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‘Cognitive contagion’: Behavioral scientist explains how far-right fearmongering suppresses your higher brain function
Norman, who leads the Humanism Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University, opens his piece by discussing the QAnon conspiracy cult — noting that in 2020, thousands of QAnon supporters "were fed a ludicrous story about Satan-worshipping, 'deep state' pedop ...[Read more]
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Bitter about being abandoned by Trump, Proud Boys’ chats reveal preparations for ‘absolute war’
If anyone held out hope that the Proud Boys—with 18 members awaiting trial for their roles in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection—might eventually wither and blow away in its aftermath, they should read through the Telegram messages Ethan Nordean and his ...[Read more]
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‘They’ve turned into raging monsters’: Noam Chomsky links GOP lies to Nazi propaganda
"The majority of the population gets by paycheck to paycheck," Chomsky told Masciotra. "Real wages have stagnated for 40 years. The gains of productivity growth concentrate in very few pockets. This leads to…. unfocused anger. Is it surprising? People a ...[Read more]
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Former Reagan White House staffer warns Republicans will try to ‘steal’ the 2024 election if they dislike the outcome
Six months after the 2020 presidential election, former President Donald Trump and many of his supporters continue to push the debunked conspiracy theory that the election was stolen from him when in fact, President Joe Biden won 306 electoral votes and d ...[Read more]
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‘This Is How Fascists Operate’: DeSantis Signs Anti-Voting Bill Behind Closed Doors for Fox News
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday barred local media outlets from covering his signing of S.B. 90, the latest state-level voter suppression law which makes voting by mail—which millions of Floridians have done for years—more difficult and discoura ...[Read more]
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Federal Agents Execute Raid Giuliani’s Home, Signaling Turning Point in Probe Into Ukraine Dealings
Federal authorities' probe into former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's dealings with Ukrainian officials during the Trump administration appeared to significantly ramp up Wednesday as investigators executed a search warrant at Giuliani's home and office. P ...[Read more]
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Texas is the next major battleground in the Republican war on voting rights: report
Georgia has been Ground Zero for GOP voter suppression, with Gov. Brian Kemp having recently signed into law a harsh voter suppression bill that Delta Airlines, Coca-Cola and other major Georgia-based businesses have spoke out against. But voter suppressi ...[Read more]
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Why Republicans are suddenly panicked by the market they used to love
For the past few decades, the GOP's interests aligned harmoniously with those of corporations. Businesses amassed wealth while staying out of social issues. The GOP, in turn, rewarded businesses with tax cuts. The status quo was fine. This state of affai ...[Read more]
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‘The Time Is Now to Go Forward’: Sanders Says Dems Can’t Waste Time Catering to Obstructionist GOP
Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said Saturday that amid the immediate emergencies of climate change, Covid-19, mass unemployment, and homelessness, congressional Democrats cannot afford to dampen their infrastructure ambition ...[Read more]
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Florida Senate Advances ‘Dangerous’ Bill Critics Warn Criminalizes Peaceful Protest
Civil rights and free speech advocates on Friday decried the advancement in the Florida Senate of a controversial bill that the ACLU says "aims to silence, criminalize, and penalize Floridians for exercising their First Amendment right to protest." The ap ...[Read more]
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‘Inmates run the asylum’: Political observers stunned by QAnon congresswoman’s massive fundraising haul
On Wednesday, POLITICO reported that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), the famously QAnon-sympathetic conspiracy theorist congresswoman who lost her House committee assignments after social media activity endorsing the execution of prominent Democrats i ...[Read more]
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