The Documented Record
A documented record of antisemitic imagery, conspiracy posts and public backlash surrounding John Cusack.
The Record
In 2019, John Cusack shared a graphic showing a giant Star of David-marked hand crushing people.
Above it, he added three words:
“Follow the money.”
The image also carried a quotation falsely attributed to Voltaire that originated with American white supremacist and neo-Nazi Kevin Alfred Strom.
Six years later, Cusack shared another conspiracy-style graphic built around Jewish identities, Stars of David, Jeffrey Epstein, the Maxwell family and purported Mossad connections.
John Cucksack brings the record together.
A Pattern Across Years
2019
Cusack shared a graphic showing a huge hand marked with a Star of David crushing people beneath it. The graphic used a quotation originating with white supremacist Kevin Alfred Strom. Cusack added: “Follow the money.” Jewish symbolism, money, hidden control and overwhelming power appeared together in a single image.
See the 2019 post →2024
In January 2024, StopAntisemitism named John Cusack its “Antisemite of the Week.” The organization highlighted a series of posts involving Hamas, October 7, Israel and Zionism and connected them to Cusack’s earlier 2019 controversy.
See the 2024 record →2025
Cusack shared a conspiracy-style graphic connecting Antony Blinken, Samuel Pisar, Robert Maxwell, Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. The image used Stars of David throughout the network and presented several figures as connected to Mossad. The graphic brought together Jewish identity, secret networks, intelligence claims and hidden influence.
See the 2025 post →“Six years apart. Different graphics. The same language of hidden Jewish power.”
The 2019 and 2025 posts used different images, but both placed Jewish symbols inside conspiracy narratives about money, secret networks and hidden influence.
— John Cucksack
Featured Investigations
A Star of David-marked hand. People being crushed beneath it. A quotation originating with a neo-Nazi. And Cusack’s own caption: “Follow the money.”
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Cusack shared a graphic linking Jewish figures, Stars of David, Jeffrey Epstein, the Maxwell family and purported Mossad connections in a single conspiracy diagram.
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From “Follow the money” to a network of Stars of David and secret-intelligence claims, the visual language resurfaced years later.
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The Pattern
The 2019 image portrayed a Star of David-marked hand exercising overwhelming control over ordinary people.
“Follow the money.”
The 2025 graphic constructed a network involving Jewish identities, Stars of David, Jeffrey Epstein, the Maxwell family and alleged intelligence connections.
Both images placed Jewish identity inside stories about unseen systems of power.
The Backlash
Jewish writers, journalists, watchdog organizations and public commentators identified the imagery and answered it in public.
X · June 2019“John Cusack says he didn’t at first realise that the image was anti-Semitic. My, it’s a troublesome old blind spot for progressives, isn’t it?”
David Baddiel
View source ↗ X · June 18, 2019“Cusack, you RT an antisemitic conspiracy theory that caused the genocide of millions of Jews, add ‘follow the money’ & defended ur RT. U apologized, but have U really learned?”
Yitzhak Santis
View source ↗ X · June 2019“How does a bot ‘get you to write “follow the money” after sharing an overtly anti-Semitic image?”
Elad Nehorai
View source ↗ X · June 18, 2019“Yeah, an antisemitic bot gets all of the anti-Israel and anti-Zionist crowd...”
Hen Mazzig
View source ↗ X · January 2024StopAntisemitism named Cusack its “Antisemite of the Week,” citing posts it said denied mass rapes on October 7, described Hamas as a charitable organization, and claimed Hamas was financed by the Israeli government.
StopAntisemitism
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Bluesky · July 2025Bluesky board member and Techdirt founder Mike Masnick condemned the conspiracy graphic as antisemitic and posted a screengrab of Cusack doubling down on the Mossad claims after the original post was removed.
Mike Masnick
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