Mike Rothschild is a journalist and an author whose book The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything is the most in-depth exploration of the QAnon movement and its utter insanity. In his next book, Jewish Space Lasers due out in September, he tackles the far-ranging historic antisemitic conspiracies that centered around the Rothschild family (no relation) from the middle of the 18th century and persist through today (to the point that sitting Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene would even accuse the family of funding secret space lasers that were used to start the California wildfires in 2018). I called Mike and we chatted for an hour about the conspiracy plague infesting the United States and how completely enmeshed it is with antisemitism. Mike has written extensively on the topic of conspiracies in the United States for myriad publications, and has even testified before Congress on the matter.
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The Shomer: 2022 Was a Record-Breaking Year of Jew-Hate in America
From Colleyville to Zionism, there is no shortage of sobering stats emerging from the 2022 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents report, released by the ADL March 22.
The Shomer: Jews Attacked on DU Campus; Ye’s Antisemitism Sparks More Jew-hatred
Earlier this week I woke up to news about a spate of antisemitic incidents on campus at the University of Denver, where some cowardly individual or group targeted three Jewish students over the last week. According to a report from Jewish rights organization StandWithUs: “The incidents, which occurred between February 9 – 12, included pork left on the doorstep and smeared on the dorm room door of one Jewish student and mezuzahs ripped off the doorways of the rooms of two other Jewish students. The sacred scrolls in the Mezuzahs were tampered with, one of which was destroyed. The students are all identifiable Jews or Jewish leaders on campus.”
The Shomer: Int’l Holocaust Remembrance Day Reveals How Short Our Memories Really Are
International Holocaust Remembrance Day was last Friday. One thing has become evident as we pause to reflect: Our collective memories appear far too short.
The Shomer: The Canary in the Coal Mine is Dead as a Doornail
As of now, nearly 40,000 homes and businesses in and around Moore County, NC, are without power after someone deliberately targeted two electric substations, causing millions of dollars in damages using gunfire to destroy equipment, according to reports.
The Shomer: Hitler and the Nazi Party Were Fascists. Full Stop.
Holocaust revision is antisemitism.
The Shomer: Kanye’s Antisemitic Rants Are Unhinged, But Tucker Carlson’s Editing is Unconscionable
This is a follow-up to the column published yesterday, The Shomer: Ye, Though I Walk Through the Valley of Death-Con 3. For clarity’s sake, it’s a good idea to start there and then read this.
The Shomer: Ye, Though I Walk Through the Valley of Death-Con 3
(UPDATE: Since this column was first published, Vice.com released a trove of clips from Tucker Carlson’s interview which never made it to air, and it’s added a significant wrinkle to developments. For more on that, read the subsequent column to this one, The Shomer: Kanye’s Antisemitic Rants Are Unhinged, But Tucker Carlson’s Editing is Unconscionable)
The Shomer: From Charlie & The Chocolate Factory to Pink Floyd — The Antisemitism of The Artist
Over the last several years a cultural shift has the United States citizenry reevaluating our relationships with those we’ve canonized as heroes due to their contributions to the institutions we so deeply revere. Some have taken to referring to it as “woke” or “cancel” or “consequence” culture, and depending on your stance, it’s either something to be demonized or lauded. But for Jews, this is nothing new.
The Shomer: For Jews in Prison, There is No Safety in Numbers
60 Days In is an A&E docuseries covering prison and jail life from the perspective of inmates. The series’ first season in 2016 followed seven volunteers who went undercover for 60 days as inmates in the Clark County Jail in Jeffersonville, Indiana. The focus was exposing ongoing illegal activities within the jail confines that correctional officials missed. I recently watched a few episodes, and one thing struck me as I watched a supercut of clips from this series — I didn’t see any Jews.