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A recent national poll shows that one in three Americans believe that attempts to assassinate former president Donald Trump are part of a conspiracy.The survey, conducted exclusively for Newsweek by Redfield & Wilton Strategies, sampled a diverse group of respondents from across the country, asking …
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Claim: Kamala Harris’ frequent saying, “What can be, unburdened by what has been,” was borrowed from Karl Marx. Ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential elections, numerous Republicans attempted to connect Democratic candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris to communism and Karl Marx, the German …
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Two weeks ago, Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in the Big Bend region of Florida. From there it carved a path through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee, leaving historic wreckage in its path as it flooded the region in 40 trillion gallons of water. The …
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Far-right commentators Kandiss Taylor and Lucretia Hughes, respectively officials for the Georgia Republican Party and pro-Trump group Veterans for America First, pushed fringe conspiracy theories about Hurricane Helene, including claiming that it “could have been done by the government” through …
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Did Hideo Kojima’s masterpiece, Death Stranding, Predict Covid-19 a month before it became a reality? Is the game a giant metaphor for abortion as child sacrifice? What other occult symbols and conspiracy motifs are hidden in this often under-rated gem?Don’t miss Conspiracy Pilled every Wednesday …
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In Episode 71 of his podcast “In the Room with Peter Bergen,” New America Vice President and ASU Professor of Practice Peter Bergen examines the challenges posed by and questions raised by the spread of conspiracy theories.The moon landing was faked; 9/11 was an inside job — conspiracy theories …
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As the death toll from Hurricane Helene continues to climb amid the destruction it left in its path and the angst of another powerful storm on its path to hit Florida, MAGA conservative Marjorie Taylor Greene is digging in with her latest conspiracy. “Ask your government if the weather is …
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We’re used to hearing about the power of artificial intelligence to spread misinformation – but could it also be a tool for persuading people of the truth? Ian Sample speaks to Thomas Costello, an assistant professor of psychology at American University, who has published a study exploring the …
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PolitiFact | Dockworkers are no longer striking, but misinformation about their motivations is still spreading Get PolitiFact in your inbox. Dockworkers went on strike because “they hear screaming children inside shipping containers!” If Your Time is short This claim is unfounded. We found no …
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Claim: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris published photos of herself with a woman she claimed was her paternal grandmother, who died four years before Harris was born. Context Harris’ paternal grandmother died in 1995, when Harris was 31. An unrelated woman at the center of the claim died in 1960. …
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