DHS Official Repeatedly Promoted Fringe Conspiracy Theories [CNN]
WASHINGTON, [DC]--A White House senior adviser at the Department of Homeland Security promoted several far-right conspiracy theories in past radio appearances. Frank Wuco, a former naval intelligence...
View ArticleFive Conspiracy Theories That Reached Congress & White House In 2017 [Salon]
WASHINGTON, [DC]--During the past year, there were two major developments on the political and media landscape. The first, which started before 2017 but picked up steam during the past year, was that...
View ArticleFake News Sharing In The US Is A Rightwing Thing [The Guardian]
UNITED STATES, [US]--Low-quality, extremist, sensationalist and conspiratorial news published in the US was overwhelmingly consumed and shared by rightwing social network users, according to a new...
View ArticleRightwing Media Uses Parkland Shooting As Conspiracy Fodder [NYT]
UNITED STATES, [US]--The teenagers of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., who a week ago lost 17 of their classmates and school staff members in a mass shooting, have emerged as...
View ArticlePair Arrested After Harassing Pastor In Sutherland Springs [Express-News]
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, [TX]--Two conspiracy theorists who have pushed the idea that the mass shooting at Sutherland Springs on Nov. 5 didn’t happen were arrested Monday at First Baptist Church, the site...
View ArticleMassacre Conspiracy Theorist Under Federal Scrutiny [Express-News]
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, [TX]--Robert Ussery, a known conspiracy theorist, walked onto the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs lawn on March 5 and told Frank Pomeroy, the pastor, that his daughter...
View ArticleRed Pill Expo Bring Leading Conspiracy Theorists To Spokane [Spokesman-Review]
SPOKANE, [WA]--An event that falls somewhere between “The Matrix” and the 2016 Malheur Wildlife Refuge standoff kicks off Thursday at the Spokane Convention Center. The second annual Red Pill Expo, a...
View ArticleStandoff Suspect Writes Trump, Cites Conspiracy Theory [Review-Journal]
KINGMAN, [AZ]--A Henderson man facing terrorism charges in Arizona for using an armored vehicle to block traffic on the bridge near Hoover Dam has written letters from jail to President Donald Trump...
View ArticleSuspect Behind Massive Wildfire Embraces Conspiracies [Think Progress]
RIVERSIDE, [CA]--Southern California’s Holy Fire, sparked on Monday, has already scorched more than 18,000 acres as of Friday morning and forced over 20,000 residents to flee. Now, authorities have...
View ArticleSafety Guardian Investigated For Conspiracies On Facebook [Brandenton Herald]
MANATEE, [FL]--A safety guardian was taken off campus and placed on temporary reassignment while the School District of Manatee County reviews comments and conspiracy theories that were shared on his...
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