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During the past 48 hours, former President Trump has boosted a barrage of social media posts that included threats to jail critics and opponents, repeated QAnon slogans and a suggestion that Vice President Kamala Harris slept her way to the top.Why it matters: Trump’s Truth Social musings and …
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Former President Donald Trump once tried to keep a healthy distance between himself and the conspiratorial elements of his supporter base, admitting only a vague familiarity with their beliefs.A flurry of activity seen on his Truth Social page this week, however, emphasizes how far he’s come toward …
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Photo: Emily Elconin/Getty Images Donald Trump was so embarrassed by coverage of his meltdown over the DNC on Truth Social and Fox News that he was still posting dubious excuses days later. But he definitely didn’t learn a thing from the experience. After special counsel Jack Smith filed a …
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Donald Trump has pushed a well known QAnon phrase while ranting on Truth Social in response to a new indictment against him concerning his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment against the former president …
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Last week we debuted a new KALW series: Book It with Angie Coiro. It’s a show about books and authors rooted in California. This week she talks to Jesselyn Cook, author of the new book The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family. It’s about how Conspiracy theories are …
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Is Donald Trump wishing he could replace Sen. JD Vance of Ohio with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his running mate?That question jumped from the world of social media jokes to a serious inquiry on Monday, when the anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and former presidential candidate told Tucker …
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QAnon conspiracy theory supporters are promoting the unfounded claim that tens of thousands of antifa protesters descended upon Chicago this weekend to disrupt the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC). But it’s not just far-left Americans they’re worried about. Foreign antifa is coming, too. …
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Journalist Jesselyn Cook had been covering “the dark corners of the internet” for a few years when she noticed something changing around 2020. A previously niche conspiracy theory known as QAnon — which posits that the world is ruled by Satan-worshipping pedophiles, and that Donald Trump will …
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It’s been one month since former president Donald Trump was shot during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.At first, it seemed to those close to them as if QAnon adherents might finally be shaken from their long-held conspiratorial belief systems. In their universe, Trump was waging a secret war …
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In “The Quiet Damage,” Jesselyn Cook traces the effects of the conspiracy theory on the spouses, children and siblings of believers.THE QUIET DAMAGE: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family, by Jesselyn CookThe percentage of Americans who believe in conspiracy theories may not actually be …
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