The United States of Conspiracy

 Another assassination attempt on Donald Trump reveals mistrust in the media and conspiracy theories fill the gap.

An assassination attempt at the White House correspondents’ dinner underscored the spectacle, chaos and violence that have defined Donald Trump’s second presidency.

Trump and QAnon: The cult and the conspiracy

 

Donald Trump re-emerges with a political message laden with conspiracies – even an endorsement of the shady QAnon movement.

After being forced off mainstream social media, QAnon followers fled to the outer reaches of the internet and, since then, QAnon’s gamification of reality has morphed into more pragmatic goals – like electing certain politicians. Chief among them is Donald Trump, whose occasional flirtation with the movement has moved to more of an open embrace.

Love jihad: India's lethal religious conspiracy theory

 

The mutilated body of a 24-year-old Muslim, Arbaaz Aftab Mullah, was discovered on a railway track near his home. His family believe he was murdered because of his interfaith relationship with a Hindu woman and that he is one of the latest victims of the 'love jihad' conspiracy theory, which has swept across groups of Hindu nationalists in India. The theory claims that Muslim men are seducing Hindu women and luring them into marriage in order to convert them to Islam. The claims are baseless, yet the consequences are real

Anti-Vax Doctor Pushes Conspiracy Theories

 This anti-vax doctor thinks the COVID-19 vaccine makes you magnetic — and she pushed the conspiracy theory on the Ohio House floor.

We're all going to turn into Magneto

Graham Says Trump Would Be President If Lab Leak Theory is True

 Lindsey Graham is convinced that Donald Trump would be president today if the public knew he was right about the unconfirmed COVID-19 lab leak theory.

Psaki vs Doocy on COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory

 Jen Psaki and Fox News' Peter Doocy go head-to-head yet again, this time over the GOP's claim that COVID-19 started in a lab.

Fauci Responds to Tucker Carlson's Anti-Vaxism

 ‘That’s just a typical, crazy conspiracy theory’ — Dr. Fauci fires back at Tucker Carlson’s nonsense with science.

The Instagram aesthetic that made QAnon mainstream

 

At first glance, the images under the hashtags about child trafficking don’t look that different from anything else you’d expect to see on Instagram. They feature bright pastel colors with trendy fonts spelling out taglines like “wake up” and “get loud.” What the people who see these hashtags — and the lifestyle influencers who often post them — might not know is that the hashtag is being used to bring QAnon ideas into the mainstream.

The QAnon candidates: How the conspiracy cult got on the ballot

 What's sad is that all this started on 4chan and was thrust into the mainstream media by that fool from North Carolina rushing to Washington D.C. and Comet Ping Pong to free children from sex tracfficing ring in  a nonexistent basement. As its grown on the right Donald Trump supporters started showing up at his campaign Nurenberg rallies displaying signs supporting QAnon. Of course Donald Trump being the insecure narcist that he is couldn't denounce the movement because they "loved" him. Even when the given a chance to pretend to not he didn't embrace conspiracy theories he couldn't. Thus given a g sign to certain politicians  that sought his favour to fully embrace  QAnon and he played right along by endorsing them. 

More than two dozen congressional candidates who have expressed support for the movement secured their name on November ballots

The QAnon delusion has entered the Republican mainstream.

A cult-like movement powered by a sprawling online conspiracy that believes Donald Trump will arrest prominent Democrats and defeat a cabal of satan-worshipping, child-trafficking lawmakers and celebrities has found an audience among dozens of candidates in local and federal elections across the US.

Supporters of the conspiracy – which traffics in antisemitic and racist tropes that have circulated for decades – have joined campaign rallies for the president and appeared on social media feeds from members of his inner circle, including his own Twitter page, which has shared several posts from QAnon-affiliated accounts.

Why is QAnon spreading outside the US?

 

Its theories have been repeatedly debunked, yet the conspiracy movement known as ‘QAnon’ continues to thrive.

QAnon supporters say US President Donald Trump is saving the world from an elite cult of Satan-worshipping paedophiles made up of Democratic Party politicians, billionaires and Hollywood celebrities.

Many of the theories repeat centuries-old anti-Semitic propaganda.

Facebook deleting QAnon pages - But what is it? - BBC News

 

This week Facebook announced it would be deleting all pages and accounts connected to the QAnon conspiracy theory.