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Wild and unsubstantiated allegations made in a hearing last week that dozens of elected officials, including state lawmakers, are secretly on the payroll of a Mexican drug cartel have roiled the legislature. While top Republicans have denounced the allegations as
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Dispatches From Q-Land is an occasional Paste series delving into the seamy underbelly of the QAnon conspiracy theory on right-wing social media platforms such as Parler, Gab, Truth Social and Telegram. It’s a disturbing task, but only by paying attention
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Twitter was unresponsive when the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority reached out for clarification on the suspension. Image: Ritu Manoj Jethani (Shutterstock), Rick Loomis (Getty Images) As Twitter CEO Elon Musk continues to ban and reinstate whoever the hell he
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The rumored anonymous leader behind the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory has been released from Twitter purgatory. Twitter has reinstated the account of Ron Watkins, administrator of the site 8kun, after permanently banning him after he peddled lies about the Jan.
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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email The internet forum operator many believe to be behind the QAnon movement admitted to the January
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Republican candidate for state attorney general Abraham Hamadeh, Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, and Republican US senatorial candidate Blake Masters wave to supporters in Phoenix, Ariz. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images) EDITOR’S NOTE:& This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk smiles as he addresses guests at the Offshore Northern Seas 2022 (ONS) meeting in Stavanger, Norway on August 29, 2022.(CARINA JOHANSEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Images) Elon Musk has allowed QAnon accounts and content to flood back onto
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While voters rejected Kari Lake and other Republican candidates for statewide office who touted election conspiracy theories, they sent several others to the state Capitol. Some of those conspiracy-touting state legislators are set to be in major positions of power,
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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
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