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In the short time since he was named as Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged to remove fluoride from the drinking water and announced his intention to repeal approval of the polio vaccine. Neither of these actions seem to to be …
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Past research suggests three core motivations that can underlie conspiracy beliefs.First, people have an “epistemic motive” (relating to knowledge) to restore understanding and clarity about the world. Second, people’s “existential motive” captures the need for control and security, particularly in …
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This is an adapted excerpt from the Dec. 16 episode of “The ReidOut.”There’s a drone mystery gripping the Eastern Seaboard, with almost daily sightings over the past month. First spotted in New Jersey on Nov. 18, the drones appear to show up in the late hours of the night. There’s still a lot that …
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Drones flying low and at night over New Jersey have sparked speculation about their purpose, with theories suggesting they may detect nuclear radiation. Expert analysis from drone specialist supports the idea that the drones could be equipped with advanced sensors for radioactive material. Elevated …
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Claim: Author Kurt Vonnegut once said: “We’ll go down in history as the first society that wouldn’t save itself because it wasn’t cost-effective.” For years, internet users have shared a quote about society refusing to save itself due to the perceived costs of doing so, attributing the saying to …
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It’s 8am, and Redmond, an 11-year-old Brown Swiss dairy cow and designated matriarch of the Churchtown Dairy herd, has been milked in her designated stall. She is concentrating on munching hay; her seventh calf is hovering nearby.The herd’s production of milk, sold unpasteurised in half-gallon and …
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Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. In the lead-up to Donald Trump’s second inauguration, professional conspiracy peddlers are hard at work finding ways to gin up panic and paranoia—even if their …
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If you spend much time watching Fox News, or if you look to social media sites such as X for information about American politics and the U.S. government, you have probably heard two specific claims over the past four years. First, that the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was fomented at least …
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If there were a new wave of Covid-19, how many people would get vaccinated? In Kenya, by late July 2022, around 8.8 million adults had been fully vaccinated against the virus. Today, it would be a miracle if even 50 per cent of that number voluntarily got vaccinated in the face of another pandemic. …
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SALT LAKE CITY — Call us curious, call us skeptics, call us cynics. In the end, maybe Utahns are just super interested in the truth or, perhaps, a truth.That’s probably why Utah was just named one of the most conspiracy-obsessed states in the entire country. (If you can believe it.)With interest in …
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