Tag: conspiracy theories

Elon Musk Responds With ‘No U’ Defense After Posting And Deleting Conspiracy Theory About Pelosi Attack

By Cristina Cabrera | October 31, 2022 10:36 a.m.

Conspiracy Theories Are Dangerous No Matter How Many People Believe Them

Lies don’t have to spread far to cause problems.

By Keith Raymond Harris | September 19, 2022 11:58 a.m.

Oh Cool, A Dem’s Seat Got Flipped By A QAnoner

INSIDE: A Whiny Jeffrey Clark ... Gun Control Bill ... Cheney

By Cristina Cabrera | June 24, 2022 7:50 a.m.

Paladino: Hey, I’m Just Repeating Stuff I Heard Without Doing Any Critical Thinking!

INSIDE: Jan. 6 Hearing ... Uvalde Cops ... SCOTUS

By Cristina Cabrera | June 10, 2022 8:11 a.m.

GOP Candidate Shared Conspiracy Theories Claiming Uvalde And Buffalo Shootings Were False Flags

By Cristina Cabrera | June 8, 2022 10:08 a.m.

How Alex Jones Fell In, And Out Of, Love With Trump

By Matt Shuham | April 19, 2022 1:52 p.m.

Now That The GOP Is Proudly Wearing His Tin Foil Hat, Who Needs Alex Jones?

By Matt Shuham | April 19, 2022 7:00 a.m.

Listen to This: No Guardrails

By Jackie Wilhelm | March 17, 2022 2:00 p.m.

A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Josh and Kate discuss President Zelensky’s address to Congress and a new push from state legislatures to police culture war issues outside of their jurisdictions.

You can listen to the new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast here.

Where Things Stand: Tulsi Gabbard Has Some Thoughts About Those ‘Biolabs’ That The Kremlin Is Fixated On

This is your TPM evening briefing.

By Nicole Lafond | March 14, 2022 7:00 p.m.

Former long-shot presidential candidate and congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii is just the latest U.S. politician to seize on debunked, Kremlin-backed conspiracy theories about the supposed existence of U.S.-run bioweapon research labs in Ukraine.

But she’s the first high-profile Democrat to do so.

What started as an InfoWars talking point has been embraced by the Russian and Chinese state media and has morphed in recent days into a full blown right-wing effort to place the blame for President Putin’s deadly war on Ukraine squarely on the shoulders of the U.S. right’s usual cast of enemies, including President Biden and, of course, Anthony Fauci. Kate Riga digs into the madness here.