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Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Mikael Thalen

Marjorie Taylor Greene speaking to reporter with caption "and really, why don't you blank off?"

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‘You’re a conspiracy theorist’ MTG curses out reporter when asked about her Jewish Space Lasers claim

Right wing protesters(l), Down websites(r)

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‘Practice run for November?’ Massive Facebook outage on Super Tuesday sparks claims of deep state sabotage

Texas wildfires blamed on directed energy weapons

Texas Wild Fire

Conspiracy theorists are blaming Texas wildfires on ‘Directed Energy Weapons’

Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

Katherine Huggins

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Kate Middleton’s prolonged public absence prompts online speculation about divorce, plastic surgery

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Have you seen a woman get pregnant since 2021? Prominent COVID skeptic says vaccine eliminated childbirth

Japanese Americans in front of posters with internment orders(l), Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. A tense moment in a football game between Stockton and Santa Anita teams, find spectators perched everywhere.(r)

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Conspiracy theorists think WWII era executive order gives migrants $5k visa gift cards

Right-wing outraged Red Cross doesn't separate donations based on Covid vaccine status

Covid Red Cross Test

Mired in conflicting claims over ‘tainted’ blood, right-wingers can’t decide if they  trust the Red Cross anymore

Video editor and writer covering cinema, TV, and social media.

Avital Oehler

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Entertainment

The Best Conspiracy Theory Movies

Covid-19 Written vaccine bottle with a blue liquid and taking the vaccine from it with a syringe on a laboratory like background.

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A video of ‘strange white clots’ in a deceased patient hyped as proof of COVID vaccine’s harm—despite having ‘been observed for decades’

Conspiracy theorists are now pushing AIDS-denialism

Joe and Bret Weinstein

Conspiracy theorists are now pushing AIDS denialism

Conspiracy theorists blame everyone but Putin for Navalny's death

Navalny

‘It helps the cause’: Conspiracy theorists posit U.S. killed Navalny to help build support for $60 billion Ukraine aid bill

David Covucci was the senior politics and technology editor at the Daily Dot, covering the nexus between Washington and Silicon Valley. His work has appeared in Vice, the Huffington Post, Jezebel, Gothamist, and other publications.

David Covucci

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Putin’s Q Drop

Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

Tricia Crimmins

Conservatives lose their minds after Soros' son reveals he's dating ex-Hillary Clinton aide

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‘Work of the devil’: Conservatives lose their minds after Soros’ son reveals he’s dating ex-Hillary Clinton aide

Conspiracy theorists immediately claim Chiefs' parade shooting orchestrated so Taylor Swift can push gun control

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Conspiracy theorists claim Chiefs’ parade shooting orchestrated so Taylor Swift can push for gun control

Taylor Swift and Joe Biden in front of American Flag

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Almost 20% of Americans now think Taylor Swift is secretly colluding with Joe Biden to steer the 2024 election

Conspiracy Theories