Tag: Fringe Groups and Movements

Trump Rally Plays Music Resembling QAnon Song, and Crowds React

Former President Donald J. Trump appeared to more fully embrace QAnon on…

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Why Alex Jones’s Trial Won’t Stop the Spread of Lies

If it hadn’t been so excruciatingly sad, Alex Jones’s defamation trial might…

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Draghi’s Fall Reverberates Beyond Italy

ROME — Just over a month ago, Prime Minister Mario Draghi of…

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‘It’s Just Been Hell’: Life as the Victim of a Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theory

“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,…

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Why Did Republicans Become So Extreme?

Many political analysts have spent years warning that the G.O.P. was becoming…

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The Leader of the QAnon Conspiracy Theory Returns

After more than a year of silence, the mysterious figure behind the…

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‘So the Traitors Know the Stakes’: The Meaning of the Jan. 6 Gallows

WASHINGTON — Hours after President Donald J. Trump announced a “wild” rally…

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Jan. 6: The Story So Far

At 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, Jeffrey Clark, the acting…

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Racist and Violent Ideas Jump From Web’s Fringes to Mainstream Sites

“The fact that this act of barbarism, this execution of innocent human…

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