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 […]
Donald Trump's repeated targeting and threats of criminal charges against billionaire George Soros are again fueling the spread of antisemitic conspiracy theories about the Jewish philanthropist. For decades, Soros, 95, has been the bête noire of conspiracy-minded actors on the far right but also on the far left and among some radical Islamist factions. He […]
It was once a fringe conspiracy theory confined mostly to the milieus of white supremacists and neo-Nazis. Now the purely invented ‘white genocide’ concept— inspiration of far-right terrorists from the Christchurch mosque killer to the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue murderer, and the ideological evil twin of the racist ‘Great Replacement’ narrative— has gone mainstream. […]
A far-right racist conspiracy theorist who once claimed that “Hitler actually had some decent points” is now being welcomed as a thought leader by the U.S. Secretary of State. Michael Benz’s ideas—once confined to anonymous white nationalist forums—are now being cited to justify the dismantling of American institutions like the foreign aid agency USAID and […]
The conspiracy theorists of Donald Trump’s pro-Russia, antisemitic ‘manosphere’ and women enablers including Candace Owens and Laura Loomer are rushing to defend self-confessed misogynist and Jew-hating Hamas apologist Andrew Tate. The campaign of disinformation comes after Tate and his brother Tristan were placed under criminal investigation in Florida for human trafficking. Tate is a globalized […]
Since German-born hacker Kim Dotcom fled to New Zealand to avoid extradition for numerous copyright violations by his website Megaupload, he has been spreading conspiracy theories about every subject imaginable while weaving them into an overall plot about Jewish control and “overrepresentation.” Little of this is different from what countless authors, pundits, politicians, and media […]
The assassination attempt on former president and current candidate Donald Trump sparked conspiracy theories from almost the moment the shots rang out. And in keeping with America’s toxic political polarization, the theories tended to fall across two different narratives, depending on your political persuasion. Claims that the shooting was staged or a hoax circulated among […]
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 […]
