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QAnon and related conspiracy theories like Pizzagate
Open this photo in gallery:A Qanon believer speaks to a crowd of President Donald Trump supporters outside of the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office in Phoenix, Az., on Nov. 5, 2020.Dario Lopez-MIlls/The Associated PressConspiracy theories describe what adherents believe to be secret plots by …
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“The Wuhan Cover-Up” blares the subject line of a recent presidential campaign email. Inside, it’s all impenetrable conspiracy theory language that reads more like a QAnon post than a normal political fundraiser: Why wasn’t Dr. Anthony Fauci charged with a crime, when he lied under oath about his …
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In 1950, a U.S. Army psyops officer named Paul Linebarger used a pseudonym to publish a science-fiction story titled “Scanners Live in Vain” in a pulp magazine. It was about a man named Martel who works for the “deep state” in the far future as a mysterious “scanner,” or starship pilot, and whose …
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A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — There’s a tendency in this heated political climate to simply reject people who are saying false things and to write off conspiracy theorists writ large. But as the US …
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Even if you don’t follow US politics closely and don’t know the names of American Congressmen, you could hardly have missed hearing about Marjorie Taylor Greene – or at least her initiatives regarding Ukraine.The American Congresswoman put forward a series of the most abhorrent (and, let’s be …
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Even if you don’t follow US politics closely and don’t know the names of American Congressmen, you could hardly have missed hearing about Marjorie Taylor Greene – or at least her initiatives regarding Ukraine – over the past week.The American Congresswoman put forward a series of the most abhorrent …
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A Critic at LargeDon’t Believe What They’re Telling You About MisinformationRailing against social media for manipulating our zombie minds might just distract us from our collective societal failures.Illustration by Till LauerSave this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyMillions of …
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Within hours of a cargo ship striking the Francis Scott Key Bridge, viral conspiracy theories exploded online. They overshadowed updates from authorities like the FBI and officials who were eventually on the scene that morning. In the time it took for authorities to confirm that the deadly …
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The sister of Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn and a band of conservative anti-vax activists are running for the board of a renowned public hospital in Florida under the banner of “medical freedom.”If they win, they’ll hold a majority over Sarasota’s award-winning facility …
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Peter McIndoe spent the first several years of his 20s traveling across the country, being insulted by strangers. In retrospect, it was fieldwork. Between 2018 and 2021, McIndoe, now 25, went from state to state, playacting the role of radicalized cult leader pushing an absurd conspiracy …
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