The evangelical-Catholic alliance becomes a conspiracy theory carnival

December 16, 2020 alex jones, covid19, deep state

Archived 6 years ago from National Catholic Reporter
The evangelical-Catholic alliance becomes a conspiracy theory carnival

It isn’t every day that you see a Catholic priest, in this case Fr. Greg Bramlage of Colorado, standing on the National Mall in the nation’s capital, pronouncing prayers of exorcism (it starts at min. 18). “Wow, wow, wow. That is some weird Catholic stuff,” said the emcee at last Saturday’s …

Conspiracy

December 16, 2020 alex jones, china, flat earth

Archived 6 years ago from uoflnews.com
Fact or fiction

Ever heard of QAnon or flat-Earthers? If you have, you may have questioned how these and other conspiracy theories originate and gain so many followers. For political science professor Adam Enders, uncovering the mystery surrounding conspiracy theories is a puzzle worth solving. It’s an especially …

COVID-19

December 15, 2020 5g, alex jones, antivax, bill gates

Archived 6 years ago from The Daily World
Myth busting: No, COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain Satan’s microchips

CHICAGO — If you want an idea of the conspiracy theories that hang over COVID-19 vaccines, there’s no better summation than a 40-second TikTok video posted in October by a performer named Taylor Rousseau. As a melodramatic song plays, Rousseau, young, blonde and elaborately mascaraed, silently …

Great Reset

December 4, 2020 alex jones, antivax, china, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from NationofChange
The ‘Great Reset’ is both a neoliberal fantasy and a right wing conspiracy theory

“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.”-Thomas Pynchon In the last week of November, a scandal broke out on the Canadian right over a seemingly just discovered speech made by the country’s reliably centrist prime minister, Justin Trudeau, two months …

For these Trump supporters primed to disbelieve defeat, challenging the election was a civic duty

Elections

December 3, 2020 2020 election, alex jones, cia, trump

Archived 6 years ago from USA TODAY
For these Trump supporters primed to disbelieve defeat, challenging the election was a civic duty

Alexandra Seely, a 27-year-old dental hygienist, had never been in court except to deal with a traffic ticket. Yet days after the presidential election, her name was near the top of a lawsuit alleging widespread vote fraud in Michigan – a lawsuit designed to alter the result of a presidential …

QAnon

November 23, 2020 alex jones, big tech

Archived 6 years ago from Human Rights First
Push the Fringe to the Fringe

Twitter’s recent announcement that President Trump’s account will lose special “public interest” protections was met with mixed reactions— from “too little, too late” to “look at how biased Twitter is behaving.” For some of those who have watched @realdonaldtrump broadcast support for violence and …

Right-Wing Social Media Finalizes Its Divorce From Reality

Conspiracy

November 23, 2020 2020 election, alex jones, cia, deep state, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from The Atlantic
Right-Wing Social Media Finalizes Its Divorce From Reality

When Fox News called Arizona for Democrat Joe Biden shortly after the polls closed there on Election Night, right-wing social media erupted in fury. Fox is the most conservative of the nation’s major news outlets, and its aggressive Arizona call—which most other national outlets did not follow for …

Conspiracy

November 23, 2020 2020 election, alex jones, cia, deep state, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from The Atlantic
Right-Wing Social Media Had to Divorce Reality

How Steve Bannon and a Chinese Billionaire Created a Right-Wing Coronavirus Media Sensation

COVID-19

November 19, 2020 alex jones, big tech, china, chloroquine, fauci

Archived 6 years ago from The New York Times
How Steve Bannon and a Chinese Billionaire Created a Right-Wing Coronavirus Media Sensation

Dr. Li-Meng Yan wanted to remain anonymous. It was mid-January, and Dr. Yan, a researcher in Hong Kong, had been hearing rumors about a dangerous new virus in mainland China that the government was playing down. Terrified for her personal safety and career, she reached out to her favorite Chinese …

Conspiracy

November 19, 2020 alex jones, china, george soros, trump

Archived 6 years ago from The Washington Post
Here’s how seriously you should take the Trump legal team’s conspiracy theories

Powell, who serves as an attorney both for Trump and former national security adviser Michael Flynn, walked to the lectern, thanked Giuliani — and then went buckwild. “What we are really dealing with here and uncovering more by the day is the massive influence of communist money through Venezuela, …

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