Conspiracy Theories

Sarah's Palling Around with Conspiracists

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Conspiracy Theories, Politics, Birthers, Barack Obama, Extremism, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Sarah Palin's recent, careful elevation of a foundational conspiracy theory used by extremists to demonize the President warrants unequivocal condemnation and study from across the political spectrum.

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Limbaugh: Left Using Health Care Reform To Kill Off Elderly Like Mao And Stalin (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, Rush Limbaugh Conspiracy Theory, Health Care Reform, Rush Limbaugh, Rush Limbaugh Health Care, Rush Limbaugh Video, Politics News

Rush Limbaugh got very excited on his show today because he believes he's finally divined the real reason that Democrats are trying to reform health c...

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Jesse Ventura Storms Out Of Studio During Verbal Dust-Up (VIDEO)

Posted 12.02.2009 | Media

Read More: 9/11, Conspiracy Theories, Radio Alaska, Opie and Anthony, Jesse Ventura, Tv, Jesse Ventura Conspiracy Theory, Haarp, Haarp Conspiracy, Haarp Project, Media News

On Wednesday, former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura appeared on the Opie & Anthony radio show to promote his new TV show Conspiracy Theory. But thi...

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It Certainly Is An Impressive Hoax: Making The World's Glaciers Melt

Andrew Winston | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Himalayas, Conspiracy Theories, University of East Anglia, Melting Glaciers, Climate Skeptics, Climate Change, Global Warming Hoax, Climate Progress, Green News

I'm unclear on what people think is going on. If you put a glass of ice water outside and the ice melts, you know it's warm out there. It's really not much more complicated than that.

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Glenn Beck As Political Organizer: Fox News Host Sponsoring 7 Conventions

New York Times | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 11.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Conventions, Conspiracy Theories, Books, Right-Wing, Opinion, Conservative, Tv, Policy, Libertarian, Voter Drives, Politics, Glenn Beck Show, Political Activism, Republican, Gop, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Media News

Glenn Beck, the popular and outspoken Fox News host, says he wants to go beyond broadcasting his opinions and start rallying his political base -- for...

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Climategate In Perspective, Featuring Isaac Newton

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, Climate Research Unit (CRU), Isaac Newton, University of East Anglia, Climate Skeptics, Climate Change, Climategate, Hacking, James Dellingpole, Global Warming, Green News

Climate conspriricists pounced at the opportunity to draw grandiose conclusions from the illegal hacking of private emails from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit.

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Arianna On Olbermann: Glenn Beck Is "Morally Liable" For His Words "If Violence Ensues From What He Says" (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, Anti-Obama, Fearmonger, Glenn Beck, Arianna Huffington, Countdown, Media News

Arianna Huffington went on MSNBC's Countdown to discuss a new report from the Anti-Defamation League on anti-government rage, that calls Glenn Beck th...

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Wall Street Conspiracy Theories: Which Are The Most Plausible?

The Big Money | Gary Weiss | Posted 11.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, Conspiracy Theory, Goldman Sachs, Matt Taibbi, Bankruptcy, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Banks, Timothy Geithner, Bear Stearns, Transparency, Home News

So here's a field guide to the five most prevalent Wall Street conspiracy theories, with each one graded on scope, durability, crowd appeal, and plaus...

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From John Birchers to Birthers

Thomas Frank | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birthers, John Birch Society, Conspiracy Theories, Fox News, Right Wing Conspiracy, Glenn Beck, Politics News

Conspiracy-mindedness isn't just for fringe political groups anymore; it makes for riveting entertainment. And it is all around us today, a disorder with an entire industry to act as its enabler.

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Orly Taitz: Washington Post Profiles 'Birther Queen'

The Washington Post | Liza Mundy | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif.-The dental office of Orly Taitz, DDS, Esq., is in a low-slung complex in a quiet planned community in Orange County, al...

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Hardin Jail Deal Delayed Over Controversy With Mysterious Company

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 10.06.2009 | Home

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, Law Enforcement, Serbia, Guantanamo, Becky Shay, Gitmo, Detainees, Aleksandar Karageorgevich, Empty Jail, Montanta, Hardin, American Police Force, Billings Gazette, Vaccine, Jail, City of Hardin Police Department, H1n1, Reporter, Terrorism, Prince Aleksandar Karageorgevich, Training, Serbian Prince, Who Is APF, Who Is American Police Force, What Is American Police Force, Security Firm, New Jail, Blackwater, Apf, Santa Ana, Counter Terrorism, Xe, Home News

HARDIN, Mont. — Plans for a California company to take over this city's empty jail were put on hold Monday, following last week's revelations th...

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American Police Force And Hardin: Mysterious Security Firm Gets Control Of Empty Montana Jail

TPMMuckraker | Justin Elliott | Posted 11.30.2009 | Home

Read More: Detainees, Training, Gitmo, Guantanamo, Xe, Becky Shay, Aleksandar Karageorgevich, Empty Jail, Billings Gazette, Blackwater, American Police Force, City of Hardin Police Department, Jail, Vaccine, Swine Flu, Serbia, Hardin, H1n1, Conspiracy Theories, Prince Aleksandar Karageorgevich, Serbian Prince, Who Is American Police Force, Who Is APF, What Is American Police Force, Security Firm, New Jail, Santa Ana, Reporter, Counter Terrorism, Terrorism, Law Enforcement, Montanta, Apf, Home News

A shadowy private security company that has no known clients but claims to have helped foreign governments combat terrorism and will protect anything ...

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Clinton's Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Revisited

Adam Neiman | Posted 12.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, Roger Ailes Fox News, Bill Clinton, Rush Limbaugh, Paranoia, Rfk, Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Glenn Beck, Jfk, Barack Obama, Politics News

What we lack and urgently need, since two political assassinations in 1968 defined modern American politics, is a frank and sane way to discuss political conspiracy.

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Birther Poll: 42 Percent Of Republicans Believe Obama Not Born In U.S.

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Conspiracy Theories, Birthers, Bush 9/11, Conspiracy Theories, Obama Birth Certificate, Fringe Conspiracy Theories, Truthers, George W. Bush, President Obama, Partisan Politics, Politics News

A new study from Public Policy Polling finds that 42 percent of Republicans believe that President Obama was not born in the United States, while 22 p...

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Vast Conspiracy of Leftist Parasites and Traitors

Chip Berlet | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Scapegoating, Right Wing, Right-Wing Populism, Demonization, Conspiracy Theories, Politics News

With a wink and a nod, right-wing apparatchiks are networking with the apocalyptic Christian right and resurgent armed militias to hobble the work of the Obama Administration.

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Glenn Beck's "Deep-Seated Hatred" for Obama and Why Fox News Won't Budge

Karl Frisch | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, Bill Shine, Van Jones, Boycott, Racist, Glenn Beck Fox News, Lou Dobbs, Race, Barack Obama, ColorOfChange.Org, Glenn Beck Van Jones, Cnn, Fox & Friends, Racism, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Brian Kilmeade, Media News

If Bill O'Reilly has the "no-spin zone," Glenn Beck seems to have the "sponsor-free zone" of late. In fact, at least 62 companies have ceased advertising on his Fox News program in recent weeks.

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Despite Van Jones Controversy, Credibility is President's Key Asset

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, Birthers, Glenn Beck, Van Jones, Color of Change, 9/11 Truthers, Barack Obama, Politics News

President Obama faces two kinds of nasty, but related smears: one for who he is, and the other on the issues.

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Glenn Beck's Two Week Video Mystery Solved (UPDATE)

Matt Osborne | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conspiracy Theory, Conspiracy Theories, Racism, President Barack Obama, Glenn Beck Is a Racist Swine, Glenn Beck, Obama's Secret Negro Army, Fox News Racism, Barack Obama, Fox News Channel, Step Dancing, Step Dance, Nontroversy, Politics News

Now that a black man holds the office, tinfoil-hat lunatics say children should not learn to respect presidents, nor should presidents encourage them to succeed. It's an incredible hypocrisy.

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I Used to Be a Fatalist! Perhaps I Have a Choice?

Lisa Guest | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, Bull Market, Edward Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Three Days of the Condor, Woodstock, Economy, Kennedy, Bear Market, Stock Market, Fatalism, Self-Improvement, Nixon, Choice, Living News

I'm beginning to see the error in my ways and how a dark overview has robbed my life of much joy and possible adventure.

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Liz Cheney: Favorite Pretty Princess (VIDEO)

Warren Holstein | Posted 09.14.2009 | Comedy

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Talkin' 'Bout Our Generation: Obama Losing His Touch With the Youth

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: By the People, Conspiracy Theories, Social Media, Hbo, Wilshire and Washington, President Obama, Ted Johnson, Town Halls, Documentary, Maegan Carberry, Youth Voters, Teresa Klein, Health Care, Edward Norton, Organizing for America, Politics News

Is health care a generational issue? We see a lot of older people in power and at these town halls, pushing the debate, but why aren't the young people showing up? Is this Obama's fault?

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Orly Taitz Believes Obama Planning Labor Camps, Bloody Revolution

Esquire | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, Esquire, Birthers, Orly Taitz, Obama Birth Certificate, Birth Certificate, President Barack Obama, Obama, Taitz, Politics News

What Really Happens When You Demand the President Produce His Birth Certificate? You get a bunch of outrageous people -- very nice people, mind you, ...

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The Conservative Movement Has Launched World War Z

David Sirota | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: World War Z, Tea Party, Conspiracy Theories, Birthers, Gore v. Bush, Health Care Town Hall, Election 2000, Politics News

We're way beyond laughing at people who believe reality has a liberal bias. These people aren't funny -- they are scary, and they should be seen as a threat that needs to be confronted.

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Orly Taitz Melts Down On MSNBC, Blames MSM "Brownshirts" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, David Shuster, Birthers, Video, Orly Taitz, Birther-Movement, Tamron Hall, Media News

The conventional wisdom is that August is the slowest month for news, thus it's tailor-made for the "Birther" movement -- crazies that come hand-delivered to the media in their month of need, like barrel-dwelling fish that shoot themselves.

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Giving Birth to a New Conspiracy

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 09.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Conspiracy Theories, Birthers, Congress, Birther-Movement, Federal Election Commission, Cnn, Bill Posey, Racism, Environmet, Media, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Media News

It's frightening, frightening that the media lends credibility by seriously reporting on a group that has no factual foundation for its claims and rejects all factual materials that refute them.

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