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It seems like a tidy premise: what if a direct comparison could be made between sickness and bad ideas? We are, more than ever, used to thinking in terms of viruses – those that attempt to control our computers, and those that cause governments to close down entire countries, compelling half their …
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Although Sound of Freedom was completed half a decade ago, the film has only been released this Fourth of July. Netflix and Amazon passed on the thriller, and 21st Century Fox and Disney both reneged on distribution deals. Instead, it’s the conservative, crowdfunded Angel Studios that has …
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“Never trust a pedophile!” doesn’t quite have the ring of, “I’ll be back,” or, “Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker,” but it suffices as a one-liner in Alejandro Monteverde’s child-trafficking action flick Sound of Freedom (out now). It’s said by Jim Caviezel, playing real-life anti-trafficking activist …
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A new thriller film puts “The Passion of the Christ” star Jim Caviezel on a quest to rescue children from sex traffickers—and it’s going up against “Indiana Jones” in 2,600 theaters on July Fourth. Other than its opening date, virtually nothing about “Sound of Freedom” follows the Hollywood …
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Sadie Vega-Martinez and Eddie Martinez (L), and Katie Sorensen (R) (Images via Inside Edition/screengrab, Instagram screengrab) A 31-year-old “momfluencer” was sentenced to jail after falsely reporting to police that a couple tried to kidnap her kids at a Michaels arts and crafts store in December …
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Falling out with loved ones over QAnon “It’s been a slow death”: Loved ones describe cutting ties with parents, siblings over QAnon conspiracy theories 04:11 PETALUMA – A social media influencer and mom from the North Bay who went viral for a 2020 Instagram video falsely claiming a couple tried to …
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Joe Oltmann, a major player in the election denial movement, has been collaborating with hosts of a Rumble-based QAnon channel called Badlands Media. Oltmann and his co-host have repeatedly hosted figures from Badlands on their show, Conservative Daily Podcast, and have praised the Rumble channel …
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Fall Out Boy’s reimagined ‘we didn’t start the fire’ covers QAnon, Elon Musk Fall Out Boy took to Instagram to announce the release of their revamped version of Billy Joel’s iconic song, “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” The rock band has incorporated references to numerous significant cultural moments …
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One Dumb Conspiracy is a weekly column that debunks the mostly wild conspiracy theories swirling around the web and runs on Mondays in the Daily Dot’s web_crawlr newsletter. If you want to get this column a day before we publish it, subscribe to web_crawlr, where you’ll get the daily scoop of …
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“There’s a storm coming,” popular historian turned esoteric political commentator Neil Oliver posted on Twitter in May, “Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But there’s a storm coming.” As Mr. Oliver is a Scotsman who calls himself “the Coast Guy,” some of his followers might have thought he was …
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