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After Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, Twitter removed three of the president’s tweets and locked his account for 12 hours, saying it may ban him if he doesn’t stop breaking its rules with his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Why it matters: It’s …
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President Trump has rarely met a conspiracy theory he doesn’t like, but he and other Republicans now worry the wild tales told by lawyers Sidney Powell and Lin Wood may cost them in Georgia’s Senate special elections. Why it matters: The two are telling Georgians not to vote for Republicans David …
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With Bill Barr’s “Et tu, Brute!” interview with AP, President Trump is watching the walls close in on his claims of fraud, hoaxes and conspiracies. Why it matters: Trump and his legal team continue to claim election fraud. But the Republican governors of Arizona and Georgia have certified their …
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Dominion Voting Systems CEO John Poulos on Monday responded to a flood of “bizarre” and baseless conspiracy theories — boosted by President Trump and his allies — alleging that the company rigged the 2020 election. What he’s saying: “The allegations against Dominion are bizarre, but I’ll set the …
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President Trump on Wednesday canceled his trip to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he was scheduled to join his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani for a Republican-led state Senate Majority Policy Committee hearing on alleged election irregularities. Driving the news: The cancellation comes after …
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Republican gun-rights activist Lauren Boebert defeated Democrat Diane Mitsch Bush in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, according to the Associated Press. Why it matters: Boebert, a first-time candidate who defeated five-term GOP incumbent Rep. Scott Tipton in the state’s June primary, has …
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The QAnon conspiracy theory is growing — and being weaponized to boost President Trump ahead of the election. Why it matters: What began as a single conspiracy theory linking Hillary Clinton to child trafficking four years ago is now part of a convoluted web of falsehoods being spread to undermine …
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More than one-third of Americans think it’s possible that elites in Hollywood, government and the media “are secretly engaging in large scale child trafficking and abuse,” according to new polling for a U.K.-based anti-racism advocacy group reviewed by Axios. The big picture: New findings by the …
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President Trump said during NBC’s town hall event on Thursday that he does not know much about QAnon, the sprawling, far-right conspiracy theory, and refused to condemn the baseless theory. Why it matters: The FBI identified fringe online conspiracy theories, like QAnon, as domestic terrorist …
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Misinformation related to President Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis has swarmed social media and the broader web since Friday, with claims that Trump is faking his illness gaining particular traction, according to data provided to Axios by social intelligence firm Zignal Labs. Why it matters: Moments of …
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