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Quick Take James Ray Epps was at the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. But there is no evidence that he was an FBI plant assigned to instigate the riot, as a conspiracy theory — embraced by at least two members of Congress — claims. There is evidence, however, that Epps once held a leadership role in …
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Ted Cruz last week begged for Tucker Carlson’s forgiveness last week after he called the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol a “violent terrorist attack.” Ted Cruz this week grilled the FBI about whether federal agents instigated the riot, an unfounded conspiracy theory Tucker Carlson brought into the …
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Curiosities is a column where I comment on the art news of the week, sometimes about stories that were too small or strange to make the cut, sometimes just giving my thoughts on the highs and lows. Below, some questions posed by the events of the last week… 1) What’s With This ‘Bored Apes Are …
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If you’re looking for the roots of today’s bizarre conspiracy-and-anger-driven politics, you need to look further back than the presidency of Donald Trump or even the rise of social media or talk radio — back to the accusatory, inflammatory, wild-eyed rhetoric of the John Birch Society in the 1960s …
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In early December, Kaitlin Bennett, the 20-something far-right provocateur known as “Kent State Gun Girl,” who has made a career out of recording herself antagonizing liberal college students, issued a new set of self-mythologizing images. In a wordless four-minute video that begins with the sound …
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Hawking supplements and survival gear has been quite a lucrative business for Alex Jones. The conspiracy theorist raked in $165 million from the Infowars store over three years beginning in September 2015, all while begging his supporters to help him stay financially solvent, records obtained by …
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One of YouTube’s most oddly tranquil channels is filled with giants, space eagles, inverted humans and other conspiracy theories. It’s called Wendigoon. The words “conspiracy theory” may set off alarm bells in the minds of anyone following the news over the past few years, but the Wendigoon YouTube …
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The world was supposed to breathe a collective sigh of relief in 2021—at least when it came to extremist, radicalized thinking. Donald Trump was out of office. QAnon, that cult-like movement operating under the belief that a secret pedophile cabal runs the world, was losing steam. Vaccines were …
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Parenting communities on Facebook were subject to a powerful misinformation campaign early in the COVID-19 pandemic that pulled them closer to extreme groups and their misinformation, according to a new study published by researchers at George Washington University’s Columbian College of Arts and …
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Nick Blanchard was one of thousands of people from across the U.S. who traveled to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, to attend the “Save America” rally on the National Mall, where then-President Donald Trump was speaking. The Waterville resident attended the rally and left at 2:12 p.m., he later …
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