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US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 hours ago

Here's the Only (Bonkers) January 6 Question Karoline Leavitt Was Asked at Today's Briefing

A Lindell TV correspondent pressed the White House about conspiracy claims that Rosanne Boyland was beaten to death by Capitol Police despite medical examiner findings.
US news
fromBoston.com
23 hours ago

For many Jan. 6 rioters, a pardon from Trump wasn't enough

Nearly 1,600 Jan. 6 rioters received pardons, yet many remain committed to conspiracy theories and continue to face mental, emotional, and financial harm.
#marjorie-taylor-greene
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago
US politics

The New York Times wants you to think that Marjorie Taylor Greene is politically savvy - LGBTQ Nation

fromPoynter
1 month ago
US politics

Marjorie Taylor Greene's CNN interview raises questions about her rebrand - Poynter

fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago
US politics

The New York Times wants you to think that Marjorie Taylor Greene is politically savvy - LGBTQ Nation

fromPoynter
1 month ago
US politics

Marjorie Taylor Greene's CNN interview raises questions about her rebrand - Poynter

#candace-owens
fromwww.mediaite.com
6 days ago
Right-wing politics

One Helluva Year!' Candace Owens Closes Out 2025 by Celebrating Her Podcast's Success and Mocking Erika Kirk

fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago
US politics

Brigitte Macron Does NOT Have a Penis!' Piers Morgan Gets Heated With Candace Owens Over Claim French First Lady Pees Standing Up'

fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago
Right-wing politics

You're Out of Your Mind': Angry Candace Owens Erupts on Piers Morgan for Suggesting She's Profiting off Charlie Kirk's Assassination

fromwww.mediaite.com
6 days ago
Right-wing politics

One Helluva Year!' Candace Owens Closes Out 2025 by Celebrating Her Podcast's Success and Mocking Erika Kirk

fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago
US politics

Brigitte Macron Does NOT Have a Penis!' Piers Morgan Gets Heated With Candace Owens Over Claim French First Lady Pees Standing Up'

fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago
Right-wing politics

You're Out of Your Mind': Angry Candace Owens Erupts on Piers Morgan for Suggesting She's Profiting off Charlie Kirk's Assassination

#charlie-kirk
#jeffrey-epstein
fromPoynter
2 weeks ago
US politics

What's true - and what isn't - about Jeffrey Epstein, 6 years later - Poynter

fromFortune
1 month ago
US politics

'Watching this actually turn into a fight has ripped MAGA apart': The full Epstein files may never be released despite congressional vote | Fortune

fromPoynter
2 weeks ago
US politics

What's true - and what isn't - about Jeffrey Epstein, 6 years later - Poynter

fromFortune
1 month ago
US politics

'Watching this actually turn into a fight has ripped MAGA apart': The full Epstein files may never be released despite congressional vote | Fortune

Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Why We Love Conspiracies: 3 Causes and 3 Cures

Conspiracy theories spread because they provide comforting patterns, novelty, social belonging, and algorithmic amplification, producing misinformation, polarization, and real-world harm.
#alex-jones
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Karl Rove Reveals 2025's Dangerous' Theme: We Have to Get Our Act Together'

Widespread public distrust of institutions, fueled by conspiracy theories, political cruelty, and intra-party divisions, threatens civic stability and demands rebuilding trust and civility.
#ben-shapiro
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Bill Maher Would Love' to Have Tucker Carlson On His Show But He's Afraid'

Bill Maher would welcome Tucker Carlson on his show but believes Carlson is afraid to appear and now promotes conspiracies largely for attention.
US news
fromBoston.com
2 weeks ago

Turning Point's annual gathering turns into a gripefest

AmericaFest exposed intense infighting among conservatives over antisemitism, conspiracy theories, and "heritage Americans", fracturing the MAGA coalition.
#antisemitism
fromConde Nast Traveler
2 weeks ago

A Long Layover at the Most Interesting Airport in America

Buckle up for a little morbid story time: In the winter of 1874, Alfred Packer led an ill-fated expedition through Colorado's San Juan mountains. His credentials were fabricated, the crew was unprepared, and countless warnings to wait until spring went ignored. While it is unclear if he murdered his crew or if they died of natural causes, Packer was the sole survivor. He eventually confessed to cannibalism.
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US news
fromBoston.com
2 weeks ago

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he plans to resign next month as bureau's No 2 official

Dan Bongino will resign as FBI Deputy Director next month after a brief, controversial tenure marked by clashes over Epstein files and prior conspiracy rhetoric.
#jd-vance
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago
US politics

JD Vance Fires Back Says He Hopes Trump Admin Has Learned Lesson' After Susie Wiles Called Him a Conspiracy Theorist' in Vanity Fair

fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago
US politics

JD Vance Fires Back Says He Hopes Trump Admin Has Learned Lesson' After Susie Wiles Called Him a Conspiracy Theorist' in Vanity Fair

#megyn-kelly
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

CBS Erika Kirk Town Hall Flops in the Ratings

Erika Kirk's CBS town hall drew 1.9 million viewers, underperforming versus Fox's 3.3 million; she condemned conspiracy theories and spoke about forgiveness.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

What Erika Kirk and Candace Owens Had to Say After Their 4-and-1/2-Hour Sit-Down

Candace Owens and Erika Kirk held a productive, private 4.5-hour meeting addressing Owens’s conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk’s assassination and clarifying disagreements and shared information.
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks ago

He's Perhaps MAGA's Zaniest Conspiracy Theorist. Now He Wants to Be a Governor.

Mike Lindell's Minnesota gubernatorial bid exemplifies the descent of authoritarian Trumpism into spectacle, led by conspiracists who prioritize notoriety over credibility.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

Fox News vs. Influencers: Charlie Kirk Conspiracies Ignite a Right-Wing Power Clash

The assassination of Charlie Kirk has done what years of media fractures couldn't. It forced Fox News to choose between its institutional alliances and the influencer class that increasingly dominates the right and in doing so, to decide whether it would defend mainstream conservatism or surrender the field entirely to conspiracism. Fox & Friends made that choice explicit on Thursday morning, lining up behind Erika Kirk and rebuking the conspiracy theories pushed by Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens.
US politics
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

Fox & Friends Slams Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens for Charlie Kirk Conspiracies

Fox & Friends publicly rebuked conspiracy theories from Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens about Charlie Kirk's killing, condemning misinformation and profiteering.
Music
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 weeks ago

Bot-like accounts fueled online white supremacist narrative about Taylor Swift: report

Bot-like and small groups of dubious accounts amplified and spread baseless conspiracy narratives linking Taylor Swift's album to Nazi symbolism and MAGA, disproportionately shaping discourse.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 weeks ago

BOOM!' Conservatives Applaud Erika Kirk's Stunning Takedown of Candace Owens

Erika Kirk publicly condemned conspiracy theories blaming associates for Charlie Kirk's death and rebuked Candace Owens while defending Turning Point USA colleagues.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 weeks ago

STOP!' Erika Kirk ERUPTS Over Wild Candace Owens Conspiracy Theories

Erika Kirk denounces conspiracy theories about her husband’s death, demands privacy for the gravesite, and insists on pursuing justice while continuing organizational work.
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
4 weeks ago

Riding the Orbiting Teapot: Belief, Conspiracy Theories, and Delusion

Conspiracy theories persistently proliferate and cannot be disproven by absence of evidence; extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

I Have Never Met a Faker Human': Nick Fuentes Suggests F*cking Liar' Tucker Carlson Might Have Him Killed

So, yeah, Tucker asked me a lot of weird stuff. He asked me about Charles Johnson, about Andrew Anglin, asked me about Peter Thiel. So yeah, you know it's-, and this guy, I've heard things about this guy since the dinner. I want this guy to stay the fuck away from me. I don't know who he is, but I'll tell you one thing: He is not who he says he is.
Right-wing politics
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Trump Jr Admits He's Pretty Conspiratorial' After Kash Patel Says Wild Claims Waste The FBI's Time

Prominent figures acknowledged spreading conspiracy theories while officials warned such theories divert FBI resources and perpetuate falsehoods about elections and COVID.
Soccer (FIFA)
fromMail Online
1 month ago

Blind psychic Baba Vanga's world-changing prophecy may occur in DAYS

Baba Vanga's prophecy of alien contact during a major sporting event is being linked to the FIFA World Cup 2026 draw.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Trump Fires Off Over 160 Truth Social Posts in Frenetic, Late-Night Blitz

(Screengrab via Truth Social) President Donald Trump unleashed a frenetic, late-night posting binge on Monday, flooding Truth Social with more than 160 posts in less than five hours, in a wild spectacle that saw him teeing off on political opponents and policies. From 7 p.m. to nearly midnight (ET), the president reposted an endless stream of clips, some of which were duplicated in what appeared to be an automatic loop, amplifying MAGA-friendly pundits and conspiracy theories.
US politics
History
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

There's Always Been an Official Story About One of America's Most Notorious Murders. One Man Knew Otherwise. He Finally Told Me Everything.

Russell Byers, a lifelong St. Louis criminal, accepted a $50,000 offer to kill Martin Luther King Jr., a claim that fuels theories of a broader conspiracy.
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

Conspiracy Thinking Is Flourishing. Some of Our Most Popular Franchises Aren't Helping.

They are also chock-full of almost every kind of conspiracy theory you can think of. In the fiction of Assassin's Creed, humanity is descended from ancient aliens, and this knowledge is suppressed throughout history; the tide of world events is influenced by a shadow war between two secret societies; the media exists to manipulate the public. This makes for an exciting series of video games with a near-limitless scope. It also echoes uncomfortable real-world conspiracy theories that have proven consequential in our lifetime.
Video games
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Farage urged to explain conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism he voiced in US media

Nigel Farage promoted conspiracy theories and antisemitic tropes on US shows and now faces calls to explain past racist-language allegations.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke

Marjorie Taylor Greene moved from promoting conspiracies to realizing she was manipulated, while Richard Grenell faces accusations of using Kennedy Center funds to enrich allies.
#qanon
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Theo Von Savagely Mocked for Flub While Defending Conspiracy Theories With Joe Rogan

A comedian defended conspiracy theories and mistakenly claimed a Hollywood high-rise housed both a major talent agency and the CIA, prompting widespread mockery.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Two Australian police officers were killed in an ambush. It was deemed terrorism but an inquest says otherwise

Three members of the Train family, gripped by a shared psychotic disorder, ambushed and killed two police officers and a neighbour during a delusion-driven standoff.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

From Bugonia' to Pluribus': Why today's aliens aren't like they used to be

Encouraged by the conspiracy theory of a YouTuber, two cousins kidnap a senior executive at a pharmaceutical company, believing she is an alien from Andromeda sent to destroy human life. Two scientists who have turned the encrypted message of an extraterrestrial signal into a virus will unleash an epidemic of kindness in which all minds connect in unison a harmony that a woman immune to this viral global happiness will fight against.
Film
Science
fromVulture
1 month ago

Khloe Kardashian Radicalized Kim Into a Moon-Landing Truther

Khloé Kardashian says the moon landing did not happen, suspects broad government deception, believes in aliens, and discusses conspiracies publicly.
History
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 month ago

ABC's 'Who Killed JFK?' explores one of the most fateful days in American history with new info

President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963; ABC examines archival footage, eyewitness accounts and March 2025 records, featuring Oliver Stone.
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Kash Patel's Acts of Service

On June 5th, Kash Patel, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was in Austin, Texas, to record a podcast interview with Joe Rogan. Patel had recently declared that the F.B.I. had moved on from its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes, but his agents were still looking into other "coverups," including the Covid-19 lab leak and the role that the Bureau's own operatives supposedly played in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
US politics
Public health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Who Believes in Conspiracy Theories?

Conspiracy theories range from harmless to deadly, with vaccine misinformation causing preventable deaths and measles resurgence due to hesitancy.
#chemtrails
#laura-loomer
Right-wing politics
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

The feud between Ben Shapiro and Nick Fuentes is now mainstream GOP politics

Tucker Carlson amplified antisemitic streamer Nick Fuentes, escalating intra-right conflict and drawing institutions like the Heritage Foundation into controversy.
Arts
fromHigh Country News
2 months ago

The fallout from Ruby Ridge - High Country News

A novel explores how Ruby Ridge-era disillusionment and rising conspiracy beliefs drive family breakdown, radicalization, and retreat into isolation in contemporary America.
#moon-landing
#brigitte-macron
Film
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Bugonia is a galaxy brained masterpiece

Bugonia is a darkly comic, genre-shifting American remake that satirizes conspiracy culture, anti-intellectualism, and corporate dehumanization with powerful lead performances.
France news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

France trial opens for 10 accused of online harassment of Brigitte Macron

Ten people went on trial in Paris for online harassment of Brigitte Macron over false transgender and paedophilia claims that harmed her physical and mental health.
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Terror accused 'fell in Covid-denier rabbit hole'

Originally, I suppose what I was thinking was that some would go straight away, then over a few years, they'd get 'turbo cancer',
Law
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

How Can You Help a Loved One Suffering From Delusions?

Offer supportive presence rather than confronting delusional beliefs; accept help for distressing symptoms and consider involuntary treatment only when functioning is severely impaired.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Why MPs prefer conspiracy theory over cock-up in China spy case row | John Crace

MPs prefer conspiracy explanations and reshaped narratives about Keir Starmer in the China spy case, regardless of released evidence.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Fox News' Masked Antifa Whistleblower' Looks Suspiciously Similar to Its Former Mexican Mafia Member'

A masked Antifa whistleblower interviewed by Jesse Watters closely resembled a former Mexican Mafia member, prompting social-media comparisons and widespread conspiracy theories.
Psychology
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Human stupidity is nothing new in politics | Letters

Psychological structural stupidity pervades human intelligence, driving mythmaking, misinformation acceptance, and powerful political consequences through susceptibility to slogans and propaganda.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Malcolm McDowell: I would be a total disaster as a spy I do love to gossip'

He says he'd be a terrible spy because he gossips, recalls Cold War missile silos, criticizes conspiracies and fake news, and describes role preparation.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson's Loony Conspiracy Theories Totally Wreck the Credibility That Alternative Media is Trying to Gain

Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson reach large podcast audiences while promoting debunked conspiracy theories that erode alternative media credibility and deepen societal misinformation.
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
3 months ago

MAGA's "Voter Fraud" Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn't Live There.

Jack Posobiec, a prominent MAGA conspiracy theorist, appears to vote in Pennsylvania while residing in Maryland, potentially violating state voting laws.
Right-wing politics
fromWIRED
3 months ago

At a Conspiracy Conference in Rural Ireland, Charlie Kirk Was the Star

Far-right groups across the US and Europe are increasingly interconnected, using conferences to spread conspiracies, strengthen ties, and amplify violent narratives globally.
US politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 months ago

My anti-vax mother never told me my sister had died after refusing chemotherapy'

Journalism funding supports on-the-ground reporting across the political spectrum, enabling investigations into reproductive rights, climate change, Big Tech, and cases of alleged medical neglect.
fromThe Atlantic
3 months ago

The Truth About Amelia Earhart

"I am ordering my Administration to declassify and release all Government Records related to Amelia Earhart, her final trip, and everything else about her," President Donald Trump announced recently on Truth Social, pulling one of America's most enduring legends into the political present. For more than eight decades, Earhart's 1937 disappearance has been fertile ground for speculation: pulp stories, Hollywood films, and best-selling books that turned a tragic accident into lurid melodrama or unsolved mystery.
History
Medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

UK woman who refused cancer drugs was influenced by mother, inquest finds

Parental influence, particularly from mother Kate Shemirani, contributed to a 23-year-old woman's refusal of chemotherapy, likely causing her death from non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
US politics
fromwww.esquire.com
3 months ago

There's Only One Way to Read the Data: Right-Wing Terrorism Is an Existential Threat to American Life

Two mass shootings by recent veterans targeted Mormons and LGBTQ+ people, reflecting right-wing extremist, conspiracy-driven hate needing focused investigation.
US politics
fromThe Verge
3 months ago

Trump posts, then pulls bizarre AI video promoting MedBed conspiracy

A removed Truth Social video posted by Donald Trump appeared AI-generated and promoted nonexistent MedBed claims, fueling conspiracy believers.
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