Meet the ‘Girl Boss Misinfo Types’ Bringing Together Wellness Influencers and Canadian Trucker Convoy

February 9, 2022 antivax, deep state, qanon

Archived 5 years ago from Rolling Stone
Meet the ‘Girl Boss Misinfo Types’ Bringing Together Wellness Influencers and Canadian Trucker Convoy

Ange Peters sighs contentedly, bathed in warm light, her skin glowing against her yellow-and-pink striped sweater and flawless ombre highlights. “What a feeling today,” she says to the camera before pausing dramatically. “This was it. This was gonna be it, all along.” She chuckles. “This was the …

Conspiracy

February 9, 2022 cia, deep state, qanon

Archived 5 years ago from The New York Times
Birds Aren’t Real: Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory

annie correal From The New York Times, I’m Annie Correal. This is The Daily. [music] A new movement is underway to confront the growing threat of misinformation — by creating misinformation. Today: The improbable story of the group behind that movement, Birds Aren’t Real. I spoke with my colleague …

Does social media banning of extremists like Oath Keepers and Trump work?

Conspiracy

February 3, 2022 2020 election, alex jones, big tech, marjorie taylor greene, qanon, trump

Archived 5 years ago from Vox.com
Does social media banning of extremists like Oath Keepers and Trump work?

It’s been over a year since Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube banned an array of domestic extremist networks, including QAnon, boogaloo, and Oath Keepers, that had flourished on their platforms leading up to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Around the same time, these companies also banned President …

Conspiracy

February 2, 2022 pizzagate, qanon

Archived 5 years ago from The Texas Tribune
Conspiracy theorists’ threats force Texas butterfly sanctuary to close

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A South Texas butterfly sanctuary has closed after it was the target of conspiracy theories that escalated into credible threats. The National Butterfly Center, along the U.S.-Mexico border …

Ben Johnson Is Head of a Georgia Election Board — and Fixated on QAnon

Elections

February 2, 2022 2020 election, china, qanon

Archived 5 years ago from The Daily Beast
Ben Johnson Is Head of a Georgia Election Board — and Fixated on QAnon

The Republican chair of a rural Georgia election board—which has the power to restrict or expand access to voting, call for audits and investigations into alleged voter fraud, and certify election results—is a QAnon-fixated election conspiracy theorist, The Daily Beast has learned. Appointed to his …

He’s Head of a Georgia Election Board—and Fixated on QAnon

Elections

February 2, 2022 2020 election, china, qanon

Archived 5 years ago from The Daily Beast
He’s Head of a Georgia Election Board—and Fixated on QAnon

Perspective | How it feels to watch a friend lose themselves to covid conspiracy theories

COVID-19

February 2, 2022 bill gates, qanon

Archived 5 years ago from The Washington Post
Perspective | How it feels to watch a friend lose themselves to covid conspiracy theories

It doesn’t feel helpless. I felt that when Mom had weeks left and all I could do for her was sit and watch “30 Rock” reruns with her. And I feel that each time I remember why I try to forget about the aneurysm in my chest. This feeling ain’t that. It’s more like failure. Like I did something wrong. …

Perspective | How it feels to watch a friend lose themself to covid conspiracy theories

COVID-19

February 2, 2022 bill gates, qanon

Archived 5 years ago from The Washington Post
Perspective | How it feels to watch a friend lose themself to covid conspiracy theories

Election Deniers Are Running for Secretary of State Across the Country

Elections

January 30, 2022 2020 election, mike lindell, qanon

Archived 5 years ago from The New York Times
Election Deniers Are Running for Secretary of State Across the Country

The significance of the America First coalition’s parallel efforts can be seen clearly in Arizona, where the slate’s candidate is Mark Finchem, a former firefighter and real estate agent who has served in the state House since 2015 and has become the leading Republican contender for secretary of …

Elections

January 30, 2022 2020 election, mike lindell, qanon

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Archived 5 years ago from Rolling Stone
Meet the ‘Girl Boss Misinfo Types’ Bringing Together Wellness Influencers and Canadian Trucker Convoy

Archived 5 years ago from The New York Times
Birds Aren’t Real: Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory

Archived 5 years ago from Vox.com
Does social media banning of extremists like Oath Keepers and Trump work?

Archived 5 years ago from The Texas Tribune
Conspiracy theorists’ threats force Texas butterfly sanctuary to close

Archived 5 years ago from The Daily Beast
Ben Johnson Is Head of a Georgia Election Board — and Fixated on QAnon

Archived 5 years ago from The Daily Beast
He’s Head of a Georgia Election Board—and Fixated on QAnon

Archived 5 years ago from The Washington Post
Perspective | How it feels to watch a friend lose themselves to covid conspiracy theories

Archived 5 years ago from The Washington Post
Perspective | How it feels to watch a friend lose themself to covid conspiracy theories

Archived 5 years ago from The New York Times
Election Deniers Are Running for Secretary of State Across the Country

Archived 5 years ago from The New York Times
Campaigning to Oversee Elections, While Denying the Last One

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