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From flags etched with burning Qs to “Where we go one, we go all” T-shirts and the infamous “QAnon Shaman,” the presence of QAnon at the Jan. 6 Capitol attack was palpable. Also prominent, albeit somewhat less visibly, were various insignia signifying membership in far-right extremist groups like …
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When Russian catering magnate-turned-warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin announced his mutiny against the country’s Ministry of Defense and began his soon-to-be aborted march toward Moscow this past Friday, most American news coverage—understandably—focused on Prigozhin’s role as leader of the paramilitary …
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It looks like we’re in the morning-after stage of media coverage of former President Trump and his Russia connections. Most recently, the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) published a harsh analysis of the press’s role in stoking the Trump-Russia panic. The author, Jeff Gerth, is a respected former …
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Flat earth beliefs have been spreading alarmingly in recent years. They offer plenty of fodder for punchlines, yes–but they also have ties to more nefarious conspiracy theories like QAnon and to other manifestations of political extremism. As a reporter at the Daily Beast, Kelly Weill has been …
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On Dec. 7, news broke that the German police had uncovered and foiled an alleged coup attempt aimed at storming the German Bundestag and toppling the government. In a nationwide raid, 3,000 police officers searched more than 130 homes throughout Germany and made 25 arrests. At the heart of the plot …
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the evolving complexities of platform governance challenges in an increasingly decentralized information environment. Russia’s war in Ukraine has killed, injured, and displaced thousands of civilians. Russia, leading up to and throughout the conflict, …
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Jen Patja Howell is the editor and producer of The Lawfare Podcast and Rational Security. She currently serves as the Co-Executive Director of Virginia Civics, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering the next generation of leaders in Virginia by promoting constitutional literacy, critical …
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On Feb. 24, a poll conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute found that 16 percent of Americans believe the central tenets of the QAnon conspiracy. That figure is larger than it was shortly after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. But lawmakers are still struggling to figure out how …
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David Priess is Publisher of Lawfare and Chief Operating Officer of the Lawfare Institute. A writer and speaker on the presidency, national security, and intelligence, he is also affiliated with George Mason University—where he is a Senior Fellow at the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, …
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Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FixGov. One sign of a healthy democracy is a judiciary that applies the law independently, even in cases involving powerful partisan interests. When President Donald Trump tried to enlist the courts in his campaign to overturn the results of the …
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