The Right-Wing Influencer and His Communist Friends Who Attended Hassan Nasrallah’s Funeral

Last week, the attention of much of the Arab world was on the funeral of Hassan Nasrallah, the longtime head of Hizballah who was killed by an Israeli airstrike just after witnessing the decimation of his military. Present at his funeral were three Americans. The best known is Jackson Hinkle, a pro-Russian online influencer who describes himself as a “MAGA Communist” and who since October 7 has devoted most of his attention to producing the vilest anti-Israel and anti-Semitic lies, presented in rightwing packaging. Kathleen Hayes notes that the three seem confident that the chants of “Death to America” do not apply to them, and proudly advertised their presence on social media: