPO420Tf2nJPOCn13c0pGmqW0V-cf8EuB4a_v8-xFY96diS7qcmN37DqiucDEMSN9HR0_jlhl_7I/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h49/h001.NAwUG6UEHWxDZL8Y_eZBCkYBVn9iYB3AekYoCxXiTSI" style="text-decoration:none;"><img width="22" height="22" alt="in" border="0" style="display:block;max-width:22px;color:light" src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/bluesky_white.png"/></a></td><td><span style="padding-left:1px;"></span></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td height="10" style="line-height:1px;font-size:1px;height:10px;"> </td></tr><tr><td class="w" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><p style="font-family:'Verdana',Geneva,sans-serif;color:#FFFFFF!important;"> Update your email preferences or unsubscribe <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxyJKQMByLjRtLuEzrdk5MxSr-XFAK80kYc1nEVBATteNAjAKaKa8Tf2zV0EYs0GmEWREuqq68X3pAX4GcTmOOpmAOUbfSl6kCBw8Od8sRuhIhRRL2xeJAOMc_mryZ8iDDVthg4FTa4Lp3nISmxcgwk1CyNL7j9kx23cNQIUUq3RJKScJbWzGtyq8GInOkdfwg4pgDOUG4s3-FuieUgieiEH_gwyX_Vy299lEuSl4iahSAvvot4KOypmdlCNApM4-r395Hgqs_Wc3_9sMC8l2TrIG92opFX5uh3OzvlmJghIbSvu7NjVoT_LNeCy8hW2QlBlFqG6p7JfMQ3UaZSx0gdJQoldNSoERxM4LB_XO4_6ZIKEgrE-Lvx2imd-rtkx54aPYVVigM1H6lUqHHUPV5Nrg25AsVDQNmMUZL9NbCkBXzOQ2drKYHZHoji3kDMHGGL9RCIBKCJtH8J1HWAJiSr49jeXjk0wkFRRIG4HfRtcaPktNL8pMoUCbaPNwdIedKm7EzbjT2KQgaLMPNwd-CPzmkJ7taQ-JXW1Dm9IYhyceIELDQMTDTYQrFFuMnM_MYjBlA6GE0NzhH_aLJd3tJ97lJtfR_eRE6FgDt_ZSKHW0RF_B0vi4HdjNKG6bnDkVq4_rnaypYEX0fZNXbJgO_imVq8nzGoEO156InTH55DsTYF3TD7AK6-xnzRqZ3P2GyEXRY_CpwPYqbWAWaM_rLR_xe7veKLR6CYg2070ChCNEUlq7wwER144y0GwpPlL9VpLPjgtkvtBXRYsPjoaQ5RmrX0-GOjjkBi8xg9mpHXXqONA8w2OWhlHXVWTmJdq-iMKnGZCLLILIS05eWVRbetgoCFDwpB6qY8uA0dzVYsKJkKhP4cD3W583Kcg9etTNdVyp-2uXpY0thWN6yAWt5A8OdczqaRoj6I7qySwdY8CiLHybv0mcmbPM4qDqcgDbDIa44_Krn5WZT8NUIS1-g-GR_aooHduMo63l1-ZqhGSuefewuJJDFF2LDPPQIHXmsU/4rd/-RCe1fZgTw6-qpq8J_hmZA/h50/h001.Am7aBmIeEPo992PX_dsv3lPA8ni9Y5BNC84NxYPjXxA" style="text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:#FFFFFF!important;color:#FFFFFF!important;"> here</a></p><p class="copyright" style="font-family:'Verdana',Geneva,sans-serif;color:#FFFFFF!important;"> © 2026 Spitfire News </p><p style="font-family:'Verdana',Geneva,sans-serif;color:#FFFFFF!important;"> 228 Park Ave S, #29976, New York, New York 10003, United States </p></td></tr><tr style="display: table-row !important;"><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-top:20px;" style="display:table-cell !important;"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="display:table !important;"><tr style="display:table-row !important;"><td class="u" align="center" valign="middle" height="32" style="height:32px;display:table-cell !important; 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