Infowar
Deportation meme machine
The Trump administration's 4chan-ified social media arm is turning mass removals into one big joke.
Substack
Trump's meme coin millionaires
I talked to the anonymous crypto moguls capitalizing on "the most corrupt thing a president has ever done."
Infowar
Jan. 6 influencers
Pardoned by Trump, many Jan. 6 rioters are now working to capitalize on the attention through podcasts, speaking tours and self-branded merchandise.
Money
"Brazenly corrupt"
The president's team floated a "night to remember" for the biggest buyers of his meme coin. Tens of millions of dollars poured in.
America
A gold Rolex and prisoners as props
The Homeland Security secretary stages a photo op in a notorious mega-prison with men “stacked up like cordwood behind her.”
Infowar
Trump's meme state media
A new era of propaganda, built on meme accounts and friendly influencers, is supercharging the president's power to drown out dissent.
America
"Shoot him dead and figure it out later"
Four years after "Stop the Steal" mobilized to subvert the 2020 election, the movement is more organized and has Elon Musk on its side.
Infowar
How X made Democrats disappear
Republicans are posting more, getting followed more and going viral more now that the world’s richest Trump supporter is running the show.
Social media
"Feral 25-year-olds"
How the vice president's team of Gen-Z obsessives built her an internet fandom.
Power
"Chosen to bring salvation"
Trump's true believers have cast him as a messiah who will save a troubled nation.
Power
An angry Trump truths on
We analyzed years of Trump's online posts and found a changing persona: aggrieved, isolated and out for revenge.
Money
When God says to invest in Trump
Trump Media's small-time investors are seeing its plunging stock price as a test of faith: "I know good and well it’s in Trump’s hands, and he’s got plans."
Creators
MrBeast's neighborhood
In Greenville, N.C., the unlikely home of YouTube's biggest star, the neighbors are all part of the spectacle — whether they like it or not.
Creators
The business of online influence
"You’re basically working for the internet, and on the internet, you are very easily replaced."
Modern life
Scanning the neighborhood
"This is not just for million-dollar homes. This is America at its core."
Infowar
Inventing a conspiracy
We tracked how bigots and trolls raced to spread the "crisis actor" lie after the Parkland school shooting.