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From Hillary Clinton voter to mommy blogger to COVID -vaccine skeptic to MAHA influencer—how Jessica Reed Kraus became an R.F.K., Jr., tag-along and a face of the new right-wing media. Plus:

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Jessica Reed Kraus. Photograph by Jeff Minton for The New Yorker

Clare Malone

A staff writer covering the media business, journalism, and politics.

Jessica Reed Kraus likes to talk about the power of gossip and “quality conspiracy.” The Substack and Instagram star, who writes under the

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