The Washington Examiner, Breitbart News, The Gateway Pundit and The Washington Times (i.e., The Moonie Times) and other conservative media (ahem, Fox News) amplify false claims of rampant voter fraud in what a new Harvard study calls a “propaganda feedback loop.” I have been warning you about Epistemic closure and the ‘conservative misinformation feedback loop’ media bubble … Read more
During the final presidential debate last week, Donald Trump in one of his rants introduced a conspiracy theory: But now, with what came out today, it’s even worse. All of the emails, the emails, the horrible emails of the kind of money that you were raking in, you and your family. And Joe, you were … Read more
Just to be clear: The FBI has identified the QAnon cult movement as a domestic terrorist threat, according to an FBI intelligence bulletin (Scribd) from the bureau’s Phoenix field office, dated May 30, 2019. Exclusive: FBI document warns conspiracy theories are a new domestic terrorism threat: The document specifically mentions QAnon, a shadowy network that believes in … Read more
On Wednesday, Politico Playbook reported: “U.S. ATTORNEY JOHN DURHAM — tasked by Attorney General William Barr to review the 2016-era Russia investigation — is not expected to release information related to the probe before Election Day, according to sources on and off the Hill. Senate Republicans running similar investigations were told of the intention within … Read more
Update to QAnon Cult Supporters Running For The Arizona Legislature (and Congress). New York Magazine has a lengthy, truly disturbing report, QAnon Goes to Washington: 81 so-called QAnon candidates ran for the Senate or the House this year, according to a master list maintained by Alex Kaplan of the liberal site Media Matters. With primary … Read more