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Nicholas Goldberg: Why do people believe in conspiracy theories?

Watching the Jan. 6 committee hearings, one could be forgiven for believing we're living in the heyday of conspiracy theories, between the Holocaust denialism of the Oath Keepers, the loony pedophilia fears of the QAnoners and the "Stop the Steal" ravings of Sidney Powell, Rudolph W. Giuliani and former President…

Los Angeles Times

How a Trump-backed ‘QAnon whack job’ won with Democratic ‘collusion’

Republican Dan Cox won nomination for Maryland governor, but current governor says that was thanks to Democrats promoting extremist opponents they think will be easier prey

The Guardian - US

Maryland GOP nominates "QAnon whackjob"

Maryland GOP picks election conspiracist Dan Cox and neo-Confederate activist Michael Peroutka for top jobs

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What you need to know about Maryland GOP gubernatorial nominee Dan Cox

BALTIMORE — Maryland’s Republican Party just got turned on its head.

Tribune News Service

One in five US adults condone ‘justified’ political violence, mega-survey finds

As mistrust and alienation from democratic institutions peaks, researchers explore how willing Americans are to commit violence

The Guardian - US

We read Representative Lauren Boebert’s new book so you don’t have to. Here’s what’s inside

It’s 221 pages of God, guns, and election fraud claims

The Independent UK

Post-Roe gaslighting: GOP's rape denials

A shameful episode in right-wing media is a reminder: Republicans only care about kids when they're imaginary

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January 6 committee reveals how a tweet from Donald Trump and an 'unhinged' meeting at the White House sparked the Capitol riot

The January 6 committee reveals how "the craziest meeting of the Trump presidency" and a late-night tweet from the former president encouraged extremists and conspiracy theorists to storm the Capitol and mount an insurrection.

ABC News

Jan. 6 panel probes Trump's 'siren call' to extremists

The Jan. 6 committee is preparing to highlight how violent extremist groups answered what one lawmaker says was Donald Trump’s “siren call” to come to Washington

The Independent UK

Here's what we know about links between extremists and Trump allies

Aides to the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol said the next hearing would focus on extremist groups and their possible links to Trump and his allies.

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Jan. 6 committee to connect Oath Keepers, Proud Boys and QAnon to Trump allies

WASHINGTON — The committee investigating the Capitol insurrection will focus for the first time this week on the relationship between people in former President Donald Trump’s orbit and the extremist groups that planned and orchestrated the violence on Jan. 6, 2021.

Los Angeles Times

Alarm over DeSantis' election chief

DeSantis picked Cord Byrd, a Florida legislator who won't acknowledge Biden's 2020 win, to run Florida elections

Salon

Choose your reality: Trust wanes, conspiracy theories rise

As public trust in democratic institutions declines, conspiracy theories are filling the void

The Independent UK

Black GOP candidate releases video saying AR-15s are essential to guard against the KKK

Republican Jerone Davison said he wants to ‘make rifles great again’

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Salon

The excitement of conspiracy theories

The fantasy that one is smarter than the rest of the "sheeple" can lead to self-delusion

The Conversation

Buying into conspiracy theories can be exciting – that’s what makes them dangerous

Conspiracy theories have been around for centuries, from witch trials and antisemitic campaigns to beliefs that Freemasons were trying to topple European monarchies. In the mid-20th century, historian Richard Hofstadter described a “paranoid style” that he observed in right-wing U.S. politics and culture: a blend of “heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and…

The Guardian - UK

Brainwashed by Daniel Pick review – do great minds really think alike?

From The Simpsons to QAnon via The Stepford Wives, the psychoanalyst’s absorbing study of mind control is part media studies, part political history

The Guardian - US

QAnon’s ‘Q’ re-emerges on far-right message board after two years of silence

Cryptic posts on 8kun ask ‘Shall we play a game once more?’ and ‘Are you ready to serve your country again?’

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Far-right, controversial candidates create new headaches for Kevin McCarthy

These candidates are quietly being described as "political disrupters" among House GOP leadership and outside campaign arms.

The Independent UK

How paranoia over trans rights became catnip for QAnon and the far right

A perfect storm of factors has put outrage about trans rights at the heart of the modern far right, writes Io Dodds

Salon

QAnon's 'Q' delivers new messages

The new posts were left on an internet community page called 8kun Friday, hours after the reversal of Roe

The Independent UK

‘Q’ returns with first new post in 18 months for far-right QAnon conspiracy theorists

Q began posting in 2017, fuelling the belief that Trump was fighting a cabal of Satanic, pedophiliac Democrats

The Independent UK

Jan 6 committee hears pro-Trump conspiracy theory involving vote-switching Italian satellites: ‘Pure insanity’

Claims circulating among far-right platforms and QAnon influencers made their way to the White House

The Independent UK

‘Pure insanity’: Jan 6 committee hears pro-Trump conspiracy theory involving vote-switching Italian satellites

Claims circulating among far-right platforms and QAnon influencers made their way to the White House

The Independent UK

Hotel guest saw QAnon surfer Matthew Coleman just before he allegedly murdered his children

Matthew Coleman told his two young children: ‘You’ll see mommy soon’

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