Pushaw Loves Hate Accounts

A Series on Misinformation, Disinformation and Subterfuge

I have already highlighted thirteen inauthentic accounts that were part of a single purpose multi account hate network deployed to target DeSantis and Elon Musk enemy Rebekah Jones. DeSantis’s spokeswoman followed all, with nearly all of them as their most recent follower in either the first or second position on the follow list.

The account pictured above interacts with Elon Musk (rocket man) and Pushaw on its first tier, along with six other inauthentic accounts in the network. That includes the Max Nordau account, a key entity in the operation.

For this next batch, I looked at some of attacks generated from the Max attack to see who amplified, which accounts were inauthentic having been parked for years, and had Pushaw as the most recent follow. I found a load of first Pushaw follow accounts that were highly toxic, but upon review were authentic or hadn’t participated in targeted harassment campaign in a meaningful way.

Before we dunk on Pushaw following seemingly EVERY hate account in the operation as well as a lot if “wild” accounts that joined in on Rebekah Jones, note that she isn’t the only account frequently associated with operation that does. Jeremy Redfern and Peggy Schiller, who will replace Matt Gaetz likely on the ballot once Matt Gaetz is likely indicted, show up frequently, seen here on the MAGA Civil War threatening Winchester1776 account.

Let’s dunk!

March 2013 account turned on December 2018

This March 2009 account Pushaw is the first follow, became active Jan 20, 2020, with two brief check ins prior to that.

This fake Dec 2017 account, first follow again Pushaw, began service July 20, 2020.

This low-activity account was used primarily to amplify other accounts attacks.

This tiny March 2021 account is a bit different in that its first followers, not the most recent, but the 2nd-6th were a giveaway that this account was inauthentic. Nothing wrong with creating a new account for an ongoing PsyOp to silence a political opponent right?

Here is an account that has been continuously active, whose first follow (most recent) is as expected.

This next account showed up frequently as a common follow, has continuous activity and participated in the attacks of Jones.

Continuously active