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Weeks after controversy erupted after a mischaracterization of a routine local government housekeeping measure in Waynesville, conspiracy theorists continue to spread false information about COVID-19 and a purported mask mandate. The latest, a pair of videos posted to a Facebook group by Nikki …
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TribLIVE’s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. You aren’t a conservative if you believe in conspiracy theories. Before I defend this statement, I should say that as a general rule, I do not like statements that begin, “You …
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Burke’s argument was more about the nature of a just regime, but it rested on the belief that government planners, no matter how smart, cannot simply will into existence whatever they want the world to look like through raw intellect. This insight was fleshed out by Adam Smith, the Founding …
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Following Sunday’s Georgia Senate run-off debate, some social media users falsely claimed that Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler was wearing an earpiece, implying that she may have been fed answers. It’s a truly unoriginal conspiracy theory. The same baseless claim was lobbed at President-elect Joe …
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In July, 2015, Patrick Byrne, the founder of the online discount retailer Overstock, delivered a twenty-minute talk at FreedomFest, the annual libertarian conference in Las Vegas. Other speakers included the venture capitalist Peter Thiel; John Mackey, the chief executive officer of Whole Foods; …
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Colonies of increasingly sophisticated antennas have been spreading across host societies, reorganising the ways people live their lives through encoded electromagnetic radiation. Positioned atop cellular towers, parasitically grafted onto older structures or raised on high natural formations, …
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It was on their weekly video call that Kasey Edwards first noticed the flat Earth poster in her mother’s house. The poster had quietly replaced an ordinary framed photo in the background. It struck Kasey as odd, but she believed it was harmless. “Not all families agree on everything. And if Mum …
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President Bill Clinton applauds Air Force pilot Scott O’Grady, who was shot down in Bosnia and survived six days in the woods, in 1995. Now a Trump supporter and tapped for a top Pentagon job, O’Grady has been endorsing baseless conspiracy theories related to the election. J. Scott Applewhite/AP …
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As of Wednesday, the in/famous McRib is back at McDonald’s for its first nationwide rollout since 2012. Whether or not you’re a fan of the McNugget’s porcine cousin (same chef, same process), you might be wondering, “Why now?” While there’s no direct link between McRib rollouts and the Mayan …
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You aren’t a conservative if you believe in conspiracy theories. Before I defend this statement, I should say that as a general rule, I do not like statements that begin, “You aren’t a conservative if …” It’s not that I always disagree with such assertions. For instance, “You’re not a conservative …
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