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For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter. When Kristen Alden moved to Thousand Oaks, California, two years ago, she joined the local moms’ Facebook group, Moms of Conejo Valley. She figured it’d be a good place to …
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technology In association with Six months after New Zealand first went into lockdown and a spate of arson attacks on cell towers began, we now have a better idea than ever before of how misinformation works and how it threatens us, Marc Daalder reports The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked widespread …
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Belief in conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic is not only persistent but also is associated with reluctance to accept a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available and to engage in behaviors such as mask-wearing that can prevent its spread, according to researchers at the Annenberg …
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Belief in conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic is not only persistent but also is associated with reluctance to accept a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available and to engage in behaviors such as mask-wearing that can prevent its spread, according to researchers at the Annenberg …
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Q&A What is QAnon? Show Hide QAnon is a wide-ranging and baseless internet conspiracy theory that has been on the fringes of rightwing internet communities for years, but its visibility has exploded in recent months amid the social unrest and uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic. QAnon has its …
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Q&A What is QAnon? Show Hide QAnon is a wide-ranging and baseless internet conspiracy theory that has been on the fringes of rightwing internet communities for years, but its visibility has exploded in recent months amid the social unrest and uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic. QAnon has its …
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He was desperate and scared and pleading for advice. “It’s integrating itself into soft rightwing timelines and I believe it’s starting to radicalise many. Seeing my mum and nan fall for it unaware is so troubling. I’ve seen it all over Facebook and these people genuinely believe they’re revealing …
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Published 5:00 am CDT, Saturday, September 19, 2020 Senator Eric Berthel, R- Watertown, in Senate chambers at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn. on Thursday, June 1, 2017. Senator Eric Berthel, R- Watertown, in Senate chambers at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn. on Thursday, June 1, 2017. Photo: Brian …
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For what it’s worth, the idea of a so-called “cancel culture” has a strong history in New England, especially in Connecticut where the Puritans were slavishly devoted to policing one another’s behavior. They were so devoted, in fact, that infractions could net punishment that ranged from stocks, …
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In recent days, law enforcement agencies from the FBI to county sheriffs have tried in vain to debunk baseless conspiracy theories blaming “antifa arsonists” for starting the devastating wildfires raging in the western US. But documents from the “BlueLeaks” trove of leaked law enforcement records …
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