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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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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, …
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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 …
Read MorePodcast 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 …
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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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