President Trump devoted one of his morning tweets Thursday to an issue brewing in right-wing news outlets. “ABC, NBC, And CBS Pretty Much Bury IT Scandal Engulfing Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Office,” the president re-tweeted, linking to an article from the conservative website Townhall The article, and Trump’s tweet, lamented what they believe is a liberal…
Right-wing conspiracy theorists are claiming that the Russian attorney who met with Donald Trump Jr. was actually a left-wing saboteur. The conspiracy rumblings started on Tuesday, after a reporter from the Washington Post tweeted a photo showing Natalia Veselnitskaya at a House committee hearing that featured President Obama’s ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul. McFaul said…
Rabbi Alex Freedman was speechless. As a new rabbi, he had not yet been in the situation of comforting mourners in deep distress. And now here he was, finding out that Seth Rich — his former camper, and a beloved member of Camp Ramah Wisconsin — had been murdered. What should he do? In the…
In a statement released on the anniversary of his death, Seth Rich’s parents and brother are asking the public “please cease using Seth as a political football in predetermined partisan narratives.” “While we recognize the futility of this request, we make it anyway,” the family wrote. Rich died after being shot in the back outside…
In May, ABC confirmed that Roseanne, the 1990s TV comedy, would be rebooted. The show, which starred a working-class and white family, seems perfectly fit for the political moment. “Roseanne Barr, the groundbreaking female comic behind the sitcom, seems to be well aware that her reboot is riding a Trumpian wave,” the Daily Beast’s Amy…
On Monday, conspiracy theorist and InfoWars host Alex Jones balked at the suggestion that the wearing the Muslim hijab could be a feminist act. For Jones, this “is like saying putting Jews in gas chambers is the new sign of Judaism or something — or worshiping Hitler is pro-Israel.” The liberal watchdog group Right Wing…
Geraldo Rivera has embraced conspiracy theories about the death of Seth Rich, becoming the second Fox News personality after Sean Hannity to push fake news about the ex-Democratic National Committee staffer’s death. 1) #SethRich shot in back(2)worked for #DNC which, (3)screwed @BernieSanders 4)#WIKILEAKS screwed DNC(5)Did #sethrich leak?(6)is it related? — Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) May 22,…
The murder of a 27-year-old Jewish Democratic staffer is now being used to distract attention from criticism of President Trump. Massive coverage in conservative media outlets and websites, and a organized campaign to promote the news on social media, have taken a widely debunked story from the realm of obscure conspiracy into front-page news headlines,…
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