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Trump prepares for a cable pulpit while the alt-right entrench online, and more media and tech news
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QAnon is a far-right conspiracy theory that alleges that the world is run by a powerful cabal of Satan worshipping pedophiles, who work to undermine US President Donald Trump and his actions against them, with the cabal operating a gloa global child sex trafficking ring. (Wikipedia)
Media election shenanigans, a backlash against QAnon, and more news from the world of tech and spectacle
The Right vs Left/Center showdown brings a court victory over fascism in Greece, exploding teens, and a mess of menaces.
The plot sickens on America's favorite dystopian soap opera - POTUS-dammerung
QAnon is an extremely useful right-wing political project that can be used to justify fighting against social progress. But the main catalyst of its current round of growth is probably the coronavirus.
QAnon has grown from an internet joke to a national political threat - and fuels emerging fascism on the march behind Trump
Tech war, trust busting, NYTimes turmoil, Hungary crackdown, and more media history in the making
Only in the U.S.A. does a large section of the population think owning an assault weapon is a sacred right, but wearing a mask in a pandemic is a restriction on liberty.
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