Suspect in assault at Pelosi home had posted about QAnon

October 28, 2022 2020 election, deep state, epstein

Archived 4 years ago from Associated Press
Suspect in assault at Pelosi home had posted about QAnon

The man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s California home and severely beating her husband with a hammer appears to have made racist and often rambling posts online, including some that questioned the results of the 2020 election, defended former President Donald Trump and …

Conspiracy

October 28, 2022 2020 election, covid19, great reset, mike lindell, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from CNN
Alleged Paul Pelosi attacker posted multiple conspiracy theories

CNN — The man who allegedly attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband early Friday posted memes and conspiracy theories on Facebook about Covid vaccines, the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, and an acquaintance told CNN that he seemed “out of touch with reality.” …

Conspiracy

October 28, 2022 2020 election

Archived 4 years ago from Kellogg Insight
Why Are So Many Politicians Embracing Conspiracy Theories?

According to Cynthia Wang, director of the Dispute Resolution and Research Center and a clinical professor of management and organizations at the Kellogg School, conspiratorial beliefs are common during times of uncertainty. “What’s new is this conspiratorial rhetoric has become more mainstream in …

Elections

October 28, 2022 2020 election

Archived 4 years ago from Oregon Public Broadcasting
Elections officials describe intimidation and misinformation from local ‘voter integrity’ groups

Shasta County Clerk Cathy Darling Allen looks at bins containing election supplies for all the precincts. Roman Battaglia / JPR News This election season, county clerks in Southern Oregon and Northern California have reported hearing about so-called “voter integrity” groups questioning residents at …

Election deniers should be disqualified from holding public office

Elections

October 28, 2022 2020 election

Archived 4 years ago from The Nevada Independent
Election deniers should be disqualified from holding public office

Sixty percent of voters across the country will have candidates on their ballots who support former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. In Nevada, voters are being presented with an election denier in almost every race for a constitutional office, a few House …

Pelosi attacker was immersed in 2020 election conspiracies

Elections

October 28, 2022 2020 election, mike lindell, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from POLITICO
Pelosi attacker was immersed in 2020 election conspiracies

“This attack is terrifying, and the direct result of toxic right-wing rhetoric and incitement against Speaker Pelosi and so many other progressive leaders,” said state Sen. Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat who had encountered DePape before the attack. “Words have consequences, and without …

Conspiracy

October 28, 2022 2020 election, great reset, mike lindell, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from CNN
Alleged Pelosi attacker posted multiple conspiracy theories

Schiff, Trahan Request Briefing from TikTok Ahead of Midterms on Strategy to Combat Election Disinformation

Elections

October 27, 2022 2020 election, big tech

Archived 4 years ago from Congressman Adam Schiff
Schiff, Trahan Request Briefing from TikTok Ahead of Midterms on Strategy to Combat Election Disinformation

October 27, 2022 Today, Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Congresswoman Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) requested a briefing from TikTok on its strategy to curb misinformation, disinformation, and the potential incitement of violence on the platform ahead of the 2022 and 2024 U.S. elections. In a letter …

Election Deniers Already Are Disrupting the Midterm Election

Elections

October 27, 2022 2020 election

Archived 4 years ago from The Pew Charitable Trusts
Election Deniers Already Are Disrupting the Midterm Election

Two years of sustained disinformation campaigns and conspiracy theories about the 2020 election are causing disruptions and instability as early voting for the midterm election continues in most states. In Arizona, people who believe the lies of former President Donald Trump and his allies that the …

Conspiracy

October 26, 2022 2020 election

Archived 4 years ago from FOX5 Las Vegas
Nevada county begins conspiracy-inspired ballot hand count

(AP) -A county in Nevada started an unprecedented hand count of its midterm election ballots Wednesday, a process fueled by voting machine conspiracy theories, amid concerns about early results being leaked ahead of Election Day. Nye County, a scrub brush-dotted old silver mining region between Las …

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