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Pizzagate is a conspiracy theory regarding a pedophilia ring linked to members of the Democratic Party, and the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria in Washington, D.C.
As the valedictorian of her Dallas high school, Melinda Gates delivered a graduation speech that included a quote attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson. “To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived,” she told her classmates, “this is to have succeeded.” Decades later and billions …
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With apologies to the Netflix show “The Queen’s Gambit,” trying to argue with QAnon believers is like trying to teach a chipmunk to play chess. They run all over the board, knocking over pieces; declare their own rules; poop on everything; and then run off to find like-minded nuts. This letter, …
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In the Guide’s weekly Solved! column, we look into a crucial pop-culture question you’ve been burning to know the answer to – and settle it, once and for all At the 1967 Monterey pop festival, David Crosby of the Byrds treated the audience to his thoughts on the murder of JFK. “He was not killed by …
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Pizzagate is a conspiracy theory about a paedophilia ring involving members of the US Democratic Party operating out of a Washington pizza restaurant, while QAnon believers think President Donald Trump is waging a secret war against elite Satan-worshipping paedophiles in government, business and …
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What started as a fringe movement among President Trump’s supporters, confined to the shadier corners of the internet, has taken a mainstream turn. The QAnon conspiracy theory started on 4chan, the bulletin board known for creating and spreading memes, but has moved to larger social media …
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We were already living in the age of conspiracy when March came. Across the world, businesses closed. People went home. And there, they consumed media. Most binged Netflix. Others were radicalized — sometimes within weeks — by algorithms driving them deeper and deeper into the internet’s darkest …
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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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By Emily Rauhala and Loveday Morris, Carlos Barria Reuters A supporter of President Trump holds a cardboard sign with a reference to QAnon during a Trump rally at Rochester International Airport in Rochester, Minn., on Oct. 30, 2020. President Trump’s electoral defeat has shaken American followers …
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Former Vice President Joe Biden was named the winner of the 2020 election on Saturday, but President Trump is still refusing to accept those results. The president’s refusal to acknowledge defeat reinforces widespread denial from his supporters and has caused some to question the legitimacy of one …
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As with many others in Britain, lockdown hit Rachel and her husband, Philip, hard. Almost overnight, the couple, both in their early 50s, found themselves cut off from friends, family and colleagues. Before the Covid-19 outbreak, they had both been working every day; now Philip found himself …
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