“People are posting videos on social media claiming that ingredients in the COVID-19 vaccines are making magnets stick to the arm where they received the vaccine; some even say an implanted microchip is to blame.” “You may have seen compilations of these videos going around. But no[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Conspiracy Theories’
Why the GOP descended into lunacy
In 2012, two political scientists wrote an essay for the Washington Post (read it here) that was startlingly prescient: The Republican Party, they said, was becoming “”ideologically extreme, scornful of compromise, unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science, dis[...]
May 23rd, 2021 - 1:37 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
No-bid contract
When governments buy goods and services, they usually do so through a bidding process, but not always. “No-bid” contracts earned notoriety under George W. Bush, where the term became associated with cronyism, political favoritism, and corruption — the most prominent example being t[...]
Trump allies want more sham “audits” of 2020 ballots
“In a bid to bolster former President Donald Trump’s lies about widespread fraud in the 2020 election, Trump’s Republican allies are now seeking Arizona-style audits in other swing states,” CNN reported on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Read story here. So far, only one such “[...]
May 20th, 2021 - 4:41 pm § in Politics
Maricopa County urged to replace voting machines turned over to GOP “auditors”
Arizona’s secretary of state, after consulting with election experts, has warned Maricopa County election officials to replace the voting equipment turned over to a private contractor hired by state senate Republicans to conduct a partisan “audit” of 2020 election ballots, the Wash[...]
May 17th, 2021 - 11:24 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
GOP’s sham Arizona ballot “audit” implodes
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May 16th, 2021 - 4:10 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Arizona GOP election official slams his party’s lies
A Republican who was elected as Maricopa County’s top election official last November, and assumed office in January, is quickly losing patience with his party’s lame efforts to discredit the 2020 election results. Joe Biden, who carried Maricopa County by over 45,000 votes (see results [...]
Trump turns GOP’s spring retreat into liefest
“Trump repeated familiar lies about the 2020 election and insulted Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Saturday when speaking to Republican National Committee donors gathered for the first time since [his] defeat,” CNN reported on April 10, 2021. Read story here. The RNC held its spri[...]
April 8th, 2021 - 11:43 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
Mother Jones says the family behind QAnon hosted child porn sites
Recent media coverage of QAnon, the false conspiracy theory masterminded by a shadowy figure known as “Q,” has focused on a new HBO documentary said to unmask “Q” as Ron Watkins, son of Jim Watkins,an internet entrepreneur Mother Jones accuses of hosting child porn sites (rea[...]
Voting machine company sues conspiracy peddlers
“A voting technology company swept up in baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election filed a monster $2.7 billion lawsuit on Thursday against Fox News, some of the network’s star hosts, and pro-Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, alleging the parties worked in c[...]