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More than 420 bills attacking longstanding public health protections — vaccines, milk safety and fluoride — have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year as part of an organized, politically savvy campaign.An Associated Press investigation found that the wave of legislation has …
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More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law.An …
Read MoreMore than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law. …
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Josh Hammer, the conservative commentator and friend of the late Charlie Kirk, says he is mulling a defamation lawsuit against Candace Owens, who suggested he might have had foreknowledge of Kirk’s assassination.In an interview with Erin Molan published on Monday, Hammer talked about Owens’s …
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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up an appeal by Austin conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of a lower court judge’s ruling requiring him to pay $1.4 billion in damages to families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the New York Times reports. Following the massacre in …
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The US supreme court has refused an appeal from Alex Jones and left in place his $1.4bn defamation penalty that was awarded to the families of victims from the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting.The Infowars founder and conspiracy theorist had sought to overturn the judgment, which he was …
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected conservative conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ last-ditch attempt to block an almost $1.5 billion defamation judgment he faces over false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.The court without comment turned away Jones’ appeal …
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Did you know you can customize Google to filter out garbage? Take these steps for better search results, including adding my work at Lifehacker as a preferred source. While sometimes there’s a big piece of misinformation that a lot of people latch onto—like The Rapture or the existence of …
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A lot of research has been dedicated to understanding what makes people believe in conspiracies – and how they might be able to climb out of the rabbit hole again.Conspiracies do happen. The Watergate scandal in the 1970s, which led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon, is arguably the …
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This editorial is the fourth in a series by the Akron Beacon Journal Editorial Board exploring the impact federal budget cuts and policies are having on this region and its residents.Remember when we relied on agencies like the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Advisory …
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