Jackson Hinkle

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[[File:Photo of hinkle.png|thumb|right|165px|Jackson Hinkle in 2018.]]
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{{hatnote|Not to be confused with {{wpl|Jason Hickel||.}}}}
{{cquote|The American people stand with the [[DPRK]] & [[Kim Jong-un]]!|||Hinkle<ref>Jackson Hinkle (March 21, 2023). [https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1638073681523113990 "The American people stand with the DPRK & Kim Jong-un! 🇺🇸🇰🇵"]. ''Twitter''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230322144912/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1638073681523113990 (Archived)].</ref>}}
{{cquote|[[Nick Fuentes|Nick [Fuentes]]] is right, [[Stalin]] was one of the greatest leaders in history!|||Hinkle<ref>Jackson Hinkle (March 3, 2023). [https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1631836560135172097 "Nick is right, Stalin was one of the greatest leaders in history!"]. ''Twitter''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230324004421/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1631836560135172097 (Archived)].</ref>}}
{{cquote|I do everything for the clout. You will never see me do something not for the clout. That's the only way I operate.|||Hinkle<ref name="MAGAcommunismVice"/><ref>(August 14, 2022). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIAHdQ8PQwU "Twitch Streamer admits to being a clout chaser & exposes himself as an incel"]. Clipped via ''YouTube''.</ref><ref name="CloutNCash"/>}}

'''Jackson Hinkle'''{{efn|Shades of "Adenoid Hynkel" from Charlie Chaplin's film {{wpl|The Great Dictator|''The Great Dictator''}}}} is an [[American]] "[[MAGA communism|MAGA communist]]",<ref name="MAGAcommunismVice"/><ref name="OANinFocus">Addison Smith (September 20, 2022). [https://rumble.com/v1kt7c7-in-focus-addison-smith-questions-jackson-hinkle-on-maga-communism.html "In Focus - Addison Smith Questions Jackson Hinkle on 'Maga Communism'"]. ''[[OAN]]''.</ref> [[Lysenkoism|Lysenkoist]],<ref name="Mendel">Jackson Hinkle (September 6, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231024145225/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1699564723698647514 "Ask the question: Why, despite how many articles that @CommunityNotes links, can they not prove Mendel’s gene theory? Because Lysenko was right. Only Mendeloid NPC's believe in genes."] ''Twitter''.</ref><ref>Jackson Hinkle (November 27, 2022). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230305185415/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1596709791253921793 "Lysenko was right, genes are a debunked theory."] ''Twitter''.</ref> [[Russia]]n state media contributor,<ref name="RusskiyMir"/><ref name="Hinkle920"/> [[LaRouche]]ite,<ref>(November 1, 2022). [https://larouchepub.com/pr/2022/20221102_hinkle.html "Jackson Hinkle Stream Centers on LaRouche: ‘He Was Right’"]. ''{{wpl|Executive Intelligence Review||.}}''</ref><ref>Jackson Hinkle (October 25, 2022). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230306201503/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1584748640131637248 "How to get bigger biceps FAST ⬇️💪"]. ''Twitter''.</ref> and failed political candidate.<ref name="JamesWins"/> Formerly a [[marketing]] specialist, he's applied his experience by rebranding himself several times in just a few years.<ref name="Welch"/> He started out in the [[environmentalist]] movement, particularly its subsidiary [[anti-nuclear movement]].<ref name="TeenVogue"/><ref name="LAPilot"/> After environmentalism, he shifted his focus to [[democratic socialism]].<ref name="BerniePrimary"/> Now, MAGA communism. Today, he says environmentalism is "anti-human" and "green [[fascism]]"&nbsp;— ''probably'' meaning he disapproves.<ref name="antihuman"/><ref name="SederOAN">The Majority Report w/ [[Sam Seder]] (September 25, 2022). [https://youtu.be/JPZMNXgD6cE?si=zz5LDLQXUlQOpo5_&t=695 "Jackson Hinkle Makes OAN Heads Explode With "MAGA Communism""]. ''YouTube''.</ref><ref>[https://schillerinstitute.com/blog/2022/10/14/conference-build-the-new-paradigm-defeat-green-fascism/ "Conference: Build the New Paradigm, Defeat Green Fascism"]. ''[[Schiller Institute]]''.</ref> In 2024, he helped form the American Communist Party (not to be confused with the CPUSA), a "patriotic communist" party rallying for all of Hinkle's weird views.<ref>[https://www.thefp.com/p/american-communist-party-maga The MAGA Communists Launched a Party]. Steinberg, Julia. ''The Free Press''. 30 July 2024.</ref>

Most recently, he's taken to spreading inflammatory [[Fake news|misinformation]] online. This most often takes the form of {{wpl|Anti-Western sentiment|anti-Western,}} pro-Kremlin [[propaganda]].<ref>Tonye Bakare (August 9, 2023). [https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33QU44U "Nigerian Senate urged diplomatic solution to Niger crisis, but did not refuse military action as claimed"]. ''Agence France-Presse''. Quote: "Hinkle has a history of posting pro-Russian and [[far-right]] commentary, including false claims about the Ukraine-Russian war".</ref><ref>Sam Doak (August 4 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231105042242/https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/false-the-nigerien-junta-has-not-ordered-the-armed-forces-to-arrest-any-european-nationals-found-in-the-country "The Nigerien junta has not ordered the armed forces to arrest any European nationals found in the country"]. ''Logically''. Quote: "Jackson Hinkle, a pro-Kremlin social media commentator, summarised this narrative ... Despite Hinkle's claim, ''Logically Facts'' has found no evidence that authorities in Niger have made such a proclamation."</ref><ref>Kiera Butler (October 25, 2023). [https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/10/stew-peters-far-right-support-palestine/ "The Far Right Has a New Big Lie: Claiming to Support Palestine"]. ''Mother Jones''. Quote: "Jackson Hinkle ... garnered 1.4 million followers on X for his pro-Russia content".</ref> He especially utilizes [[Twitter]] to this end.<ref name="ForbesNovak"/><ref name="InterestingEngineering">Rizwan Choudhury (October 15, 2023). [https://interestingengineering.com/culture/expert-debunks-ai-tools-claim-that-israels-photo-is-fake "Expert debunks AI tool's claim that Israel's photo is fake"]. ''Interesting Engineering''.</ref><ref name="WHreleaseCNN"/> Under [[Elon Musk]]'s ownership of Twitter, he's rewarded with as much engagement as possible.<ref>(October 28, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231028023227/https://app.getnotus.io/leaderboards/jacksonhinklle "Jackson Hinkle"]. ''Notus''.</ref><ref>(October 26, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231026062424/https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/jacksonhinklle "Jackson Hinkle"]. ''SocialBlade''.</ref> His Twitter reach has expanded massively, particularly by October 2023, when his account was #1 by influence.<ref name="InfoEpiLabOct2023">(October 24, 2023). [https://infoepi.org/posts/2023/10/24-israel-ukraine-vaccines "Negative and Misleading Posts Driving Critical Discussions on X"]. ''Information Epidemiology Lab''.</ref><ref>(October 26, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231026122157/https://app.getnotus.io/leaderboards/category/overall "Overall - Leaderboards"]. ''Notus''.</ref> [[Persecution complex|Despite this, Hinkle believes he is censored by Twitter]], somehow, for "EXPOSING [[Zionist|ZIONIST]] LIES".<ref>Jackson Hinkle (November 1, 2023). [https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1719785056871305431 "🚨🇮🇱 I've been CENSORED by X with a "ghost ban" for EXPOSING ZIONIST LIES. Get #HinkleCensored TRENDING WORLDWIDE!"]. ''Twitter''.</ref>

He was also a [[YouTube]]r, garnering some 300K subscribers.{{efn|That was up from [https://web.archive.org/web/20221016210520/https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/thedivewithjacksonhinkle 182,000 in 2022] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20211027143223/https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/thedivewithjacksonhinkle 27,000 in 2021.]}}<ref>(October 8, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231024054013/https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/thedivewithjacksonhinkle "The Dive with Jackson Hinkle"]. ''SocialBlade''.</ref> That is until he was permanently banned in October 2023 for misinformation regarding the war in [[Ukraine]], according to himself.<ref>Jackson Hinkle (October 9, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231021080935/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1711433724074566057 "YouTube has permanently banned my channel, The Dive with Jackson Hinkle (300K subscribers) for alleged 'Ukraine misinformation.'"] ''Twitter''.</ref> Although, it's possible he was banned for something entirely unrelated since his screenshot omitted the body text of the email he received from YouTube — and in his inability to keep a story straight, he claimed just three days later that he was actually banned for "telling the truth about the [[Israel]]-[[Palestine]] conflict".<ref>Jackson Hinkle (October 12, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231021080921/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1712596096957194547 "🇮🇱🇵🇸 YouTube didn’t want me telling the truth about the Israel-Palestine conflict, so they banned my channel with 300K subscribers."] ''Twitter''.</ref>

Hinkle is a fan of [[Andrew Tate]], repeatedly defending him while Tate is the subject of [[Andrew Tate#Rape and human trafficking allegations|a serious rape, organized crime, and human trafficking investigation]].<ref>(July 2023). [https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/152t39s/sarah_bradys_ex_jackson_hinkle_sending_her_a/ "Sarah Brady's ex Jackson Hinkle sending her a private message mocking her situation with Jonah Hill and telling her that a man like Andrew Tate would be good for her. He then proceeds to block her. Sarah also clarifies that when she used to date him, he considered himself a democratic socialist."] r/Fauxmoi, Reddit.</ref><ref>Claire Goforth (December 28, 2022). [https://web.archive.org/web/20221228235324/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/greta-thunberg-andrew-tate/ "'Got bodied by a teenager': Greta Thunberg owns Andrew Tate with NSFW reply"]. ''The Daily Dot''.</ref><ref>Jackson Hinkle (August 4, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230813160735/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1687441992651800576 "Congratulations @Cobratate  & @TateTheTalisman, the elite hate truth-tellers more than anyone 🙏"]. ''Twitter''.</ref> After [[Ye West]] made [[antisemitic]] statements and spread a [[conspiracy theory]] that [[George Floyd]] did not die from [[police brutality]] (a claim Hinkle would later repeat himself),<ref>Daniel Kreps (October 16, 2022). [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kanye-west-george-floyd-drink-champs-1234612069/ "Kanye West Blames George Floyd's Death on Fentanyl, Not Police Officer's Knee"]. ''Rolling Stone''.</ref><ref>Abid Rahman (October 10, 2022). [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/elon-musk-kanye-west-antisemitic-tweet-1235238613/ "Elon Musk Reaches Out to Kanye West Over Antisemitic Tweet"]. ''The Hollywood Reporter''.</ref> Hinkle mischaracterized West as having merely said, "he loves everyone".<ref>Jackson Hinkle (December 1, 2022). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230305165850/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1598427033570533376 "The same people cancelling Ye for saying he loves everyone defended sending $80 BILLION to Nazis in Ukraine last week."] ''Twitter''.</ref><ref>Jackson Hinkle (October 7, 2022). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230307102519/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1578251056273711105 "As Ye said, 'The realest people are gonna make you feel uncomfortable at first'"] ''Twitter''.</ref> Hinkle even highlighted West and [[Nick Fuentes]] (a [[neo-Nazi]]) as allies on the subject of [[Vladimir Putin]]'s Russia; he criticized Fuentes on other topics.<ref>Jackson Hinkle (December 1, 2022). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230305172000/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1598402631063728128 "Nick Fuentes: 'I am very pro Putin. I am very pro-Russia.' Ye: 'I am also.'"] ''Twitter''.</ref><ref>Bess Levin (February 28, 2022). [https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/02/majorie-taylor-greene-nick-fuentes-speech "Marjorie Taylor Greene Sorry Not Sorries Speech at White Nationalist Conference"]. ''Vanity Fair''. Quote: "[Fuentes] suggested that Black people were too sensitive about the unfairness of racist Jim Crow era laws ... denied the Holocaust and likened Jews burning in gas chambers to baking cookies. Naturally, he attended the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and ... he reportedly uploaded a video in which he said: 'What can you and I do to state legislators besides kill them? Although, we should not do that. I’m not advising that, but I mean, what else are you going to do?' ... On Friday, Fuentes 'joked' to the crowd: 'Now they’re going on about Russia and Vladimir Putin is Hitler—and they say that’s not a good thing.'"</ref> He often brands his political opponents as neo-Nazis, by the way, making this friendly attitude towards a few actual ones [[Schizofascism|all the stranger]].<ref>Jackson Hinkle (May 30, 2021). [https://web.archive.org/web/20220522191840/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1399472554452996097 "This is your reminder that Jack Posobiec is a nazi"]. ''Twitter''.</ref><ref>Jackson Hinkle (August 10, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230814024342/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1689761858763333632 "Bloomberg News is writing an article claiming that I’m “antisemitic” because I called George Soros 'satanic.' George Soros admitted to manufacturing a coup in Ukraine in 2014 that brought about a Nazi regime & to aiding the Nazis as a collaborator in WW2, at the age of 14."] ''Twitter''. (And [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-11/midjourney-rules-can-easily-break-with-certain-prompts here is the Bloomberg article] in question, in case you were curious).</ref><ref name="OANinFocus"/>

In addition to all this, Hinkle is a homophobe and transphobe.<ref>[https://x.com/LeftwardSwing/status/1632041144564727809/photo/1 Tweet featuring screengrab of Hinkle's queerphobia]. Posted 4 March 2023.</ref> He is a [[Christian]]. He personally dislikes {{wpl|anime||,}} that is, cartoons produced in [[Japan]]. Naturally, as he is evidently an all-around [[authoritarian]], that means that to him, it "is for [[pedophiles]]" and should be banned.<ref>Jackson Hinkle (April 30, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230525031252/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1652500910457917441 "Anime is for pedophiles."] ''Twitter''.</ref><ref>Jackson Hinkle (April 30, 2023). [http://archive.today/2023.04.30-230944/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1652486980620668928 "Ban anime in America."] ''Twitter''.</ref> Despite this, he believes he is a "[[free speech]] absolutist".<ref>Jackson Hinkle (October 5, 2023). [https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1709903088348230062 "🚨 Criminal Ben Norton says he 'spits on Dugin and hopes he suffers and dies.' I’m a free speech absolutist but direct threats of violence like this should not be tolerated!"] ''Twitter''. [https://archive.ph/ItoIw (Archived)].</ref> On the brighter side, there is one thing he likes: national flag emojis.{{nofact}}
His parents are disappointed by the turn he's taken politically such that they've taken to public feuding.<ref>Daniel Hinkle (July 9, 2020).[https://web.archive.org/web/20211225005001/https://twitter.com/practicepros/status/1281404355506171905 "Y’all?"]. ''Twitter''; Daniel Hinkle (November 24, 2020). [https://web.archive.org/web/20211222104415/https://twitter.com/practicepros/status/1331389592231047169 "1. I’m Santa, you never complained when you got the gifts. 2. Yes we were such assholes sneaking you money under your pillow. 3. Never once did your mother or I tell you the military is fighting wars to defend our country, that’s a boldface lie on your part."] ''Twitter''.</ref><ref>(January 15, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230116205730/https://twitter.com/theserfstv/status/1614743096297943040 "lol this dude can't stop getting roasted by his own parents"]. ''The Serfs'', Twitter.</ref><ref>Jann Hinkle (November 24, 2020).[http://archive.today/2021.12.22-181318/https://twitter.com/hinkle_jann/status/1331386104419741697 "# 3 is untrue"] ''Twitter''; Jann Hinkle (November 25, 2020).[http://archive.today/2021.12.22-181059/https://twitter.com/hinkle_jann/status/1331394431073718272 "I can’t remember every answer I gave to every question you ever asked, but I still stand by this response. It was post 911"] ''Twitter''; Jann Hinkle (September 21, 2021).[http://archive.today/2021.12.22-191255/https://twitter.com/hinkle_jann/status/1440484418238365696 "Seemed like much more than a territory to your grandfather."] ''Twitter''.</ref>

==Early activism==
In the beginning, there was Hinkle, the San Clemente, [[California]] environmental activist. In March 2016, in high school, he founded the Team Zissou Environmental Organization (apparently, the name was "influenced by the Wes Anderson movie 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'"), which did things like beach clean-ups and local [[lobbying]].<ref name="LAPilot"/> He worked at The Water Effect (a project of The Ecology Center),<ref name="Infobae"/> Clif Bar,<ref name="Welch">Dylan Welch (September 26, 2019). [https://web.archive.org/web/20210917160526/https://green.org/2019/09/26/jacksonhinkle/ "Meet Jackson Hinkle, Candidate for San Clemente City Council"]. ''Green.org''. Quote: "Going Green had the opportunity to meet with Jackson Hinkle, Candidate for San Clemente City Council, Marketing Specialist at Clif Bar."</ref> and Chooose (an environmental group based in [[Norway]], oddly enough).<ref name="Infobae">Luis Benito (October 22, 2023). [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/ "Gustavo Petro envió fuerte mensaje al primer ministro de Israel, Benjamín Netanyahu: 'Solo lleva a la barbarie'] ("Gustavo Petro sent a strong message to the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu: 'It only leads to barbarism'"). ''Infobae'' (in Spanish).</ref>

Hinkle was featured in a 2018 [[Sierra Club]] film profiling more than a dozen young activists, alongside, e.g., {{wpl|David Hogg||.}}<ref>(2018) [https://web.archive.org/web/20181020070557/https://content.sierraclub.org/sierra-club-voter-education-fund "Sierra Club Voter Education Fund"].</ref> Like Hogg, Hinkle once led a youth protest in favor of [[gun control]].<ref>Erika I. Ritchie (March 14, 2018). [https://www.ocregister.com/2018/03/14/san-clemente-high-students-walk-out-to-voice-demands-for-stricter-gun-laws/ "San Clemente High students walk out to voice demands for stricter gun laws"]. ''The Orange County Register''.</ref> In statements to local media covering the protest, he called for "{{wpl|universal background checks||,}} [that we have] a {{wpl|gun buyback program||,}} that we have stricter legal magazine capacity limits, that gun owners attend gun safety classes, that we begin treating mental illness more effectively, that longer waiting periods are implemented (28 days), that private owners cannot resell their guns, that gun shows cannot sell guns, the banning of {{wpl|bump stocks}} and {{wpl|trigger crank|trigger cranks,}} the requirement of licenses for all arms, upping minimum purchasing age to 21, the banning of assault rifles, the end of the {{wpl|boyfriend loophole||,}} and that politicians stop taking money from the [[NRA]]."<ref>Gavin Kelleher-Marciello (March 6, 2018). [https://tritontimes.com/17170/news/national-school-walkout-the-youth-calls-for-gun-control/ "National School Walkout – The Youth Calls for Gun Control"]. ''Triton Times''.</ref><ref name="WalkoutBreeze">Alicia Robinson (March 12, 2018). [https://www.dailybreeze.com/2018/03/12/students-gun-walkout-sends-message-to-adults-do-something/ "Students' gun walkout sends message to adults: Do something"]. ''Daily Breeze''.</ref> That was once upon a time. Now, he tells us, "Gen Z is pro-[[gun]]."<ref>Jackson Hinkle (April 25, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230429033851/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1650967396847603716 "Gen Z is pro gun."] ''Twitter''.</ref><ref>Andy Crump (May 23, 2023). [https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/wrath-of-becky-review "If You're Pro-Hitler And Hate Women, Prepare To Feel The Wrath of Becky"]. ''Paste''. Quote: "Clout-chasing tankie and dimwitted conspiracy theorist Jackson Hinkle declared this past April that 'Gen Z is pro gun.' He was trying to be clever, and should've thought twice. Gen Z is demonstrably not pro gun...".</ref> Yet, he reported in 2018: "gun regulations are what the majority of students want to see in our school".<ref name="WalkoutBreeze"/>

He dedicated much of his environmental activism to opposing [[nuclear energy]]: he grew up near the defunct San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. He commented in 2018: "I started getting older, learning about nuclear disasters like [[Chernobyl]] and [[Fukushima]] in class had an effect on me. I was learning these things just a few miles from the San Onofre plant, and I began to worry that something similar could happen to us." He represented San Clemente Green, a local environmental group, at a congressional briefing regarding safety in [[nuclear waste]] storage.<ref name="LAPilot">Ben Brazil (July 19, 2018). [https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-wknd-et-hinkle-20180719-story.html "San Clemente teen works to decommission nuclear power plants"]. ''Daily Pilot''. The Los Angeles Times.</ref><ref>(July 16, 2018). [https://www.c-span.org/video/?448426-1/nuclear-power-plant-safety "Nuclear Power Plant Safety"]. ''C-SPAN2''.</ref><ref name="Welch"/>

[[File:Jackson Hinkle handcuffed.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Hinkle in 2018, again, but more facial hair this time. ''[[Cops (TV show)|(Whatcha gonna do... whatcha gonna do when they come for you?)]]'']]
Hinkle's efforts eventually led him to run in the 2018 San Clemente City Council election<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240105215818/https://votersedge.org/ca/en/election/2018-11-06/orange-county/city-council-city-of-san-clemente/jackson-hinkle "November 6, 2018 — California General Election — Jackson Hinkle"]. ''Voter's Edge''.</ref> and then again in the 2019 special election triggered by the former mayor's death.<ref name="JamesWins"/> He formed an association, the [[progressive]] Orange County Students for City Council.<ref name="LAPilot"/><ref>Ben Brazil (August 16, 2018). [https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-wknd-et-students-council-20180816-story.html "'We want people who represent the ideals of our generation'"]. ''Daily Pilot''. The Los Angeles Times.</ref><ref>David Hansen (August 24, 2018). [https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/opinion/tn-dpt-me-david-hansen-column-20180824-story.html "Column: The students who would be king"]. ''Daily Pilot''. The Los Angeles Times.</ref> Other than environmental matters, affordable housing was another issue they focused on.<ref>Paul Rosenberg (August 26, 2018). [https://www.salon.com/2018/08/26/beneath-the-blue-wave-in-orange-county-not-just-about-house-races-in-longtime-gop-stronghold/ "Beneath the blue wave in Orange County: Not just about House races in longtime GOP stronghold"]. ''Salon''.</ref> Though, in a candidate Q&A, Hinkle said he would oppose the construction of a homeless shelter across from a high school because it would "put our children at risk". As an alternative, he would [[NIMBY|"demand the county fund a regional solution outside of San Clemente"]].<ref>(October 10, 2019). [https://issuu.com/sanclementetimes/docs/2019election "San Clemente 2019 Special Election Voting Guide"]. ''San Clemente Times'', via Issuu.</ref> In contrast to some of his rhetoric today, he said at a 2019 forum hosted by the San Clemente Chamber of Commerce (accredited by the {{wpl|United States Chamber of Commerce}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20221208032406/https://business.scchamber.com/list/member/san-clemente-chamber-of-commerce-enhanced-2730 "San Clemente Chamber of Commerce (Enhanced) - About Us"]. ''San Clemente Chamber of Commerce''.</ref>) that he would be "an advocate for small businesses and big businesses alike".<ref>(October 1, 2019). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230129005409/https://www.sanclementetimes.com/candidates-tout-pro-business-stance-chamber-forum/ "Candidates Tout Pro-Business Stance at Chamber Forum"]. ''San Clemente Times''.</ref>

Two more major issues during the election appear to have been the planned construction of a toll road, which Hinkle opposed, and an effort to reopen a shuttered city hospital.<ref name="Raymundo"/> The local conservatives decided the more important issue to talk about was Hinkle's past Facebook comments supporting the legalization of [[drugs]] and [[sex work]]. They dug up an old photo of him being arrested in [[Washington, D.C.|D.C.]], where he protested against inaction towards [[climate change]].<ref name="Raymundo"/><ref>Aaron F. Park (October 17, 2019). [https://rightondailyblog.com/2019/10/san-clemente-update-jackson-hinkle-is-lying-to-reinvent-himself-legalizing-heroin-and-prostitution-in-his-own-words-with-contempt-for-law-enforcement-as-well/ "San Clemente Update: While Jackson Hinkle is Lying to Reinvent Himself, Legalizing Heroin and Prostitution in his Own Words, With Contempt for Law Enforcement As Well"]. ''RightOnDailyBlog''.</ref> They resurfaced an incident where he {{wpl|Taking the knee|took a knee during the national anthem}} at his high school graduation, as well as... a fictional home movie where he pretended to shoot a gun at someone. Hinkle, in response, jokingly apologized for growing his beard out.<ref name="Raymundo">Shawn Raymundo (November 5, 2019). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230329215631/https://www.sanclementetimes.com/hinkle-responds-to-criticism/ "Hinkle Responds to Criticism"]. ''San Clemente Times''.</ref> The local firefighters, evidently unfazed, lent Hinkle their endorsement. Their meeting with Hinkle led to a scandal in itself, sparking a sheriff's investigation into "a possible violation of government code."<ref>Erika I. Ritchie (October 22, 2019). [https://www.ocregister.com/2019/10/22/photos-of-san-clemente-council-candidate-in-firefighting-gear-brings-sheriffs-investigation/ "Photos of San Clemente council candidate in firefighting gear brings sheriff's investigation"]. ''The Orange County Register''.</ref><ref>Nick Gerda (October 16, 2019). [https://voiceofoc.org/2019/10/criminal-probe-underway-into-oc-fire-authority-event-with-political-candidates/ "Criminal Probe Underway Into OC Fire Authority Event With Political Candidates"]. ''Voice of OC''.</ref> Hinkle's run for city council was ultimately unsuccessful, receiving about 31% of the votes (which is still impressive for a guy fresh out of high school). The winner received 55% of the votes and was slightly better funded.<ref>Brandon Winchester (November 9, 2019). [https://voiceofoc.org/2019/11/gene-james-tops-all-candidates-in-san-clemente-in-final-tally-of-mail-in-only-ballots/ "Gene James Tops All Candidates in San Clemente in Final Tally of Mail-In Only Ballots"]. ''Voice of OC''.</ref><ref name="JamesWins">(November 6, 2019). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230329234329/https://www.sanclementetimes.com/gene-james-wins-special-election/ "Gene James Wins Special Election"]. ''San Clemente Times''.</ref> This string of events is a shining example of how rough politics can be, even on the "mere" local level.

After the city council election, in September 2020, he was a leader in protests over the death of Kurt Andras Reinhold, a black man who was college-educated yet ended up homeless and [[Police brutality|was killed by San Clemente deputies]].<ref>Richard Winton (September 24, 2020). [https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-24/black-man-shooting-killed-oc-deputies "Video shows O.C. sheriff's deputies fatally shooting Black man, sparking protests"]. ''The Los Angeles Times''.</ref><ref>Richard Winton, Anh Do, Gale Holland, Maria L. La Ganga (September 25, 2020). [https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-25/la-me-homeless-black-man-shot-dead-orange-county-sheriff-san-clemente "Affluent Orange County town roiled by police killing of Black homeless man"]. ''The Los Angeles Times''.</ref> Although a lower-profile case, that protest would've occurred against the backdrop of wider [[Black Lives Matter]] protests across the United States about this time.<ref>Chas Smith (September 2020). [https://beachgrit.com/2020/09/home-of-surfboard-industry-san-clemente-rocked-by-protests-as-unarmed-homeless-black-man-shot-and-killed-after-being-stopped-for-jaywalking-by-two-orange-county-sheriffs-deputies/ "Home of surfboard industry, San Clemente, rocked by protests as unarmed homeless Black man shot and killed after being stopped for jaywalking by two Orange County sheriff’s deputies."] ''Beach Grit''.</ref>

His environmentalist views appear to have stemmed from his childhood hobby of surfing,<ref name="TeenVogue">Helaina Hovitz (April 21, 2017). [https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/8-young-environmentalists-working-to-save-earth "8 Young Environmentalists Who Are Working to Save the Earth"]. ''Teen Vogue''.</ref> which also inspired his original — and pre-activist — [[art]]istic undertaking.<ref>Fred Swegles (April 30, 2012). [https://www.ocregister.com/2012/04/30/corners-of-san-clemente-become-artworks-with-new-paintings/ "Corners of San Clemente become artworks with new paintings"]. ''The Orange County Register''.</ref><ref>Andrea Swayne (January 23, 2013). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230117183350/https://www.sanclementetimes.com/grom-of-the-week-jackson-hinkle/ "Grom of the Week: Jackson Hinkle"]. ''San Clemente Times''.</ref> But, at some point, he went from surfing the waves to surfing the Web. Then his view became: "environmentalism is anti-human."<ref name="antihuman">Jackson Hinkle (October 19, 2022). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230307003500/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1582819850367356928 "Environmentalism is anti-human."] ''Twitter''.</ref><ref>Jackson Hinkle (October 20, 2022). [http://archive.today/2022.10.22-013916/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1583132770556968968?s=20&t=3kb6fNvp7n73icabnc-Niw "'Net zero' and the elimination of fossil fuels will cause many humans to die."] ''Twitter''.</ref> That brings us to his next phase...

==MAGA communism==
[[File:CPUSA liberty statue protest.jpg|thumb|right|165px|The [[Communist Party USA]], which Hinkle has encouraged followers to join in the past (though to a cold reception),<ref>Jackson Hinkle (November 3, 2021). [https://web.archive.org/web/20220522191737/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1455958126759276545 "My message to @communistsusa 🇺🇸 JOIN CPUSA TODAY"]. ''Twitter''.</ref><ref>Communist Party USA (November 12, 2021). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITtV6rF6h0Q "The 'socialist patriotism' fraud"]. ''YouTube''.</ref> has long used patriotic symbols and [[shibboleth]]s.<ref>Bhaskar Sunkara (June 15, 2019). [https://www.salon.com/2019/06/15/when-americans-were-communists/ "When Americans were communists"]. ''Salon''.</ref><ref>David A. Graham (January 29, 2014). [https://web.archive.org/web/20140705132416/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/pete-seegers-all-american-communism/283444/ "Pete Seeger's All-American Communism"]. ''The Atlantic''.</ref>]]
{{cquote|[[Marxism]], historically, has always been [[conservative]].|||Hinkle<ref name="OANinFocus"/>}}
{{cquote|We as communists want to unite with MAGA voters, and finish the job of Donald Trump. Which is, you know, uprooting liberalism from America and getting [[DA JOOS|the globalists]] out of the MAGA movement.|||Hinkle<ref name="OANinFocus"/>}}
{{cquote|It is communism. It's common tradition, these are the things we should be supporting — viewing the world through the lens of [[dialectical materialism]] ... combating these major institutions, the [[Monopoly|monopolies]], Wall Street, the city of [[London]].|||Hinkle<ref name="OANinFocus"/>}}
Sometime after his stretch as an environmental activist (which he apparently thinks is a [[Caleb Maupin#"Synthetic left"|"synthetic leftist"]] position now<ref name="OANinFocus"/>) and his stint as a [[Bernie Sanders]] supporter,<ref name="BerniePrimary">Jackson Hinkle (December 21, 2019). [https://web.archive.org/web/20191222051049/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1208609530126295040 "Nothing gets me more excited for the future than knowing that 52% of democratic primary voters under the age of 35 support @BernieSanders out of the field of 2,326 candidates."] ''Twitter''.</ref><ref>[https://tritontimes.com/16854/meet-our-staff/jackson-hinkle-writer/ "Jackson Hinkle – Writer (2018)]. ''Triton Times''. Displays a photo of Hinkle wearing a "Bernie 2020" shirt.</ref> Hinkle began promoting "MAGA communism". He even appeared on [[One America News Network]] and [[Tucker Carlson]]'s show on [[Fox News]] to do so.<ref name="MAGAcommunismVice">Eddie Kim (October 17, 2022). [https://www.vice.com/en/article/88qk4b/what-the-hell-is-magacommunism "What the Hell Is MAGACommunism?"]. ''Vice''.</ref><ref>Joe Mayall (September 12, 2022). [https://joewrote.substack.com/p/there-is-no-shared-interest-between "There is No Shared Interest between Marxists & MAGA"]. ''Substack''.</ref><ref name="OANinFocus"/> What the hell is MAGA communism, you ask? It's essentially a spin-off of "[[patriotic socialism]]", a deviation from [[Joseph Stalin#Stalinism|Marxist-Leninist]] {{wpl|socialist patriotism||.}} If taken seriously, it could be interpreted as {{wpl|national communism||.}}

As the name suggests, MAGA communism involves supporting right-wing billionaire [[Donald Trump]] for some unknown purportedly communistic reason. MAGA communists also argue that leftists and liberals aren't [[revolution]]ary the way Trump voters are.<ref name="OANinFocus"/><ref>(April 5, 2023). [http://www.idcommunism.com/2023/04/rcwp-maga-communists-and-imperialist-war.html "RCWP, 'MAGA communists' and the imperialist war"]. ''902'' (Communist Party of Greece), via ''In Defense of Communism''. Quote: "[Hinkle's collaborator] Haz Al-Din, who states that he aims to bring communist ideas to the 'healthy part' of the Republicans, declares himself a follower of 'patriotic socialism' and a leading figure of the so-called 'MAGA communist' movement ... According to Al-Din's brainstorm, 'by far the most significant working class movement within the past three decades in the United States was Trump's MAGA movement'"</ref> If you feel [[troll]]ed right now, that might be the point. The entire crux of this supposed ideology seems to be {{wpl|Owning the libs|"owning the libs"|.|}} But, one can imagine conservatives feeling somewhat trolled by this rhetoric as well&nbsp;— the host he spoke with on OAN seemed to have mixed feelings about the whole thing.<ref name="OANinFocus"/>

A flippant way to understand it would be to ask, "What if [[Internet Research Agency|Russian internet troll]]ing tactics became their own ideology?" The answer: MAGA communism. Hinkle's bizarre interpretation of Marxism, though, does have at least one source other than that: [[Caleb Maupin]], an employee of Russian state media, is a Marxist activist whom Hinkle has directly quoted on subjects like wealth and economic exploitation before.<ref>Jackson Hinkle (July 31, 2021). [http://archive.today/2021.08.01-002104/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1421594391425191940 "“Marxism does NOT oppose wealth, it opposes exploitation & profits. The goal of is a society with vast material abundance, vast expansions of wealth laying the basis for the eradication of inequality & the state.” - @calebmaupin "]. ''Twitter''.</ref> A read into the [[ideological]] viewpoints of the two finds that Hinkle's views deviate from Maupin's, even if he originally drew inspiration from him. Although Maupin has supported "patriotic socialism" and "socialism with American characteristics", he never seems to have gotten on board with the "MAGA communism" thing. Maupin's beliefs could best be summarized as "admiration for, and aspiration to make the United States more like, the [[People's Republic of China]]".<ref>Caleb Maupin (May 20, 2018). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gsng5C9pL6k "Xi Jinping & Chinese Communist Party are the cutting edge of Marxism"]. ''YouTube''.</ref><ref>Caleb Maupin (November 30, 2017). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HKvSQ-PpkM "I love One Belt, One Road! China has a great plan!"]. ''YouTube''.</ref> That doesn't really square with [[foreign policy of Donald Trump|Donald Trump's foreign policy]], such as {{wpl|China–United States trade war|his trade war with China|,}}<ref>Rebecca Ray (October 26, 2020). [https://theconversation.com/trumps-trade-war-what-was-it-good-for-not-much-147247 "Trump's trade war – what was it good for? Not much"]. ''The Conversation''.</ref><ref>(January 14, 2021). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-jobs/u-s-china-trade-war-has-cost-up-to-245000-u-s-jobs-business-group-study-idUSKBN29J2O9 "U.S.-China trade war has cost up to 245,000 U.S. jobs: business group study"]. ''Reuters''.</ref> which Hinkle appears shy to comment on.

Hinkle would like you to know that through the lens of his interpretation of Marxism, the following professions "are not [[working class]]": [[academic]]s, teachers, social workers, [[engineer]]s, managers, nurses, and Netflix writers.<ref>Jackson Hinkle (November 11, 2021). [https://web.archive.org/web/20211112045138/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1459021015242002437 "Academics, teachers, social workers, engineers, managers, nurses, and Netflix writers are not working class."] ''Twitter''.</ref> After a few minutes of contemplation, he added: "Podcasters are not working class either."<ref>Jackson Hinkle (November 11, 2021). [https://web.archive.org/web/20220522191746/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1459021761685561352 "Podcasters are not working class either."] ''Twitter''.</ref> [[Antifeminism|Some other people whom he believes are not working hard enough: women]].<ref>Molly Bradley. [https://web.archive.org/web/20221223160830/https://digg.com/one-main-character/link/a-nepo-baby-who-thinks-everyone-else-should-just-work-harder-and-more-of-this-week-s-one-main-character-nQLHqokily "A Nepo Baby Who Thinks Everyone Else Should Just Work Harder, And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character'"]. ''Digg''.</ref>

==Russia and Ukraine==
[[File:HinklePutin.png|thumb|right|165px|Hinkle in 2022, bringing out his [[Steven Crowder#Change my mind|inner Steven Crowder.]]]]
{{cquote|Russia does not want to invade Ukraine. Russia's ''not'' going to invade Ukraine.|||Hinkle, right before Russia invaded Ukraine<ref name=lying>Jackson Hinkle clips from unknown dates, reposted by highprogressive (March 9, 2022) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI7sZByoEE8 These Youtubers Are LYING About Russia's Invasion of Ukraine]''YouTube''.</ref>{{rp|1:20}}}}
{{cquote|Uh, [[Gaslighting|we never said]] that there was never going to be an invasion, and anyone who says that is just, again, lying.|||Hinkle, right after<ref name=lying/>{{rp|1:31}}}}
{{cquote|I'll vote for whoever promises to [[Imperialism|cede all of Ukraine to Putin]].|||Hinkle<ref>Jackson Hinkle (November 8, 2022). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230306082645/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1590118342979112961 "I'll vote for whoever promises to cede all of Ukraine to Putin."]. ''Twitter''.</ref>}}
{{cquote|Why is [[Kyle Kulinski|Kyle]] calling this an invasion, when [[Doublethink|it's a peacekeeping mission]]?||| Hinkle<ref>Jackson Hinkle (February 21, 2022). [https://rumble.com/vvj0wm-live-kyle-kulinski-very-wrong-about-russia-invading-ukraine-lets-debate.html "LIVE: Kyle Kulinski VERY WRONG About Russia 'Invading' Ukraine, Let's DEBATE"]. ''Rumble''.</ref>}}

In 2023, Hinkle was in a romantic relationship with {{wpl|Anna Linnikova||,}} who was Miss Russia in 2022<ref name="MissRussia">Jacob Seitz (February 28, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230228224829/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/jackson-hinkle-anna-linnikova-dating/ "Pro-Russia right-winger's relationship with Miss Russia exposed"]. ''The Daily Dot''.</ref><ref>Jackson Hinkle (October 22, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231022011843/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1715899461799751839 "🇮🇱 ZIONISTS are now ATTACKING my beautiful FIANCÉ who is Miss Universe Russia 2022, posting FAKE EDITED photos claiming she is an escort."] ''Twitter''.</ref> and whom one may reasonably presume is a Russian {{wpl|Honeypot (espionage)|honeypot|.}} She reportedly broke up with Hinkle in late 2023 and called him a "narcissistic manipulator".<ref>Disha Kandpal (December 18, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231218175105/https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2023/12/18/miss-russia-winner-anna-linnikova-confirms-break-up-with-jackson-hinkle-calling-him-a-manipulator-on-instagram/ "Miss Russia winner Anna Linnikova confirms break-up with Jackson Hinkle calling him a 'manipulator' on Instagram"]. ''HITC''.</ref> Some Russian nationalists commented it was "a shame" that she was with an American.<ref>Mihai Toma (October 27, 2023). [https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/miss-rusia-2022-a-anuntat-ca-se-casatoreste-cu-un-jurnalist-american-4702267 "Reacții la Moscova, după ce Miss Rusia a anunțat că se căsătorește cu un jurnalist american"]. ''Libertatea'' (in Romanian).</ref> Early in 2023, the two stayed in a luxury hotel, the Four Seasons Hotel at Surfside, [[Florida]].<ref name="MissRussia"/><ref name="FourSeasonsTurtle"/> One commentator pointed out this would have cost them roughly $14,000 in the cheapest possible scenario for the seven-day booking.<ref name="FourSeasonsTurtle">Amanda Moore (February 22, 2023). [https://www.turtlediaries.net/p/rage-against-the-rage-against-the "Rage Against the Rage Against the War Machine Rally"]. ''The Turtle Diaries''.</ref> They went "driving tanks in Russia" together in September 2023.<ref>Jackson Hinkle (September 30, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231001115052/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1708113667038802011 "🇷🇺 I had fun driving tanks in Russia — full video on my YouTube"]. ''Twitter''.</ref> He spoke at the {{wpl|Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation}} in October 2023.<ref>Jackson Hinkle (October 4, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231024154045/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1709644971119149128 "🇷🇺 I had an incredible time speaking at the Diplomatic Academy of Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Full speech linked below."] ''Twitter''.</ref>

He blames Ukraine for Russia's 2022 invasion and has repeatedly praised [[Vladimir Putin]]. Hinkle claimed that [[Zelenskyy]] is "responsible for every death in the Ukraine war".<ref name="MissRussia"/><ref>Jackson Hinkle (October 11, 2022). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230303020121/https://www.instagram.com/p/CjmS7zkutee/ "The good guys are winning"]. ''Instagram''.</ref> In March 2022, he spoke in front of a gigantic, crudely-made [[Abraham Lincoln]] bust at a [[Center for Political Innovation]] (CPI) event supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine.<ref>Caleb Maupin (March 19, 2022). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEK_oq8kVwk "Ukraine Crisis & US Media Deceptions - Jackson Hinkle at CPI Austin Conference"]. ''YouTube''.</ref> At another CPI event later that year, flags for the [[Donetsk People's Republic]] and the [[People's Republic of China]] were carried around by some people wearing red berets. They also held a sign with the "Z" symbol displayed by Russian military vehicles early into the war.<ref>Khaleda Rahman (August 8, 2022). [https://www.newsweek.com/american-socialists-pro-putin-flags-viral-video-chicago-ukraine-1731741 "American Socialists Fly Pro-Putin Flags at Conference—Viral Video"]. ''Newsweek''.</ref><ref>(April 17, 2023). [https://vatniksoup.com/en/soups/155 "Entry: Caleb Maupin"]. ''[[Vatnik Soup]]''.</ref> This time, their esteemed convention received the honor of being attended by Pepper Coyote, the [[furry]] musician behind the song ''[[Bestiality|No Cock Like Horse Cock]]''.<ref>[https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Pepper_Coyote "Pepper Coyote"]. ''WikiFur''.</ref><ref>Tantroo McNally (August 10, 2022). [https://www.flayrah.com/8725/denver-furcon-removes-peppercoyote-performance-schedule-after-he-attends-rally-flying-pro-putin "Denver Furcon removes PepperCoyote from performance schedule after he attends rally flying pro-Putin flags"]. ''Flayrah''.</ref>

In October 2022, he [[JAQ|feigned innocent curiosity]] about [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]]'s whereabouts while a conspiracy theory regarding this was spreading online; claims by pro-Russian sources at this time pushed the narrative that Zelenskyy had fled to "a bunker in [[Poland]]".<ref>Martin Fornusek (November 3, 2022). [https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/11/03/russian-disinformation-on-social-media/ "Russian disinfo on social media: 'Zelenskyy and western embassies fled Kyiv, US sabotaged Nord Stream'"]. ''Euromaidan Press''.</ref><ref>(April 13, 2022). [https://www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/amazon-owned-twitch-spreading-russian-misinformation-ukraine "Amazon-Owned Twitch Spreading Russian Misinformation on Ukraine"]. ''Tech Transparency Project''.</ref> He deemed Zelenskyy's policy that the Ukrainian government would recognize [[Christmas]] as occurring on December 25 rather than January 7 as "[[Satanic]]".<ref>Jackson Hinkle (July 28, 2022). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230729031806/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1685037399691108352 "Satanic Zelensky has signed a law moving Christmas in Ukraine from January 7 (Orthodox Christmas) to December 25, in his effort to 'renounce Russian heritage.'"]. ''Twitter''.</ref> The [[War on Christmas]] has opened yet another front — will it ever end?

Hinkle also spoke at a February 2023 "Rage Against the War Machine" rally alongside several other fringe figures like those from the [[LaRouche]] movement and [[Libertarian Party#Mises Caucus takeover|Mises Caucus]].<ref>Rafi Schwartz (June 19, 2023). [https://theweek.com/2024-presidential-election/1024333/what-is-the-peoples-party-that-launched-cornel-wests "What is The People's Party that launched Cornel West's presidential campaign?"]. ''The Week''.</ref><ref>(March 13, 2023). [https://itsgoingdown.org/dungeons-dugin-red-brown-alliance-interview/ "Dungeons and Dugin: How an Alliance of Authoritarians Hopes to Destroy a Politics of Solidarity"]. ''It's Going Down''.</ref><ref>Jeff Mackler (February 7, 2023). [https://www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peace/reactionary-right-left-antiwar-alliance "Rage Against the War Machine: A Reactionary 'Right-Left Antiwar' Alliance"]. ''LA Progressive''.</ref> The rally was absurd, given its featuring unambiguously pro-war speakers, such as Hinkle himself. A counter-protest featured signs reading "rage against the Russian invasion!" and "Jackson Hinkle likes war and mass graves as long as Russia is on the offense". Hinkle tweeted his response: "Long live Putin!".<ref>Jackson Hinkle (February 19, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230303055558/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1627387523843383296 "Long live Putin! #RageAgainstWar"]. ''Twitter''.</ref> Shortly after that, he gloated about a [[transgender]] foreign volunteer for Ukraine receiving an injury from Russian shelling, calling her "it" in response.<ref name="ShellingGloat">Jackson Hinkle (February 23, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230223220700/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1628825788413009922 "'Sarah' Cirillo, a transgender American fighting in the Ukrainian Military lost a portion of its hand to Russian shelling today. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes."] ''Twitter''.</ref><ref>Jackson Hinkle (February 27, 2023). [http://archive.today/2023.03.21-162838/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1630338509046419457 "The transgender American, 'Sarah,' who is fighting for Ukraine accidentally shot itself in the hand 15 minutes after this video was filmed because the Ukrainian military is more focused on pronoun training than gun-safety training!"] ''Twitter''.</ref> That kind of rhetoric is not out of character for him, as he's called the [[LGBT]] community "pedophile-ridden".<ref>Jackson Hinkle (March 3, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230306071605/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1631755667907436546 "The pedophile-ridden LGBTQ+ movement has done far more damage to America than Putin ever will 🏳️‍🌈"]. ''Twitter''.</ref>

Throughout April 2023, in line with Russian propaganda narratives, he repeatedly downplayed, misrepresented, and denied the facts of the {{wpl|Bucha massacre||,}} a mass killing committed against Ukrainian civilians by Russian soldiers during the war.<ref>Jackson Hinkle (April 4, 2022). [http://archive.today/2022.04.05-044156/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1511055795672137731?s=20&t=CTzWdI7sulpll19oihMp8Q "🧵Claims that the Russian military slaughtered 410 civilians in Bucha, Ukraine don't add up and are almost certainly a false flag."] ''Twitter''.</ref><ref name="InfoEpiLabOct2023"/><ref>Eliot Higgins (April 4, 2022). [https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2022/04/04/russias-bucha-facts-versus-the-evidence/ "Russia's Bucha ‘Facts’ Versus the Evidence"]. ''Bellingcat''.</ref> A December 2022 assessment by the [[United Nations]] verified that at least seventy-three civilians were killed by Russian troops in Bucha during this event, though this may be a significant undercount as they were "in the process of corroborating an additional 105 alleged killings."<ref>(December 7, 2022). [https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/12/un-report-details-summary-executions-civilians-russian-troops-northern "UN report details summary executions of civilians by Russian troops in northern Ukraine"]. ''Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights''.</ref> A separate assessment by Ukraine claimed 458 dead, "nearly all" civilians.<ref>Liz Sly (August 8, 2022). [https://web.archive.org/web/20220809120452/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/08/ukraine-bucha-bodies/ "Accounting of bodies in Bucha nears completion"]. ''The Washington Post''.</ref>

In July 2023, he appeared on [[Piers Morgan]]'s [[TalkTV]] ''Piers Morgan Uncensored'' show to defend Putin and Russia regarding the war; Hinkle claimed that the media was lying about Ukraine and compared it to media coverage of [[COVID-19]].<ref>(July 26, 2023). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwIXs61O9DY "Piers Morgan Calls Vladimir Putin Fan 'Bonkers' For Thinking Russian Leader Is 'Peaceful'"]. ''Piers Morgan Uncensored'', via YouTube.</ref> In August 2023, he shared an altered photo of a {{hint|not a spelling error: a Nigerien is a person from the country Niger, which borders Nigeria|Nigerien}} militant, claiming they were going to go fight for Russia in Ukraine. The photo, which showed an African man's head pasted onto a Russian man's body (with visibly white-skinned shoulders), apparently originated from pro-Russian [[Telegram (software)|Telegram]] channels.<ref>Elias Atienza (August 18, 2023). [https://checkyourfact.com/2023/08/18/fact-check-image-niger-militant-ukraine/ "FACT CHECK: Image Claims To Show Niger Militant Promising To Go To Ukraine"]. ''Check Your Fact''.</ref>

In September 2023, he appeared on [[RT]] (Russian state-run media) to defend [[Russell Brand]], who had then been accused of [[sexual assault]] by multiple women,<ref>Diana Dasrath and Mirna Alsharif (September 17, 2023). [https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/russell-brands-management-agency-terminates-ties-sexual-assault-allega-rcna105476 "Russell Brand's management agency terminates ties following sexual assault allegations"]. ''NBC News''.</ref> and, again, Putin's war.<ref name="Hinkle920">(September 20, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230929192611/https://www.rt.com/shows/rt-interview/583305-jackson-hinkle-ukraine-west/ "'West is a hollow skeleton of power to crumbling empire' – Jackson Hinkle"]. ''RT''.</ref> To other Russian state media around the same time, he took time to heap praise on Moscow&nbsp;— the city, where he had evidently been visiting. He stated it was "chic", {{IdEst}}, stylish, compared to [[New York City]], Miami, Los Angeles, and London.<ref name="RusskiyMir">(September 19, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231026071148/https://russkiymir.ru/en/news/317873/ "There’s nothing like it in the US.” American journalist amazed by Moscow"]. ''{{wpl|Russkiy Mir Foundation||.}}''</ref> No word on whether Kyiv is also ''chic''. It may have fared better had it not {{wpl|Kyiv strikes (2022–present)|been repeatedly struck by Russian missiles|.}}

As a result of his activities regarding Ukraine and Russia, the Ukrainian {{wpl|Myrotvorets Center}} (or just Myrotvorets; Ukrainian for "peacemaker") labeled Hinkle as a "[[criminal]]" engaged in "spreading Kremlin propaganda for the [[Greed|purpose of profit]]". They stated he was listed this way "as a statement about the commission by this citizen of deliberate acts against the national security of Ukraine, peace, the security of humanity and international law and order, as well as other offenses." This entry contains the hilarious Cyrillization of Hinkle's name, "Hinkl Dzhekson", which as far as can be told was made up by Myrotvorets.<ref>[https://myrotvorets.center/criminal/khinkl-dzhekson/ "Хинкль Джексон / Hinkle Jackson / Hinkl Dzhekson"]. ''Myrotvorets Center''.</ref> 

Myrotvorets's website essentially keeps a list of people who they consider enemies of Ukraine, in this way, and that includes both propagandists like Hinkle and actual belligerents. There is a narrative, also repeated by Hinkle (who spread false rumors that Elon Musk and [[Pope Francis]] were on the list as well), that this list amounts to a "kill list".<ref>(2022). [https://disinfowatch.org/disinfo/russian-kill-list-narrative/ "Russian 'Kill List' Narrative"]. ''DisinfoWatch''.</ref><ref>Janne Ahlberg (October 15, 2022). [https://archive.ph/7yc6X "Not true. Mirotvorets website is not “Ukrainian government's kill list”. The screenshot appears to be fake: text is in Russian."] ''HoaxEye'', via Twitter (archived from 29 Oct 2023 19:24:18 UTC).</ref><ref>Jackson Hinkle (August 30, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230830172137/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1696910826953642153 "🇺🇦 Pope Francis has been added to the Ukrainian government's 'Myrotvorets' kill list."] ''Twitter''. [https://risu.ua/en/russian-propagandists-came-up-with-a-fake-about-the-pope-being-added-to-myrotvorets-database_n142153 (Refuted here)].</ref> Even if it may not literally be intended as one, it's not completely implausible that it may be informally used to that end&nbsp;— Ukraine is a country at war. One case cited as proof of this is the {{wpl|killing of Darya Dugina||,}} the daughter of [[Aleksandr Dugin]]. There is a dispute, however, as to whether that killing was even committed by Ukraine at all. Competing claims state that it was committed by the Russian government or Russian insurrectionists.<ref>(August 22, 2022). [https://web.archive.org/web/20220922140001/https://english.nv.ua/nation/russian-partisans-claim-responsibility-for-assassination-of-kremlin-propagandist-daria-dugina-50264791.html "Russian partisans claim responsibility for assassination of Kremlin propagandist Daria Dugina "]. ''New Voice of Ukraine''.</ref><ref>Paul Kirby (August 23, 2022). [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62643274 "Darya Dugina: Moscow murder accusation is fiction, says Ukraine"]. ''BBC News''.</ref><ref>Julian E. Barnes, Adam Goldman, Adam Entous and Michael Schwirtz (October 5, 2022). [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/05/us/politics/ukraine-russia-dugina-assassination.html "U.S. Believes Ukraine Was Behind an Assassination in Russia"]. ''The New York Times''.</ref> Another example was Stanislav Rzhitsky, a Russian commander who appeared on the site (because he allegedly killed about two dozen civilians) and was later killed.<ref>(July 12, 2023). [https://fox5sandiego.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-suspect-arrested-in-killing-of-a-former-russian-submarine-captain-who-reportedly-attacked-ukraine/ "Suspect arrested in killing of a former Russian submarine captain who reportedly attacked Ukraine"]. ''KSWB-TV''. The Associated Press.</ref> Although these individuals appeared on the site before death, it's difficult to conclusively say the site had something to do with their death, absent any direct evidence. Also, anyone could have independently observed their pro-Russian activities without viewing the database.

==Israel and Palestine==
{{cquote|Vladimir Putin has a very good working relationship with [[Benjamin Netanyahu]]. I'm actually happier that, for the sake of the multipolar world order, that [Netanyahu] is in power right now compared to {{wpl|Thirty-sixth government of Israel|the previous coalition}} in Israel. [[Xi Jinping]] of the [[Communist Party of China]] has a good working relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu&nbsp;— better than the previous coalition.|||Hinkle<ref>jonnysocialism (November 26, 2022). [https://twitter.com/jonnysocialism/status/1596579701480652800 "'I'm actually happy for the sake of the multipolar world that he (Benjamin Netanyahu) is in power'- Jackson Hinkle"]. Clip via ''Twitter''. [https://twitter.com/DrewPavlou/status/1715334823781531661 (Alternative clip)].</ref>}}
As with many [[Crank|pundits who are off their rocker]], the guy can land [[Stopped clock|a good point now and then]]. In his criticism of [[Ben Shapiro]]'s stance on Israel, he resurfaced a 2002 [[Townhall]] article (titled "Enemy 'civilian casualties' ok by me") written by Shapiro, who callously argued civilian casualties are somehow no big deal. This was in the context of Shapiro seeking sympathy for Israeli civilians who were killed by [[Hamas]]. Hinkle correctly identified Shapiro as a [[hypocrite]] on the issue.<ref>Katherine Fung (October 17, 2023). [https://www.newsweek.com/maga-divided-israel-hamas-1835096 "MAGA Divides Grow as Israel War Intensifies"]. ''Newsweek''.</ref> But it [[Two wrongs make a right|takes one to know one]], doesn't it? A year prior, Hinkle could be seen arm-in-arm with Shapiro's employee and close political ally, [[Jordan Peterson]].<ref>Jackson Hinkle (November 10, 2022). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231101075035/https://www.instagram.com/p/CkyhMz7p-Iz/ "The globalists don’t stand a chance 🥷 @jordan.b.peterson"]. ''Instagram''.</ref> In fairness to Shapiro, though, in 2018, [[Ben Shapiro#The few good moments|denounced]] that column of his, though his sincerity is up to your interpretation.

[[File:Yocheved Lifschitz released.png|thumb|right|165px|When the bruised, elderly peace activist Yocheved Lifschitz was released by Hamas, she gave interviews about her kidnapping and time in captivity. Hinkle quoted her only selectively, omitting statements that reflected poorly on Hamas.]]
On the same topic, however, Hinkle spread misinformation denying the nature of {{wpl|2023 Hamas attack on Israel|Hamas's attacks on Israeli civilians.}}{{efn|To an audience of millions, no less.}} Hinkle essentially praised Hamas's handling of Israeli hostages, selectively posting comments from Yocheved Lifschitz, an elderly [[peace]] activist whom Hamas took hostage and then later released.<ref>Jackson Hinkle (October 24, 2023). [https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1716813567931126176 "🇮🇱🇵🇸 How HAMAS treats their hostages VS how ISRAEL treats their hostages. 🚨 The media WILL NOT show you the TRUTH!"]. ''Twitter''.</ref><ref>Jackson Hinkle (October 24, 2023). [https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1716873966110060903 "🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israeli hostage released by Hamas SPEAKS OUT! 🚨⬇️ The media will NEVER tell you the truth."] ''Twitter''.</ref><ref>Jackson Hinkle (October 24, 2023). [https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1716956658126234015 "🇮🇱🇵🇸 85-year old hostage Yocheved Lifschitz says Hamas was very friendly towards them, took good care of them and they ate the same food together. 🚨 The media is LYING TO YOU"]. ''Twitter''.</ref> As you might imagine, the [[Islamic fundamentalist]] terrorist organization that kidnapped this woman (and some two hundred others) was not as entirely kind as he portrayed them to be. What he [[Lying by omission|completely failed to mention]] was other comments made by Lifschitz, such as: "I went through hell" and "masses swarmed our houses, beat people, and some were taken hostage… They didn't care if they were young or old. It was extremely painful."<ref>Amy Teibel (October 24, 2023). [https://apnews.com/article/israel-hostage-hamas-militants-10b5491c6f63b4bf697c95f3ca052d61 "Now freed, an Israeli hostage describes the 'hell' of harrowing Hamas attack and terrifying capture"]. ''The Associated Press''.</ref><ref>(October 24, 2023). [https://www.jns.org/hostage-freed-by-hamas-ive-been-through-hell/ "Hostage freed by Hamas: 'I've been through hell'"]. ''Jewish News Syndicate''.</ref> She also said that she was beaten with sticks on her way to Gaza.<ref>Sarah Fowler (October 25, 2023). [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67204479 "I went through hell, says elderly hostage released by Hamas"]. ''BBC News''.</ref><ref>(October 24, 2023). [https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2023/10/24/israeli-woman-yocheved-lifschitz-85-released-by-hamas-recalls-days-in-captivity.html "Israeli woman Yocheved Lifschitz, 85, released by Hamas recalls days in captivity"]. ''The Week''.</ref>

He also made posts that falsely indicated [[Turkey]] and Iran were imminently going to enter the 2023 war between Israel and Palestine. The former claim hinged on a fabricated quote by President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]].<ref name="ErdoganIsrael">Anna Mock (October 19, 2023). [https://checkyourfact.com/2023/10/19/fact-check-turkish-president-intervene-israel-hamas/ "FACT CHECK: No, Turkish President Did Not Threaten To Intervene In Israel-Hamas Conflict"]. ''Check Your Fact''.</ref><ref>Christine Sellers (October 19, 2023). [https://checkyourfact.com/2023/10/19/fact-check-black-flag-iran-vengeance/ "FACT CHECK: Viral X Post Falsely Claims Black Flag Raised In Iran Is A Call For Vengeance"]. ''Check Your Fact''.</ref><ref>Juliette Mansour (October 24, 2023). [https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33YX3FM "Black flag over Iranian shrine misrepresented amid Israel-Hamas conflict"]. ''Agence France-Presse''.</ref> He shared a completely fabricated "[[White House]] press release" regarding aid that was purportedly announced on the very first day of Hamas's early October incursion.<ref name="WHreleaseCNN">Sean Lyngaas, Donie O'Sullivan and Clare Duffy (October 10, 2023). [https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/09/tech/musk-x-misinformation-israel-hamas-conflict/index.html "Elon Musk's X adds to fog of war at outset of Israel-Hamas conflict"]. ''CNN''.</ref><ref>Andrew Stanton (October 7, 2023). [https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-joe-biden-israel-aid-1832895 "Fact Check: Did Joe Biden Authorize $8 Billion Aid Package to Israel?"]. ''Newsweek''.</ref> On two occasions, he shared years-old photos, passing them off as if they were the 2023 attacks in [[Syria]].<ref>Ishita Goel (October 27, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231105165714/https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/false-old-images-passed-off-as-recent-attacks-on-u-s-military-bases-in-syria "Old images passed off as recent attacks on U.S. military bases in Syria"]. ''Logically''.</ref><ref>Anna Mock (October 30, 2023). [https://checkyourfact.com/2023/10/30/fact-check-us-airstrikes-syria-march-2023/ "FACT CHECK: Images Of US Airstrikes On Syria Are Not Recent, Were First Taken In March 2023"]. ''Check Your Fact''.</ref> Near the end of October, he gave a laundry list of claims, purportedly citing ''Haaretz'', a major Israeli newspaper. The paper replied to his claims directly, simply stating that his post "contains blatant [[lie]]s about the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7. It has absolutely no basis in Haaretz's reporting, then or since".<ref name="ForbesNovak">Matt Novak (October 29, 2023). [https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/10/29/elon-musk-says-x-users-spreading-lies-wont-get-paid-for-those-tweets/ "Elon Musk Says X Users Spreading Lies Won’t Get Paid For Those Tweets"]. ''Forbes''. Quote: "One right-wing influencer, Jackson Hinkle, has over 1.7 million followers on X and has been spreading countless lies in recent days. As one example from Saturday, Hinkle tweeted that Israeli news outlet Haaretz had reported things like, 'Number of people Hamas shot less than 100, most were settlers with guns on them.' That, among the other things Hinkle tweeted, simply isn't true and Haaretz tweeted as much."</ref><ref name="HaaretzTussle">(October 28, 2023). [https://twitter.com/haaretzcom/status/1718313215933698415 "The post seen in this photo contains blatant lies about the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7. It has absolutely no basis in Haaretz’s reporting, then or since haaretz.com"]. ''Haaretz'', via Twitter. [https://ghostarchive.org/archive/icq2V (Archived)].</ref><ref>Madison Czopek (October 31, 2023). [https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/31/instagram-posts/haaretz-rebuts-claims-about-its-reporting-on-israe/ "Haaretz rebuts claims about its reporting on Israeli casualties"]. ''[[PolitiFact]]''.</ref> Yet, Hinkle would like you to pay him $3 monthly in exchange for the privilege of reading his misleading posts.<ref name="LoomerThreeBucks">Miles Klee (October 19, 2023). [https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/israel-hamas-violence-maga-influencer-meltdown-1234857139/ "MAGA Influencers Tearing Each Other Apart Over Israel-Hamas War"]. ''Rolling Stone''.</ref><ref>Martina Piumatti (October 31, 2023). [https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/guerra/macchina-propaganda-hamas-ecco-chi-muove-i-fili-2234552.html "Fake news, social e propaganda: come funziona la guerra digitale di Hamas"] ("Fake news, social media, and propaganda: how Hamas's digital war works"). ''Il Giornale'' (in Italian).</ref> Possibly as a response to Hinkle, Twitter began demonetizing posts on the platform fact-checked by Community Notes.<ref name="ForbesNovak"/><ref>Christiaan Hetzner (October 30, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231030181023/https://fortune.com/2023/10/30/elon-musk-twitter-x-creators-disinformation-misinformation/ "Elon Musk threatens to demonetize X creators who spread verifiable falsehoods following EU disinformation crackdown"]. ''Fortune''.</ref>

===Dead baby photo incident===
Hinkle reposted a screenshot from an "[[AI]] image detector" (Optic's ''AI or Not'' tool) as evidence that a photo of an Israeli baby who had been burned to death was actually fake.<ref name="InterestingEngineering"/><ref>Patrick Beuth (October 18, 2023). [https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/fakes-und-echte-fotos-aus-israel-ki-ist-der-duemmste-weg-zur-unterscheidung-a-319d5b59-adba-4195-97c6-a5986b8e00d3 "Der dümmste Weg, Bilder aus Israel für echt oder gefälscht zu erklären"] ("The stupidest way to declare images from Israel real or fake"). ''Der Spiegel'' (in German).</ref> Subsequently, an expert in AI [[image manipulation]], {{wpl|Hany Farid||,}} picked this claim apart. Farid pointed out a number of elements in the photo an AI would find difficult to recreate: he commented that the "structural consistencies, the accurate shadows, the lack of artifacts we tend to see in AI&nbsp;— that leads me to believe it’s not even partially AI generated". He also added that these AI image detectors are "[[black box]]" systems that are not always reliable, and "you can't rely on just one tool or one test… That's not how it works. It's not CSI."{{efn|"CSI" refers to the fictional crime-solving TV series, {{wpl|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''|.}}}}<ref name="InterestingEngineering"/><ref>Emanuel Maiberg (October 13, 2023). [https://www.404media.co/ai-images-detectors-are-being-used-to-discredit-the-real-horrors-of-war/ "AI Images Detectors Are Being Used to Discredit the Real Horrors of War"]. ''404 Media''.</ref> Ultimately, even the company behind the ''AI or Not'' tool stated that the result was a false positive. They cited image compression and the pixelation of the infant's name tag as causes for this.<ref name="GalloObserversPuppy">Nathan Gallo (October 18, 2023). [https://observers.france24.com/en/middle-east/20231018-was-this-photo-of-a-dead-israeli-baby-ai-generated-when-ai-detection-errors-muddle-public-debate "Was this photo of a dead Israeli baby AI-generated? When AI-detection errors muddle public debate"]. ''The France 24 Observers''.</ref>

However, ''Business Insider Spain'' and [[Italian]] fact-checking website ''Facta.news'' (an [[International Fact-Checking Network|IFCN]] affiliate) conducted their own tests several days after the post by Hinkle, using the exact same AI detection tool on the same photo, and yielded the opposite result.<ref name="FactaPuppy">Francesca Capoccia (October 17, 2023). [https://facta.news/articoli/2023/10/17/strumenti-verifca-ia-disinformazione/ "Come gli strumenti per rilevare le immagini IA sono utilizzati per disinformare su Israele e Palestina"] ("How AI image detection tools are used to misinform about Israel and Palestine"). ''Facta.news'', in Italian.</ref><ref>Alberto R. Aguiar (October 17, 2023). [https://www.businessinsider.es/peligro-detectores-ia-desinforman-falsos-positivos-1320958 "Ya es imposible creerse nada: 'detectores' de imágenes generadas con IA están dando falsos positivos sobre la guerra en Israel y Palestina"] ("It is now impossible to believe anything: 'detectors' of images generated with AI are giving false positives about the war in Israel and Palestine"). ''Business Insider Spain'' (in Spanish).</ref> Yet, if an actor like Hinkle declares that the image ''is'' AI-generated, [[Priming|primes]] the audience with unreliable proof, and they believe him based on it, they might discover aspects of the photo that they interpret as further evidence, even if there is some other explanation for these details. This could be a result of [[confirmation bias]] or [[apophenia]]. In this case, a common example was a perceived distortion of a hand in the photo,<ref>Jackson Hinkle (October 13, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231013183720/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1712635827539554364 "🇮🇱🇵🇸 Ben Shapiro WRECKED by community notes!"]. ''Twitter''. (Graphic image). Hinkle's post highlights a Community Note which cites, after its writer had been primed by the AI detection tool, the "distorted fingers" as one reason the photo must have been AI-generated. In fact, one could likely recreate such an appearance oneself using medical gloves, of that sort, that are too small for your own hands. The Community Note was later removed because it was incorrect.</ref> even though this particular appearance could've been explained by the elastic glove simply fitting poorly on the hand.
[[File:Hinkle's three dollars.png|thumb|right|165px|''"Whoever loves money never has enough"'' — {{bible|Ecclesiastes|5|10}}, [[NIV]].]]

In a follow-up bit of misinformation (not by Hinkle, although he gave Internet trolls the spark they needed), a photo of a [[dog|puppy dog]] was claimed to have been the original from which the charred baby was purportedly generated or edited. In fact, the original user posting this photo admitted it was fake. A closer analysis of the two versions of the photo found that the image with the burned infant was consistent with a real image, and the one with a puppy dog had image artifacts consistent with a manipulated photo.<ref name="GalloObserversPuppy"/><ref>Marta Vunš (October 17, 2023). [https://epl.delfi.ee/artikkel/120240522/faktikontroll-ei-netanyahu-postitatud-foto-surnud-lapsest-ei-olnud-algselt-kutsikapilt "FAKTIKONTROLL | Ei, Netanyahu postitatud foto surnud lapsest ei olnud algselt kutsikapilt"] ("FACT CHECK | No, the photo Netanyahu posted of the dead child was not originally a picture of a puppy"). ''Eesti Päevaleht'' (in Estonian).</ref><ref name="FactaPuppy"/>

==Syria==
{{cquote|WE STAND WITH PUTIN, XI, [[Kim Jong-un|KIM JONG UN]], [[Alexander Lukashenko|LUKASHENKO]], [[Bashar al-Assad|BASHAR AL ASSAD]] AND [[El Salvador#Nayib Bukele|BUKELE]]|||Hinkle<ref>Jackson Hinkle (March 6, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230315150000/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1632815075907215361 "🇺🇸 WE STAND WITH PUTIN, XI, KIM JONG UN, LUKASHENKO, BASHAR AL ASSAD AND BUKELE"]. ''Twitter''.</ref>}}

In 2021, he spread [[denialist]] conspiracy theories about the {{wpl|Douma chemical attack||,}} a [[chemical weapon|chlorine gas attack]] committed by the government of Bashar al-Assad.<ref name="DoumaMedium">Matthew Dimitri (July 13, 2021). [https://inquisitormatt5.medium.com/jackson-hinkle-spreads-debunked-conspiracy-theories-about-the-chemical-attack-in-douma-syria-10c194f4b28c "Jackson Hinkle spreads debunked conspiracy theories about the chemical attack in Douma, Syria"]. ''Medium''.</ref><ref name="LoveluckOPCW"/> Merely days later, he was awarded the "Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism".<ref>[https://serenashimaward.org/laureates/ "Laureates"]. ''Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20231026094718/https://serenashimaward.org/laureates/ (Archived)].</ref><ref>Jackson Hinkle (July 18, 2021). [http://archive.today/2021.07.19-142027/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1416950867320655874 "Proud to announce that I am the recipient of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity In Journalism. Thank you to everyone who has supported my work. I am honored to be recognized amongst a pool of voices who have been a huge influence on my anti-imperialist worldview."] ''Twitter''.</ref> That award is managed by AIPAC — no, not ''that'' AIPAC! The {{wpl|Association for Investment in Popular Action Committees||,}} a pro-Assad organization,<ref>Julie Carr Smyth (April 25, 2018). [https://apnews.com/article/fda09ae04881482b9b88bafc2b0c8c36 "Ohio governor's race feud grows over Kucinich's Syria work"]. ''The Associated Press''. Quote: "...the Association for Investment in Popular Action Committees, the parent group to the pro-Assad Syrian Solidarity Movement."</ref> is known to hand these awards (alongside, sometimes, a cash reward that could be between roughly $2,500 to $20,000) out like candy to people willing to toe the line of the Syrian government.<ref>Charles Davis (September 30, 2019). [https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2019/09/30/pro-assad-lobby-group-rewards-bloggers-on-both-the-left-and-the-right/ "Pro-Assad Lobby Group Rewards Bloggers On Both The Left And The Right"]. ''Bellingcat''.</ref><ref name="AlBabShim">Brian Whitaker (July 3, 2021). [https://al-bab.com/blog/2021/07/prizes-galore-assad-supporters-win-awards-integrity "Prizes galore! Assad supporters win awards for 'integrity' – with help from a piano tuner in California"]. ''al-bab.com''.</ref> As a Twitch streamer, he prominently displayed their award in the background of his set.

He accused Congresswoman [[Ilhan Omar]] of supporting "[[Al Qaeda]] terrorists in Syria (Idlib province) against the Assad government." This earned him the following response from Omar: "Wtf are you talking about?"<ref>Ilhan Omar (January 17, 2023). [https://archive.ph/6KoGz "Wtf are you talking about?"]. ''Twitter'' (archived from 29 Oct 2023 20:03:54 UTC).</ref> Hinkle then told her: "when I join Congress I will immediately introduce a house motion to have you extradited to Syria over charges of [[terrorism]]."<ref>Jackson Hinkle (January 17, 2023). [https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1615544169489133568 ".@IlhanMN, when I join Congress I will immediately introduce a house motion to have you extradited to Syria over charges of terrorism."] ''Twitter''.</ref> About a week later, he played a clip of Bashar al-Assad denouncing the [[Freedom of religion|freedom to choose one's own religion]] as "neoliberalism". Seemingly, Hinkle approved of this assertion.<ref>Matthew Dimitri (January 25, 2023). [https://twitter.com/themattdimitri/status/1618420450685775873 "Hinkle calls Pride sexual degeneracy, says feminism is a dying cancer, agrees with Assad that it's against the child's freedom of expression to pick their own faith & that pot is harmful and should not be promoted: 'The average American agrees more with Assad than the woke elite'"]. Clip via ''Twitter''.</ref>

On October 21, 2023, he referred to Assad as a "hero".<ref name="CloutNCash">Miles Klee (November 1, 2023). [https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/twitter-hate-speech-accounts-palestine-clout-1234867382/ "Verified Hate Speech Accounts Are Pivoting to Palestine for Clout and Cash"]. ''Rolling Stone''.</ref><ref>Jackson Hinkle (October 21, 2023). [https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1715800606194188343 "🇸🇾 Hero"]. ''Twitter''.</ref> The next day, he again denied the Assad government's chemical weapons attack(s). He stated: "Assad didn't gas his own people. Those were [[CIA]] Bellingcat lies."<ref name="Oct2023AssadDenial">Jackson Hinkle (October 22, 2023). [http://archive.today/2023.10.23-133316/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1716099969269264418 "Assad didn’t gas his own people. Those were CIA Bellingcat lies. @aaronjmate exposed it all in his brilliant OPCW reporting at @TheGrayzoneNews"]. ''Twitter''.</ref> This is in contradiction to the report by the {{wpl|Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons}} (OPCW), the result of a two-year investigation that concluded the Syrian government's forces killed 43 civilians in a chlorine gas attack.<ref name="LoveluckOPCW">Louisa Loveluck (January 27, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230129201748/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/27/syria-chemical-weapons-douma-opcw/ "Syrian army responsible for Douma chemical weapons attack, watchdog confirms"]. ''The Washington Post''.</ref> This time, he cited an article written by Aaron Maté in Max Blumenthal's ''[[The Grayzone]]'' blog as purported evidence.<ref name="Oct2023AssadDenial"/>

Maté, Blumenthal, and ''The Grayzone'' have all previously received the aforementioned "Serena Shim Award" for their Assad-favorable misreporting, just like Hinkle.<ref name="AlBabShim"/> Twitter's Community Notes fact-checked Hinkle. The note said: "The United Nations and [[Human Rights Watch]] found 'clear and convincing evidence' that chemical weapons used in Syria were delivered by 'weapon systems known and documented to be only in possession off, {{sic}} and used by, the Syrian government armed forces.'"<ref name="Oct2023AssadDenial"/>

Curiously, Hinkle once surfed with then-congresswoman [[Tulsi Gabbard]] in 2019,<ref>(April 30, 2019). [https://www.sarahlee.photo/blog/2019/6/2/sano "San Onofre Paddle Out with Sarah Brady and Tulsi Gabbard"]. ''Sarah Lee''.</ref><ref>(April 22, 2019). [https://www.facebook.com/145693689367516/posts/last-friday-was-congresswoman-presidential-candidate-tulsi-gabbards-birthday-nat/372936889976527/ "Last Friday was Congresswoman & Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard’s birthday. Naturally, we gathered a group of local surfers, stakeholders, and national nuclear waste organizers and went surfing in front of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station."] ''Jackson Hinkle For San Clemente City Council'', Facebook. [https://ghostarchive.org/archive/pyz3S (Archived)].</ref> before his shift to "MAGA communism" had taken place. As it happens, Gabbard is also known to have personally met with Bashar al-Assad in 2017 on what she called a "fact-finding mission".<ref>(January 26, 2017). [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-congress-democrat-visit-syrian-president-bashar-al-assad-questioned/ "Rep. Tulsi Gabbard defends meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad"]. ''CBS News''.</ref><ref>Kelefa Sanneh (October 30, 2017). [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/06/what-does-tulsi-gabbard-believe "What Does Tulsi Gabbard Believe?"]. ''The New Yorker''.</ref>

==China==
[[File:Hinkle n Mao.jpg|thumb|right|165px|''"All [[reactionaries]] are paper tigers. In appearance, the reactionaries are terrifying, but in reality they are not so powerful. From a long-term point of view, it is not the reactionaries but the people who are really powerful."'' — [[Mao Zedong]]<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/works/red-book/ch06.htm "Quotations from Mao Tse Tung"]. ''Marxists Internet Archive''.</ref>]]
{{cquote|There is no [[Uyghur genocide|genocide of Uyghurs]] in [[China]]. There is no [[genocide]] of Boers in [[South Africa]].|||Hinkle<ref>Jackson Hinkle (August 4, 2023). [https://archive.ph/RyNe9 "There is no genocide of Uyghurs in China. There is no genocide of Boers in South Africa.."] ''Twitter'' (archived from 6 Aug 2023 01:32:49 UT).</ref>}}
{{cquote|To all the conservatives who think [[Taiwan]] is a country & want war with China: You are doing [[Soros]]' dirty work, congratulations.|||Hinkle<ref>Jackson Hinkle (August 1, 2022). [https://archive.ph/s5LSd "To all the conservatives who think Taiwan is a country & want war with China: You are doing Soros’ dirty work, congratulations."] ''Twitter'' (archived from 4 Aug 2022 12:52:12 UTC).</ref>}}
{{cquote|If Communism{{sic}} doesn't "work" better than [[liberalism]] ([[capitalism]]), why is China surpassing the US economy & the worldwide leader in alleviating [[poverty]]?|||Hinkle<ref>Jackson Hinkle (September 6, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230907134701/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1699582939816742981 "🇨🇳 If Communism doesn’t “work” better than liberalism (capitalism), why is China surpassing the US economy & the worldwide leader in alleviating poverty? Capitalism works, but only for the legacy families who run our country."] ''Twitter''.</ref>}}

Hinkle pours effusive praises on China and, to be more precise, its government. Among these are statements that China has "exceptional leadership",<ref>Jackson Hinkle (September 9, 2023). [https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1700711794040324387 "You are wrong and are doing the bidding of George Soros if you attack China under Xi's exceptional leadership."] ''Twitter''.</ref> is "eternal",<ref>Jackson Hinkle (August 22, 2023). [https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1694032281050956260 "🇨🇳 "China's economy is an Ocean not a puddle. Sometimes Ocean is calm, sometimes stormy. Change of weather can wipe out a puddle but Ocean will still be Ocean. China is eternal" - Xi Jinping"]. ''Twitter''.</ref> "upholding masculinity",<ref>Jackson Hinkle (April 12, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230421001005/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1646069723707371521 "China upholds masculinity to prevent a globalist takeover."] ''Twitter''.</ref> "cleaner than America",<ref>Jackson Hinkle (September 7, 2023). [https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1699904832554082647 "🇨🇳🇺🇸 China looks much cleaner than America!"] ''Twitter''.</ref> "more free than [[Australia]]",<ref>Jackson Hinkle (November 19, 2022). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230305234337/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1593821327365906432 "China is more free than Australia or Joe Biden’s America. #sad"] ''Twitter''.</ref> and "100% communist". Other Trump supporters who disagree with him on that are apparently "infiltrators who stand with CIA PEDOPHILES".<ref>Jackson Hinkle (December 7, 2022). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230305132240/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1600372056465342464 "There are too many MAGA infiltrators who stand with CIA PEDOPHILES, UKRAINE & BRITAIN instead of the courageous people of AMERICA, RUSSIA, SYRIA, DPRK, IRAN & CHINA."] ''Twitter''.</ref> One of his other praises is rooted in his claim that China supposedly "outright ban[s] any and all [[Gay agenda|LGBT propaganda]]", e.g., "depictions of [[gay]] and [[trans people]] on television".<ref>Jackson Hinkle (September 6, 2023). [https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1699520860661415948 "Liberalism (capitalism) is the number one force attempting to mandate universal homosexuality on the rest of the world today. Communist countries like China outright ban any and all LGBT propaganda."] ''Twitter''.</ref><ref>Jackson Hinkle (July 23, 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20230724073530/https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1683228229715345408 "China has BANNED depictions of gay and trans people on television 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️"] ''Twitter''.</ref> That's despite the fact that one of mainland China's most popular television and Internet personalities is transgender.<ref>Ilsa Chan (August 10, 2023). [https://www.8days.sg/entertainment/asian/jin-xing-criticise-zhang-ziyi-zhou-xun-817161 "One Is An Actress, The Other Is Just A Celeb: Chinese Host Jin Xing Criticises Zhang Ziyi While Praising Zhou Xun"]. ''8 Days''.</ref><ref>Abid Rahman (November 1, 2016). [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/meet-oprah-china-who-happens-be-transgender-942750/ "Meet the Oprah of China, Who Happens to Be Transgender"]. ''The Hollywood Reporter''.</ref><ref>Denni Hu (May 31, 2023). [https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/china-livestreaming-influencer-emerging-1235667091/ "Meet China's Emerging Livestreaming Influencers"]. ''Women's Wear Daily''.</ref> There are even trans-focused clinics there; state-run media celebrated the 2021 opening of one such clinic focused on young people in Shanghai.<ref>Matt Lavietes (November 11, 2021). [https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/china-opens-first-clinic-transgender-youth-rcna5313 "China opens first clinic for transgender youths"]. ''NBC Out''.</ref>

He pretty much accuses anyone who disagrees with him of trying to spark a war between the US and China, despite the improbability of this ever happening. One such accusation was against GOP presidential candidate [[Vivek Ramaswamy]], who had given his [[gun nut]] idea that we should "open a branch of the [[NRA]] in Taiwan, put an AR-15 in the hands of every family, and train them how to use it. That'll give Xi Jinping a taste of [[American exceptionalism]]."<ref>Vivek Ramaswamy (June 4, 2023). [https://twitter.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1665501286614089729 "Here's how we protect Taiwan without going to war with China: open a branch of the @NRA in Taiwan, put an AR-15 in the hands of every family, and train them how to use it. That'll give Xi Jinping a taste of American exceptionalism."] ''Twitter''.</ref> The reference to the NRA makes it clear that the intention is to deter, rather than cause, a war: a common saying among pro-gun advocates in the US misquotes a Japanese admiral on this subject. By this (incorrect) account, he supposedly warned against invading the mainland United States because of the frequency of civilian gun ownership there.<ref>Brooks Jackson (May 11, 2009). [https://www.factcheck.org/2009/05/misquoting-yamamoto/ "Misquoting Yamamoto"]. ''FactCheck.org''. The Annenberg Public Policy Center.</ref> Hinkle commented in response (with [[scare quotes]] in all the right places): "The premise of his entire campaign is to decouple the US from China, establish a new Sino-Russian split, ban US businesses from doing business with China, protect Taiwan from the 'CCP,' and empower the US to go after China's '[[human rights]] abuses.'"<ref>Jackson Hinkle (June 4, 2023). [https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1665545294606639104 "The premise of his entire campaign is to decouple the US from China, establish a new Sino-Russian split, ban US businesses from doing business with China, protect Taiwan from the 'CCP,' and empower the US to go after China's 'human rights abuses.'"] ''Twitter''.</ref> Another was ''{{wpl|Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar||.}}'' Hinkle stated in 2021, "Breaking Points is trying to sell a war against China over ABSURD LIES about Taiwan & slave labor."<ref>Jackson Hinkle (October 13, 2021). [https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1448475552868757510 "Breaking Points is trying to sell a war against China over ABSURD LIES about Taiwan & slave labor."] ''Twitter''.</ref>

==See also==
*[[Boogaloo movement]]
*[[Jimmy Dore]]
*[[Hostile media effect]] 
*[[Law of exclamation]]
*[[Gregor Mendel]]
*[[Laura Loomer]]
*[[Jack Posobiec]]

==External links==
===Social media===
*[https://rumble.com/user/jacksonhinkle Rumble]
*[https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle Twitter]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200630222958/https://www.youtube.com/thedivewithjacksonhinkle YouTube] (account terminated)
===Engagements===
'''As a talking-head'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwIXs61O9DY "Piers Morgan Calls Vladimir Putin Fan 'Bonkers' For Thinking Russian Leader Is 'Peaceful'"] — appearance on TalkTV (only talking-head appearance he's challenged much during)
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOvC88M5j-4 "Jackson Hinkle bashes Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tucker Carlson"] — appearance on Fox News
*[https://rumble.com/v1kt7c7-in-focus-addison-smith-questions-jackson-hinkle-on-maga-communism.html "In Focus - Addison Smith Questions Jackson Hinkle on 'Maga Communism'"] — first appearance on OAN
*[https://rumble.com/v2n4g5g-in-focus-independent-political-analyst-jackson-hinkle-on-the-biden-crime-fa.html "IN FOCUS: Independent Political Analyst, Jackson Hinkle, on the Biden Crime Family"] — second appearance on OAN
*[https://www.rt.com/shows/rt-interview/583305-jackson-hinkle-ukraine-west/ "'West is a hollow skeleton of power to crumbling empire' – Jackson Hinkle"] — appearance on [[RT]]

'''Debates'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgdtZVWjN3s "Sam Debates Electoral Politics With A Jimmy Dore Fan"] — Hinkle's debate with [[Sam Seder]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCLAquQxGm0 "DEBATE: Is Russia's War on Ukraine Justified? | Jackson Hinkle Vs Drew Pavlou | Podcast"] — Hinkle's debate with [[Drew Pavlou]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilUJi6v3pZc "Debating The SLIPPERIEST CONSPIRACY THEORIST I Have Ever Met"] — Hinkle's debate with [[Vaush]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd45rdkC_x8 "Is Russia's War on Ukraine Justified? | Jackson Hinkle & Infrared Vs Dylan Burns & Destiny"] — Hinkle and Infrared's debate with [[Destiny (person)|Destiny]] and Dylan Burns
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc921pnDWYw "Debate Opponent Accuses Destiny Of Lying, Makes Bet Mid Debate ft. AdamSomething"] — Hinkle and Infrared's debate with Destiny and Adam Something

==Notes==
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==References==
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