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August 14, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
The Latest MAGA Conspiracy Theory Just Hilariously Unraveled
Trump loyalists were thrilled when a Brazilian whistleblower said that former Attorney General Bill Barr was working to take down Trump. Then their story fell apart.
July 26, 2024
Magazine
Annie Berke
Fly Me to the Moon
’s Failure to Launch
The space rom-com with Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum doesn’t know what it wants to be.
May 28, 2024
Magazine
Ian Beacock
Birds Aren’t Real: The Prank That Turned Misinformation on Its Head
How a spoof conspiracy theory became a perfect study of how misinformation spreads
May 24, 2023
Podcast
The Politics of Everything
The Return of the Cattle-Mutilation Conspiracy Theory
Tales of mysterious-sounding livestock deaths were widespread a few decades ago. Why have they suddenly reappeared—and why do they fascinate us?
April 10, 2023
Indigo Olivier
Today’s Paranoid Right Has Surpassed the John Birch Society
Matthew Dallek’s “Birchers” traces how conspiracy theories went from being a fringe pastime to the right’s defining feature.
September 29, 2022
Podcast
How to Save a Country
Our Democracy Is in Trouble, but We’ve Been Here Before (With Heather Cox Richardson)
Make no mistake, America’s experiment in popular sovereignty is in jeopardy. Here’s how this moment compares to past crises.
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September 19, 2022
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump Is More Deranged Than Ever
As his approval ratings sink, the former president is growing more and more unhinged—and more willing to indulge his most dangerous followers.
February 28, 2022
Alex Shephard
Sorry, Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Part of the Republican Establishment Now
What the Georgia congresswoman’s appearance at two conferences—one conservative, one far right—says about the state of the GOP.
September 15, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Era of Disaster Militiaism in America
The vigilantes running wildfire checkpoints in Oregon are the latest right-wing militants to take advantage of a crisis.
October 22, 2019
Matt Farwell
The Forgotten Christian Terror Cult That Presaged Trump’s Memes
How a right-wing conspiracy blossomed in the pre-internet age
July 11, 2019
Alex Shephard
Trump Assembles His Gang of Social-Media Deplorables
Thursday's "summit" shows the increasingly paranoid president is desperate for allies who back him unequivocally.
February 4, 2016
Alex Shephard
The Zika conspiracy theories are here and they’re insane.
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