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‘Trump or death’: The grim circus in Manhattan as far-right figures protest historic arraignment

A media swarm captured a small cross-section of the former president’s supporters, raging against his criminal case and amplifying conspiracy theories. Alex Woodward reports from Manhattan

The Independent UK

How George Soros became a target for Trump and Fox News with Alvin Bragg’s investigation

The former president and his allies claim the billionaire philanthropist ‘bought’ and ‘hand picked’ the Manhattan prosecutor, now wrapped up in long-running antisemitic conspiracy theories. Alex Woodward explains

The Independent UK

John Wick Fixes the Worst Thing About Conspiracy Theories in Movies

In between all the action scenes, 'John Wick' offers a clever rebuttal to an unfortunate trend in conspiracy-inspired fiction.

Inverse

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Far-right support for Trump protests looks disorganised on social media. Others think it’s a trap

Donald Trump’s prediction of his own arrest is evidence to far-right supporters and conspiracy theorists of the plot against him, but online efforts to defend him appear uninterested or unfocused, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Far-right support for Trump looks disorganised on social media. Others think it’s a trap

The Independent UK

Fox News viewers still love their lies

Republican voters, party leaders, and propagandists share a fundamental belief: That the truth doesn't matter

Salon

Far-right support for Trump protests looks disorganised on social media. Others think it’s a trap

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Trump says the Queen, Diana and Oprah Winfrey ‘kissed my ass’ in letters

Former president promotes book of correspondence with mournful claim that ‘only half’ of those included still like him

The Guardian - US

Commentary: QAnon has gone local, with strange repercussions in California’s Shasta County and beyond

The Shasta County, California, Board of Supervisors has “upended the county’s election process,” the Los Angeles Times reported last week, “canceling its contract with Dominion Voting Systems.” The county could opt to hand-count ballots instead, which would likely delay results and promote more suspicion of elections. One supervisor said he…

Los Angeles Times

Francis Wilkinson: Fox News is trapped by its own zealotry

The HBO drama “Succession” might be a fictional corollary to the machinations of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox empire. But when it comes specifically to Fox News, “The Righteous Gemstones,” an HBO show about a family managing its skeevy, sprawling, megachurch business may be a more apt model.

Tribune News Service

Trust the Plan review: How QAnon – and Trump – unhinged America

Will Sommer of the Daily Beast paints a troubling picture of a conspiracy theory showing few signs of decline

The Guardian - US

100% of extremist murders: Right-wingers

"The Trump era very much emboldened these actors," advocate warns

Salon

Debate: The multiple paradoxes of Meta and Mark Zuckerberg

From Facebook’s psychological experiments on unwitting users in 2014 to the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2018 or the Facebook files in 2021, controversies involving the company have been numerous. Despite an increased demand for transparency, Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta (formerly known as Facebook), has never been too inclined…

The Conversation

Libel Suit by Gen. Michael Flynn's Sister Against CNN Dismissed

I'm too slammed today to comment in detail on it, but I just thought I'd note the decision handed down today by Judge Mary Scriven (M.D. Fla.) in Valerie Flynn v. CNN: Plaintiff, a citizen of Florida, is a private individual and sister to Retired General Michael Flynn. Plaintiff's suit…

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QAnon is spreading outside the US – a conspiracy theory expert explains what that could mean

The name crops up all over the place, but many people have no real understanding of what QAnon is, or why an estimated 22% of Americans accept one of its core beliefs: that some kind of political “storm” is coming and that violence could be necessary to achieve it.

The Guardian - UK

TechScape: Why Donald Trump’s return to Facebook could mark a rocky new age for online discourse

The former president was banned from Instagram and Facebook following the Jan 6 attacks, but Meta argues that new ‘guardrails’ will keep his behaviour in check. Plus: is a chatbot coming for your job?

Los Angeles Times

Suspect in attack on Paul Pelosi calls California TV station from jail

Hours after a San Francisco court released body-camera video of a man attacking Paul Pelosi with a hammer, QAnon extremist David DePape, the suspect in the attack, made a surprise call from jail to a Bay Area news station expressing regret that he didn’t go further.

The Guardian - UK

Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts bode ill for his return to Facebook

As Trump was reinstated, Meta’s Nick Clegg stressed ‘guardrails’ were in place. He could soon find them tested

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Salon

Trump rips Meta at end of two-year ban

After it was announced that Trump could return to the Meta owned social platforms, he turned a cold shoulder

WEKU

Meta allows Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram

The social media company is letting a two-year ban, imposed after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, expire.

Salon

Libs of TikTok owner now a media star

She began with an anonymous troll account in April 2021 — now she's an agenda-setter in the right's anti-LGBTQ war

The Conversation

5 types of threat – how those who want to divide us use language to stoke violence

Events like the riots in Brazil, the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection two years before it and the mass shooting at the Colorado LGBTQ nightclub each occurred after certain groups repeatedly directed dangerous rhetoric against others. It’s the reason elected officials in the U.S. have begun examining the role language plays…

Salon

Marjorie Taylor Greene goes mainstream

Greene is walking the path laid by the Tea Party, in which today's extremists become tomorrow's new GOP normal

Tribune News Service

Commentary: It’s time to dump Twitter — and Elon Musk

There’s no longer any doubt: It’s time for anyone who’s not a QAnon believer or MAGA hat-wearing adherent of the far right to stop doing anything that boosts Elon Musk’s profit and power. If you’re on Twitter, leave. If you’re looking to buy an electric vehicle, don’t get a Tesla.

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene backs away from QAnon history saying she got ‘sucked into some things I’d seen on the internet’

Georgia congresswoman stands to regain committee memberships under GOP majority

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