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Elon Musk to Reinstate Alex Jones’s Account on X

December 10, 2023 at 6:50 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Elon Musk said his social media platform X will reinstate the account of the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after a poll of the site’s users backed his return, The Guardian reports.

Filed Under: Conspiracy Theories

Johnson Endorsed Book Filled with Conspiracy Theories

December 1, 2023 at 7:27 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Speaker of the House Mike Johnson wrote the foreword and publicly promoted a 2022 book that spread baseless and discredited conspiracy theories and used derogatory homophobic insults,” CNN reports.

“Written by Scott McKay, a local Louisiana politics blogger, the book, The Revivalist Manifesto, gives credence to unfounded conspiracy theories often embraced by the far-right – including the ‘Pizzagate’ hoax, which falsely claimed top Democratic officials were involved in a pedophile ring, among other conspiracies.”

Filed Under: Conspiracy Theories, Political Books

Elon Musk Boosts Pizzagate Conspiracy Theory

November 28, 2023 at 4:11 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Elon Musk voiced support Tuesday for Pizzagate, the long-debunked conspiracy theory that led a man to fire a rifle inside a Washington, D.C., restaurant in 2016,” the Washington Post reports.

“The far-right theory, a predecessor to QAnon, alleged that the Clintons and Democratic Party leaders ran a secret satanic child sex ring in a D.C. pizzeria known as Comet Ping Pong.”

Filed Under: Conspiracy Theories


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Maria Bartiromo Says Biden Is ‘Being Directed’ by Obama

November 27, 2023 at 6:17 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo floated a conspiracy theory that former President Barack Obama is calling the shots in the White House.

Filed Under: Conspiracy Theories

Maria Bartiromo Floats New Covid Conspiracy

November 20, 2023 at 5:29 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo was once again just asking questions when she wondered aloud Monday whether the Chinese government intentionally released Covid-19 to get Donald Trump out of the White House,” the Daily Beast reports.

“Bartiromo’s outlandish theory, which suggests China unleashed a deadly coronavirus within its own borders in an effort to install Joe Biden as U.S. president, was somewhat endorsed by the GOP lawmaker who heads the House investigation into the origins of the virus.”

Filed Under: Conspiracy Theories

Mike Lindell Wi-Fi Monitoring Devices Banned

October 22, 2023 at 7:37 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Election fraud conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell is selling Wi-Fi monitoring devices that he says make elections more secure,” the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.

“But Northern Kentucky elections officials warned Friday that using the devices at polls is illegal – and likely a felony.”

Filed Under: Conspiracy Theories

Joe Rogan Says It’s a ‘Fact’ That January 6 Was False Flag

July 31, 2023 at 4:49 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Podcaster Joe Rogan once again pushed the baseless conspiracy theory that the Januray 6 Capitol insurrection was a false flag operation orchestrated by the federal government, the Daily Beast reports.

Said Rogan: “The January 6 thing is bad, but also, the intelligence agencies were involved in provoking people into the Capitol Building. That’s a fact.”

Filed Under: Conspiracy Theories

Ron Johnson Floats JFK Conspiracy Theory

July 19, 2023 at 3:46 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said it is “certainly possible” government agencies were involved in the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

Said Johnson: “I think it’s certainly possible, yeah. The American public deserves the truth, and we haven’t gotten it.”

He added: “There’s so many unanswered questions, so many witnesses that just died, so many leads that weren’t followed up on, so much evidence that obviously should have been collected that people have been prevented from collecting.”

Filed Under: Conspiracy Theories

RFK Jr. Says CIA Involved in Killing His Uncle

May 8, 2023 at 1:13 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Robert Kennedy Jr., the long-shot Democratic presidential candidate, has backed a conspiracy theory that the CIA was involved in the killing of his uncle, former President John F. Kennedy, arguing the evidence is “overwhelming,” The Hill reports.

Said Kennedy: “I think it’s beyond a reasonable doubt at this point.”

Filed Under: Conspiracy Theories

Mike Lindell Must Pay Expert Who Debunked His Data

April 20, 2023 at 10:20 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell has been ordered to shell out $5 million to an expert who debunked his data related to the 2020 election, CNN reports.

Washington Post: “The panel said Robert Zeidman, a computer forensics expert and 63-year-old Trump voter from Nevada, was entitled to the $5 million payout. Zeidman had examined Lindell’s data and concluded that it not only did not prove voter fraud, it had no connection to the 2020 election. He was the only expert who submitted a claim, arbitration records show.”

Filed Under: Conspiracy Theories

Alex Jones Transfers Wealth to Family Members

March 19, 2023 at 6:02 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The Infowars conspiracy broadcaster Alex Jones, who faces more than $1.4 billion in legal damages for defaming the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims, has devised a new way to taunt them: wriggling out of paying them the money they are owed,” the New York Times reports.

“Mr. Jones, who has an estimated net worth as high as $270 million, declared both business and personal bankruptcy last year as the families won historic verdicts in two lawsuits over his lies about the 2012 shooting that killed 20 first graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.”

Filed Under: Conspiracy Theories

Alex Jones Pitches Bankruptcy Plan

March 9, 2023 at 11:53 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Alex Jones’ media company has proposed a plan in its bankruptcy case to pay the conspiracy theorist $520,000 a year while leaving $7 million to $10 million annually to pay off creditors, including relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims,” the AP reports.

Filed Under: Conspiracy Theories

QAnon ‘Meme Queen’ Wants Trump to Help Pedophile Son

February 24, 2023 at 12:43 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Vice News: “For the last five years, Deborah Sullivan has been at the forefront of the QAnon movement, fighting a non-existent Democratic cabal of elites running a child sex trafficking ring. As the self-described QAnon ‘Meme Queen’ she has produced more than 4,500 memes about the conspiracy, many of them focusing on former President Donald Trump, who she believes is secretly working to save the children.”

“But earlier this month, when Sullivan’s own son was convicted of repeatedly abusing his stepdaughter in Oklahoma City, her passion for ‘saving the children’ seems to disappear. Instead, she defended her son as ‘innocent,’ blasted the justice system as ‘crooked,’ and attacked the 12-year-old girl at the center of the case as ‘a horrible liar.'”

“Now she is appealing to her community of fellow Qanon believers to come to her aide, including a direct plea to Trump himself.”

Filed Under: Conspiracy Theories

‘Bankrupt’ Alex Jones Spends $100,000 a Month

February 17, 2023 at 7:37 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has filed for bankruptcy but has nearly $10 million in assets and spends almost $100,000 a month, according to court filings., the BBC reports.

Filed Under: Conspiracy Theories

Alex Jones Is Harboring Firearms for January 6 Rioters

February 16, 2023 at 1:49 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new bankruptcy court filing shows that right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been “holding firearms” for those who participated in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the Washington Post reports.

Filed Under: Conspiracy Theories

Headed Towards World War III

February 10, 2023 at 10:21 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn floated a conspiracy theory that we are heading towards World War III because of the “biological weapon called the Covid vaccines.”

Filed Under: Conspiracy Theories

Davos Conspiracy Theories Thrive Online

January 16, 2023 at 1:23 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“When some of the world’s wealthiest and most influential figures gathered at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting last year, sessions on climate change drew high-level discussions on topics such as carbon financing and sustainable food systems,” the AP reports.

“But an entirely different narrative played out on the internet, where social media users claimed leaders wanted to force the population to eat insects instead of meat in the name of saving the environment.”

“The annual event in the Swiss ski resort town of Davos, which opens Monday, has increasingly become a target of bizarre claims from a growing chorus of commentators who believe the forum involves a group of elites manipulating global events for their own benefit.”

Filed Under: Conspiracy Theories

Trump Posed for Photos with QAnon Conspiracy Theorist

December 7, 2022 at 8:03 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A prominent adherent of the QAnon conspiracy theories posed for photos with Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort Tuesday night after speaking at an event hosted at the club, ABC News reports.

Filed Under: Conspiracy Theories

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