Through reviewing posts on X, web archives, leak databases, and other social media profiles, the Observer identified the following individuals as the anonymous operators of neo-Nazi X accounts, which had a collective 500,000 followers at their peak:

Cyan Cruz (40 years old): Marketing professional who has lived in Austin and Amarillo, Texas, operating the X account TheOfficial1984.

Michael Gramer (42 years old): Retired mechanical engineer who has lived in New Hampshire, claimed to own a house in Galveston, Texas, and spent time in Dallas, operating the X account 9mm_SMG.

Robert “Bobby” Thorne (35 years old): Vice president at JP Morgan Chase in Plano, Texas, operating the account Noble1945 and previously Noble_x_x_.

John Anthony Provenzano (30 years old): Lives in Virginia, works at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Indian Head, Maryland, and operates the X account utism_ (formerly JohnnyBullzeye).

“Contrary to predictions” instead makes sense. I’ve updated the summary.

Thanks, I’ve updated the link.

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The US Constitution already resolves this issue with federal preemption under the Supremacy Clause. Basically, Pennsylvania’s residency requirements apply to all elections within the state: local, state, and federal. However, in federal elections, federal law preempts and overrides any conflicting state laws. These challenges have been filed in bad faith.

Below are all the GOP lawmakers that voted against that bill:

House:

• Representative James Baird of Indiana

• Representative Troy Balderson of Ohio

• Representative Jim Banks of Indiana

• Representative Aaron Bean of Florida

• Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona

• Representative Gus Bilirakis of Florida

• Representative Dan Bishop of North Carolina

• Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado

• Representative Mike Bost of Illinois

• Representative Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma

• Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee

• Representative Eric Burlison of Missouri

• Representative Kat Cammack of Florida

• Representative Michael Cloud of Texas

• Representative Andrew Clyde of Georgia

• Representative Mike Collins of Georgia

• Representative Eli Crane of Arizona

• Representative John Curtis of Utah

• Representative Warren Davidson of Ohio

• Representative Byron Donalds of Florida

• Representative Jeff Duncan of South Carolina

• Representative Ron Estes of Kansas

• Representative Mike Ezell of Mississippi

• Representative Randy Feenstra of Iowa

• Representative Brad Finstad of Minnesota

• Representative Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota

• Representative Russell Fry of South Carolina

• Representative Russ Fulcher of Idaho

• Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida

• Representative Tony Gonzales of Texas

• Representative Bob Good of Virginia

• Representative Lance Gooden of Texas

• Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona

• Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia

• Representative Morgan Griffith of Virginia

• Representative Michael Guest of Mississippi

• Representative Harriet Hageman of Wyoming

• Representative Andy Harris of Maryland

• Representative Clay Higgins of Louisiana

• Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio

• Representative John Joyce of Pennsylvania

• Representative Trent Kelly of Mississippi

• Representative Darin LaHood of Illinois

• Representative Laurel Lee of Florida

• Representative Debbie Lesko of Arizona

• Representative Greg Lopez of Colorado

• Representative Anna Paulina Luna of Florida

• Representative Morgan Lutrell of Texas

• Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina

• Representative Tracey Mann of Kansas

• Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky

• Representative Tom McClintock of California

• Representative Rich McCormick of Georgia

• Representative Mary Miller of Illinois

• Representative Max Miller of Ohio

• Representative Cory Mills of Florida

• Representative Alex Mooney of West Virginia

• Representative Barry Moore of Alabama

• Representative Nathaniel Moran of Texas

• Representative Ralph Norman of South Carolina

• Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee

• Representative Gary Palmer of Alabama

• Representative Scott Perry of Pennsylvania

• Representative Bill Posey of Florida

• Representative John Rose of Tennessee

• Representative Matt Rosendale of Montana

• Representative Chip Roy of Texas

• Representative David Schweikert of Arizona

• Representative Keith Self of Texas

• Representative Victoria Spartz of Indiana

• Representative Claudia Tenney of New York

• Representative William Timmons of South Carolina

• Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey

• Representative Beth Van Duyne of Texas

• Representative Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin

• Representative Mike Waltz of Florida

• Representative Randy Weber of Texas

• Representative Daniel Webster of Florida

• Representative Bruce Westerman of Arkansas

• Representative Roger Williams of Texas

• Representative Rudy Yakym of Indiana

Senate:

• Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee
• Senator Mike Braun of Indiana
• Senator Katie Britt of Alabama
• Senator Ted Budd of North Carolina
• Senator Mike Crapo of Idaho
• Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska
• Senator Bill Hagerty of Tennessee
• Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri
• Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin
• Senator Mike Lee of Utah
• Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas
• Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma
• Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky
• Senator Pete Ricketts of Nebraska
• Senator James Risch of Idaho
• Senator Eric Schmitt of Missouri
• Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina
• Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama

Looks like AP dropped the ball on this one because that’s not what the prosecutors said. They said:

…With his co-conspirators, LOPEZ REYES set up dozens of online pharmacy websites, designed to appear legitimate in order to lure customers into buying, at reduced prices, tablets of fentanyl, para-fluorofentanyl, and methamphetamine disguised as real prescription medications, including oxycodone, hydrocodone, Adderall, and Xanax, among others…

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/us-attorney-announces-charges-against-18-defendants-scheme-manufacture-and-distribute

Yep and as recent as 2014:

The national campaign to ban geoengineering can be traced back to Rhode Island in 2014, when a lawmaker looked to the sky and saw a conspiracy.

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Ms. MacBeth’s beliefs are better known as the “chemtrails” conspiracy theory, which posits that airplanes are secretly emitting dangerous chemical trails, as opposed to water vapor naturally released as condensation from planes’ engines, which turns to visible trails of ice crystals in the cold air. There is no evidence supporting the chemtrails theory, which has attracted many followers through social media.

TikTok is fighting a possible US ban in January 2025 and was in court last week to argue the questions that you’re raising: https://www.npr.org/2024/09/16/g-s1-23194/tiktok-us-ban-appeals-court

Yeah, all vote tallies will not be released until after the polls close on Nov. 5.

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Welcome!

This CNN article links to the clips: https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/17/politics/jd-vance-kamala-harris-fascist/index.html

It’s a bit more nuanced than that. The article doesn’t talk about it, but this NYT article touches on how these Chinese sites are exploiting the de minimis exemption loophole to circumvent US anti-forced labor law, which companies have to comply with to keep their supply chain free of slave labor (Uyghurs in Xinjiang for example):

Lawmakers are flagging what they say are likely significant violations of U.S. law by Temu, a popular Chinese shopping platform, accusing it of providing an unchecked channel that allows goods made with forced labor to flow into the United States.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/business/economy/shein-temu-forced-labor-china.html

Agreed. ChatGPT doesn’t like to cite sources. Microsoft CoPilot and Google Gemini do link to some sources, though not as accurate or thorough like Wikipedia.

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Good catch. I’ve added it to the summary. Thanks.

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Thanks treefrog!