Levine: QAnon, COVID-19 and conspiracy addiction

August 27, 2020 covid19, deep state, george soros, qanon, russia

Archived 6 years ago from Chattanooga Times Free Press
Levine: QAnon, COVID-19 and conspiracy addiction

QAnon has gone mainstream. This fringe group’s theory that there’s a deep state dedicated to child trafficking, cannibalism and anti-Trumpism is no longer under the radar. Some point to the successful Georgia primary win of QAnon backer, Marjorie Greene, as proof. Others point to President Trump …

QAnon

August 26, 2020 deep state, marjorie taylor greene

Archived 6 years ago from USA TODAY
What is QAnon, the far-right conspiracy theory causing controversy at the RNC?

QAnon, a debunked, right-wing conspiracy theory once on the political fringes, has seeped into the political landscape and into this week’s Republican National Convention. The same day a bipartisan pair of lawmakers introduced legislation condemning the conspiracy theory, a speaker was removed …

QAnon

August 26, 2020 bill gates, china, deep state, trump

Archived 6 years ago from Los Angeles Times
Column: Trump is playing a dangerous game embracing QAnon

As I’ve watched the Republican National Convention these last two nights, all I could think was: Where is Q? And which of the people on my television screen is a Patriot? Q, for those who don’t follow the political fringe, is the man, woman or perhaps group of people whose cryptic internet messages …

Conspiracy

August 25, 2020 9/11, alex jones, antivax, chemtrails, deep state, jfk assassination, qanon

Archived 1 year ago from Pacific Northwest Inlander
Matt Shea-endorsed candidate Rob Chase dabbles in QAnon, 9/11 and other wild conspiracy theories

Rob Chase is described, even by Democrats, as an affable guy. But his flirtation with a variety of conspiracies has raised more pointed concerns. Daniel Walters photo As Spokane Valley Rep. Matt Shea leaves the Washington Legislature, the 4th District is losing a Republican conspiracy theorist who …

QAnon

August 25, 2020 adrenochrome, bill gates, deep state, george soros, marjorie taylor greene, pizzagate

Archived 6 years ago from The Guardian
QAnon explained: the antisemitic conspiracy theory gaining traction around the world

To Donald Trump, it’s “people who love our country”. To the FBI, it’s a potential domestic terror threat. And to you or anyone else who has logged on to Facebook in recent months, it may just be a friend or family member who has started to show an alarming interest in child trafficking, the …

Conspiracy

August 25, 2020 alex jones, david icke, deep state, epstein, jfk assassination

Archived 6 years ago from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
‘American Madness’ details how conspiracy theories took over one troubled man’s life

A medical examiner ruled that Richard McCaslin ended his own life. But Milwaukee writer Tea Krulos has a different view. “Whatever the cause, conspiracy theory killed Richard,” Krulos writes in “American Madness: The Story of the Phantom Patriot and How Conspiracy Theories Hijacked American …

QAnon

August 25, 2020 covid19, deep state, marjorie taylor greene

Archived 6 years ago from The Washington Post
A lesson on QAnon for teachers to use in class

Earlier this year, I published a lesson for teachers from the Sift to use in class to explore with students the QAnon conspiracy theory, which claims that President Trump will save the world from a “deep state” cult of pedophiles who eat children, worship the devil and run the country’s most …

QAnon

August 25, 2020 deep state, marjorie taylor greene, pizzagate

Archived 4 years ago from The Washington Post
Analysis | A lesson on QAnon for teachers to use in class

Comment on this story Comment Gift Article During the school year, I publish lessons from the nonprofit News Literacy Project, which aims to teach students how to distinguish fact from fiction in the age of digital communication and a president who routinely denounces real news as “fake.” The …

Central Piedmont Science Instructor Encouraged Students To Read Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories

COVID-19

August 24, 2020 deep state, fauci

Archived 6 years ago from WFAE
Central Piedmont Science Instructor Encouraged Students To Read Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories

You may have heard the false claim that wearing masks is harmful. Or the false conspiracy theory that Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is part of the “Deep State.” Virologist Judy Mikovits has been widely discredited for pushing these and other …

Conspiracy

August 24, 2020 covid19, deep state, fauci, trump

Archived 6 years ago from The Washington Post
Trump’s ugly new conspiracy theory only underscores his weakness

This affair also shows why the GOP convention will likely fail at one of its most urgent goals — erasing and rewriting the history of Trump’s towering failures on the pandemic — perhaps in spectacularly buffoonish fashion. The starting point when considering any new Trump announcement on the …

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