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"QAnon sheriff" running for Senate

Ultra-MAGA far-right candidates nearly all lost in Arizona last year. That's not stopping Sheriff Mark Lamb

Salon

Andrew Lester’s grandson comes to his defence and denies race played part in Ralph Yarl shooting

Daniel Ludwig told the Kansas City Star that his grandfather’s account of the events ‘hasn’t been reported’

The Independent UK

Ralph Yarl – update: Andrew Lester’s family ‘disgusted’ by shooting as stand your ground laws in spotlight

Ralph Yarl’s recovery continues at home in Kansas City while a GoFundMe to help pay his medical bills has now topped $3.4m

The Independent UK

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The infamous Texas siege with a ‘straight line’ to QAnon, right-wing militias, and January 6

Josh Marcus explores a 1993 standoff that influenced generations of extremists and politicians

The Independent UK

Andrew Lester’s family ‘disgusted’ by shooting: ‘We stand with Ralph Yarl’

Andrew Lester’s grandson claims his grandfather has a history of making ‘racist comments’ and of an interest in ‘QAnon-level conspiracy theories’

The Independent UK

Elon and Tucker, a misinfo love story

Elon Musk's much-hyped two-night interview that aired on Fox News coincides with major developments with Twitter

Salon

Republicans' war on reading goes nuclear

Republicans in Texas and Missouri open up a new front in the war on public education

Salon

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Top videos: Barbie, Joker and Jacinda Ardern’s final farewell

Barbie took the internet by storm, while New York endured a brutal, literal storm. Here are our top video picks for the week.

The New Daily

Trump arrest prompts Jesus comparisons: 'Spiritual warfare'

Former President Donald Trump's most dedicated supporters are comparing the criminal case against him to the persecution of Jesus Christ

The Independent UK

‘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

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

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Salon

Fox News viewers still love their lies

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

The Independent UK

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

The Guardian - US

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

Los Angeles Times

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…

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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.

The Guardian - US

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

Salon

100% of extremist murders: Right-wingers

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

The Conversation

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…

Reason

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…

The Conversation

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?

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