Jackson Hinkle
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Jackson Hinkle (born September 1999) is an American political commentator and influencer
Journalists and fact checkers like
Early life and education
Hinkle was born in 1999 in
In 2017, Hinkle became Water Ambassador for The Water Effect at The Ecology Center,[31] and was named one of "The 17 Most Inspirational Kids of 2017" by Reader's Digest,[32] with him also being covered in Teen Vogue as one of eight young environmentalists "working to save the earth" that same year.[14] In 2018, Hinkle went to Washington, D.C. with representatives of nuclear safety advocacy group San Clemente Green. He spoke at a congressional briefing on the subject of safely dealing with decommissioned nuclear plants, and met with congressional members,[1][33] an event covered by the Los Angeles Times, where Gary Headrick, the San Clemente Green founder, told the paper about Hinkle: "He's the kind of guy who gives you hope about the future. It's hard to find young people who take these things seriously, but Jackson is fearless and well-informed."[14] That same year, Hinkle attended Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California, to pursue political science.[34][35][4]
Political and activist career
Hinkle began his political activism in the late 2010s, running in a San Clemente city council special election in 2019 a year after graduating from high school.
In October 2022, Hinkle and fellow Twitch streamer Haz Al-Din went to
In June 2023, Hinkle spoke at the Rage Against the War Machine rally in Washington, D.C., which included the involvement of the
In February 2024,
Conspiracy theories and misinformation
Hinkle has a history of publishing misinformation,
Since being
Hinkle's tweeting style has come into question, with much of it being criticized as misinformation as well as misleading. His posts have been cited and referenced repeatedly by Russian and Iranian state-affiliated media.
A graphic image from the
In October 2023, Hinkle shared a fake news release stating that the United States was sending billions of dollars in aid to Israel.
In December 2023, Hinkle called for a boycott of the video game Grand Theft Auto VI, linking the game to Zionism. Vice disputed the game's links to Zionism and described them as a conspiracy theory.[16]
Views
Hinkle has been variously described as
Hinkle has been described as vocally pro-Russia and anti-Ukraine. He tweeted that Ukrainian president
MAGA communism
This section relies largely or entirely on a single source. (March 2024) |
In late 2022, Hinkle began advocating for the idea of "MAGA communism", leading it to trend on Twitter.
Observers and left-wing critics described "MAGA communism" as an
Daniel HoSang, a professor at
Personal life
Hinkle is
Electoral history
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan
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Gene James | 8,253 | 54.92 | |
Nonpartisan
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Jackson Hinkle | 4,683 | 31.17 | |
Nonpartisan
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Dee Coleman | 785 | 5.22 | |
Nonpartisan
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Christina Selter | 667 | 4.44 | |
Nonpartisan
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Michael (Mickey) McLane | 638 | 4.25 | |
Total votes | 15,026 | 100.0 |
Notes
- ^ Hinkle tweeted that the Israeli news outlet Haaretz had reported: "Number of people Hamas shot less than 100, most were settlers with guns on them."[55] Haaretz responded: "This post contains blatant lies about the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7. It has absolutely no basis in Haaretz's reporting, then or since."[55]
References
- ^ from the original on November 7, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ Jackson Hinkle [@jacksonhinklle] (May 24, 2024). "🚨🇺🇸 I'm proud to announce that our new think tank, Institute for a Free America, is hosting our first live show today in Dearborn, Michigan. Follow our NEW X ACCOUNT" (Tweet). Retrieved June 8, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b Jackson Hinkle [@jacksonhinklle] (February 5, 2021). "Hi! 🤗 @PeoplesParty_US" (Tweet). Retrieved April 10, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c d e f g Myers, Steven Lee; Hsu, Tiffany (April 11, 2024). "Riding Rage Over Israel to Online Prominence". New York Times.
- ^ a b Rosenbburg, Paul (August 26, 2018). "Beneath the blue wave in Orange County: Not just about House races in longtime GOP stronghold". Salon.com. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ a b Duffy, Clare; Lyngaas, Sean; O'Sullivan, Donie (October 10, 2023). "Elon Musk's X adds to fog of war at outset of Israel-Hamas conflict". CNN. Archived from the original on November 11, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ a b c d Bharathi, Vartha (October 12, 2023). "Fact-Check: Viral videos falsely attributed to Israel-Palestine conflict, debunked". Vartha Bharati. Archived from the original on November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ from the original on November 21, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
Jackson Hinkle, a far-right and pro-Trump social media influencer, has repeatedly spread falsehoods about high-profile global conflicts. He was previously banned from Amazon's Twitch streaming site and the Google-owned video platform YouTube for spreading misinformation about the war in Ukraine, and he has frequently posted about his support of Russia and Vladimir Putin. In August, Bloomberg reported on Hinkle requesting antisemitic, AI-generated images from a tool called Midjourney...... In late October, he made the extraordinary claim that Israel had lied about the Oct. 7 attacks, citing the reporting of Israeli newspaper Haaretz, which swiftly debunked the lie.
- ^ Coda Story. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
Hinkle has become a leading figure in that strange, social media-based netherworld of conspiracy theorists who have moved seamlessly from raging (or rather fomenting rage) about Covid vaccines, to raging about U.S. support for Ukraine, to now raging about the war in Gaza.
- ^ a b c d e f g Seitz, Jacob (February 28, 2023). "Pro-Russia right-winger's relationship with Miss Russia exposed". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on November 27, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
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- ^ a b c Eisele, Ines (November 10, 2023). "Fact check: AI fakes in Israel's war against Hamas". Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on November 17, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
The controversial anti-Israeli influencer Jackson Hinkle then claimed that the image had been created using artificial intelligence.
- ^ from the original on November 14, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
Hinkle's recent tweets include a photograph of him with a poster saying "Putin is good" and accusing the BBC of espousing "Zionist propaganda". His agenda is stridently anti-Israel.
- ^ from the original on November 14, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Koltai, Kolina (December 8, 2023). "Images of Syrian Civil War Take on a Second Life in Gaza Conflict". Bellingcat. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
- ^ a b c d Gault, Matthew (December 5, 2023). "'GTA VI' Has Already Sparked a Bizarre Moral Panic Fit For Our Age". Vice News. Archived from the original on December 5, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ a b c d Schwartz, Rafi (June 19, 2023). "What is The People's Party that launched Cornel West's presidential campaign?". The Week. Archived from the original on September 22, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g McCarthy, Bill (November 16, 2023). "Syrian staircase photo misrepresented as wartime image from Gaza". Agence France-Presse. Archived from the original on November 18, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Kim, Eddie (October 17, 2022). "What the Hell Is MAGACommunism?". Vice News. Archived from the original on November 12, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-241-49294-9. Archivedfrom the original on November 15, 2023. Retrieved November 14, 2023 – via Google Books.
By the time he was seventeen, Jackson Hinkle of San Clemente, California, was taking action against plastic waste. He was a surfer, so he knew about the problem of plastic pollution in the ocean. As he learned more about water and the harms being done to it, he discovered that companies that sell bottled waters are draining the local water sources of people around the world. He also learned that some plastic bottles can be a health risk as well as a waste problem.
- ^ a b Higgins, Eliot (December 16, 2023). "What to do about disinformation". Financial Times. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- ^ from the original on November 14, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ from the original on November 14, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ a b c Butler, Kiera (October 25, 2023). "The Far Right Has a New Big Lie: Claiming to Support Palestine". Mother Jones. Archived from the original on November 27, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ Baragona, Justin (March 4, 2024). "Chris Cuomo Defends Chummy Interview With Antisemitic Conspiracist Jackson Hinkle". The Daily Beast. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ "About – Jackson Hinkle for San Clemente City Council 2019". JacksonHinkle.org. 2019. Archived from the original on February 15, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ Jackson Hinkle [@jacksonhinkle] (September 15, 2023). "24 🎂". Retrieved September 15, 2023 – via Instagram.
- ^ a b "Grom of the Week: Jackson Hinkle". San Clemente Times. January 23, 2013. Archived from the original on November 6, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
Age: 13, Shorecliffs Middle School
- ^ Sput, Sabrina (September 20, 2019). "Meet SCHS graduate Jackson Hinkle: A 2019 San Clemente City Council candidate". Triton Times. Archived from the original on October 31, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ISSN 0883-475X.
- ^ Hovitz, Helaina (April 21, 2017). "8 Young Environmentalists Who Are Working to Save the Earth". Teen Vogue. Archived from the original on November 16, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ Hovitz, Helaina (2017). "The 17 Most Inspirational Kids of 2017". Reader's Digest. Archived from the original on February 15, 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ "Jackson Hinkle". Environmental and Energy Study Institute. 2022. Archived from the original on November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ Wilson, P. Francis (May 31, 2019). "When Youth Run for Office". Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Archived from the original on December 6, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- from the original on November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- from the original on November 15, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ a b "Hinkle Responds to Criticism". San Clemente Times. November 5, 2019. Archived from the original on November 19, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ "Proud to announce that we endorse Jackson Hinkle For San Clemente City Council". Democratic Socialists of America - Orange County on Facebook. October 31, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "Gene James Wins Special Election". San Clemente Times. November 5, 2019. Archived from the original on November 10, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ Benito, Luis (October 22, 2023). "Gustavo Petro envió fuerte mensaje al primer ministro de Israel, Benjamín Netanyahu: 'Solo lleva a la barbarie'" [Gustavo Petro sent a strong message to the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu: "It only leads to barbarism"]. Infobae (in Spanish). Archived from the original on November 11, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Amazon-Owned Twitch Spreading Russian Misinformation on Ukraine". Tech Transparency Project. April 13, 2022. Archived from the original on November 15, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ Hawkins, Howie (July 5, 2023). "The Green Party Debates Ukraine". Against the Current (25, July/August 2023). Archived from the original on November 15, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ a b Echols, William (September 3, 2023). "Misleading: Chinese State Media Depict Pro-Russia Rally as 'Real Voices' of American People". Polygraph.info. Archived from the original on November 26, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ Cuomo, Chris (February 27, 2024). Jackson Hinkle's MAGA Communist Manifesto. YouTube. Featuring Jackson Hinkle. The Chris Cuomo Project. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ Schorr, Isaac (March 4, 2024). "Chris Cuomo Interviews Anti-Israel Conspiracy Theorist, Calls Him 'At the Head of the Next Generation' of 'Political Thought'". Mediaite. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ Thalen, Mikael (July 26, 2021). "Bizarre conspiracy claims AOC secretly owns famous bar". The Daily Dot. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
- ^ Cohen, Sagi (November 7, 2023). "Conspiracy Theories and Lies | Denial of Hamas' October 7 Massacre Is Gaining Pace Online". Haaretz. Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ Atienza, Elias (August 18, 2023). "Fact Check: Image Claims To Show Niger Militant Promising To Go To Ukraine". Check Your Fact. Archived from the original on November 2, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ a b c Kulundu, Mary (October 31, 2023). "Old video of Israeli forces arresting Palestinian child resurfaces during latest Gaza war". AFP Fact Check. Archived from the original on November 21, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ "Capitalising on crisis: Russia, China and Iran use X to exploit Israel-Hamas information chaos". Institute for Strategic Dialogue. October 25, 2023. Archived from the original on November 15, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
As state-affiliated media platform IraninArabic reports on American political activist Jackson Hinkle's post: 'If Putin did this to Kyiv, NATO would launch nukes at Moscow.' Image 7: @Iraninarabic_ir references Jackson Hinkle's statement accusing the West of double standards between Ukraine and Gaza.
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- ^ from the original on November 17, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- from the original on November 21, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ "Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI): Increasing the Fog of War between Israel and Hamas". Center for Technology and Society. November 1, 2023. Archived from the original on November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023 – via Anti-Defamation League.
- ^ from the original on November 7, 2023. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
- ^ Czopek, Madison (November 1, 2023). "Haaretz rebuts a viral claim about its reporting on Israeli casualties". Poynter Institute. Archived from the original on November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ Nitzan, Pinko (November 21, 2023). "Mshkr, mzf vmvsf mvg'y: hvv shl yshrl vrsht" משקר, מזייף ומוסיף אמוג'י: האויב של ישראל ברשת [Lies, fakes and added emoji: the enemy of Israel on the Internet]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on November 21, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ Mansour, Juliette (October 24, 2023). "Black flag over Iranian shrine misrepresented amid Israel-Hamas conflict". AFP Fact Check. Archived from the original on November 28, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ a b "Posts falsely claim Yemen officially entered Israel-Hamas conflict". AFP Fact Check. November 3, 2023. Archived from the original on November 21, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ McCarthy, Bill (November 2, 2023). "Syria hospital CCTV footage misrepresented as Israel bombs Gaza". AFP Fact Check. Archived from the original on November 21, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ a b Young, Cathy (October 19, 2023). "Rush to Judgment and Bias on Gaza Hospital Story". The Bulwark. Archived from the original on November 18, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- from the original on May 21, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
Des personnalités comme Jackson Hinkle ou Eva Bartlett, qui font partie du top 10 des 'influenceurs' non russes à soutenir Moscou, d'après l'Institute for Strategic Dialogue, y discutent du 'déclin inévitable de l'Occident' ou encore de la manière dont les Etats-Unis utilisent l'Ukraine pour s'attaquer à la Russie.
[Personalities like Jackson Hinkle or Eva Bartlett, who are among the top 10 non-Russian "influencers" to support Moscow, according to the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, discuss the "inevitable decline of the West" or even how the United States uses Ukraine to attack Russia.] - ^ Atanesian, Grigor (November 17, 2023). "Guerra Israel - Hamás: los influencers que ganan dinero con el enfrentamiento". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ Grosso, Joseph (February 24, 2023). "Hearts of Darkness: Anti-War as Reaction". CounterPunch. Archived from the original on December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
- ^ Fornusek, Martin (November 3, 2022). "Russian disinfo on social media: 'Zelenskyy and western embassies fled Kyiv, US sabotaged Nord Stream'". Euromaidan Press. Archived from the original on November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ Güncelleme, Son (September 21, 2023). "Zelenskyy to end up like Osama bin Laden: American journalist". Türkiye. Archived from the original on November 17, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ from the original on November 15, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- from the original on November 14, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ Hodge, Rae (April 24, 2023). "'American hero': Tucker Carlson's fans mourn as star right-wing pundit departs Fox News". Salon.com. Archived from the original on November 14, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ "What Is to Be Done? The Spread of the Far Right" (PDF). In These Times. Vol. 47, no. 10. December 2023. p. 36. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 12, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
What do such figures mean by 'working class'? 'Racists,' says one prominent #MAGACommunist, Jackson Hinkle, 'hate me because I'm white.' He has 2 million Twitter followers. This October, numerous leftists warned that Hinkle was among the far-right actors opportunistically promoting the Palestinian cause to further their reach—he gained roughly 1.6 million of his followers in the first weeks of the war—and achieve their own, deeply different goals.
- from the original on November 15, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ Owen, Tess (May 24, 2024). "'A deranged fringe movement': what is Maga communism, the online ideology platformed by Tucker Carlson?". The Guadian.
- ^ Jackson Hinkle [@jacksonhinklle] (October 23, 2023). "🇺🇸🇵🇸 I am a CHRISTIAN AMERICAN PATRIOT and I STAND WITH PALESTINE!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Twitter.
- The Daily Mirror. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
- ^ Lee, Steven; Hsu, Tiffany (April 11, 2024). "Riding Rage Over Israel to Online Prominence". New York Times.
- ^ "Certified Statement of the Votes Cast for the General District Election held on November 5, 2019" (PDF). Orange County Registrar of Voters. November 14, 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 1, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
External links
- Official website
- Jackson Hinkle at IMDb