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The posts often beg followers to speak out, “get loud,” or wake up. Some feature bold text on a colorful background, matching the aesthetic of many Instagram slideshows this year. Others show photos of beloved children, laughing with their parents. Some are posted by small accounts with few …
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On the season finale of “Saturday Night Live” in May 2017, Tom Hanks was described as “universally adored by pretty much every human alive.” That was the gag. Hanks could bring the divided country together, according to the sketch, because he is an anodyne delight to all, virtually impossible to …
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Listen and subscribe to “The Argument” from your mobile device: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | RadioPublic | Stitcher | RSS Feed After Bob Woodward’s latest book revealed just how much President Trump knowingly misled the public about the coronavirus, how much blame does he bear for the …
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From Facebook to Twitter to YouTube, social media companies whose platforms were used to amplify falsehoods, conspiracy theories and inflammatory rhetoric in 2016 have been preparing for November’s presidential election for years. Now it’s crunch time. On Thursday, FBI Director Christopher …
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Many times since, he has avoided facts and evidence or twisted them to fit his purposes, waving away the advice of scientists on the novel coronavirus while spreading misinformation about the credibility of the country’s own electoral processes. As Trump battles for reelection, it’s fitting that a …
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Topline Twitter said Thursday it will extend its restrictions on QAnon-linked accounts and content to political candidates and elected officials who promote the conspiracy theory, a pivot in the company’s stance from August when it told Forbes it was “evaluating” an “expansion” of the policy. …
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QAnon’s central conspiracy is that an international group of Satan-worshipping Democratic pedophiles is in control of politicians, Hollywood and the media, but President Donald Trump is fighting them. QAnon believes its targets will one day be arrested, tried at Guantanamo, and executed in public. …
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A QAnon supporter flies the flag (AFP via Getty Images) A senior Citigroup employee was placed on leave after being revealed as the operator of a QAnon website promoting the paedophile conspiracy theory. Qmap.pub was quickly shut down after a fact-checking group identified a 48-year-old New Jersey …
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Jeff Sharlet, executive producer of the Netflix docudrama, The Family, talks to Steve Clemons about the “born again” movement – the biggest voting bloc in the United States. About one in three Americans consider themselves to be evangelicals, and despite the differences between them, they agree …
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A director in Citigroup’s information technology department has been placed on leave after he was identified as the operator of a prominent website dedicated to the QAnon conspiracy theory. Last week, fact-checking website logically.ai named Jason Gelinas, a New Jersey resident, as the person who …
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