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How Alt-Right Grifters Screwed Ukraine

How Alt-Right Grifters Screwed Ukraine

Conspiracy theorists like Bret Weinstein are providing the intellectual foundations for Trump's Ukraine policy.

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Mar 07, 2025
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by Ben Cohen

Bret Weinstein is a key figure in the alt political movement. A veteran of the 'Intellectual Dark Web'—a loosely affiliated group of heterodox thinkers—Weinstein has since veered into full-fledged right-wing conspiracy theorizing. Weinstein has been a proponent of Ivermectin, the “Great Reset” narrative, and Donald Trump as a moral agent fo…

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