Trump’s Wild Claims, Conspiracies and Falsehoods Redefine Presidential Bounds Throughout his life, Donald J. Trump has bent the truth to serve his needs, never more so than on the campaign trail to win back the White House.

Shooting conspiracies trend on X as Musk endorses Trump Illustration: The VergeConspiracy theories about the shooting at a Trump rally began surfacing on X shortly after the news broke this afternoon, with the platform promoting topics including “#falseflag” and “staged” to users. X owner Elon Musk has staunchly advocated for “free speech” on social media platforms — which can include misinformation …

Worst Infinite Conspiracies? I am looking for nominations for the worst offenders for what I am calling “Infinite Conspiracies” in TV, film, books, comics, etc. I define an Infinite Conspiracy as a pattern where the main characters repeatedly defeat the supposed leader of some antagonist organization, only to learn that each “leader” was only a fall guy or low-level operati…

What People are Getting Wrong this Week: COVID Vaccine Conspiracies You could fill a book with dumb things people believe about COVID-19. Unethical actors taking advantage of public fears about a deadly disease is as predictable as it is depressing, and, as infections rates climb from new variants, misinformation and lies are spreading almost as quickly as the virus itself. Read more…