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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘Nick Sortor, a pro-Trump influencer with 1.4 million followers on X, incorrectly identified Mr. Pretti, a U.S. citizen, as an unauthorized immigrant. Jack Posobiec, a Trump loyalist with 3.3 million followers on X, falsely described Mr. Pretti as having “run up on police” and drawn a gun… Photos of different men — dressed in drag or shirtless at a street festival — were wrongly identified as Mr. Pretti and shared widely.’
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/us/minnesota-shooting-false-posts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share