Simmering threat of violence comes to fore with search of Trump property

August 9, 2022 2020 election, marjorie taylor greene, trump

Archived 4 years ago from The Washington Post
Simmering threat of violence comes to fore with search of Trump property

Listen 8 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article For months, right-wing agitators with millions of followers have peddled the idea that a moment was coming soon when violence would become necessary — a patriotic duty — to save the republic. With the FBI search Monday of Donald Trump’s …

‘He has done more to further the cause of hate in the US than almost anyone’: the rise and fall of Alex Jones

Conspiracy

August 9, 2022 alex jones, nazi, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from The Guardian
‘He has done more to further the cause of hate in the US than almost anyone’: the rise and fall of Alex Jones

In front of a microphone with the cameras on him, Alex Jones looked comfortable on his first day of testimony. The delusional provocateur and conspiracy peddler sauntered to the witness stand in an Austin, Texas, courtroom, shirt unbuttoned without a tie, and introduced himself to the jury with his …

Alex Jones’s Text Messages Turned Over to House Jan. 6 Committee

Conspiracy

August 8, 2022 2020 election, alex jones, ukraine

Archived 4 years ago from The New York Times
Alex Jones’s Text Messages Turned Over to House Jan. 6 Committee

WASHINGTON — A lawyer for plaintiffs who are suing the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Monday turned over more than two years’ worth of text messages from Mr. Jones’s phone to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, including messages that show Mr. Jones was in touch …

The Alex Jones Verdict and the Fight Against Disinformation

Conspiracy

August 8, 2022 alex jones, ukraine

Archived 4 years ago from The New York Times
The Alex Jones Verdict and the Fight Against Disinformation

Elizabeth Williamson contributed reporting. The Daily is made by Lisa Tobin, Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Chris Wood, Jessica Cheung, Stella Tan, Alexandra Leigh Young, Lisa Chow, Eric Krupke, Marc Georges, Luke Vander …

How monkeypox myths mimic lies about covid and AIDS

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August 8, 2022 covid19, marjorie taylor greene, monkeypox

Archived 4 years ago from Grid
How monkeypox myths mimic lies about covid and AIDS

The Biden administration has declared monkeypox to be a new “public health emergency” — but the virus is already the subject of old misinformation tactics. Some of the myths accompanying this latest outbreak are tied to conspiracy theories dating back to the bubonic plague and updated during more …

Conspiracy

August 7, 2022 george soros, maga

Archived 4 years ago from Premium Times
Nigeria and its conspiracy theories, By Uddin Ifeanyi

… conspiracy theorising is totally African. The hex, the banshee who wailed last night (and the child who died this morning), the babalawo, dibia and bokaa are all cut of the same fabric. As balefully influential as the woke Left in the US (if you are fringe Republican), or as maliciously dangerous …

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August 7, 2022 alex jones

Archived 4 years ago from CNN
What the Alex Jones trial means for the future of conspiracy culture

New York CNN — The Texas jury’s decision last week to have Alex Jones face punitive damages of more than $45 million in a lawsuit filed by the parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis was a “reckoning that was 10 years in the making,” CNN’s chief media correspondent Brian Stelter said. A …

Conspiracy

August 6, 2022

Archived 4 years ago from Commonwealth Club
Why Have False Beliefs and Conspiracy Theories Become so Powerful?

First in a Series on False Narratives. Why does a lie travel around the world while the truth is still lacing up its boots? In all areas, not just politics, science, and medicine, outrageous or fascinating false information outpaces truth, which is often more nuanced. False narratives pose a real …

Conspiracy

August 6, 2022 alex jones

Archived 4 years ago from WUFT
How Alex Jones helped mainstream conspiracy theories into American life – Nation & World News

By NPR News August 6, 2022 National, News from NPR Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay millions in damages for spreading lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. But even if the penalties shut down Infowars, his influence will remain. (Image credit: Matt York/AP) Read More at NPR Check Also …

A jury tags Alex Jones with .2 million in punitive damages for 2 Sandy Hook parents

Conspiracy

August 5, 2022 alex jones

Archived 4 years ago from Maine Public
A jury tags Alex Jones with $45.2 million in punitive damages for 2 Sandy Hook parents

A Texas jury decided Friday that conspiracy theory purveyor Alex Jones will pay one family $45.2 million in punitive damages after spreading lies about the 20212 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The jury’s decision Friday came the day after it awarded the parents of slain first grader $4.1 …

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