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EXCLUSIVE: Anti-vax dating site that let people advertise ‘mRNA FREE’ semen left all its user data exposed

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Conspiracy theorists believe natural gas plants are being destroyed to keep fuel prices high

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QAnon promoters are faking signs of support for the conspiracy theory on Trump’s Truth Social

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The far-right is rallying around this 7-second video to exonerate Ashli Babbitt

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The future is a false flag: How Jan. 6 rioters prove Trump-world will never accept the truth

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‘Ancient Rome isn’t real’: This TikTok conspiracy theory is infuriating historians

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Anti-vax movement rallies around giraffe deaths

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QAnon believers think they saw many dead celebs at the JFK Jr. rally

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Facebook said he was the worst kind of conspiracy spreader—why is he still pushing QAnon on it?

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How this obscure, blockchain-based site built a playground for QAnon to run rampant on

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Social media companies destroyed the history into QAnon

Eric Levai hosts and produces the podcast &#8220;Counter Intelligence.&#8221; He is a national security journalist based in California.

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Domestic violence, DUI, grand theft: Inside the lengthy arrest history of QAnon’s biggest new influencer

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Twitch leak reveals prominent QAnon streamer made $150,000 in 2 years

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After the Capitol riot, ‘Stop the Steal’ organizer Ali Alexander was scrambling to hide his digital footprint

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Google finally boots Gateway Pundit from its ad platform

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