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Supporters of US President Donald Trump stand on the US Capitol plaza on January 6, 2021, in … [+] Washington, DC. – (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN / AFP) (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images The attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2020, was the direct result of a …
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The throng of thousands that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 included devotees of QAnon, a conspiracy theory that got its start in the shadowy corners of the Internet. Since 2017, QAnon’s baseless beliefs have spread in an online environment with little to no guardrails to contain it. Since the …
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WASHINGTON – The FBI privately warned law enforcement agencies Monday that far-right extremists have discussed posing as National Guard members in Washington and that others have reviewed maps of vulnerable spots in the city – signs of potential efforts to disrupt Wednesday’s inauguration, …
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By Carol D. Leonnig and Matt Zapotosky, Melina Mara The Washington Post Participants rehearse the inaugural ceremony on Monday. The FBI privately warned law enforcement agencies Monday that far-right extremists have discussed posing as National Guard members in Washington and others have reviewed …
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Immediately after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, all corners of the political spectrum repudiated the mob of President Trump’s supporters. Yet within days, prominent Republicans, party officials, conservative media voices and rank-and-file voters began making a rhetorical shift to try to downplay …
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In the aftermath of the siege of the U.S. Capitol building, many are blaming President Trump for giving credence to conspiracy theories like Q-Anon, or even his false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election. Government and Polity professor Jamie Mcknown weighs in on how conspiracy …
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Representative Peter Meijer, a Republican freshman who voted to impeach Mr. Trump, said in an interview with “The Daily,” The New York Times audio podcast, that the prevalence of false information among the base had created “two worlds” among congressional Republicans — one that is based in reality …
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Donald Trump may be leaving the White House in a few days, but the umbrella of conspiracy theories he inspired is only just arriving in Washington. The chief theory known as QAnon — that the US government is run by a cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles only Trump can expose — began nearly four …
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Placeholder while article actions load In 1962, some of America’s most influential conservatives met to talk about a growing threat: the rise of paranoid conspiracy theories on the right. Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) was thinking about running for president. A mutual friend set up a meeting for …
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The United States of America was founded on a conspiracy theory. In the lead-up to the War of Independence, revolutionaries argued that a tax on tea or stamps is not just a tax, but the opening gambit in a sinister plot of oppression. The signers of the Declaration of Independence were convinced — …
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