Jackson Hinkle#MAGA communism

Hinkle was born on September 15, 1999{{Cite tweet |number=1835270134036090986 |user=jacksonhinklle |title=It's my birthday and I want Netanyahu in prison for the rest of his life. |first=Jackson |last=Hinkle |date=September 15, 2024 |access-date=September 15, 2024}} in San Clemente, California,{{cite web|url=http://www.jacksonhinkle.org/about|title=About – Jackson Hinkle for San Clemente City Council 2019|website=JacksonHinkle.org|date=2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215103559/http://www.jacksonhinkle.org/about|archive-date=February 15, 2020|access-date=November 15, 2023}}{{cite Instagram|author=Jackson Hinkle|user=jacksonhinkle|date=September 15, 2023|postid=CxOhC2Etywk|title=24 🎂|access-date=September 15, 2023}} where he also attended public schools, graduating from the San Clemente High School in 2018.{{cite news |last=Sput |first=Sabrina |date=September 20, 2019 |title=Meet SCHS graduate Jackson Hinkle: A 2019 San Clemente City Council candidate |url=https://tritontimes.com/25789/news/meet-schs-graduate-jackson-hinkle-a-2019-san-clemente-city-council-candidate/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031162654/https://tritontimes.com/25789/news/meet-schs-graduate-jackson-hinkle-a-2019-san-clemente-city-council-candidate/ |archive-date=October 31, 2023 |access-date=November 15, 2023 |work=Triton Times}} He was an active member of his middle school's surf club, which made him familiar with the impact of plastic pollution and became the catalyst for his entry into activism. He became active in anti-plastic pollution movements at the age of 17,{{cite book|last=Klein|first=Naomi|date=November 12, 2021|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pX9SEAAAQBAJ|title=Ná huí wǒmen de wèilái: Niánqīng qìhòu yùndòng zhě qiǎngjiù dìqiú de shēndù xíngdòng|trans-title=Taking Back Our Future: Young Climate Campaigners Go Deeper to Save the Planet|script-title=zh:拿回我們的未來：年輕氣候運動者搶救地球的深度行動|language=zh|edition=E-book|location=Xiānggǎng|publisher=Shíbào wénhuà chūbǎn 時報文化出版 Times Culture Publishing|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=pX9SEAAAQBAJ&dq=Jackson+Hinkle&pg=PA136 136]|isbn=978-9-571-39581-4|access-date=November 14, 2023|via=Google Books|quote=加州聖克利門蒂市( San Clemente )的傑克森·辛克爾( Jackson Hinkle )從十七歲就開始了反對塑膠垃圾的行動。他是一個衝浪者,所以他瞭解海洋中的塑膠汙染問題。隨著他對於水以及人對水的傷害有了更多的瞭解,奧爾多·利奥波德與瑞秋·卡森透過他們的暢銷書鼓舞了環保主義者。今天一些年輕運動者也寫書,但是他們也靠遊行、俱樂部、社交媒體和網際網路來傳播他們的訊息與鼓舞人們。 o 二十一世紀的年輕環保主義者.|trans-quote=Jackson Hinkle of San Clemente, California, has been campaigning against plastic waste since he was 17 years old. He's a surfer, so he understands the problem of plastic pollution in the ocean. As he learned more about water and the harm people do to it, Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson inspired environmentalists through their best-selling books. Some young activists today also write books, but they also rely on marches, clubs, social media and the Internet to spread their message and inspire people. Young Environmentalists of the 21st Century.}}{{cite news|url=https://www.sanclementetimes.com/grom-of-the-week-jackson-hinkle/|title=Grom of the Week: Jackson Hinkle|work=San Clemente Times|date=January 23, 2013|access-date=November 15, 2023|quote=Age: 13, Shorecliffs Middle School|archive-date=November 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106104934/https://www.sanclementetimes.com/grom-of-the-week-jackson-hinkle/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Brazil|first=Ben|date=July 19, 2018|url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-wknd-et-hinkle-20180719-story.html|title=San Clemente teen works to decommission nuclear power plants|work=Los Angeles Post|issn=2165-1736|access-date=November 15, 2023|archive-date=November 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107114809/https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-wknd-et-hinkle-20180719-story.html|url-status=live}} founding the Team Zissou Environmental Organization (named after the protagonist of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou), which engaged in environmental lobbying and organized volunteer beach cleanups in Orange County.{{cite journal|last=Press|first=J.|date=2018|title=Be a Planet Superhero|journal=Scholastic Choices|volume=33|issue=7|pages=16–19|issn=0883-475X}}{{verify quote|date=November 2023}}

In 2017, Hinkle became Water Ambassador for The Water Effect at The Ecology Center,{{cite magazine|last=Hovitz|first=Helaina|date=April 21, 2017|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/8-young-environmentalists-working-to-save-earth|title=8 Young Environmentalists Who Are Working to Save the Earth|magazine=Teen Vogue|access-date=November 15, 2023|archive-date=November 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116172347/https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/8-young-environmentalists-working-to-save-earth|url-status=live}} and was named one of "The 17 Most Inspirational Kids of 2017" by Reader's Digest,{{cite magazine|last=Hovitz|first=Helaina|date=2017|url=https://www.rd.com/true-stories/inspiring/most-inspiring-stories-kids/|url-status=dead|title=The 17 Most Inspirational Kids of 2017|magazine=Reader's Digest|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215103607/https://www.rd.com/true-stories/inspiring/most-inspiring-stories-kids/|archive-date=February 15, 2020|access-date=November 15, 2023}} with him also being covered in Teen Vogue as one of eight young environmentalists "working to save the earth" that same year. In 2018, Hinkle went to Washington, D.C., with representatives of nuclear safety advocacy group San Clemente Green. He spoke at a congressional briefing on the subject of safely dealing with decommissioned nuclear plants, and met with congressional members,{{cite web|url=https://www.eesi.org/speakers/view/hinkle-jackson|title=Jackson Hinkle|publisher=Environmental and Energy Study Institute|date=2022|access-date=November 15, 2023|archive-date=November 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113162544/https://www.eesi.org/speakers/view/hinkle-jackson|url-status=live}} an event covered by the Los Angeles Times, where Gary Headrick, the San Clemente Green founder, told the paper about Hinkle: "He's the kind of guy who gives you hope about the future. It's hard to find young people who take these things seriously, but Jackson is fearless and well-informed."

The same year, Hinkle attended Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California, to pursue political science.{{cite journal|last=Wilson|first=P. Francis|date=May 31, 2019|url=https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/stu_hon_theses/815|title=When Youth Run for Office|journal=Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects|access-date=November 15, 2023|archive-date=December 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206171925/https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/stu_hon_theses/815/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Hansen|first=David|date=August 24, 2023|url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/opinion/tn-dpt-me-david-hansen-column-20180824-story.html|title=Column: The students who would be king|work=Los Angeles Times|issn=2165-1736|access-date=November 15, 2023|archive-date=November 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113195012/https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/opinion/tn-dpt-me-david-hansen-column-20180824-story.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/business/media/jackson-hinkle-israel-gaza-misinformation.html |title=Riding Rage Over Israel to Online Prominence |work=New York Times |date=April 11, 2024 |last1=Myers |first1=Steven Lee |last2=Hsu |first2=Tiffany |archive-date=September 11, 2024 |access-date=April 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911163828/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/business/media/jackson-hinkle-israel-gaza-misinformation.html |url-status=live }}

Hinkle began his political activism in the late 2010s, running in a San Clemente city council special election in 2019 a year after graduating from high school.{{cite news|last=Rhone|first=Nedra|date=September 19, 2019|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional/metro-students-prepare-protest-disrupt-call-for-climate-action/DWWyggZceSwwpQy7dLLm0L/|url-status=live|title=Metro students prepare to protest, disrupt in call for climate action|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115141920/https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional/metro-students-prepare-protest-disrupt-call-for-climate-action/DWWyggZceSwwpQy7dLLm0L/|archive-date=November 15, 2023|issn=1539-7459|access-date=November 15, 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://www.sanclementetimes.com/hinkle-responds-to-criticism/|title=Hinkle Responds to Criticism|work=San Clemente Times|date=November 5, 2019|access-date=November 15, 2023|archive-date=November 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119094118/http://www.sanclementetimes.com/hinkle-responds-to-criticism/|url-status=live}} During this campaign, which was endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America,{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/dsaorangecounty/photos/proud-to-announce-that-we-endorse-jackson-hinkle-for-san-clemente-city-council/2233079693607430/|title=Proud to announce that we endorse Jackson Hinkle For San Clemente City Council|work=Democratic Socialists of America - Orange County on Facebook|date=October 31, 2018|accessdate=May 4, 2024}} he advocated that the city of San Clemente have its own police department, he "categorically and unconditionally" opposed the legalization of prostitution, and proposed combating the presence and effect of nuclear waste in the area. Hinkle ultimately lost the election.{{cite news|url=https://www.sanclementetimes.com/gene-james-wins-special-election/|title=Gene James Wins Special Election|work=San Clemente Times|date=November 5, 2019|access-date=November 15, 2023|archive-date=November 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110181037/https://www.sanclementetimes.com/gene-james-wins-special-election/|url-status=live}} In 2020, Hinkle launched the political show The Dive with Jackson Hinkle on YouTube, on which he reached 300,000 subscribers by 2023,{{cite web|last=Benito|first=Luis|date=October 22, 2023|url=https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2023/10/22/gustavo-petro-le-manda-fuerte-mensaje-al-primer-ministro-de-israel-benjamin-netanyahu-solo-lleva-a-la-barbarie/|title=Gustavo Petro envió fuerte mensaje al primer ministro de Israel, Benjamín Netanyahu: 'Solo lleva a la barbarie'|trans-title=Gustavo Petro sent a strong message to the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu: "It only leads to barbarism"|website=Infobae|language=es|access-date=November 15, 2023|archive-date=November 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111092721/https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2023/10/22/gustavo-petro-le-manda-fuerte-mensaje-al-primer-ministro-de-israel-benjamin-netanyahu-solo-lleva-a-la-barbarie/|url-status=live}} later expanding to Twitch.{{cite web|url=https://www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/amazon-owned-twitch-spreading-russian-misinformation-ukraine|title=Amazon-Owned Twitch Spreading Russian Misinformation on Ukraine|website=Tech Transparency Project|date=April 13, 2022|access-date=November 15, 2023|archive-date=November 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115071041/https://www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/amazon-owned-twitch-spreading-russian-misinformation-ukraine|url-status=live}} The show moved to Rumble, when he was banned from YouTube and Twitch for "harmful misinformation" related to the war in Ukraine.

On February 4, 2021, Hinkle announced on Twitter that he had joined the People's Party.{{cite tweet|author=Jackson Hinkle|user=jacksonhinklle|date=February 4, 2021|number=1357525404559364096|title=Hi! 🤗 @PeoplesParty_US|access-date=April 10, 2024}}

In October 2022, Hinkle and fellow Twitch streamer Haz Al-Din went to Twitchcon, where they filmed themselves "harassing seemingly random attendees" and mocked topics like COVID-19 face masking, support for Ukraine, and calls for online content moderation. A few days later, the two were joined by "Dark MAGA" streamer Jon Zherka in their attempts to engage with UCLA students on campus.

In June 2023, Hinkle spoke at the Rage Against the War Machine rally in Washington, D.C., which included the involvement of the Libertarian Party, the People's Party, and the far-right conspiratorial LaRouche movement, among others, amplifying Russian disinformation narratives and demanding an end to Western support for Ukraine and to NATO's existence. At the rally, Hinkle expressed support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.{{cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Rafi |date=June 19, 2023 |title=What is The People's Party that launched Cornel West's presidential campaign? |url=https://theweek.com/2024-presidential-election/1024333/what-is-the-peoples-party-that-launched-cornel-wests |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922041348/https://theweek.com/2024-presidential-election/1024333/what-is-the-peoples-party-that-launched-cornel-wests |archive-date=September 22, 2023 |access-date=November 15, 2023 |website=The Week}}{{cite journal|last=Hawkins|first=Howie|date=July 5, 2023|url=https://againstthecurrent.org/atc225/the-green-party-debates-ukraine/|title=The Green Party Debates Ukraine|journal=Against the Current|issue=25, July/August 2023|access-date=November 15, 2023|archive-date=November 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115150210/https://againstthecurrent.org/atc225/the-green-party-debates-ukraine/|url-status=live}}{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=December 2023}}{{cite web|last=Echols|first=William|date=September 3, 2023|url=https://www.polygraph.info/a/fact-check-misleading-chinese-state-media-depicting-pro-russia-rally-as-real-voices-of-american-people-/6996066.html|title=Misleading: Chinese State Media Depict Pro-Russia Rally as 'Real Voices' of American People|website=Polygraph.info|access-date=November 15, 2023|archive-date=November 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126215711/https://www.polygraph.info/a/fact-check-misleading-chinese-state-media-depicting-pro-russia-rally-as-real-voices-of-american-people-/6996066.html|url-status=live}}

In February 2024,{{Cite AV media |last=Cuomo |first=Chris |author-link=Chris Cuomo |others=Featuring Jackson Hinkle |date=February 27, 2024 |title=Jackson Hinkle's MAGA Communist Manifesto |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJGzZyJsJZg |access-date=March 7, 2024 | publisher=The Chris Cuomo Project |website=YouTube}} Hinkle appeared on NewsNation anchor Chris Cuomo's podcast, being described as at the forefront of "political thought in the country" for the next-generation, and according to Mediaite, advocated for "cessation of all American aid to Israel". Cuomo defended his interview with Hinkle saying "It is clearly untrue that I have ever, or would ever, give any deference to any kind of anti-semitism."{{Cite web |last=Schorr |first=Isaac |date=2024-03-04 |title=Chris Cuomo Interviews Anti-Israel Conspiracy Theorist, Calls Him 'At the Head of the Next Generation' of 'Political Thought' |url=https://www.mediaite.com/news/chris-cuomo-interviews-anti-israel-conspiracy-theorist-calls-him-at-the-head-of-the-next-generation-of-political-thought/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Mediaite |language=en |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405153927/https://www.mediaite.com/news/chris-cuomo-interviews-anti-israel-conspiracy-theorist-calls-him-at-the-head-of-the-next-generation-of-political-thought/ |url-status=live }}

In March 2024, Hinkle began posting on Weibo following a collaboration with Guancha and Fudan University's China Institute.

In July 2024, Hinkle participated in a Russian sponsored press briefing at the United Nations, during which he talked about the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine he visited.{{cite web |date=2024-07-03 |title=Press Briefing: Dan Kovalik, Jackson Hinkle and Christopher Helali following their recent visit to Donbass and Moscow |url=https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k16/k163tkr87w |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=UN Web TV |archive-date=July 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703012633/https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k16/k163tkr87w |url-status=live }}

On July 21, 2024, Hinkle announced the launch of the American Communist Party (ACP), a political party where he serves on the Plenary Council.{{cite web|url=https://acp.us/declaration|title=Declaration of the American Communist Party|work=American Communist Party|accessdate=July 21, 2024|archive-date=July 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722215503/https://acp.us/declaration|url-status=live}} The party describes itself as "[a] reconstitution of the Communist Party USA." Hinkle had previously stated that he had been expelled from the Communist Party USA, though his membership in the party was disputed by party officials.

On October 7, 2024, Hinkle launched a new political show, Legitimate Targets with Jackson Hinkle, interviewing representatives from the Houthi movement,{{cite tweet|author=Legitimate Targets|user=LegitTargets|date=October 7, 2024|number=1843420825451446700|title=🚨🇾🇪🇵🇸 EPISODE 01: ANSAR ALLAH INTERVIEW Jackson Hinkle interviews Spokesman & Senior Political Officer of Yemen's ANSAR ALLAH (Houthis), Mohammed al-Bukhaiti (@M_N_Albukhaiti), on the anniversary of October 7th.|access-date=October 7, 2024}} which is designated by the United States as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.{{Cite web |title=Terrorist Designation of the Houthis |url=https://www.state.gov/terrorist-designation-of-the-houthis/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=United States Department of State |language=en |archive-date=March 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318214307/https://www.state.gov/terrorist-designation-of-the-houthis/ |url-status=live }}{{Third-party inline|date=November 2024}}

On February 23, 2025, Hinkle attended the funeral of Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Lebanon. In an interview with Al Mayadeen during this visit to Lebanon, he stated that he had been living in Moscow, Russia for the past five months, fearing U.S. government retribution for his support of Russia, Hezbollah, and Hamas.{{Cite web |title=American Anti-Israel, Pro-Kremlin Activist And Influencer Jackson Hinkle Attends Funeral Of Hizbullah Leader, Gives Studio Interviews To U.S. Designated Terrorist, Hizbullah-Owned Al-Manar TV And Iran's Channel 3, And Talks To Lebanon's Mayadeen TV; Says He Has Been Living In Moscow For Five Months For Fear Of Arrest In U.S. |url=https://www.memri.org/reports/american-anti-israel-pro-kremlin-activist-and-influencer-jackson-hinkle-attends-funeral |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=MEMRI |language=en}}

On March 22, 2025, Hinkle attended a four-day Ansar Allah conference in Sanaa, Yemen hosting pro-Axis of Resistance figures, where he met Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree and made a speech condemning the ongoing U.S. strikes on Yemen.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-23 |title=Pro-Iran axis hosts Western activists, Hamas leaders at Houthi conference |url=https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-847301 |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en}}{{cite tweet |number=1903919691334066299 |user=jacksonhinklle |title=❤️🇾🇪 It was a GREAT HONOR to meet ANSAR ALLAH'S YAHYA SAREE in Yemen. |author=Jackson Hinkle |date=March 23, 2025}}{{Cite web |date=2025-03-25 |title=American activist "Hinkle" addresses aircraft carrier Truman, its crew: You will be defeated, but you will not succeed |url=https://www.saba.ye/en/news3456318.htm |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=www.saba.ye |language=en}}

Hinkle has a history of publishing misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy theories,{{Cite web |last=Thalen |first=Mikael |date=2021-07-26 |title=Bizarre conspiracy claims AOC secretly owns famous bar |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/conspiracy-theory-newsletter-aoc-bar-07-26-2021/ |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Dasgupta |first=Shougat |date=2023-11-29 |title=Russian propagandists turn their attention to Gaza |url=https://www.codastory.com/newsletters/newsletter-russian-disinformation-antisemitism-propaganda/ |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=Coda Story |language=en-US |quote=Hinkle has become a leading figure in that strange, social media-based netherworld of conspiracy theorists who have moved seamlessly from raging (or rather fomenting rage) about Covid vaccines, to raging about U.S. support for Ukraine, to now raging about the war in Gaza. |archive-date=April 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408164404/https://www.codastory.com/newsletters/newsletter-russian-disinformation-antisemitism-propaganda/ |url-status=live }} and The Dive with Jackson Hinkle has also been a source of controversy.{{cite news|last=Cohen|first=Sagi|date=November 7, 2023|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-11-07/ty-article/.premium/denial-of-hamas-october-7-massacre-is-gaining-pace-online/0000018b-aa45-d5aa-a19f-afffabf10000|title=Conspiracy Theories and Lies {{!}} Denial of Hamas' October 7 Massacre Is Gaining Pace Online|work=Haaretz|access-date=November 17, 2023|archive-date=December 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201224514/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-11-07/ty-article/.premium/denial-of-hamas-october-7-massacre-is-gaining-pace-online/0000018b-aa45-d5aa-a19f-afffabf10000|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Atienza|first=Elias|date=August 18, 2023|url=https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/18/fact-check-image-niger-militant-ukraine/|title=Fact Check: Image Claims To Show Niger Militant Promising To Go To Ukraine|website=Check Your Fact|access-date=November 21, 2023|archive-date=November 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102170656/https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/18/fact-check-image-niger-militant-ukraine/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Kulundu|first=Mary|date=October 31, 2023|url=https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33ZC4KT|title=Old video of Israeli forces arresting Palestinian child resurfaces during latest Gaza war|website=AFP Fact Check|access-date=November 21, 2023|archive-date=November 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121041610/https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33ZC4KT|url-status=live}} In April 2022, the Tech Transparency Project stated that the show was peddling "Putin propaganda" in violation of the site rules of Twitch, where the show was hosted on. The show violated the three new policies outlined by Twitch, namely "(1) persistently sharing (2) widely disproven and broadly shared (3) harmful misinformation topics, such as conspiracies that promote violence." The show was eventually taken off Twitch and YouTube for misinformation about the war in Ukraine. Hinkle also has a history of posting pro-Russian and far-right commentary.

Since being deplatformed, Hinkle has attracted attention for his tweets regarding the Gaza war, gaining 1.4 million followers on X by October 2023, and has been labeled by The Jewish Chronicle as one of the "most viral misinformation spreaders" in regards to the conflict. In response to being characterized as part of a group of online reactionaries leveraging pro-Palestine views for clout and money, he once proclaimed: "I do everything for the clout, you will never see me do something not for the clout." Chinese state media outlet The Paper called Hinkle a "spreader of false information", although some advocates close to the Chinese Communist Party have promoted him.

Hinkle's tweeting style has come into question, with much of it being criticized as misinformation as well as misleading. His posts have been cited and referenced repeatedly by Russian and Iranian state-affiliated media.{{cite web|url=https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/capitalising-on-crisis-russia-china-and-iran-use-x-to-exploit-israel-hamas-information-chaos/|title=Capitalising on crisis: Russia, China and Iran use X to exploit Israel-Hamas information chaos|publisher=Institute for Strategic Dialogue|date=October 25, 2023|access-date=November 15, 2023|quote=As state-affiliated media platform IraninArabic reports on American political activist Jackson Hinkle's post: 'If Putin did this to Kyiv, NATO would launch nukes at Moscow.' Image 7: @Iraninarabic_ir references Jackson Hinkle's statement accusing the West of double standards between Ukraine and Gaza.|archive-date=November 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115191258/https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/capitalising-on-crisis-russia-china-and-iran-use-x-to-exploit-israel-hamas-information-chaos/|url-status=live}} For example, the Russian news outlet Lenta.ru used a headline quoting Hinkle's suggestion that the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive be labeled as a suicide mission.{{cite news|last=Gorbachev|first=Gorbachev|date=November 22, 2023|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/russian-propaganda-presents-fringe-views-in-us-as-mainstream/7366229.html|title=Russian Propaganda Presents Fringe Views in US as Mainstream|agency=Voice of America|access-date=December 3, 2023|archive-date=November 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123111352/https://www.voanews.com/a/russian-propaganda-presents-fringe-views-in-us-as-mainstream/7366229.html|url-status=live}} In the wake of the Israel–Hamas conflict, Hinkle was deplatformed from YouTube, calling himself the "most censored man on YouTube", as well as the "most viral worldwide". With posts reaching over 20 million views as of November 2023,{{cite news |last=Eisele |first=Ines |date=November 10, 2023 |title=Fact check: AI fakes in Israel's war against Hamas |url=https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-ai-fakes-in-israels-war-against-hamas/a-67367744 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117091700/https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-ai-fakes-in-israels-war-against-hamas/a-67367744 |archive-date=November 17, 2023 |access-date=November 17, 2023 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |quote=The controversial anti-Israeli influencer Jackson Hinkle then claimed that the image had been created using artificial intelligence.}} Hinkle reached 2 million followers on X,{{cite magazine|last=Rosenberg|first=Yair|date=November 8, 2023|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/anti-semitism-anti-zionism-activists-hamas-apologists/675937/|url-status=live|title=When Anti-Zionism Is Anti-Semitic|magazine=The Atlantic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117003852/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/anti-semitism-anti-zionism-activists-hamas-apologists/675937/|archive-date=November 17, 2023|issn=2151-9463|access-date=November 17, 2023}} where he offers a premium subscription to those wanting to help him "DEFEAT THE ZIONIST LIES". In August 2023, Bloomberg reported that Hinkle had requested antisemitic AI-generated images of "satanic George Soros" using a tool called Midjourney, which a study found to be easy to generate racist and conspiratorial images.{{cite news|last=Alba|first=Davey|date=August 11, 2023|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-11/midjourney-rules-can-easily-break-with-certain-prompts|url-status=live|title=Midjourney Is Easily Tricked Into Making AI Misinformation, Study Finds|publisher=Bloomberg|issn=1063-2123|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121162147/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-11/midjourney-rules-can-easily-break-with-certain-prompts|archive-date=November 21, 2023|access-date=November 21, 2023}} A Bloomberg article in November 2023 about misinformation on X said Hinkle was "known for spreading antisemitic hate speech in the past". The ADL identified him as one of five key far right influencers on X who had used the conflict to gain an audience, whose combined follower count increased by over 1070% in the period, Hinkle reaching over 2.6 million in late 2023.{{cite web | title=Far-Right Influencers on X Promote Anti-Zionism, Hate and Conspiracy Theories| website=Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism | url=https://www.adl.org/resources/article/far-right-influencers-x-promote-anti-zionism-hate-and-conspiracy-theories | access-date=2 October 2024}}

A graphic image from the October 2023 Hamas attack on Israel was shared on X by Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as the conservative commentator Ben Shapiro. Hinkle subsequently claimed that the image was fake due to an inaccurate AI detector classification; however, the image was not determined to be fake by other AI detectors according to DW fact-checkers. Hinkle also falsely claimed on X that Haaretz had reported that the Israeli government inflated the death toll for the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.{{refn|Hinkle tweeted that the Israeli news outlet Haaretz had reported: "Number of people Hamas shot less than 100, most were settlers with guns on them."{{cite magazine|last=Novak|first=Matt|date=October 29, 2023|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/10/29/elon-musk-says-x-users-spreading-lies-wont-get-paid-for-those-tweets/|title=Elon Musk Says X Users Spreading Lies Won't Get Paid For Those Tweets|website=Forbes|issn=2609-1445|access-date=November 16, 2023|archive-date=November 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107004807/https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/10/29/elon-musk-says-x-users-spreading-lies-wont-get-paid-for-those-tweets/|url-status=live}} Haaretz responded: "This post contains blatant lies about the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7. It has absolutely no basis in Haaretz{{'}}s reporting, then or since."|group=nb}} Haaretz quoted the post in a tweet and said that Hinkle's post "contain[ed] blatant lies" and was not substantiated by their reporting on the attack.{{cite web|last=Czopek|first=Madison|date=November 1, 2023|url=https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2023/haaretz-rebuts-a-viral-claim-about-its-reporting-on-israeli-casualties/|title=Haaretz rebuts a viral claim about its reporting on Israeli casualties|publisher=Poynter Institute|access-date=November 15, 2023|archive-date=November 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113040444/https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2023/haaretz-rebuts-a-viral-claim-about-its-reporting-on-israeli-casualties/|url-status=live}}

In October 2023, Hinkle shared a fake news release stating that the United States was sending billions of dollars in aid to Israel.{{cite news |last1=Duffy |first1=Clare |last2=Lyngaas |first2=Sean |last3=O'Sullivan |first3=Donie |date=October 10, 2023 |title=Elon Musk's X adds to fog of war at outset of Israel-Hamas conflict |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/09/tech/musk-x-misinformation-israel-hamas-conflict/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111232231/https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/09/tech/musk-x-misinformation-israel-hamas-conflict/index.html |archive-date=November 11, 2023 |access-date=November 15, 2023 |work=CNN}} He also published fake news on the arrival of the United States Marines in Israel, using an image from July 2022 in Romania that was unrelated to Israel.{{cite news|last=Nitzan|first=Pinko|date=November 21, 2023|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/digital/technology/article/syys7yv4t|title=Mshkr, mzf vmvsf mvg'y: hvv shl yshrl vrsht|script-title=he:משקר, מזייף ומוסיף אמוג'י: האויב של ישראל ברשת|trans-title=Lies, fakes and added emoji: the enemy of Israel on the Internet|website=Ynet|language=he|access-date=November 22, 2023|archive-date=November 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121214733/https://www.ynet.co.il/digital/technology/article/syys7yv4t|url-status=live}} Hinkle followed up by falsely claiming that Iran had declared war on Israel and that Yemen had announced they were at war with Israel.{{cite web|last=Mansour|first=Juliette|date=October 24, 2023|url=https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33YX3FM|title=Black flag over Iranian shrine misrepresented amid Israel-Hamas conflict|website=AFP Fact Check|access-date=November 21, 2023|archive-date=November 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128082500/https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33YX3FM|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33ZT7XN|title=Posts falsely claim Yemen officially entered Israel-Hamas conflict|website=AFP Fact Check|date=November 3, 2023|access-date=November 21, 2023|archive-date=November 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121040109/https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33ZT7XN|url-status=live}} Before deleting his post, Hinkle also claimed that video footage showed Israel bombing hospitals; however, the footage instead showed an infirmary in Aleppo dated to 2016.{{cite web|last=McCarthy|first=Bill|date=November 2, 2023|url=https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33ZT2G9|title=Syria hospital CCTV footage misrepresented as Israel bombs Gaza|website=AFP Fact Check|access-date=November 21, 2023|archive-date=November 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121040112/https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33ZT2G9|url-status=live}} He has also misled his audience after posting an old video from 2018 of a three-year old being detained by border police in Hebron, in the southern West Bank, receiving over one million views. On November 12, 2023, Hinkle posted on X a photo of a woman near a demolished building, with the caption: "You CANNOT BREAK the Palestinian spirit."{{cite news |last=McCarthy |first=Bill |date=November 16, 2023 |title=Syrian staircase photo misrepresented as wartime image from Gaza |url=https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.343T96T |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118120510/https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.343T96T |archive-date=November 18, 2023 |access-date=November 18, 2023 |publisher=Agence France-Presse}} Fact checking discovered that the captioned photo, which showed a woman stepping down the stairs of a demolished building, was not from Palestine but from Syria, and had been submitted in 2020 for the Siena International Photo Awards.

In December 2023, Hinkle called for a boycott of the video game Grand Theft Auto VI, linking the game to Zionism. Vice disputed the game's links to Zionism and described them as a conspiracy theory.

In July 2024, Hinkle was noted as one of the main social media influencers sharing a fake story about Olena Zelenska, the First Lady of Ukraine, purchasing a Bugatti.{{cite web | last1=Myers | first1=Paul | last2=Robinson | first2=Olga | last3=Sardarizadeh | first3=Shayan | last4=Wendling | first4=Mike | title=A Bugatti, a first lady and the fake stories aimed at Americans | website=BBC News | date=2024-07-03 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72ver6172do | access-date=2024-07-04 | archive-date=July 4, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704003313/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72ver6172do | url-status=live }}

Hinkle has been variously described as far-right, right-wing,{{cite web |last=Gault |first=Matthew |date=December 5, 2023 |title='GTA VI' Has Already Sparked a Bizarre Moral Panic Fit For Our Age |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/gta-vi-has-already-sparked-a-bizarre-moral-panic-fit-for-our-age/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205210434/https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3we8x/gta-vi-has-already-sparked-a-bizarre-moral-panic-fit-for-our-age |archive-date=December 5, 2023 |access-date=December 6, 2023 |website=Vice News}} a conservative, "pro-Trump",{{cite web | last1=Myers | first1=Paul | last2=Robinson | first2=Olga | last3=Sardarizadeh | first3=Shayan | last4=Wendling | first4=Mike | title=A Bugatti, a first lady and the fake stories aimed at Americans | website=BBC News | date=3 July 2024 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72ver6172do | access-date=4 October 2024}}{{cite magazine | last=Gilbert | first=David | title=How Disinformation From a Russian AI Spam Farm Ended up on Top of Google Search Results | magazine=WIRED | date=9 July 2024 | url=https://www.wired.com/story/ai-generated-russian-disinformation-zelensky-bugatti/ | access-date=4 October 2024 | archive-date=October 7, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007095106/https://www.wired.com/story/ai-generated-russian-disinformation-zelensky-bugatti/ | url-status=live }} a "former Bernie Bro",{{cite web|date=September 13, 2024|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/13/politics/video/jackson-hinkle-israel-gaza-russia-misinformation-digvid|title=How a former Bernie Bro became a pro-Putin propaganda machine|work=CNN|access-date=October 12, 2024|archive-date=September 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925014405/https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/13/politics/video/jackson-hinkle-israel-gaza-russia-misinformation-digvid|url-status=live}} "avowedly progressive", and an "extreme left-wing ideologue"; primarily as a social media influencer, and political commentator, as well as an Internet troll, and YouTuber. Hinkle describes himself as an "American Conservative Marxist–Leninist", as a Stalinist and Maoist, and as a "MAGA Communist".{{cite web|last=Young|first=Cathy|date=October 19, 2023|url=https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/rush-to-judgment-and-bias-on-gaza-hospital-story|title=Rush to Judgment and Bias on Gaza Hospital Story|website=The Bulwark|access-date=November 15, 2023|archive-date=November 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118204243/https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/rush-to-judgment-and-bias-on-gaza-hospital-story|url-status=live}} Hinkle has also been described as a pro-Russia operative,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/monde/asie/ukraine-donbass-girl-cette-ex-militaire-qui-diffuse-la-propagande-de-poutine-aux-etats-unis-45GY2NGUAFASHFYAO7CBPDQX3Y/|title=Ukraine : 'Donbass Girl', cette ex-militaire qui diffuse la propagande de Poutine aux Etats-Unis|trans-title=Ukraine: "Donbass Girl", this ex-soldier spreads Putin's propaganda in the United States|magazine=L'Express|language=fr|date=April 18, 2023|issn=2491-4282|access-date=November 15, 2023|quote=Des personnalités comme Jackson Hinkle ou Eva Bartlett, qui font partie du top 10 des 'influenceurs' non russes à soutenir Moscou, d'après l'Institute for Strategic Dialogue, y discutent du 'déclin inévitable de l'Occident' ou encore de la manière dont les Etats-Unis utilisent l'Ukraine pour s'attaquer à la Russie.|trans-quote=Personalities like Jackson Hinkle or Eva Bartlett, who are among the top 10 non-Russian "influencers" to support Moscow, according to the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, discuss the "inevitable decline of the West" or even how the United States uses Ukraine to attack Russia.|archive-date=May 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521054912/https://www.lexpress.fr/monde/asie/ukraine-donbass-girl-cette-ex-militaire-qui-diffuse-la-propagande-de-poutine-aux-etats-unis-45GY2NGUAFASHFYAO7CBPDQX3Y/|url-status=live}} and grouped as part of the anti-Israel far-right.

Emanuele Ottolenghi and Marina Rosenberg, respectively the Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and Senior Vice President for International Affairs at the Anti-Defamation League, wrote that Hinkle is a "known conspiracy theorist, and a staunch admirer of Russia's Vladimir Putin,{{refn|}} and Syria's Bashar al-Assad; he has denied China's repression of its Uyghur minority as well as the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons against its own people." Hinkle has referred to al-Assad as a hero, and denounced his 2024 overthrow, describing it as a "victory for the US-backed al-Qaeda".{{cite tweet |number=1865714518405308663 |user=LegitTargets |title=🚨🇸🇾🇷🇺 BREAKING: ASSAD FALLS IN SYRIA, DEATH RUMORED IN POTENTIAL PLANE CRASH |author=Jackson Hinkle |date=December 8, 2024 |access-date=December 9, 2024}} Hinkle has also professed admiration for Joseph Stalin.{{Cite web |last=Atanesian |first=Grigor |date=2023-11-17 |title=Guerra Israel - Hamás: los influencers que ganan dinero con el enfrentamiento |url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/c3g2pzzzj0no |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=BBC News Mundo |language=es |archive-date=April 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401030334/https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/c3g2pzzzj0no |url-status=live }} Russian-American journalist Cathy Young described Hinkle as a "ragebait-monetizing 'MAGA communist' troll", and according to Elad Nehorai, Hinkle has a documented history of transphobia.{{Cite web |last=Nehorai |first=Elad |date=2023-12-29 |title=Opinion {{!}} How white nationalists on social media are trying to exploit the Gaza war |url=https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/elon-musk-israel-gaza-war-antisemitism-rcna131327 |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=MSNBC.com |language=en}}

Hinkle has been described as vocally pro-Russia and anti-Ukraine. He tweeted that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is "responsible for every death in the Ukraine war" and shared posts on Instagram that praised Putin.{{cite web|last=Grosso|first=Joseph|date=February 24, 2023|url=https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/24/hearts-of-darkness-anti-war-as-reaction/|title=Hearts of Darkness: Anti-War as Reaction|website=CounterPunch|access-date=December 24, 2023|archive-date=December 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231217035443/https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/24/hearts-of-darkness-anti-war-as-reaction/|url-status=live}} According to Euromaidan Press, Hinkle claimed that Zelenskyy is a dictator who was building a "fascist, dystopian state" in Ukraine,{{cite news |last=Fornusek |first=Martin |date=November 3, 2022 |title=Russian disinfo on social media: 'Zelenskyy and western embassies fled Kyiv, US sabotaged Nord Stream' |url=https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/11/03/russian-disinformation-on-social-media/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113125759/https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/11/03/russian-disinformation-on-social-media/ |archive-date=November 13, 2023 |access-date=November 15, 2023 |work=Euromaidan Press}} and newspaper Türkiye wrote that he believed the president would suffer the same fate as Osama bin Laden.{{cite news |last=Güncelleme |first=Son |date=September 21, 2023 |title=Zelenskyy to end up like Osama bin Laden: American journalist |url=https://www.turkiyenewspaper.com/politics/16420 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117163225/https://www.turkiyenewspaper.com/politics/16420 |archive-date=November 17, 2023 |access-date=November 15, 2023 |work=Türkiye}} He has urged the Republican Party (GOP) to reject Zionism, and called for MAGA-aligned GOP Representative Jim Jordan to focus on American domestic issues rather than backing additional military aid to Israel.{{cite magazine|last=Fung|first=Katherine|date=October 17, 2023|url=https://www.newsweek.com/maga-divided-israel-hamas-1835096|title=MAGA divides grow as Israel war intensifies|magazine=Newsweek|issn=0028-9604|access-date=November 15, 2023|archive-date=November 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115022736/https://www.newsweek.com/maga-divided-israel-hamas-1835096|url-status=live}} The Gaza war also showed a division within the MAGA movement, with Hinkle criticizing the likes of conservative pundit Ben Shapiro and Trumpist activist Laura Loomer for supporting Israel.{{cite magazine |last=Klee |first=Miles |date=October 19, 2023 |title=MAGA Influencers Tearing Each Other Apart Over Israel-Hamas War |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/israel-hamas-violence-maga-influencer-meltdown-1234857139/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114075419/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/israel-hamas-violence-maga-influencer-meltdown-1234857139/ |archive-date=November 14, 2023 |access-date=November 15, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |issn=0035-791X}}{{refn|}} Hinkle has been accused by some elements of the MAGA movement of promoting anti-white racism due to his support of South African black nationalist and communist politician Julius Malema and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party.{{cite tweet|author=AF Post|user=AFpost|date=July 31, 2023|number=1686159413873405952|title=Communist commentator Jackson Hinkle (@jacksonhinklle) continues to shill for EFF party leader Julias Malema, who incited violence against White South African farmers at latest rally. Follow: @AFpost|access-date=October 12, 2024}}{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=January 2025}} Hinkle dubbed the firing of pro-Trump conservative-populist pundit Tucker Carlson as the "end of an era".{{cite web |last=Hodge |first=Rae |date=April 24, 2023 |title='American hero': Tucker Carlson's fans mourn as star right-wing pundit departs Fox News |url=https://www.salon.com/2023/04/24/american-hero-tucker-carlsons-fans-mourn-as-star-right-wing-pundit-departs-fox-news/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114223830/https://www.salon.com/2023/04/24/american-hero-tucker-carlsons-fans-mourn-as-star-right-wing-pundit-departs-fox-news/ |archive-date=November 14, 2023 |access-date=November 15, 2023 |website=Salon.com}}

On Twitter, Hinkle described himself in a post as an "American PATRIOT, GOD fearing, Pro-FAMILY, Marxist Leninist, Pro-PALESTINE, RUSSIA & CHINA, Anti-DEEP STATE, Anti-IMPERIALIST, Anti-WOKE, Pro-GROWTH, ANTI-MONOPOLY, Pro-GUN, Pro-FOSSIL FUEL".{{Cite web |last=Mordowanec |first=Nick |date=2024-04-23 |title=MAGA influencer leads "Free Palestine" event |url=https://www.newsweek.com/hinkle-haz-al-din-free-palestine-protests-maga-1893397 |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}

In late 2022, Hinkle began advocating for the idea of "MAGA Communism", leading it to trend on Twitter. Vice described it as a "swirl of social conservatism, patriotism and subversive energy", and described Hinkle as coming from "the far-right entertainment playbook by agitating on livestreams". Hinkle and other supporters of the idea argued that those who care about the working class should ally with the MAGA movement, which they considered to be the largest anti-establishment populist movement in the United States, to incite a populist revolution. MAGA communists criticized liberal identity politics, denounced American imperialism, and dismissed climate change efforts as "virtue-signaling" and "green fascism". Interviewed by One America News Network host Addison Smith in September 2022, Hinkle echoed conspiracy theories about George Soros, saying: "Communism and Marxism historically have been conservative. It's a new era in the West that made it adhere to liberal-leftist values. This is not true Marxism. It's Marxism funded by George Soros. They don't want communists, left-wing populists, right-wing populists, uniting on common issues to fight the deep state." Hinkle was questioned on whether he actually supported communism; he said that the United States can learn from the Soviet Union and Communist China, that Marxism–Leninism has historically been conservative, and that what he described as modern communism's "liberal-leftist values" are a perversion "funded by George Soros". In January 2025, Hinkle described his MAGA communist movement as supporting "Anti-Imperialism, Multipolarity, and Orthodox Communism".{{cite tweet |number=1874503147668070632|user=jacksonhinklle|title=🚨🇺🇸 2024 was our BREAKTHROUGH YEAR. Our message is UNSTOPPABLE & GAINING STEAM with each passing day. Anti-Imperialism, Multipolarity, Orthodox Communism are WINNING! THANK YOU for all your support!|author=Jackson Hinkle |date=January 1, 2025|access-date=January 1, 2025}}

Observers and left-wing critics have described "MAGA communism" as an alt-right ideology which seeks to combine aspects of "authoritarian MAGA" with "tankie communism", eschew communism's leftist values, and co-opt socialism.{{cite magazine|url=https://inthesetimes.com/pdf/InTheseTimes47-10.pdf|title=What Is to Be Done? The Spread of the Far Right|magazine=In These Times|volume=47|issue=10|date=December 2023|page=36|access-date=13 December 2023|quote=What do such figures mean by 'working class'? 'Racists,' says one prominent #MAGACommunist, Jackson Hinkle, 'hate me because I'm white.' He has 2 million Twitter followers. This October, numerous leftists warned that Hinkle was among the far-right actors opportunistically promoting the Palestinian cause to further their reach—he gained roughly 1.6 million of his followers in the first weeks of the war—and achieve their own, deeply different goals.|archive-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212021139/https://inthesetimes.com/pdf/InTheseTimes47-10.pdf|url-status=live}} "MAGA communism" has been described as lacking ideological consistency and focusing its appeal to people disillusioned with modern American liberalism. Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks said of "MAGA communism": "We should be careful [when discussing MAGA communism], because when you think of Nazis and fascists and how they brought people over to their sides. They co-opted socialist rhetoric to bring people in, and then their 'populist' movement was what? Extermination." Progressive commentator Sam Seder, who had a debate with Hinkle, said of an interview Hinkle gave about "MAGA communism": "This is such a word salad that I can't follow what the hell he's talking about."

Daniel HoSang, a professor at Yale University and an expert on modern American right-wing movements, told Motherboard that "it doesn't necessarily mean communism in the literal sense of, say, demanding collective ownership. I think it's meant to be a kind of cultural invocation—a defense from that which the elites want you to believe. It suggests something about how people's political moorings are unsettled, and the search to find new bearings." Brian Hughes, the associate director of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL) at American University, said: "Various figures are trying to take advantage of the moment. Skull-mask [neo-fascist]{{Cite web |last=Hummel |first=Kristina |date=2021-12-22 |title=The Iron March Forum and the Evolution of the "Skull Mask" Neo-Fascist Network |url=https://ctc.westpoint.edu/the-iron-march-forum-and-the-evolution-of-the-skull-mask-neo-fascist-network/ |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=Combating Terrorism Center at West Point |language=en-US}} networks, and accelerationist networks more broadly, have been juicing MAGA Communism because they like to inhabit odd, esoteric subcultures. They're smaller, and easier to exploit. It helps that MAGA Communism has little ideological consistency, and can vibe with people who want to be edgy, on the political fringe." Hinkle's movement has also been placed within the context of an American conservatism that, in the words of Democratic Party strategist David Shor, was getting "really very weird", with The New Republic describing it as a movement that "combined American nationalism with praise for another authoritarian leader despised by most Americans, China's Xi Jinping."{{cite magazine|last=Gallagher|first=Graham|date=November 25, 2022|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/169050/masters-vance-weird-right-republicans|title=Elite Conservatives Have Taken an Awfully Weird Turn|magazine=The New Republic|issn=2169-2416|access-date=November 20, 2023|archive-date=November 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115132406/https://newrepublic.com/article/169050/masters-vance-weird-right-republicans|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Owen |first=Tess |date=24 May 2024 |title='A deranged fringe movement': what is Maga communism, the online ideology platformed by Tucker Carlson? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/24/what-is-maga-communism |work=The Guardian}}

Hinkle is an Orthodox Christian.{{Cite web |last=Hinkle |first=Jackson |date=2025-01-07 |title=Merry Christmas to all my fellow Orthodox Christians. The SATANISTS WILL NOT WIN!|url=https://x.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1876707635694571981?t=VCEpEJDznYOy-M3TeUbWVQ&s=19 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-06-15 |website=Jackson Hinkle on Twitter}} He was engaged to Miss Russia 2022 Anna Linnikova and they lived together in Miami,{{Cite web |last=Duffield |first=Charlie |date=2023-11-05 |title=Russian beauty queen flaunts her VIP lifestyle in America as she moves to the US |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/russian-beauty-queen-flaunts-vip-31366891 |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=The Daily Mirror |language=en |archive-date=November 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115144225/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/russian-beauty-queen-flaunts-vip-31366891 |url-status=live }} but the couple reportedly separated in December 2023.{{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/business/media/jackson-hinkle-israel-gaza-misinformation.html | title = Riding Rage Over Israel to Online Prominence | last1 = Lee | first1 = Steven | last2 = Hsu | first2 = Tiffany | date = April 11, 2024 | website = New York Times | access-date = April 12, 2024 | archive-date = September 11, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240911163828/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/business/media/jackson-hinkle-israel-gaza-misinformation.html | url-status = live}} Hinkle currently resides in Moscow, Russia.

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|candidate = Gene James

|votes = 8,253

|percentage = 54.92

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|candidate = Jackson Hinkle

|votes = 4,683

|percentage = 31.17

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|candidate = Dee Coleman

|votes = 785

|percentage = 5.22

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|candidate = Christina Selter

|votes = 667

|percentage = 4.44

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|candidate = Michael (Mickey) McLane

|votes = 638

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• Collaboration with Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
• Russian information war against Ukraine
• Haz Al-Din – MAGA Communist American live streamer and activist
• Eva Bartlett – pro-Assad Canadian activist and journalist
• Patrick Lancaster – pro-Russia American vlogger
• Gonzalo Lira – Chilean-American YouTuber who died in a Ukrainian prison
• Graham Phillips – anti-Ukraine journalist from the United Kingdom
• Scott Ritter – pro-Iran American pundit

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20230301215420/https://jacksonhinkle.tv/ Official website (archived)]
• [https://acp.us/ American Communist Party website]
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