Many figures whose works formed the basis of modern conspiracism have been usurped by their followers, as conspiracism has become more mainstream and more lucrative. Take British economist and academic Antony C. Sutton who wrote a trilogy of books in the mid 1970’s alleging a vast conspiracy between the United States and the Soviet Union […]
The verdict comes from the most powerful figure in the White House after Donald Trump. In Vanity Fair, Susie Wiles — the president’s chief of staff — described Vice President JD Vance as a “conspiracy theorist for a decade.” In the same profile, she labelled White House Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought […]
Dan Bongino is a former Fox News host and top-rating far-right podcaster who popularized conspiracy theories about the so-called “Deep State” and the “stolen” 2020 U.S. presidential election. He also encouraged the January 6, 2021, Capitol riots and spent years disputing the facts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures to combat it. Despite his […]
It often takes just one offhand remark, misinterpreted picture, or joke that doesn’t land to start a conspiracy theory that subsequently never goes away. We’ve seen it happen time after time – World Trade Center owner Larry Silverstein’s comment that the firefighting team working to save WTC 7 should be “pulled” serving as “proof” that […]
It is arguably the most popular conspiracy theory book of the late 20th century. Yet Behold a Pale Horse is barely an actual book. It has no overarching narrative, no particular subject matter it focuses on, little prose to speak of, and is clearly plagiarized at points. Long revealed as a mashup of fake documents […]
In the minutes and hours after a 20-year-old repeatedly shot at former president Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, social media platforms, message boards, and encrypted chat groups lit up with conspiracies about the shooting. From wild claims that the incident was a “deep state plot” devised by President Joe Biden […]
It only took a few minutes. Following the assassination attempt on Slovakia's pro-Russian Prime Minister Robert Fico on May 15, the Kremlin swiftly grabbed the opportunity to launch a massive online disinformation and destabilization campaign. The target? Ukraine, Slovakia’s neighboring country. Unfounded accusations blaming Kiev for the attack proliferated across a galaxy of pro-Moscow Telegram […]
Conspiracy theorist literature is full of both real and hypothesized groups of powerful people meeting in various think tanks, committees, councils, and cabals for the purposes of enriching their own power while stripping the power away from those deemed lesser than them. Some of these groups are real, though their imaginary power far outweighs what […]
"Disease X is coming. But it isn't some chaotic pandemic we must manage. It is a genocidal kill weapon agreed upon by the worst members of humanity," says InfoWars founder Alex Jones -- who made millions by spreading conspiracy theories about mass shootings and Covid-19 -- in a January 17, 2024 post on X, formerly Twitter. [...] Read more
When Texas teenager Alex Jones went searching for explanations of who truly had their hands on the levers of power, he came across a text on his father’s bookshelf that more than any other would shape his future: the 1971 bestseller None Dare Call it Conspiracy. That a young Jones was drawn to a book written […]
