Slovenia’s Prime Minister Is a Far-Right Conspiracy Theorist and Twitter Addict Who Won’t Admit Trump Lost

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, …

Don’t dismiss conspiracies with an eye-roll

Conspiracy

November 11, 2020 antivax, covid19, flat earth, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from Newsroom
Don’t dismiss conspiracies with an eye-roll

Ideasroom Nicholas Agar explains why there can be terrible consequences in not responding promptly and emphatically to dangerous belief “PUBLIC NOTICE: COVID-19 IS A FRAUD.” So began a flyer placed in a number of letterboxes in Brooklyn, Wellington, on the morning of November 6. The flyer …

Elections

November 11, 2020 2020 election, pizzagate, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from WDET
On the Verge of A ‘Soft Civil War’

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 …

Mum Thinks The Earth Is Flat – Days Like These – ABC Radio

Flat Earth

November 11, 2020 qanon

Archived 6 years ago from ABC News
Mum Thinks The Earth Is Flat – Days Like These – ABC Radio

Conspiracy theorists are easy to laugh at, right? Well, yeah, until it’s your loved one spewing out those convoluted and plainly BS beliefs at the family dinner. This is exactly what happened to Kasey when her mum disappeared down some deep QAnon rabbit holes. It’s been devastating for her family. …

Totnes Covid concerns reflect UK-wide rise in conspiracy theories

COVID-19

November 11, 2020 5g, antivax, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from The Guardian
Totnes Covid concerns reflect UK-wide rise in conspiracy theories

Like many people living in or around Totnes in Devon, David, who is in his 70s, has his own theories about coronavirus and its origins. Sitting in the armchair of his house, he says the pandemic is a secret plot to impose a totalitarian world government and a nefarious effort to crush freedom. He …

COVID-19

November 11, 2020 5g, antivax, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from The Guardian
Covid: Totnes concerns reflect UK-wide rise in conspiracy theories

Conspiracy

November 10, 2020 deep state, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from Insider
Fans of a popular extreme-eating YouTuber were disturbed after she posted QAnon conspiracy theories

YouTuber Veronica Wang, known for her Mukbang eating videos, called Democrats “demons” and baselessly accused the political party of pedophilia and child trafficking. Wang, who has 1.73 million YouTube subscribers and nearly 200,000 Instagram followers, spread theories associated with QAnon, the …

Mum Thinks The Earth Is Flat – Days Like These

Flat Earth

November 10, 2020 qanon

Archived 6 years ago from ABC News
Mum Thinks The Earth Is Flat – Days Like These

Conspiracy

November 10, 2020 covid19, qanon

Archived 6 years ago from Nature
To counter conspiracy theories, boost well-being

WORLD VIEW 10 November 2020 It is better to stop misinformation taking root than to try to weed it out. Aleksandra Cichocka Aleksandra Cichocka is a political psychologist at the University of Kent in Canterbury, UK, and an affiliate of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. Contact …

Conspiracy

November 9, 2020 deep state, israel, mkultra, qanon, russia

Archived 6 years ago from Daily Nebraskan
FINAN: Conspiracy theories are an American tradition | Opinion

Conspiracy theories have always had a place in American history. The earliest notable instance of widespread conspiracy was the Salem witch trials. The leading and most compelling theory for what happened is ergot, a type of fungus found in grains that produces an LSD-like effect. It is believed …

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