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The Federalist Papers has pushed misinformation about the US elections and Covid, including unproven claims

about anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine being an effective treatment for Covid.74

The Federalist Papers frequently syndicates content from The Western Journal, another of the Toxic Ten identified

by this report.75 The publication also comments on or publishes content from various other outlets, with some stories

treating social media posts as their primary sources.76

The site claims its mission is to “use social media to educate Americans on… what’s going on with government today,

and how to push back”.77

The Federalist Papers, whose domain was registered in 2011, generates revenue from advertising and is owned and

operated by Steve Straub.78 According to his LinkedIn page, Straub is also CEO at a processing solutions company

which offers “success secrets of the fastest growing companies”.79

This Federalist Papers article included in our sample claims that leftists “use

climate change to scare people into submission” and that their predictions

have been “wrong every time”.80 The article has carried Google ads for the

mining company Glencore which state the business’s “commitment to protect

the environment”