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Oct 05 2020
Analysis
After Trump’s Doctors Lied, New COVID Conspiracy Theories Are Exploding
“Joe Biden’s campaign team is coordinating with Russian dissident Alexei Navalny to assassinate President Donald Trump.”
“Trump has been using a body double in recent days to hide the seriousness of his symptoms.”
“Trump was seen using an oxygen tank days before he tested positive for coronavirus.”
These are just a tiny selection of the tsunami of conspiracy theories that
ViceFeb 25 2021
Opinion
Prepare For A Deluge Of Dishonest CPAC Coverage
Over the next few days, we’re going to see a slew of essays and think pieces from the corporate press about how the Conservative Political Action Conference, which begins today in Orlando, has become a den of QAnoners and white supremacists, a Donald Trump-obsessed cult of personality, and the latest flashpoint in an ongoing GOP civil war.
You can already see the headlines: “The Ten
The FederalistJan 12 2021
News
Parler CEO John Matze Says His Life is Being Threatened, He 'Can't Go Home'
John Matze, the CEO of social network Parler, has claimed he has received death threats and "can't go home," after the social network was tied to last week's U.S. Capitol riots and sent offline by Amazon.
Parler markets itself as a haven for free speech, and its hands-off approach to content moderation has made it popular with conservatives, far-right groups and conspiracy theorists,
NewsweekJan 09 2021
Opinion
Joe Biden’s Big Tech takeover
Twitter’s banning of Donald Trump is like bolting the stable door after the QAnon shaman has gone. The damage was done long before the assault on the Capitol was planned on social media. Long before Donald Trump tweeted his way to the White House, social media had reduced American democracy to a lurid freakshow.
The ban also shows how far the big-tech oligarchs are prepared to go in
The American SpectatorJul 10 2020
Opinion
The GOP’s Conspiracy Theorist Problem
The Republican Party let out a collective sigh of relief when Steve King—a soon-to-be-former Iowa congressman known for his racist and nativist rhetoric—lost his re-election primary in early June. But Republicans are still in a bind. In a partisan political climate that has sown the seeds for fringe candidates to win elections, the GOP is struggling to distance itself from conspiracy-mongering
The DispatchSep 03 2021
News
Is California About to Get a Conservative Governor?
California voters have been mailed ballots asking them if Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom should be removed from office and to select his replacement.
And the front runner to replace the governor? Conservative Republican and radio talk show host Larry Elder, who leads a crowded field of 46 challengers and has the backing of many California evangelicals.
Newsom supporters are
CBNFeb 10 2021
Fact Check
'Deep state' theory makes false claims about martial law, arrests, pandemic
The claim: 'Deep State' collapses: martial law is in effect, Biden and Congress arrested, official government statements censored, pandemic created by other countries to overthrow U.S. government In the days since the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot and President Joe Biden's inauguration, social media platforms and online messaging boards have been flooded with conspiracy theories about a nationwide
USA TODAYFeb 05 2021
News
‘Your Question is a Waste of Time’: Nancy Pelosi Snaps at Reporters Asking About Impeachment, Greene Expulsion
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi snapped at a pair of reporters who asked, in turn, about Sen. Lindsey Graham’s threat to call the FBI as a witness at Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, and about the “precedent” of expelling QAnon Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from House committees.
On Thursday morning, Speaker Pelosi held her weekly press conference, which ended in some minor
MediaiteDec 31 2020
Analysis
2020 Was a Record Year for Far Right Violence in the US
This year was quite active for the far right in the United States, especially after its relative downturn in 2019 as a violent street movement compared to the recent past. Although the far right may not have committed as many high-profile massacres as previous years, 2020 saw more murders and car attacks at demonstrations than any year in recent memory.
While the openly fascist wing of
TruthOutDec 22 2020
Opinion
Establishment media is poised to let Swalwell off the hook for Chinese spy story
A congressman who ran for president was compromised by a Chinese espionage operation. And yet, Eric Swalwell remains on the House Intelligence Committee without offering any real explanation of what happened, because ... well, it’s good to be a Democrat!
Swalwell had been close enough with a Chinese intelligence officer that she was able to place an intern in his office. Christine Fang
Washington Examiner