4 conspiracy theories that have driven policy under Trump
President Donald Trump is no stranger to conspiracy: He rose to political prominence by touting the racist lie that Barack Obama was born in Kenya. His team isn’t either: Take Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s longtime baseless conviction that childhood vaccines cause autism or the billionaire Elon Musk’s promotion of the 2016 “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory.
Meet the Conspiracy Filmmaker Who Claims to Have Red-Pilled Tulsi Gabbard
The transformation of Tulsi Gabbard from former Democratic congresswoman and presidential candidate to Donald Trump supporter has confounded many.
But statements in the past month from Mikki Willis, an infamous conspiracy filmmaker who claims to have been a close friend of Gabbard for over a decade, may help explain how the Hawaiian National Guard veteran has gone from being a supporter of Bernie Sanders to being Trump’s pick to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).
In US swing states, officials brace for conspiracy theories and violence
With the U.S. election days just away, officials in the most competitive battleground states are bracing for misinformation, conspiracy theories, threats and possible violence.
In Philadelphia, Detroit and Atlanta, three of former President Donald Trump’s favorite targets for false claims of voter fraud, officials have fortified their operations against a repeat of the chaos of 2020. Philadelphia’s ballot-counting warehouse is now surrounded by fencing topped with barbed wire. In Detroit and Atlanta, some election offices are protected by bullet-proof glass.
Pennsylvania election officials are bracing for conspiracy theories, protests
Republican Al Schmidt, Pennsylvania's top election official, has crisscrossed his state in a campaign to spread the gospel of election security, four years after former President Donald Trump disputed the ballot count.
How social media assassination conspiracies are uniting pro- and anti-Trump voters
Wild Mother - the online alias of a woman called Desirée - lives in the mountains of Colorado, where she posts videos to 80,000 followers about holistic wellness and bringing up her little girl. She wants Donald Trump to win the presidential election.
About 70 miles north in the suburbs of Denver is Camille, a passionate supporter of racial and gender equality who lives with a gaggle of rescue dogs and has voted Democrat for the past 15 years.
The two women are poles apart politically - but they both believe assassination attempts against Mr Trump were staged.
MAGA Pushes Claim of 'ABC Whistleblower' After Harris-Trump Debate
After what some pundits and political experts described as a rocky performance by Donald Trump during his debate with Kamala Harris, some of his supporters are accusing ABC News of bias, even suggesting that Harris was given the debate questions in advance.
Tuesday night's debate, moderated by ABC News' David Muir and Linsey Davis, has been criticized by Trump and his allies, who say the two moderators unfairly targeted the former president while favoring Harris.
ABC denies extraordinary allegation about collusion between Kamala Harris and debate moderators after fury from MAGA
ABC News is denying the extraordinary allegations there was collusion between the presidential debate moderators and Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign.
'Absolutely not,' an ABC News spokesperson told the Daily Beast. 'Harris was not given any questions before the debate.'
Former President Donald Trump and his MAGA allies have stoked conspiracy theories that Harris had a leg up in the debate.
EXCLUSIVE: X User ‘Black Insurrectionist’ Agrees to Put Gateway Pundit in Contact with Alleged ABC Whistleblower’s Attorney After Releasing ‘Affidavit’ on Debate Rigging Scandal
In recent days, calls for an investigation into ABC’s moderation of last week’s presidential debate have reached a fever pitch, with many questioning the glaring bias displayed during the event.
The moderators repeatedly fact-checked Donald Trump while allowing Kamala Harris to peddle unchecked lies and propaganda.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Has to Walk Back False Claim an ‘ABC News Whistleblower’ Was Killed in a Fiery Car Wreck
Florida Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Sunday made an explosive, unfounded claim about an explosive, unfounded rumor about an explosive, unidentified person before — like most X users who spread the claim — quickly having to walk back or retract it. Greene, in a post on X at just after 8 AM in D.C., cited “news reports” to claim that a supposed ABC whistleblower set to expose collusion between the network and the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris had died. “The ABC whistleblower who claimed Kamala Harris was...
Viral Posts Make Baseless Claim About Harris’ Earrings at the Debate
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump clashed in their first presidential debate on Sept. 10 in Philadelphia. Before the debate, the candidates agreed to a set of rules, including no prewritten notes or props and no interaction with their staff members during the two commercial breaks.
But viral posts on social media baselessly claimed that Harris cheated by wearing earrings that contained earphones and suggested that her remarks and responses were fed to her during the debate.