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QAnon and related conspiracy theories like Pizzagate
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Capitol Police sergeant who came face-to-face with a Proud Boy during the deadly riot on Jan. 6, 2021, said this week that he fears another attack could stem from Donald Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election and rage over the search of his Mar-a-Lago home. “I live with …
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Listen 7 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article For months, activists have urged tech companies to fight the spread of falsehoods purporting that the 2020 presidential election was stolen — warning that such disinformation could delegitimize the 2022 midterms, in which all seats in the …
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Since Donald Trump’s election in 2016, an entire ecosystem of right-wing social media platforms has come into existence — from Gab (where the alleged Pittsburgh …
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When Owen Shroyer, an anchor and reporter for Infowars, took the stand late last month in the defamation trial of his boss, the far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, he was asked about the many health products for sale on Jones’s site. Among them: diet pills, fluoride-free toothpaste that Jones …
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The man many believe was behind some of the infamous Q posts may have lost his bid to run for office in Arizona but a multitude of candidates with conspiratorial beliefs, including QAnon, won in Republican primaries this month, giving them a chance at being elected to public office in November. …
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In front of a microphone with the cameras on him, Alex Jones looked comfortable on his first day of testimony. The delusional provocateur and conspiracy peddler sauntered to the witness stand in an Austin, Texas, courtroom, shirt unbuttoned without a tie, and introduced himself to the jury with his …
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Alex Jones’ defamation trial is underway in Texas. The parents of Jess Lewis, who was 6 years old when he was murdered at Sandy Hook, are seeking damages from Jones for broadcasting lies that the elementary school massacre was a hoax. The parents described how the Infowars founder’s malicious …
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The Republican governor of Maryland condemned his party’s nominee for state attorney general over the weekend for previously promoting a conspiracy theory about the Sept. 11 attacks. The governor criticized the G.O.P.’s direction two weeks after its voters chose far-right candidates for top state …
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Twitter accounts that have promoted QAnon and anti-vaccine conspiracy theories are switching focus and increasingly spreading disinformation about the global food crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a new study. The research by the Network Contagion Research Institute …
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Hogan slams ‘disgusting lies’ about 9/11 by Maryland GOP attorney general nominee | The Hill Skip to content Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) condemned his party’s pick for state attorney general on Sunday, following a CNN report revealing the nominee spread conspiracy theories about the Sept. 11, …
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