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Jesselyn Cook retweeted
6 Aug 2025
Noema is a magazine whose goal is not to “keep up” but to slow down and think.
Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how we do what we do.
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Jesselyn Cook retweeted
6 May 2025
Fabulous and deeply moving read
19 Jul 2024
My book, THE QUIET DAMAGE, is out next week. (Great timing, I know 🫠)
I wanted to understand why so many Americans were vanishing down conspiracy theory rabbit holes. So I spent 3 years talking to believers & their loved ones all over the country from different walks of life.🧵
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Jesselyn Cook retweeted
28 Jan 2025
Everyday investors are turning to financial influencers, or ‘fin-fluencers,’ to learn how to manage their finances. But is the advice out there always good?
I explored the world of personal finance, and the challenges for regulators in the influencer age nytimes.com/2025/01/25/busin…
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Jesselyn Cook retweeted
23 Jan 2025
We asked homeless people whose encampments were cleared out to write about these “sweeps” in their own words.
“Knowing that my belongings are likely gone for good—trashed or lost forever—fills me with a sadness that’s hard to bear,” a Seattle man wrote.
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Jesselyn Cook retweeted
24 Dec 2024
The QAnon movement had a huge year in 2024.
In 2025, they think all their dreams and predictions are going to come true.
With comment from @AlKapDC @JessReports @PokerPolitics @PRRIpoll and the Trump transition team
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Jesselyn Cook retweeted
13 Nov 2024
‘Mourning the Living’: New Book Explores How QAnon and Conspiracy Theories Are Leaving a Trail of Shattered American Families in Its Wake | A review of @JessReports’ “The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family.” buckscountybeacon.com/2024/1…
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Jesselyn Cook retweeted
5 Nov 2024
Another hoax video is designed to scare people away from the polls with a false warning from the FBI, the agency says: motherjones.com/politics/202…
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5 Nov 2024
new @PRRIpoll survey finds that 19% of Americans believe the core tenets of the QAnon conspiracy theory prri.org/spotlight/the-rise-…
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Jesselyn Cook retweeted
25 Oct 2024
What happened to QAnon, arguably the most consequential political conspiracy theory in recent history? Jesselyn Cook, author of a new book about QAnon, discussed what role it is playing in the 2024 election. trib.al/CCX44jV
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Jesselyn Cook retweeted
22 Oct 2024
New @CNN investigation reveals how deceptive political fundraising has misled elderly Americans into giving away millions in donations. Devastating accounts of retirees losing their life savings -- and their families' attempts to get the money back. edition.cnn.com/interactive/…
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Jesselyn Cook retweeted
7 Oct 2024
One of the most extraordinary stories of the year: @lizziepresser's piece on the collision course between two Wisconsin teenagers. Deeply reported, beautifully told--and devastating. I had to stop several times while reading it to catch my breath.
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Jesselyn Cook retweeted
2 Oct 2024
NEW: I obtained internal emails from city government of Springfield, Ohio. These emails show the absolute chaos caused by Trump and Vance after claiming Haitian immigrants were eating pets.
Threats, hateful emails, media bonanza. A nightmare.
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Jesselyn Cook retweeted
2 Oct 2024
New from 404 Media: someone put facial recognition on Meta's smart glasses to instantly dox strangers. You look at them, sends face to a facial recognition tool. LLM infers name, sends to people site. Gets phone number, address. I've seen it in action 404media.co/someone-put-faci…
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Jesselyn Cook retweeted
19 Sep 2024
NEW: For the last two months I've been monitoring online meetings run by a group of election deniers to organize a grassroots campaign to push conspiracies about a flood of illegal migrants voting for Kamala Harris.
This week, they rolled out their plans
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Jesselyn Cook retweeted
18 Sep 2024
Targeted disinformation is cheap and effective. AI turbocharges its spread.
Read what three experts, @JessReports, @sissenberg, and Renée DiResta, think about the impact of social media and conspiracy theories on the upcoming 2024 presidential election. nytimes.com/2024/09/17/techn…
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Jesselyn Cook retweeted
17 Sep 2024
Glad I was asked to share my wisdom and insights on election-season disinformation threats, real and exaggerated, alongside @JessReports and Renée DiResta for this @stuartathompson joint: nytimes.com/2024/09/17/techn…
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Jesselyn Cook retweeted
17 Sep 2024
In my first magazine story for @MotherJones, I wrote about the attacks on disinformation researchers, and the ways they echo attacks on climate scientists in the '90s. One person compared it to the Red Scare: “How do we not see the historical parallels?” motherjones.com/politics/202…
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Jesselyn Cook retweeted
14 Sep 2024
Important reporting with @stephenstarr - the violent racism we’re seeing on the campaign trail toward Springfield started months ago by smaller far right groups theguardian.com/us-news/2024…
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Jesselyn Cook retweeted
13 Sep 2024
Bomb threats at schools in Springfield were an inevitable byproduct of racist moral panics stoked by MAGA influencers.
It shows how efficient influencers are at spinning up hate/fear, and the GOP’s eagerness to help them do it.
My latest, for MSNBC: msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opin…
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