right wing populism in the united states
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U.S. Congressman Asks Forest Service to Change the Course of Earth’s Orbit Around the Sun
U.S. Congressperson Louie Gohmert (R-TX) would seriously like the U.S. federal government and “BLM” to turn its attention from evidence-based measures to mitigate climate change and look into altering the rotation of the Earth and/or moon. It’s unclear whether he’s trolling or sincerely trying to derail attention in order to steer some fossil fuel money…
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Report Highlights Exiled Chinese Billionaire Tied to Steve Bannon as Centre of Misinformation Network
A Chinese real estate developer who is closely associated with Donald Trump’s far-right former strategist is behind a massive online network that traffics in conspiracy theories, disinformation, harassment campaigns, and propaganda, a new report has found.
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Told Us What He Would Do If Someone Said There Were Knives in His Pillows
Many weird and wild things are coming out of Mike Lindell’s 48-hour bananathon livestream today — Ted Nugent, a crank call from a “reporter,” another crank call from “Donald Trump” — and somehow, I, too, was there. After a press request this morning to MyPillow, which has ignored my emails on two previous occasions, my…
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Twitter-Banned Clown Seeks New Posting Crown
Donald Trump has been retired from the U.S. presidency for a good two months now, but the urge to post has only gotten stronger by the day.