Election officials fear counting delays will help fuel claims of fraud

November 7, 2022 2020 election

Archived 4 years ago from The Washington Post
Election officials fear counting delays will help fuel claims of fraud

Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Officials in a handful of closely contested states are warning that the winners of tight races may not be known on election night, raising the possibility of a delay that former president Donald Trump and his allies could exploit to cast doubt on the …

Bracing for the Fraud Claims Expected After Election Day

Elections

November 6, 2022 2020 election

Archived 4 years ago from Route Fifty
Bracing for the Fraud Claims Expected After Election Day

Election rumors and misinformation could spread more rapidly in the coming weeks than they did in the period after the 2020 presidential election, according to a report from the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public. As Nov. 8 approaches, researchers predict that there will be …

Inside the unhinged midterm election conspiracy theories on Truth Social

Elections

November 6, 2022 2020 election, big tech, deep state, marjorie taylor greene

Archived 4 years ago from The Guardian US
Inside the unhinged midterm election conspiracy theories on Truth Social

Ballot boxes being stuffed. “BlueAnon”. Men in underpants. Every Democratic candidate: a “complete weirdo psychopath”. To dive into Truth Social, Donald Trump’s Twitter-but-for-conspiracy-theorists social media platform, is to enter a world where all of the above are real topics of debate, …

Election deniers, QAnon: How people believe so much misinformation

Conspiracy

November 5, 2022 2020 election, alex jones, pizzagate, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from Stockton Record
Election deniers, QAnon: How people believe so much misinformation

Why do so many people believe malarkey? I am having difficulty understanding why the United States electorate has so many ill-informed people who believe in all manner of lies, conspiracies and ideas. For example, a poll shows that 49 percent of Republicans and 52 percent of Trump voters believe …

How Republicans Fed a Misinformation Loop About the Pelosi Attack

Conspiracy

November 5, 2022 2020 election, marjorie taylor greene

Archived 4 years ago from The New York Times
How Republicans Fed a Misinformation Loop About the Pelosi Attack

WASHINGTON — Within hours of the brutal attack last month on Paul Pelosi, the husband of the speaker of the House, activists and media outlets on the right began circulating groundless claims — nearly all of them sinister, and many homophobic — casting doubt on what had happened. Some Republican …

Posts Misrepresent ‘Not Verified’ Code on Pennsylvania Ballot Applications

Elections

November 4, 2022 2020 election

Archived 4 years ago from FactCheck.org
Posts Misrepresent ‘Not Verified’ Code on Pennsylvania Ballot Applications

Quick Take Pennsylvania uses a “not verified” code on mail-in ballot applications if a voter’s identity couldn’t be immediately verified; voters have six days after an election to submit a valid ID. But an Instagram post and some Republican leaders — including former President Donald Trump — …

Conspiracy

November 4, 2022 2020 election, covid19, maga, mike lindell, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from 90.5 WESA
Prominent conspiracy theorists are on a nationwide tour, speaking to crowds

JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: The attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul last week demonstrated how conspiracy theories can turn heated political language into violence. Online posts written by the suspect showed someone who was deep in the grip of conspiratorial thinking about 2020 election …

Missouri leaders should condemn this weekend’s Christian nationalist rally in Branson • Missouri

Conspiracy

November 4, 2022 2020 election, 5g, maga

Archived 4 years ago from Missouri Independent
Missouri leaders should condemn this weekend’s Christian nationalist rally in Branson • Missouri

A traveling variety show of Christian Nationalism, anti-vaccine rhetoric and election conspiracies will make its final stop before the midterm elections this weekend in Branson. Headlined by Michael Flynn, Roger Stone and Eric Trump, the ReAwaken America Tour co-opts Christian language and worship …

Worries Grow That TikTok Is New Home for Manipulated Video and Photos

Conspiracy

November 4, 2022 2020 election, big tech, qanon

Archived 3 years ago from The New York Times
Worries Grow That TikTok Is New Home for Manipulated Video and Photos

Misleading edits, fake news stories and deepfake images of politicians are starting to warp reality on the popular video platform.The alligators of TikTok are not what they seem.They appear in posts scattered across the video service, photoshopped into hurricane-flooded homes, blended into …

Tucker Carlson primes his audience to suspect fraud if the GOP doesn’t sweep the midterms

Elections

November 4, 2022 2020 election, maga

Archived 4 years ago from Media Matters for America
Tucker Carlson primes his audience to suspect fraud if the GOP doesn’t sweep the midterms

“In a country with democratic elections, how could this party stay in power?” Carlson asked. “Honestly, we don’t know, but maybe Joe Biden does.” The Fox host then aired a clip from Biden’s speech that night, in which Biden said, “Extreme MAGA Republicans aim to question not only the legitimacy of …

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