The social media platform that welcomes QAnon with open arms

November 19, 2020 alex jones, big tech, maga

Archived 6 years ago from Open Democracy
The social media platform that welcomes QAnon with open arms

But why is this growth in numbers of QAnon followers on Gab.com important? First of all, banning these groups means that the followers who were organized on these platforms have to re-assemble. As Ofra Klein points out: “Shifting to more extreme platforms and using converted forms of hateful speech …

Conspiracy

November 18, 2020 9/11, alex jones, chloroquine, pizzagate, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from Vox.com
Conspiracy theories: Why beliefs like QAnon flourish — and how to fight them — explained

Eleanor’s dad loved science — or so she thought. Eleanor grew up listening to stories of the Apollo missions and audio clips from space expeditions. Every weekend, the two of them hopped on a train to downtown Philadelphia to visit the Franklin Institute, where they would explore the planetarium, …

Great Reset

November 17, 2020 alex jones, covid19

Archived 6 years ago from The New York Times
The baseless ‘Great Reset’ conspiracy theory rises again.

A baseless conspiracy theory about the coronavirus has found new life as cases surge once again. On Monday morning, the phrase “The Great Reset” trended with nearly 80,000 tweets, with most of the posts coming from familiar far-right internet personalities. The conspiracy alleges that a cabal of …

Behind Trump’s Yearslong Effort to Turn Losing Into Winning

Elections

November 15, 2020 2020 election, alex jones, qanon, russia, trump

Archived 6 years ago from The New York Times
Behind Trump’s Yearslong Effort to Turn Losing Into Winning

The trouble broke out inside the main counting room in Detroit late on the morning of Nov. 4. It was the day after Election Day, and until then the process of tabulating votes from the city’s various counting boards had gone smoothly inside the TCF Center, the cavernous convention hall that plays …

QAnon

November 14, 2020 alex jones, china, cia, deep state, maga, trump

Archived 6 years ago from Toronto Star
The cult of Q? How QAnon is rallying Trump supporters and frightening experts in extremism

PHOENIX—Outside the Maricopa County Elections Centre, the crowd was stirring. A young man in a MAGA hat nudged his friend, grabbed his cellphone and stood on the tips of his toes to see if his eyes could confirm the whispers. A mom holding a baby in one hand and a Trump flag in the other ran ahead …

Here’s how often election fraud has come up on right-wing radio talk shows.

Elections

November 13, 2020 alex jones

Archived 6 years ago from The New York Times
Here’s how often election fraud has come up on right-wing radio talk shows.

While President Trump’s baseless accusations of election fraud are losing steam with some Republicans, interest in the topic on the biggest right-wing talk shows has only grown. In the eight days since the election, “The Rush Limbaugh Show,” which normally has around 15 million listeners a week, …

Conspiracy

November 11, 2020 alex jones, big tech, covid19, nazi, qanon, trump

Archived 6 years ago from Foreign Policy
Slovenia’s Prime Minister Is a Far-Right Conspiracy Theorist and Twitter Addict Who Won’t Admit Trump Lost

They call him Marshal Tweeto. Janez Jansa, the right-wing prime minister of Slovenia, used Twitter to declare Donald J. Trump the winner of the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 4, saying, “It’s pretty clear that American people have elected @realDonaldTrump @Mike_Pence for #4moreyears.” Alas, …

QAnon

November 3, 2020 alex jones, deep state, jim watkins, marjorie taylor greene, ron watkins, trump

Archived 6 years ago from Foreign Policy
QAnon Believes the Trump Prophecies Are Almost Here

Election2020 This article is part of Election 2020: America Votes, FP’s round-the-clock coverage of the U.S. election results as they come in, with short dispatches from correspondents and analysts around the world. The America Votes page is free for all readers. The QAnon conspiracy theory has a …

Conspiracy

October 29, 2020 alex jones, bill gates, epstein

Archived 6 years ago from Insider
Joe Rogan let Alex Jones spread conspiracy theories on podcast

Podcast host Joe Rogan invited Alex Jones, America’s most prominent conspiracy theorist, on his show this week. Rogan defended hosting Jones by saying he’s “gotten so many things right” — even as he’s made false inflammatory claims like saying the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax — and has been …

Congressman Calls For Federal Crackdown On Unproven Coronavirus Treatment

COVID-19

October 28, 2020 alex jones

Archived 6 years ago from Delaware First Media
Congressman Calls For Federal Crackdown On Unproven Coronavirus Treatment

A member of Congress, who has led efforts to investigate alleged coronavirus scams, is calling for the federal government to crack down on an unproven treatment for COVID-19. Widespread sales of that purported treatment – a drug known as thymosin alpha-1 – were first identified by an NPR …

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