Conspiracy theories are everywhere, but you don’t have to fall for them

November 24, 2022 qanon

Archived 4 years ago from KERA Think
Conspiracy theories are everywhere, but you don’t have to fall for them

This holiday season, you might find yourself sitting across the table from someone who has some very odd ideas about how the world works. This hour, host Krys Boyd explores the world of conspiracy theories – and how to engage with their believers – with a professor who teaches a class on …

Ukraine

November 17, 2022 2020 election, deep state, maga, qanon, russia

Archived 4 years ago from The Washington Post
Russia says it has to root out ‘Satanists’ in Ukraine.

Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Nine months ago, Russia claimed its invasion of Ukraine was necessary to drive out the Ukrainian neo-Nazis allegedly in control of Kyiv. Now the Kremlin has switched tactics. Russian officials in late October reframed the goal of the war as a mission to …

Peddling poison: Donald Trump follows long line of demagogues

Conspiracy

November 17, 2022 2020 election, alex jones, nazi, qanon, trump

Archived 4 years ago from Tennessee Lookout
Peddling poison: Donald Trump follows long line of demagogues

The recent Connecticut court damages verdict of almost $1 billion in the Alex Jones case involved Jones’ apparent efforts to monetize the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting deaths of 20 children and six educators in 2017. Jones’ claim that the shooting was a hoax is a reminder of the gullibility …

On Bannon’s War Room, QAnon-linked Nevada secretary of state candidate Jim Marchant solicits volunteers to hand-count ballots

Elections

November 10, 2022 qanon

Archived 4 years ago from Media Matters for America
On Bannon’s War Room, QAnon-linked Nevada secretary of state candidate Jim Marchant solicits volunteers to hand-count ballots

During the November 9 edition of coup plotter Steve Bannon’s War Room show, Nevada Republican secretary of state nominee Jim Marchant begged Bannon’s listeners to volunteer for a hand count set to occur in rural Nye County, Nevada. The effort is linked to conspiracy theories and distrust in voting …

Post-election misinformation targets Pennsylvania and Arizona

Elections

November 10, 2022 qanon

Archived 4 years ago from 90.5 WESA
Post-election misinformation targets Pennsylvania and Arizona

The video on Fox News showed a Wisconsin poll worker initialing ballots before they were given to voters. It’s normal procedure on Election Day. On Tuesday someone posted the clip to social media and claimed instead that it showed a Philadelphia election worker doctoring ballots. By Wednesday the …

Bogus ‘Sharpiegate’ Claim Resurfaces in Pennsylvania Election

Elections

November 9, 2022 2020 election, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from FactCheck.org
Bogus ‘Sharpiegate’ Claim Resurfaces in Pennsylvania Election

Quick Take Dominion voting machines have had no issues reading ballots filled out with Sharpie pens. But an Instagram video spread the false claim that ballots filled out with Sharpies could not be counted by voting machines in Pennsylvania’s 2022 election. A Pennsylvania Department of State …

On a QAnon-affiliated livestream, Mike Lindell confirms Tucker Carlson reached out to help push conspiracies about the 2020 presidential election

Elections

November 8, 2022 2020 election, mike lindell, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from Media Matters for America
On a QAnon-affiliated livestream, Mike Lindell confirms Tucker Carlson reached out to help push conspiracies about the 2020 presidential election

MIKE LINDELL: Think of it as a big marketing thing right now, it’s the biggest cover-up of the biggest crime in history. So, what I’ve done, like when my phone got taken by the FBI, OK? Do you know how much I sat there and pleaded to be arrested? I mean, I go, “I haven’t done — I want to be …

Conspiracy

November 8, 2022 2020 election, bill gates, qanon, ron watkins

Archived 4 years ago from New Yorker
Why Arizona Is a Hotbed of Election Conspiracy Theories

I spent the first week of November, 2020, at a gun range outside Prescott, Arizona, taking a class in tactical firearm skills. On Tuesday of that week—Election Day—after practicing speed reloads, I sat in my hotel room and watched the returns. After Fox News called Arizona for Joe Biden, I went to …

Great Reset

November 8, 2022 2020 election, alex jones, marjorie taylor greene, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from Media Matters for America
The Great Reset conspiracy theory is a hotbed of climate denial

Controlling agriculture and meat Another climate-related tenet of the Great Reset conspiracy theory is the idea that those in power want to control food production and police what people eat. In reference to the Dutch farmers’ protests, The Post Millennial tweeted out a quote from Posobiec on July …

Researchers see conspiracy theories forming around National Guard’s election work

Elections

November 7, 2022 2020 election, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from StateScoop
Researchers see conspiracy theories forming around National Guard’s election work

Written by Benjamin Freed Nov 7, 2022 | STATESCOOP In the span of a weekend after the National Guard described how its cyber units are helping state election officials protect networks from malicious activity, websites and social-media accounts known for fueling conspiracy theories are taking note. …

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