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Police killed a shotgun-wielding man, reportedly driven to violence by his belief in QAnon conspiracy theories, after he fatally shot his wife and wounded their daughter in suburban Detroit, officials said Monday. A 25-year-old woman called 911 at about 4:11 a.m. Sunday and “stated that she had …
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Former President Donald Trump spent Tuesday morning posting inflammatory messages on social media, including many explicitly promoting the QAnon conspiracy theory. While Trump has in the past promoted QAnon-inspired accounts and theories, the posts on his Truth Social account were his most …
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CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — A Colorado woman accused of plotting with QAnon supporters to kidnap her son from his foster home denied Thursday there was ever a planned raid, saying she ended up meeting backers of the conspiracy theory after reaching out for help on social media to get her son back. Cynthia …
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In the days before the 2020 election, social media platforms began experimenting with the idea of “pre-bunking”: pre-emptively debunking misinformation or conspiracy theories by telling people what to watch out for. Now, researchers say there’s evidence that the tactic can work — with some help …
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WASHINGTON — A U.S. Capitol Police sergeant who came face-to-face with a Proud Boy during the deadly riot on Jan. 6, 2021, said this week that he fears another attack could stem from Donald Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election and rage over the search of his Mar-a-Lago home. “I live with …
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Per his defense, when conspiracy theorist Alex Jones called the Sandy Hook parents crisis actors, “he was looking at the world through dirty glasses.” Maybe so. But he has built a career selling “dirty glasses” to people like my mother, a self-described “truther” who spread misinformation before …
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The once-routine process of certifying local election results has become an increasingly popular venue for pushing voter fraud claims, prompting state officials to brace for legal fights after ballots are cast this fall. County-level GOP officials in New Mexico and Pennsylvania have clashed with …
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Congress took a step toward creating a database of UFO reports with House passage of a measure that would establish a “secure system” to receive information about unidentified aerial phenomena. The House voted Wednesday to adopt a bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. The …
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In early 2005, a conspiracy theorist writing under the pseudonym John Conner — the name of the resistance leader from “The Terminator” movies — decided he needed to warn the public about the evils of a roadside tourist attraction in northeastern Georgia. “The Guidestones should be smashed into a …
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The four leading contenders in Michigan’s GOP primary for governor professed loyalty to former President Donald Trump at a debate Wednesday night while promoting debunked conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was stolen from him. “President Trump is still my president,” …
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