Conspiracy Theories And World Politics Thread

[Teelie]

Trying to arouse his evangelical supporters I see.

 

[squeekness]

Trying to arouse his evangelical supporters I see.

He's their Savior don't you know?

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Michigan man accused of threatening congressman, saying he is going to kill FBI director

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Mike Lindell Wants More Money to Make Bogus Claims About Voting Machines | Right Wing Watch

 

[squeekness]

Is this going to be enough to save him? I kinda doubt it.....

 

[Sithborg]

Is this going to be enough to save him? I kinda doubt it.....

The bankruptcy judge hasn't been... thrilled with his obvious shenanigans.

 

[squeekness]

The bankruptcy judge hasn't been... thrilled with his obvious shenanigans.

It is hard to have sympathy for an obvious scumbag like Jones, lol.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

He's definitely overpaying his personal trainer.

 

[squeekness]

He's definitely overpaying his personal trainer.

Lol, true that.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Military.com - After Pushing Conspiracies, Tulsi Gabbard Lectures Special Ops Students on Avoiding Disinformation

WHO'S NEXT, MICHAEL FLYNN? FFS

 

[Sithborg]

Judge says "**** it, let the court of appeals sort it out". Keeps Jones full punitive damages in the 1st Texas case.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Bloomberg News - Ads Provide Content for Sites That Promote Conspiracies
Ads focused on politics aim to attract clicks.

Decide, a St. Louis advertising company, has helped fill a niche market on the far right, providing ads for websites that publish conspiracies and noxious content about race, Covid-19 vaccines and the LGBTQ community.

 

[:eek:]

Ancient Apocalypse is the most dangerous show on Netflix | Television | The Guardian

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Raw Story - QAnon influencer's 'groomer' past shaken loose by ill-conceived defamation suit against newspaper

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[squeekness]

He better not get away with it.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

QAnon Thinks Kirstie Alley Was Murdered Because She Was an Anti-vaxxer

QAnon, where cancer and COVID19 either don’t exist or are worth caring about.

Raw Story - GOP's Doug Mastriano rants about 'chemtrails' after election loss

According to the report, Mastriano is not the only Republican candidate pushing extremist views after an election loss. In Arizona, Secretary of State candidate Mark Finchem is pushing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about Hungarian billionaire George Soros "controlling the press" and the winning Democratic candidates. Meanwhile, Shukri Abdirahman, a Republican who lost a primary to run against Rep. Ilhan Oman (D-MN), tweeted, "We can no longer get rid of tyranny with ballots. It's only by bullets now.”

The Verge - Climate misinformation explodes on Twitter

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

NY Times - Germany Arrests Dozens Suspected of Planning to Overthrow Government
Many of those detained had military training and were believed to belong to a recently formed group that operated on the conviction that the country was ruled by a “deep state.”

Among those detained were a member of the far-right Alternative for Germany party who had served in the German Parliament, a member of the German nobility and a Russian citizen accused of supporting the group’s plans. Federal prosecutors said that they were investigating a total of 52 suspects.

 

[Iceman]

NY Times - Germany Arrests Dozens Suspected of Planning to Overthrow Government
Many of those detained had military training and were believed to belong to a recently formed group that operated on the conviction that the country was ruled by a “deep state.”

No doubt inspired by Trump and his merry band in the US and their words. Hopefully a wake up call for Germany so they can take measures to make it much more difficult in future.

 

[squeekness]

NY Times - Germany Arrests Dozens Suspected of Planning to Overthrow Government
Many of those detained had military training and were believed to belong to a recently formed group that operated on the conviction that the country was ruled by a “deep state.”

Nice. So it's not just Americans who are nuts.

 

[DaddlerTheDalek]

NY Times - Germany Arrests Dozens Suspected of Planning to Overthrow Government
Many of those detained had military training and were believed to belong to a recently formed group that operated on the conviction that the country was ruled by a “deep state.”

I knew that the "Reichsbürger" were dangerous. I just knew it. The Qanon influence made them even nuttier.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

ABC News - Trump hosts event featuring QAnon, 'Pizzagate' conspiracy theorist at Mar-a-Lago

 

[squeekness]

ABC News - Trump hosts event featuring QAnon, 'Pizzagate' conspiracy theorist at Mar-a-Lago

He just gets worse and worse. On the other hand, he has to be losing a lot of other donors.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Examining the “Wellness”-to-Far-Right-Conspiracy Pipeline - Brown Political Review
Sarah McGrath '24 examines how "wellness culture," which was originally associated with the left, has now seeped into right-wing, conspiratorial circles, especially QAnon.

The alt-right recruiting from the crunchy end of the counterculture | Boing Boing

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