QAnon & Right wing Conspiracy Theories & Theorists

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🔎 Anatomy of a Trump conspiracy theory

Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios

An unverified Facebook rumor about Haitian immigrants eating pets rocketed to the center of right-wing discourse this week — rapidly mutating into racist memes like a twisted game of telephone, Axios' Zachary Basu writes. On Tuesday night, it reached its appalling final form: an endorsement by former President Trump on the presidential debate stage. Why it matters: It should come as no surprise that Trump, the country's chief election denier and a champion of the anti-Obama "birther" movement, is susceptible to conspiracy theories. But as Trump has gotten older, the rabbit holes have grown deeper and more radical — a backdrop to his distrust of the media and refusal to accept that he lost the 2020 election. The result — on display as he falsely claimed immigrants are eating people's pets in Springfield, Ohio — is a candidate who's become a walking liability for his own campaign. 🖼️ The big picture: Today, Trump routinely feasts on a stream of misinformation on Truth Social and X, where a cottage industry of MAGA influencers has flourished since Elon Musk acquired and renamed Twitter. Several of those influencers — including "Pizzagate" conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec and anti-trans activist Chaya Raichik — were hosted by the Trump campaign in a special debate "war room" on Tuesday. Far-right activist Laura Loomer, who posted a video last year calling 9/11 an "inside job," flew with Trump to the debate after spending the day promoting the Haitian pet claims. Even Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) denounced Loomer last night for an "appalling and extremely racist" tweet two days before Trump welcomed Loomer on Trump Force One en route to the debate. Keep reading.

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Harris Didn't 'Lie' About Her Black Grandparents

Claim:

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris published photos of herself with a woman she claimed was her paternal grandmother, who died four years before Harris was born.

Rating:

False

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Context

Harris' paternal grandmother died in 1995, when Harris was 31. An unrelated woman at the center of the claim died in 1960.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/harris-grandparents-candace-owens/?

ps:Just unbelievable what people will believe when the cult leader says it!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Election officials are fighting a tsunami of voting conspiracy theories

ATLANTA (AP) — Voting machines reversing votes. More voters registered than people eligible. Large numbers of noncitizens voting.

https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-conspiracy-theories-misinformation-trump-musk-0e5a84b1d9e6cd63cd8ca22ee9900387?

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The ‘Black Insurrectionist’ was actually white. The deception did not stop there

WASHINGTON (AP) — “Black Insurrectionist,” the anonymous social media persona behind some of the most widely circulated conspiracy theories about the 2024 election, can be traced to a man from upstate New York.

https://apnews.com/article/black-trump-kamala-harris-tim-walz-aca31c66fe5bfef1e8827581e7919ece?

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Mel Gibson Threatens ‘to Kill Someone’ While Fearmongering at Mar-a-Lago

A cavalcade of supporting characters in the MAGA universe, and President-elect Donald Trump, showed up at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday to attend a soirée for the conspiratorial, QAnon-adjacent conservative nonprofit America’s Future.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mel-gibson-threatens-to-kill-someone-while-fearmongering-at-mar-a-lago/?