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Day: December 1, 2018

How Mainstream Media Helps Weaponize Far-Right Conspiracy Theories

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United States (Conversation) – Once an anti-Semitic rumor moved from fringe to the mainstream, it took less than two weeks for violence to erupt. The false allegation that liberal philanthropist George Soros was funding or supporting a caravan of Honduran refugees heading to the U.S. spread wildly from a single tweet posted on Oct. 14. Along with far-right memes, that allegation helped motivate both an alleged mail-bomber and a mass shooter at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The way these messages traveled across the internet in this short time span is just…

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Former US President George H.W. Bush Dead at Age 94

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(Sputnik) – Former US President George H.W. Bush has died at the age of 94, a statement issued by a family spokesman read. “George Herbert Walker Bush, World War II naval aviator, Texas oil pioneer, and 41st President of the United States of America, died on November 30, 2018. He was 94… Funeral arrangements will be announced as soon as is practical,” the statement, published on Twitter by family spokesman Jim McGrath, read. He is survived by sons George W. Bush (the 43rd president of the United States) and Jeb Bush (ex-governor of Florida). His son George W. Bush, said in a statement, also…

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In the House, Everything New is Old Again

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(Garrison) – In late November, Democratic members of the US House of Representatives met to begin choosing their leadership for the 116th Congress, which convenes on January 3. The party’s endorsed candidate — although not a shoo-in — for Speaker of the House is former House Speaker (until her party lost the chamber in 2010) and current Minority Leader (since then), 78-year-old Nancy Pelosi of California, in Congress since 1987. The incoming Majority Leader is  former Majority Leader (until his party lost the chamber in 2010) and current Minority Whip…

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