Claire Goforth
@claire_goforth
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investigative reporter @dailydot | pitch me journos | [email protected] | dm for protonmail & signal
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Joined May 2011
He's a beloved leftist YouTuber. But Beau of the Fifth Column has a twisted past that makes some question who he really is. My latest (after a long hiatus due to a family medical crisis) for @dailydot .
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BREAKING: Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, has been charged with first-degree murder in Kenosha, Wisconsin, according to Lake County, Illinois Clerk of Courts records.
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North Face does what Target didn't have the guts to do. It refused to cave to the anti-woke mob and stood firmly behind the LGBTQ community
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@AndreaRussett Ummm even if it was a UTI, which is not the same pain as menstruation!, if you are losing consciousness, you need to be in the hospital.
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Lake County has labeled him a "fugitive from justice." According to the complaint, Rittenhouse "fled the state of Wisconsin with intent to avoid prosecution for that offense".
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Per records, this company complaining about government handouts making folks lazy received a $663,299 PPP loan
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EXCLUSIVE: Tucker Carlson producer Gregg Re has a history of liking racist tweets by white nationalists. My latest for @dailydot .
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@JasonSCampbell Does this mean I don’t get the trophy for winning my fantasy football league where I’m the only woman?.
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@RaxKingIsDead Not to be that gal, but some of these heavily armed people are statistically going to get neurological diseases that cause hallucinations and paranoia.
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Remember the transphobe with the monetized account, @/ValidLs? Well now they're inviting people to attend a 14yo trans child's funeral, presumably to further harass his grieving mother. Still gonna let ValidLs use your platform, @X?
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If your reaction to a mass shooting is joy over the killer's identity, you might want to pray on that.
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Twitter says the anti-LGBTQ slur "groomer" is banned--but its enforcement is sorely lacking. My latest for @dailydot
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Seeing some speculation about Rittenhouse's political beliefs on here. Based on this TikTok, which uses one of his Facebook photos for its avatar, he appears to be a Trump supporter
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SCOOP: Twitter has paid thousands to a monetized account that mocked a 14yo trans boy's suicide and blamed his mother. It's also displaying ads by major brands on the account.
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@JunkScience @ezraklein The boats were made of wood, therefore I hold the trees responsible.
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Wow you're on Twitter a lot. Some might say you're the Press Secretary of Tweets. But sure, let's circle back, shall we? The story you reference says you tweeted a photo of kids participating in "drag shows." That photo wasn't from a drag show--it was a burlesque show. 🧵.
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In which a straight cis guy who is obsessed with demonizing trans people argues he is the normal one.
You are never around normal people and have no friends who qualify as normal so it’s easy for you to lie to yourself about this just as you lie to yourself about everything else. But I assure you: normal people are 100 percent against you and everything you stand for.
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EXCLUSIVE: The man behind QAlerts, a Q drop aggregator that brought the conspiracy theory to the masses, is an app developer in St. Augustine, Fla. He also was a director of the Florida Oath Keepers. My latest for @dailydot
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Conservatives call to boycott Target for collaborating with a supposedly "satanic" trans designer for its Pride collection. Now the designer is receiving death threats. A @dailydot exclusive.
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On this day in 1974, Nixon announced his resignation from the office of the presidency.
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Looks like the Donald J Trump account on Trump's new social media platform has been comprised already
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Since you're watching my feed, ValidLs, enjoy knowing that you're shadowbanned
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“Nobody stands up to these people. They just say what they want and there are no repercussions and they ruin people’s reputations and there’s no consequences.”.via @nbcnews.
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@mtaibbi @mehdirhasan No, @mehdirhasan said that you inaccurately reported that EIP got 22 million tweets "labeled" as misleading in the runup to the 2020 election. It actually internally flagged that number of tweets through Nov. 30, 2020--weeks after the election.
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In two short years, Libs of TikTok catapulted from internet obscurity to become a major right-wing Twitter influencer. This weekend, researchers revealed that the woman behind the account attended the Capitol riot. My latest for @dailydot
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Gab users call Andrew Torba "Judas" and accuse him of betraying subscribers for giving the feds a user's data without a subpoena. That user, Adam Bies of Pennsylvania, is now being charged with threatening to kill FBI agents. My latest for @dailydot
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The inclusion of the hint of ass crack demonstrates the sketch artist's commitment to detail.
No media cameras were allowed in SF court today for David DePape's arraignment. Courtroom artist @courtart sketched him as he pleaded not guilty to assaulting Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer. My full story:
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SCOOP: Successful tech blogger Peter Bright (@ DrPizza) charged with soliciting sex with a 7- and 9-yr-old online; complaint says he claimed to be in a sexual relationship with an 11-yr-old.
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Nevertheless, you want me to "circle back" on my reporting based on a complaint your boss filed against a drag bar, which I believe we've established has nothing to do with the photo I originally reported on. I have now complied with your request. You're welcome.
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EXCLUSIVE: Inside the right-wing press factory that pumped the Don't Say Gay bill. My latest for @dailydot .
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@stclairashley Vitamin deficiency or vitiligo are common causes of white patches on skin. There have been isolated reports of post-vaccine development of vitiligo but no definitive data currently correlating the two. Happily, vitiligo is not life threatening.
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NEW from me: Growing up LGBTQ with a Moms for Liberty parent, which has become one of the most influential forces in U.S. schools
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Documents provided to the Jan. 6 Committee show Trump’s plan to stay in power included writing posts for a list of conservative and QAnon influencers. My latest for @dailydot
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Narrator: Jesus was not white.
Eric Metaxas, popular evangelical author and radio host: “Jesus was white.”. The Christofascists are dropping their masks in more ways than one. #MondayThoughts #EmptyThePews
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Fools are accusing me of swatting and doxxing Catturd over this story I wrote two months ago, which Phillip Buchanan aka Catturd gave me an interview for.
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Hate groups targeted Hix Farm Brewery over an 18-and-up drag show in January. The brewery recently shut down. Neo-Nazi Telegram groups are thrilled.
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@mtaibbi @mehdirhasan Internally flagging is not the same as getting a platform to label something misleading. And runup to the election is not the same as through Nov. 30.
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"The North Face's decision should be a signal to other companies that including LGBTQ people and allies is better for business than siding with a small number of violent extremists who want to keep LGBTQ consumers and employees invisible." -GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis.
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The burlesque performer is a cisgender woman. Further, as we reported, in addition to being several years old and not of drag as you claimed, it'd previously been used in neo-Nazi memes captioned, “And then one day, for no reason at all, people voted Hitler into power.”.
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@DanielJones9417 @dailydot That is a serious concern. Grooming is a real, and serious thing, and the terminology helps child survivors of abuse understand what happened to them. Misappropriating it on mass scale to vilify LGBTQ people is actively harming survivors of abuse.
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As we reported, you tweeted "Unfortunately for churnalists, people have eyes," a screenshot of a reporter's inquiry about DeSantis' claim kids were at drag shows AND a photo. That photo was a years-old picture of a burlesque performer from New Orleans
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Andy Ngo has long been criticized for cozying up to the alt-right, doxxing, and more. Now activists are trying to hit him where it hurts: the wallet. Thanks to them, The Post Millennial is hemorrhaging advertisers. My second feature today for @dailydot
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SCOOP: Florida candidates' go-to provider for campaign finance software is an open white supremacist who opposes interracial dating, supports whites-only communities, and boosts neo-Nazis online.My latest for @dailydot
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Did you hear that, Jacksonville? We have zero crime and no unhoused people according to whoever this guy is
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If your anti-choice politician/public figure sexual partner made or encouraged you to terminate a pregnancy, now is a great time to speak up. DMs open; email in bio.
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Neither this complaint nor the YouTube videos discredit my reporting that you tweeted a years-old image of a female, cisgender burlesque performer, falsely claimed it was "drag," and that image had a previous life as a neo-Nazi meme.
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NEW: Woman arrested for making a bomb threat against Boston Children's Hospital has an apparent history of donating to Trump and Republicans. The arrest has increased pressure on Twitter to ban the transphobic Libs of TikTok.My latest for @dailydot .
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You told me, and we reported, that you had no idea it was a neo-Nazi meme. I believe you said, "Unlike you I don't spend time reading neo-Nazi social media accounts." You subsequently retweeted Seth Dillon's correction about the performer's gender identity.
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NEW from me: I spent five days in Wewahitchka, Florida, the home of Catturd. There I learned that the mysterious MAGA influencer is essentially unknown in his own backyard--and heard from the man himself, Phillip Buchanan. The debut of Hi-Res at @dailydot .
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After we contacted him and Fox News, Gregg added a disclaimer to his bio to say that likes and retweets aren't endorsements. As of Tuesday, his bio did not contain this disclaimer.
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Update: ValidLs was suspended following publication.
SCOOP: Twitter has paid thousands to a monetized account that mocked a 14yo trans boy's suicide and blamed his mother. It's also displaying ads by major brands on the account.
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Apparently a former school board member is outraged that I said that Moms for Liberty has ties to hate groups on First Coast Connect last week.
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Both are from R House Wynwood, a drag bar in Miami, Florida. One is from 2021 and the other 2022, respectively. The photo you used is several years older and again, is of burlesque, not drag.
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@EyesOnTheRight @X You gotta wonder how in the hell $8/month is worth allowing such disgusting behavior.
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Documents obtained by American Oversight continue to expose the far-reaching, highly detailed the effort to overturn the 2020 election for Trump. My latest for @dailydot
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@Carl_Hiaasen @PENamerica How is a girl to get a tampon or pad if she unexpectedly starts her period in school? Do they want her to just bleed through her clothes?.
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Now on to the court case you reference in your request that I "circle back" on this story. None of the screenshots included reveal the case number or subject(s)' name. However, it does reference some dates and videos. I believe I tracked down two of the YouTube videos. .
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There's a new Libs of TikTok imitator in town: Gays Against Groomers. It's using the same anti-LGBTQ playbook to rapidly acquire followers. The founder also has a history of posting far-right content and conspiracy theories. My latest for @dailydot
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Jaguars fans everywhere imitating John Oliver's accent right now
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Don't-call-me-a-QAnon-influencer Tracy "Beanz" Diaz resigned from her leadership position with a local GOP last night .My latest for @dailydot .
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They drank. They danced. They talked about child sacrifices. And that was only the beginning. Come inside the QAnon 'tent revival' I attended last week at the Jacksonville Ice & Sportsplex.
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@cbouzy "Twitter will have to balance its new owner’s goals against the practical realities of life on Apple’s and Google’s internet. And as I departed the company, the calls from the app review teams had already begun."
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Some personal news: I am thrilled to announce that I have been promoted to the newly created position of investigative reporter and part of the editorial team at @dailydot.
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Since you enjoy screenshots, here's a side-by-side from the case and the YouTube video I believe it refers to. The case states that YouTuber Simply Shandrell posted a video on Sept. 14, 2021--which matches the YouTube video from R House.
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After a couple of fruitless searches on the Miami-Dade Clerk of Court website, I searched for news about R House. Lo and behold this @Fla_Pol story pops up about a complaint Gov. DeSantis filed against R House.
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Within hours of announcing its launch, Trump's new new platform, TRUTH Social, collapsed under the weight of a pig pooping on its balls and other trollings
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We found so many records tying Rucker to QAlerts. It's in the Epik hack. It's in web archives aplenty. Some were provided by @LibbyInPhilly and @ThatNotoriousK, which we independently verified. BIG THANKS to both of them.
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Far-right trolls on multiple platforms are doxing and threatening a man they think is on Rittenhouse's jury. The only problem: he's not. That hasn't stopped the trolls, though. Today the man told me he's "seen it all." My latest for @dailydot
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The other YouTube video, referenced in a footnote on the case, is also from R House. It was posted on Feb. 3, 2022--again years after the image you used of "drag" that was actually burlesque by a cisgender woman.
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Some personal news: Thrilled to report that I've accepted a position as a staff writer for .@dailydot! No more gigging--this gal's going legit.
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Alleged Portland mass shooter Benjamin Smith reportedly recently commented on an Andy Ngo video of a police shooting, "This is why you arm yourselves."
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SCOOP: The group pushing to audit Michigan's election is led by men who attended the Capitol riot, one of whom was a member of Oath Keepers until 2020. My latest for @dailydot
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Andy Ngo is being sued for copyright infringement. Journalists @gravemorgan and @Claudio_Report say they've been harassed and threatened as a result of Ngo reposting their videos without permission. In each case, he changed the context to malign "antifa"
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Three Florida cities on a list of least friendly to LGBTQ people: Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa. (Bit surprised by those last two, tbh.) Study by real estate company Clever says the lowest ranked are in states with low LGBTQ equality rankings. Seven have "don't say gay" laws.
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Look I know y’all like engagement but if you become one of those accounts who constantly asks inane questions to boost the algorithm, that’s an unfollow. I’d unfollow my own mother for that shit.
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Leaked audio reveals that the white supremacist Patriot Front is hierarchical and rules-based, with leadership approving its racist acts of vandalism. It also exposes it's been embraced by the anti-choice March for Life movement. My latest for @dailydot
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Yep, had my day off interrupted to find out that Tim Pool lied about me on his show today. His statements that I’m a pedophile are false, disgusting and reckless.
Some news: on his @YouTube channel today, Tim Pool twice made false and defamatory remarks accusing Daily Dot journalist @claire_goforth — who broke the news that Twitter banned calling LGBTQ "groomers" — of being a pedophile
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"Fox's continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards.". Has Tucker Carlson issued a correction on his report based on those doctored intelligence documents?
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Children are dead and I'm seeing fucksticks post laugh reacts bc they think the shooter was possibly trans.
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Heads up Northeast Florida journalists. This scoop is a doozy. Flagler sheriff's department gave a security briefing to armed pro-Trump protesters in advance of the Capitol riot.
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NEW: Kiwi Farms users are freaking out over site owner Josh Moon's claim that it's been hacked and they should expect their data to leak .My latest for @dailydot.
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@DrRachaelF There’s a lot of daylight between asking and requiring. It’s like they don’t think kids have individual rights.
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