31 h. ago Lucy Letby: Who to Believe? review – just when you thought this case couldn’t get any more confusing

Panorama’s new investigation into the convicted nurse is muddled and stuffed with conflicting theories. It feels more like radio phone-in bickering than serious journalismIn May 2024, the New Yorker published an article with the headline “A British nurse was found guilty of killing seven babies. Did she do it?” Access to the online version of Rachel Aviv’s piece was banned in the UK due to reporting restrictions, with Letby’s retrial on an additional count of attempted murder then imminent. Rules aside, asking whether Letby was in fact innocent also felt taboo at the time, a pursuit for social media conspiracy theorists. Fast forward 15 months, and “did she do it?” is merely par for the course when it comes to the case, with even experts cited by the prosecution apparently unconvinced of Letby’s guilt.This new Panorama comes hot on the heels of an ITV documentary that aired earlier this month, Lucy Letby: Beyond Reasonable Doubt?. That programme focused on holes in the evidence that...

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3 d. ago What is going on with Marjorie Taylor Greene? | Arwa Mahdawi

The far-right Republican and conspiracy theorist is suddenly speaking (a small amount of) sense. Weird!Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d write: Marjorie Taylor Greene, a far-right conspiracy theorist and bigot who also happens to be a Republican congresswoman, has suddenly started to speak (a small amount of) sense. It’s unclear what exactly precipitated it, but the Georgia congresswoman has declared war on her fellow Republicans.“The course that [the Republican party] is on, I don’t want to have anything to do with it,” Greene told the Daily Mail last week. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Wild conspiracy theories emerge over why Leonardo DiCaprio ALWAYS covers his face

Bizarre conspiracies are circulating online about the real reason Leonardo DiCaprio always covers his face while out in public. 

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4 d. ago ANDREW NEIL: Rachel Reeves has spent like a drunken sailor. Now she's in a mad scramble for tax rises. This is what's coming... she risks tilting us into a death spiral

Britain's beleaguered Labour Government has begun a desperate scramble to determine which of our taxes should be jacked up - and by how much - in the autumn Budget.

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4 d. ago InfoWars’ Alex Jones says he’s in a ‘conundrum’ over Trump’s refusal to release the Epstein files

Conspiracy theorist admits he’s still struggling to make sense of president’s position after he called furore over the late pedophile ‘total bulls***’

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5 d. ago Steve Bannon planning 2028 presidential run because he believes Vance is ‘not tough enough’: report

The former White House advisor, right-wing podcaster, conspiracy theorist and convicted felon, now fancies a shot at the top job, sources said

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5 d. ago Hulk Hogan's body still waiting to be cremated as daughter makes blistering intervention amid 'foul play' claims

Hulk Hogan's daughter Brooke has seemingly offered an olive branch to her stepmother after sharing shocking cremation conspiracy theories.

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5 d. ago Hulk Hogan's widow blasts 'misleading stories' after his daughter Brooke pushes Scientology and cremation conspiracy theories

Hulk Hogan's widow hits back at 'misleading stories' after his daughter Brooke's shocking Scientology claim, coming after a longtime controversial radio personality gave his thoughts.

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6 d. ago Hulk Hogan police respond to wild conspiracy theories over WWE icon's tragic death

The 71-year-old had previously had leukemia and atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm, the report from the District Six Medical Examiner also said.

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6 d. ago Laura Loomer says a friend calls her ‘Trump’s Rasputin’ as her surprising influence grows in White House

Right-wing conspiracy theorist, 32, says she told president he has a ‘vetting crisis’ in his administration

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6 d. ago Russia using Chinese tactics against Britain by attacking computer systems, deep sea cables and spreading disinformation, experts warn

Russia has adopted Chinese tactics to destabilise Britain, experts have warned.

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6 d. ago My travels in Trump’s Florida: Maga superstars, gen Z Republicans – and the shame of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Is the US in a new gilded age of inequality? On a 400-mile journey from a triumphant conservative youth summit to a hastily constructed immigration detention centre, the answer became clearer Anywhere but Washington: fearmongering, mass deportations and self-enrichment – videoThe mezzanine floor of the Tampa Convention Center buzzes chaotically with rightwing chatter: conspiracy theories, grievance politics and Christian nationalism. Look in any direction and someone in front of you, washed in sharp studio lights, is drawing a crowd and creating content.Ahead of me, Russell Brand sits on a white sofa, broadcasting live on the conservative video-streaming service Rumble – his guest is the “alt-right” influencer Jack Posobiec. To the left, along an alleyway lined with small broadcast booths, is the longtime Donald Trump adviser and self-proclaimed “dirty trickster” Roger Stone, who is holding court on a podcast. To the rear, on a large metal scaffold, is Steve Bannon’s War Room channe...

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7 d. ago Hulk Hogan's daughter sparks wild conspiracy theories over her father's death as friend cries foul play

Hulk Hogan's daughter has sensationally shared wild conspiracy theories about his death, with a friend of the wrestling icon seemingly accusing the authorities of foul play.

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8 d. ago Trump branded 'golf cheat' as expert hits out at 'illegal' move and bold score claim

Renowned writer Ricky Reilly — who wrote a book about Trump's habit of cheating at the sport — blasted the US President after the White House claimed he shot a score of 69 at an event

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3 w. ago Conspiracy theorists think the moon landing is a fake 'animation' – here's why

EXCLUSIVE: The moon landing stands of one of humanities' greatest achievements and will forever mark one of our first steps to conquer the final frontier – but some think man never made it to the moon

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3 w. ago ANDREW NEIL: Trump's habit of spreading Deep State conspiracy theories has come back to bite him

Those who live by conspiracy theories don't necessarily die by conspiracy theories - but they sure run the risk of being embarrassed by them. Just ask President Donald J. Trump.

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on Maga and Jeffrey Epstein: the truth about Donald Trump and conspiracy theories | Editorial

The US president is struggling to close down speculation about the case that those close to him have promotedDonald Trump has thrived on conspiracy theories – “birtherist” lies that Barack Obama was born outside the US; the lunacies of the Q-Anon movement; false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. All centred on the idea that the “deep state” was lying to, and thus cheating, ordinary people. Mr Trump was their tribune.It’s hard not to feel schadenfreude now that he’s at the sharp end of a theory that he at times encouraged and allies eagerly pushed: claims that the prison death of the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein might not be suicide after all, and that wealthy and well-connected associates were trying to hush up connections to the financier. Mr Trump’s attorney general, Pam Bondi, promised that “truckloads” of documents would help reveal the truth and claimed that a client list was “sitting on my desk right now”.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this ...

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3 w. ago Doctor tells inquest she feared girl’s conspiracy theorist mother influenced daughter over cancer treatment

Paloma Shemirani, 23, died on July 24 2024 after refusing treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma

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3 w. ago Trump's involvement with Epstein Files explained – MAGA feud, Musk row and 'birthday card'

When Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell in Manhattan, conspiracy theorists went into overdrive, kickstarting a saga that's still impacting the White House six years later

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3 w. ago Trump’s endless toying with conspiracy theories has finally come back to bite him | Moira Donegan

The president has long exploited useful fictions embraced by his supporters. Now he’s trying to change the narrativeDonald Trump’s followers, and the conspiracist influencers turned-government officials through whom he persuades them, have turned on the president and US attorney general after they declared an end to federal inquiries into Jeffrey Epstein’s death. But it would be a mistake to think that the investigation scandal is sui generis. It’s more like the culmination of a long-running trend, one in which Trump’s exploitation of the conspiracist fictions, distrust of institutions, and prurient fascinations of his base have finally come back to bite him.A pedophile ring at the center of power is a recurring theme in rightwing conspiracy theories of the Trump era. During the 2016 presidential election, supporters of Trump, then an outsider challenger for the Republican nomination, began to spread dark claims about his rival for the presidency, Hillary Clinton. Online, far-right ...

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