the most common source of Internet-based red-pills, a close second appears to be the Infowars media network of famed American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

The influence of Infowars

Six of our fascist activists credit Alex Jones with red-pilling them. Jones has been a prominent radio and Internet conspiracy theorist since the mid-1990s and is the founder of the media organization Infowars. Jones first rose to prominence when he served as executive producer on Loose Change, a series of films that began in 2005 and which helped ignite the “9/11 Truther” movement.

Two more activists on our list credit Infowars editor Paul Joseph Watson with their red-pilling. Conspiracy theories appear to be one of the more well-trodden roads into fascist nationalism. This may have something to do with the fact that lackof independent-minded former Ambassador Chas Freeman to be chair of the National Intelligence Council, without clearing this first with White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.

The NIC has purview over the preparation of National Intelligence Estimates and the President Daily Brief  the two premier intelligence publications.

Blairs choice of Freeman raised the ire of Washingtons still-influential neoconservatives and their allies in the Obama administration because he was regarded as a realist on the Middle East, rather than someone who would side reflexively with Israel.

When rumors began to circulate about Freemans appointment, the neocons unleashed a media barrage, denouncing his criticism of Israel and his associations with the Saudi and Chinese governments. One influential column, entitled Obamas Intelligence Blunder, was published Feb. 28 on the Washington Posts neocon-dominated op-ed