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In the cool of a Las Vegas morning a former speechwriter for Donald Trump smoked a cigarette by the entrance to a glass hotel, chatting with a man in a cowboy hat who became famous for riding a horse from New Mexico to the White House. A sheriff-turned-media personality was finishing his breakfast …
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A conspiracy and religion-fueled political conference in downtown Salt Lake City drew about 1,000 attendees on Friday to the Salt Palace Convention Center. People there heard from some of the leading far-right political figures, including retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and former Overstock.com …
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Facebook officials have long known about how the platform’s recommendations can lead users into conspiracy theory-addled “rabbit holes.” Now, we know just how clear that picture was thanks to documents provided by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen. During the summer of 2019, a Facebook …
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Five days before Ron Watkins, the notorious MAGA conspiracy theorist who helped spread the violent far-right QAnon conspiracy, posted a video to his Telegram account announcing his candidacy for a rural Arizona congressional district, he registered to vote in Maricopa County. Watkins, who is …
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Ron Watkins, one of the most prominent figures in the QAnon conspiracy movement, says he is running for Congress in Arizona because the state is at the forefront of the fight by many Republicans over the 2020 election results. Watkins, a prominent promoter of false claims that …
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By Christopher Cole (October 19, 2021, 6:53 PM EDT) — Conservative activists cannot pursue legal claims that Google and subsidiary YouTube trampled their First Amendment rights by taking down QAnon-related videos, since the online firms are private companies, a California federal judge ruled …
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By Jonathan J. Cooper | AP, PHOENIX — Ron Watkins, one of the most prominent figures in the QAnon conspiracy movement, said Monday he is running for Congress in Arizona because the state is at the forefront of the fight by many Republicans over the 2020 election results. Watkins, a prominent …
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Ron Watkins, a prolific promoter of false conspiracies about the 2020 election who is closely tied to the QAnon movement, says he is running for Congress as a Republican in Arizona. Watkins has a large and fervent following among Donald Trump supporters who believe the former president’s false …
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Welcome back to 10 Things in Politics. Sign up here to receive this newsletter. Plus, download Insider’s app for news on the go — click here for iOS and here for Android. Send tips to bgriffiths@insider.com. Here’s what we’re talking about: With Phil Rosen. Valerie Chiang for Insider 1. THE HISTORY …
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It was the afternoon of 4 July 2020, and Melissa Rein Lively’s video was about to go viral. A PR executive in Arizona, she already had the appearance of a person for whom a viral video was part of the plan, but with the super-groomed blondeness better suited to a branded beauty tutorial than a clip …
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