Disinformation

"You know the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering."

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Disinformation
White House hits Britt for debunked lies in State of the Union rebuttal The Hill    [archive]
How Donald Trump is spreading a dangerous mental illness to his supporters Raw Story    [archive]
Sandy Hook families want to seize Alex Jones social media accounts    [archive]
UFO Conspiracies Can Be More Dangerous Than You Think    [archive]
Brazils vaccineskeptic Bolsonaro got the shot document indicates Reuters    [archive]
Alex Jones Files for Personal Bankruptcy Protection    [archive]
Mike Lindell Ordered to Pay 5 Million Over Debunked Election Claims Rolling Stone    [archive]
List of fallacies Wikipedia    [archive]
RFK Jr Lashes Out at Rolling Stone After Article Shows GOP Link to Presidential Run Establishment Propaganda    [archive]
Post-Truth The MIT Press   [archive]
Jon Stewart takes aim at Tucker Carlson on 'The Daily Show' - Watch    [✚ add]
GOP's Ron Johnson spreads lies about Jan. 6 at Capitol screening of new propaganda film    [✚ add]
Steve Bannon's Hopes of Avoiding Prison Suffer Blow   [✚ add]

Qanon
Twitter blocks 70,000 QAnon accounts after US Capitol riot - syracuse.com    [archive]
Sound of Freedom The culture war controversy over a movie about child trafficking Vox    [archive]
Elected QAnon supporter Lauren Boebert may carry gun in Congress - syracuse.com    [archive]
'The lunacy is getting more intense' how Birds Aren't Real took on the conspiracy theorists QAnon The Guardian    [archive]
Report China, Russia fueling QAnon conspiracy theories    [archive]
QAnon Is More Important Than You Think - The Atlantic    [archive]
After failed attack on Capitol, QAnon asks if it can still 'trust the plan'    [archive]
How the "QAnon Candidate" Marjorie Taylor Greene Reached the Doorstep of Congress The New Yorker    [archive]
Congressional investigators examine links between Trump QAnon and extremists NPR    [archive]
QAnon Followers Say White House's St. Patrick's Day Lighting Was 'Go' Message   [archive]
HBO's QAnon Docuseries 'Q Into the Storm' Believes It Has Discovered Q's Identity    [✚ add]
QAnon supporters gather in Las Vegas and politely embrace conspiracy theories    [✚ add]
QAnon reshaped Trump's party and radicalized believers. The Capitol siege may just be the start. - The Washington Post   [✚ add]

Chris Cuomo calls Fox News a 'disgrace' for not informing viewers that Tucker Carlson shouldn't be taken seriously    [archive]
Tucker Carlson on Rupert Murdoch "I'm 100 Percent His Bitch"    [archive]
How Tucker Carlson Stoked White Fear to Conquer Cable - The New York Times    [archive]
What to Know About Tucker Carlson's Rise - The New York Times    [archive]
How Tucker Carlson Reshaped Fox News - and Became Trump's Heir - The New York Times   [archive]

Increasingly cultish Trump rallies aim to shield him with armor of God Raw Story    [archive]
Cult of personality Wikipedia    [archive]
Children of Scientology Life After Growing Up in an Alleged Cult    [archive]
Deprogramming the Trump cult Is it too late to humanize those who worship at the altar of MAGA Saloncom    [archive]
Video Clinton calls for formal deprogramming of MAGA cult members CNN Politics   [archive]
Q_ Into the Storm (TV Mini Series 2021) - IMDb   [✚ add]

Elon Musk Battles a Brazilian Judge Everything to Know TIME    [archive]
Elon Musk publicly mocks Twitter worker with disability who is unsure whether hes been laid off CNN Business    [archive]
Read the memo Elon Musk sent Tesla staff announcing that the company is laying off more than 10 of the workforce    [archive]
TrumpLover Elon Musk Is Already Causing Kamala Harris Problems The New Republic    [archive]
Tesla reduces range estimations for Model Y S and X by up to 37 miles The Verge   [archive]
QAnon US news The Guardian    [✚ add]
Trump Won't Stop Posting a Bogus Voting Machine Conspiracy Theory From QAnon    [✚ add]
QAnon's Mysterious Leader 'Q' Is Actually Multiple People   [✚ add]

Social Media
Amazon's iRobot Deal Is Really About Roomba Mapping Your Home - Bloomberg    [archive]
Frances Haugen Facebook Informer    [archive]
Industry ethicist Social media companies amplifying Americans' anger for profit - CBS News    [archive]
Ex-TikTok Moderator Had to Keep Webcam on All Night Report    [archive]
Facebook's Fall From Grace Looks a Lot Like Ford's WIRED   [archive]
What Is Main-Character Syndrome Psychology Today    [✚ add]
I'm a psychiatrist who keeps my kids laptops in a closet and has restricted smartphones. Here's my advice for other parents a    [✚ add]
We're living in a cyberpunk dystopia - according to the greatest sci-fi novel of all time   [✚ add]