Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Richard Hanania is a right-wing pro-Epstein influencer with a checkered past. Writing under the pseudonym Richard Hoste, he spread neo-Nazi propaganda all over the Internet, then attempted to reinvent himself as a mainstream intellectual. He is now writing in favor of the Iran War, to which I have responded in the pinned comment.

His best friend, Michael Tracey, is a journalist who also defends Jeffrey Epstein. After I made a video criticizing Tracey for his dishonesty and apparent hatred of women, Richard Hanania came to MY defense and threw his best friend under the bus! I was so disgusted by Richard Hanania's lack of loyalty that I am publicly calling him out...

Video clipped from "Every DISGUSTING Allegation Against Michael Tracey": youtu.be/rc8V2MTz4fg

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