Ministers prioritised driving in England partly due to conspiracy theories

January 9, 2024

Archived 3 years ago from The Guardian
Ministers prioritised driving in England partly due to conspiracy theories

Ministers decided to prioritise driving over active travel because of worries among ministers about “15-minute cities”, documents seen by the Guardian show.They indicate that a significant shift in transport policy was guided at least in part by conspiracy theories.Ministers began considering curbs …

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January 9, 2024

Archived 3 years ago from The Daily Beast
Jesse Watters Airs Truly Bonkers Taylor Swift Conspiracy Theory

Jesse Watters on Tuesday aired a profoundly weird conspiracy theory about Taylor Swift that has been gaining traction in right-wing circles: that she’s not just a pop musician, but part of a government “psyop.”On Jesse Watters Tonight, the Fox News host took an interest in how some allies of former …

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January 9, 2024 trump

Archived 3 years ago from NBC News
Trump promotes ‘totally baseless’ birther conspiracy theory against Nikki Haley

DES MOINES, Iowa — Donald Trump, the chief propagator of false “birther” claims first against then-President Barack Obama and later against Sen. Ted Cruz, has a new target: Nikki Haley.As Haley surges in New Hampshire polling, Trump posted an article on his Truth Social account from a right-wing …

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January 9, 2024 covid19, epstein, qanon

Archived 3 years ago from VICE
Hidden Passageway Beneath New York Chabad Building Drives Chaos and Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories

A bizarre situation unfolding within the Orthodox Jewish Chabad-Lubavitch movement is going viral in the wider world, driving a raft of antisemitic conspiracy theories online and reviving some of the oldest slurs against Jewish communities. At issue are a group of buildings that surround 770 …

Verified X User Recycles 20-Year-Old Photo to Hype Houthi Red Sea Threat

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January 9, 2024 israel

Archived 3 years ago from Polygraph.info
Verified X User Recycles 20-Year-Old Photo to Hype Houthi Red Sea Threat

On January 4, hours after the United States and 13 other countries called on Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels to immediately halt attacks on civilian vessels in the Red Sea, the Houthis launched and detonated a drone boat packed with explosives. Houthi rebels have been striking and hijacking …

Conspiracy

January 9, 2024 antivax, covid19, ukraine

Archived 3 years ago from The Daily Dot
Died in Ukraine? Sent to Gitmo? Mysterious hospitalization of Secretary of Defense sends conspiracy theorists into a tizzy

The hospitalization of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, caused by complications from an elective surgery last month, has led to an explosion of conspiracy theories online. The issue began after Austin was admitted to the intensive care unit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Jan. …

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January 8, 2024 5g, george soros, qanon, russia

Archived 3 years ago from The Conversation
How liberal conspiracy theories can be just as destructive as their extremist counterparts

Liberal commentators frequently condemn conspiracy theories that threaten public safety. The US mainstream media exploded in 2016 when an armed man harassed diners in a Washington DC pizzeria, allegedly because he subscribed to the QAnon online conspiracy theory claiming that a Hillary …

Cops deny claims 10ft extraterrestrial was spotted in police response

Conspiracy

January 7, 2024

Archived 3 years ago from Daily Mail
Cops deny claims 10ft extraterrestrial was spotted in police response

Eerie footage captured of Miami police’s response to an incident on New Year’s Day appeared to show an alien-type creature floating aroundVideo was widely shared by conspiracy theorists on social media who claimed a 10-foot-tall silhouette walking near cop cars was from another planetBut Miami …

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January 5, 2024 epstein

Archived 3 years ago from Rolling Stone
Conspiracy Theorists Convinced ‘Shadow Aliens’ Are Loose in Miami

The Miami police showed up in force to respond to a disturbance at a downtown open-air mall on New Year’s Day after reports of teens brawling and setting off fireworks, ultimately arresting four individuals between the ages of 14 and 16. But with footage of the chaos and dozens of cop cars lined up …

Conspiracy

January 5, 2024

Archived 3 years ago from The US Sun
Bizarre conspiracy theory sparked over footage of ‘alien stalking cops at mall’

A NEW Year’s Day incident at a shopping center in Miami has sent conspiracy theorists into a frenzy, claiming an alien creature’s presence sparked a mass police response.The viral video making rounds on social media is from a news chopper that broadcasted the incident at Bayside Marketplace in …

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