#Nico Kenn De Balinthazy

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Caroline Haskins at The Guardian:

Late on Tuesday night, when it became clear that Donald Trump would be re-elected as president of the United States, the so-called “heterodoxy” was elated. For years, these male podcasters, influencers and public figures had marketed themselves as free-thinking pundits who evaded the bounds of political classification. “Their political views could once have been described as libertarian,” Anna Merlan wrote for the Guardian in August; the word used to describe them pointed to the same, derived from the Greek heteros, meaning other, and doxa, meaning opinion.

However, in 2024, the heterodoxy universally endorsed, supported and celebrated the hyper-masculine promise of Trump. This has created a moment in which the vast majority of online voices who appeal to young men are explicitly pro-Trump. In the wake of his win, those who at least feigned political ambivalence now feel no need to moderate themselves.

Joe Rogan reacted to Trump’s win on Tuesday night by yelling a reverential “holy shit” in a video he posted to X that showed him watching Trump’s election party on Fox News. Rogan, whose chart-topping podcast has an estimated 81% male audience, considers himself more of a conversationalist than a pundit but nevertheless endorsed Trump hours before the election, after hosting Trump and JD Vance on The Joe Rogan Experience. (He invited Kamala Harris, but they could not agree on interview terms.) Rogan endorsed Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic primary and then voted libertarian, and initially liked Robert F Kennedy Jr in 2024. He has supported left-leaning policies like drug and marijuana legalization, same-sex marriage and abortion rights, though he vehemently opposes gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Ultimately, he attributed his pivot to Trump to Elon Musk, the last guest to appear on his podcast before the election.

“If it wasn’t for him we’d be fucked,” Rogan posted, referring to Musk. “He makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you’ll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way.” Musk, who is generally well-liked among heterodox figures and their supporters, was gleeful as it became clear that Trump had won. He posted a picture to X showing him holding a sink in the Oval Office – a reference to his 2022 takeover of Twitter HQ – captioned “let that sink in”, seemingly relishing the business success and policy influence he anticipates having under a second Trump administration, which he helped secure.

Musk’s shift to the far right – after voting for Obama and opposing Trump in 2016 – became noticeable during the pandemic, when he became frustrated that lockdown requirements were slowing production at SpaceX and Tesla. Since taking over Twitter, now X, he has re-platformed Trump and conspiracy theorists like Alex Jones as well as racist and sexist provocateurs like the white nationalist Nick Fuentes. “Your body, my choice. Forever,” Fuentes posted on Tuesday night; the phrase has been making rounds on social media since. Musk personally shares an increasingly large volume of far-right content on his own page – especially transphobic content, seemingly in response to his estranged daughter coming out as transgender.

While final election data has yet to be released, initial exit polling indicates that men, and particularly young men aged 18-29, were a crucial pillar of support for Trump. Now more than ever, young men are at odds with more liberal young women, supporting Trump over Harris 56% to 42%, while young women preferred Harris 58% to 40%, according to exit polls. These young men, especially those without a college degree, have expressed feeling unfulfilled, dissatisfied with their jobs and lives, and desirous of a society and home life with traditional gender roles. For years, media outlets have documented how more and more young men have been radicalized after consuming content from right-leaning entertainers and commentators, especially on platforms like YouTube and Twitch. Now, as more of those men have reached voting age, this phenomenon appears to be benefiting Trump and the far right. One 2021 study found that a leading predictor of support for Trump – over party affiliation, gender, race and education level – was belief in “hegemonic masculinity”, defined as believing that men should be in positions of power, be “mentally, physically, and emotionally tough”, and reject anything considered feminine or gay. Some heterodox influencers gained a following by embodying or promoting precisely this brand of masculinity, and giving their followers a script for blaming dissatisfaction on women.

[...] During this election cycle, Trump’s embrace of the bro-centric podcast scene came as he sidelined (and in some cases, fumbled) traditional campaign tactics like door-knocking and canvassing. This choice appears to have had no negative effect on his election bid. In fact, it may have even helped him. Trump’s victory could very well be an emboldening choice among heterodoxy figures, who now see the possible fruits of openly embracing the right. They certainly aren’t going away.

Donald Trump’s win was a victory for the right-wing manosphere and hyper-masculinity, as young men aged below 30 went for Trump (while women the same age went for Kamala Harris).

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Racist YouTuber Joins Kanye West’s Campaign

Racist YouTuber Joins Kanye West’s Campaign

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty/Twitter A racist YouTuber—who achieved internet infamy by urging pedestrians to say the N-word—has joined the ranks of Kanye West’s expanding, informal 2024 presidential campaign. Nico Kenn De Balinthazy, better known as “Sneako,” said on Monday night that he’s taking a hiatus from live-streaming to focus on his new role with the…

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Justin Horowitz at MMFA:

Personalities from the so-called “manosphere,” including Andrew Tate, Sneako, Myron Gaines, Jon Zherka, and Hannah Pearl Davis, have expressed their support for disgraced former President Donald Trump.  The manosphere is an online community of right-wing websites, bloggers, and influencers who repackage conservative, antifeminist, and regressive gender politics for the internet age, which they use to recruit and target young men.  Over the past year, several of these misogynistic content creators have embraced a range of extreme ideologies, including Nazism and antisemitism. (In one instance, Zherka instructed a group of women to do a Nazi Sieg Heil during a livestream and say “heil Hitler.”) Some have also encouraged their audiences — which includes pre-teens — to abuse women.   Several of these manosphere figures have featured white supremacist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes on their shows. In 2022, Fuentes dined with Trump and pro-Hitler rapper Ye (formerly Kanye West) at Mar-a-Lago.

Manosphere influencers such as Andrew Tate and Myron Gaines (Amrou Fudl) have expressed support for sexual assaulter Donald Trump's 2024 run for President.

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Justin Horowitz at MMFA:

During an April 30 stream, Holocaust denier and far-right media figure Nick Fuentes claimed that conservative student group Turning Point USA is being taken over by young extremists associated with his “groyper” movement.

Fuentes appeared on a Rumble stream with misogynistic pro-Nazi influencer Sneako (real name Nico Kenn De Balinthazy). Also present on the stream — but not weighing in on Turning Point USA specifically — was white nationalist and self-described “raging antisemite” Keith Woods. “I think that what is driving the trend right now is just that the young people are all with the groypers, you know, the young people are all with me,” Fuentes said. “You know, I think every conservative in America under the age of 25 has been influenced by the groypers.” “Turning Point, we had a big rivalry with them and they hated us, they fired everyone that was associated with me, and then this past year, their CFO Tyler Bowyer said, well, you know, some groypers are OK,” he continued. “That’s because they all work for Turning Point now,” Fuentes added. “They can’t hire anybody that isn’t a groyper because there aren’t anybody under 25 that aren’t a groyper.”

Fuentes appeared to be referencing Turning Point Action Chief Operating Officer Tyler Bowyer, who said that some of Fuentes’ groypers are “OK-ish” and “just want to have an honest debate” while appearing on TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk’s podcast to defend former Daily Wire host Candace Owens, who recently left the right-wing outlet following a string of comments against Jewish people. 

Fuentes and Turning Point USA’s previous schism stemmed from claims that the student group is not radical or “pro-white” enough. The groypers regularly trolled Turning Point USA events by attacking speakers during Q&A sessions over issues such as immigration and support for Israel, and Kirk’s group barred groypers from attending its events and cut ties with members of its ambassador program for being linked to Fuentes and other white nationalists.

Turning Point USA has seen rather disturbing changes over the past few years, moving more and more towards the neo-Nazi and White nationalist groyper movement that they previously shunned.

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Kayla Gogarty and Justin Horowitz at MMFA:

Less than a week after being reinstated to Twitch, misogynistic pro-Nazi streamer Sneako (real name Nico Kenn De Balinthazy) attended an event associated with Nick Fuentes’ white nationalist America First Foundation. Sneako has repeatedly defended and praised Fuentes’ extremist group since his reinstatement. This “off-service conduct” seemingly violates Twitch’s policies, which assert that “some off-service offenses committed by Twitch users can create a substantial safety risk to the Twitch community,” and do not allow “individuals or organizations who engage off-service in … leadership, membership, or sponsorship of a known hate group.” On June 10, Sneako was reinstated on Twitch after being banned from the platform in 2022, at a time when he's said he was “peak red pill raging.” Discussing his reinstatement, the streamer claimed: “I sent them a proper email explaining that I want to be a good member of the community and all this stuff. So if you are banned, just make sure to send Twitch a proper email and explain that you want to be involved, and you'll get unbanned.”

But less than a week after his reinstatement, Sneako was in Detroit on June 16 for what was supposed to be the 2024 America First Political Action Conference — an event organized by the white nationalist America First Foundation. The group was founded by Fuentes, a Holocaust denier and white supremacist who attended the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Sneako is linked to Fuentes and spoke at a Fuentes rally in 2023.)    Fuentes and his organization reportedly attempted to hold their event in two different locations in Detroit but were kicked out of both venues. While the group did not end up having an official location, it appears that Fuentes did speak from a podium for a short time to a crowd of attendees who mingled in and around the venue spaces. 

Twitch reinstated misogynistic manosphere streamer Nico Kenn De Balinthazy (aka Sneako), only for him to attend the AFPAC event associated with vile antisemite and white nationalist Nick Fuentes.