After 15 years of SBM: Lessons learned and what the future holds

December 26, 2022 antivax, cdc, ivermectin, nazi, qanon, rfk jr

Archived 4 years ago from Science Based Medicine
After 15 years of SBM: Lessons learned and what the future holds

It shocked me to realize this weekend as I sat down with my laptop to compose this post that it will (probably) be my last SBM post of 2022. Dr. Steve Novella’s post last week also reminded me that this blog is fast approaching its 15-year anniversary. That’s right. On January 1, 2008, Steve …

Conspiracy

December 26, 2022 5g, alex jones, antivax, bill gates, covid19, israel, qanon, russia, ukraine

Archived 4 years ago from Coda Story
The year in conspiracy theories

A bumper crop of QAnon-aligned candidates ran for office during the U.S. midterms. Russia doubled down on its long-running bio lab conspiracy theory to justify its Ukraine invasion. Hard-right conspiracy theorists who would like Germany to recapture its moment of empire in 1871 staged a coup. It …

Twitter’s Lack of Action Sees Users Tumbling Down the Pro-Russia …

Conspiracy

December 23, 2022 2020 election, 5g, alex jones, big tech, chemtrails, deep state, illuminati, marjorie taylor greene, nazi, pizzagate, qanon, russia, ukraine

Archived 4 years ago from Kyiv Post
Twitter’s Lack of Action Sees Users Tumbling Down the Pro-Russia …

Though long overdue, it seems that Twitter is more frequently acting on reports of accounts that break its anti-hate policy – or at the very least has finally stopped ignoring such reports altogether. And yet, working against the aims of this important process, many high-profile accounts once …

COVID-19

December 15, 2022 5g, fauci, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from The Critic
The rites of Spring | Fred Skulthorp

16 December, 2022 Last Wednesday morning, the German police announced to the world they had foiled a far-right plot to take over the country. The apparent leader of the coup, a minor Aristocrat called Heinrich XIII, was arrested alongside twenty-five others including a celebrity chef. That night …

From The Editor: Pres. Biden: Release the last JFK records

JFK Assassination

December 14, 2022 cia, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from Millard County Chronicle Progress
From The Editor: Pres. Biden: Release the last JFK records

We live in strange times. No doubt about it. A former president is probably weeks, maybe months away from a felony indictment on serious charges he left office with a cache of classified records, some so secret even the feds searching his Florida home this summer for them found themselves without …

Fact Check: COVID Response Coordinator Was NOT Arrested By Military On December 12, 2022

COVID-19

December 14, 2022 deep state, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from Lead Stories
Fact Check: COVID Response Coordinator Was NOT Arrested By Military On December 12, 2022

Didn’t Happen Was Jeff Zients, a former White House coordinator for COVID-19 response under President Joe Biden, arrested by the military on December 12, 2022? No, that’s not true: The Department of Defense told Lead Stories that the claim, which was posted by a website notable for its satirical …

Ten Years After Sandy Hook, Alex Jones is Being Held Accountable for Spreading Falsehoods – UConn Today

Conspiracy

December 13, 2022 2020 election, 9/11, alex jones, marjorie taylor greene, pizzagate, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from University of Connecticut
Ten Years After Sandy Hook, Alex Jones is Being Held Accountable for Spreading Falsehoods – UConn Today

Conspiracy theories are powerful forces in the U.S. They have damaged public health amid a global pandemic, shaken faith in the democratic process and helped spark a violent assault on the U.S. Capitol in January 2021. These conspiracy theories are part of a dangerous misinformation crisis that has …

Finchem’s election challenge moves forward, GOP senator seeks to overturn the Maricopa County election

Elections

December 13, 2022 2020 election, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from Arizona Mirror
Finchem’s election challenge moves forward, GOP senator seeks to overturn the Maricopa County election

A lawsuit filed by Mark Finchem last week seeking to overturn his election loss in the secretary of state race will move forward without failed Republican congressional candidate Jeff Zink after an amended complaint was filed this week. Last week, Finchem and Zink filed a suit demanding the courts …

Conspiracy

December 12, 2022 deep state, nazi, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from Foreign Policy
Germany’s Coup Plot Was Rooted in Conspiracy Theories Beyond QAnon

On Dec. 7, authorities across Germany arrested at least 25 people in connection to a conspiracy to storm the Bundestag, attack the German power grid, and overthrow the German government. At least 25 others have been accused of involvement in the plot. The conspirators modeled this attack, which …

Conspiracy

December 12, 2022 antivax, bill gates, covid19, qanon, russia, ukraine

Archived 4 years ago from Lawfare
A Foiled Coup Attempt In Germany and the Danger Of Conspiracy Theories

On Dec. 7, news broke that the German police had uncovered and foiled an alleged coup attempt aimed at storming the German Bundestag and toppling the government. In a nationwide raid, 3,000 police officers searched more than 130 homes throughout Germany and made 25 arrests. At the heart of the plot …

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