Over the weekend, Slack suspended Libs of TikTok, the transphobic internet persona run by Chaya Raichik. According to a screenshot shared by Seth Dillon of the Babylon Bee, she was permanently suspended for violations of the workplace chat app’s policies. The news launched an uproar among Raichik’s conservative fans. Conspiracy theories and wild accusations against …
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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Hooting And Hollering Right-Wing Audience Suddenly Grew Very Quiet Over Her 9/11 Remarks
Getty Image Marjorie Taylor Greene rarely gets her feathers ruffled, other than when one mentions her Jewish space laser conspiracy theorizing. Her general unruffled attitude is rather amazing, however, considering the earful that she received after torching the Black National Anthem without realizing that participating country singer Chris Stapleton is a Black Lives Matter supporter. …
Right-Wing Gadfly James O’Keefe Is Apparently A ‘Power Drunk Tyrant’ Who Loves Musical Theater And Steals Sandwiches From Pregnant Women When He’s Hungry
In 2010, at the tender age of 26, conservative agitator James O’Keefe founded Project Veritas — a right-wing activist group that claimed to be about citizen journalism. In reality, the nonprofit has made its name by releasing deceptively edited videos meant to introduce and spread dangerous political conspiracy theories and incite fellow far-right activists (when …
‘The Republican party outside of Florida has no message’: Right-wing cope is all over the internet as ‘red wave’ dissipates
Elections are difficult to predict. Any Republican who supported former President Donald Trump as the 2016 election approached and saw nothing but poll after poll predicting a blowout Hillary Clinton victory should know that. Expectations should always be tempered. Measured. Still, it’s not hard to get your hopes up. And yesterday, Republicans had their expectations …
Why PayPal is at the center of a right-wing social media storm
PayPal has found itself caught up in a social media storm among free speech absolutists and right-wingers—all of who allege that the payments platform is preventing them from shutting down their accounts. Users who support the likes of the Free Speech Union, a U.K. organization designed to promote the ability to speak your mind, have …
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Right-wing election denying group claims victory after software CEO arrested over poll worker data
Conspiracy theorists celebrated this week after the arrest of the CEO of an election software company, who they accused of flipping the 2020 election to President Joe Biden. But is their rejoicing actually valid? The fiasco began on Monday after the New York Times released an article centered around a small elections company in Michigan …
The Hot New Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory Is That The Deep State Is Using ‘Weather Manipulation’ To Target Ron DeSantis With Hurricanes
Getty Image Just when you thought you’ve heard every conspiracy theory imaginable, failed right-wing congressional candidate DeAnna Lorraine is accusing the Deep State of somehow making Hurricane Ian strike Florida to punish Ron DeSantis for not mandating COVID vaccines. Lorraine, who lost a 2020 congressional race against Nancy Pelosi, made the wild claims on the …
Right-wing donor arrested for bomb threat against Boston Children’s Hospital
This afternoon, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of a woman for allegedly making bomb threats against Boston Children’s Hospital. The woman appears to be a longtime supporter of former President Donald Trump and the Republican party. Children’s hospitals have recently been targeted by prominent, right-wing transphobic accounts on social media, largely spearheaded …
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FBI seizure of Mike Lindell’s phone prompts right-wing pillow promoters to push promo codes
Prominent right-wing figures are attempting to cash in on Mike Lindell’s recent legal woes by promoting the sale of his pillows. Lindell, the CEO of My Pillow and a major supporter of the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump, alleged on Tuesday that his phone had been seized …
A reporter being on the Supreme Court’s press list fuels inane right-wing conspiracy he leaked abortion ruling
Conservatives on Twitter are falsely identifying the leaker of the Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision as a Slate reporter thanks to him being on the Supreme Court’s press release list. The reporter, Mark Joseph Stern, had an exchange on Twitter with a writer for the Washington Examiner and offered to help her sign up …
Japanese Breakfast Cancels A New York Show At A Venue That Was Also Hosting A Right-Wing Propaganda Tour
YouTube Japanese Breakfast was scheduled to play a show at the Main Street Armory in Rochester, New York in September, but the band have taken a stand and cancelled it. Turns out, the venue was set to host a tour stop from the right-wing Reawaken America Tour, a tour that NYMag called “the start of …
Ann Coulter’s Criticism Of An Election Fraud Movie Has Already Been Erased By A Right-Wing Site
Getty Image On Wednesday, Ann Coulter published a blog post bashing Dinesh D’Souza’s election fraud film, 2,000 Mules, which Coulter called a “stupid movie” while debunking its conspiratorial premise that “the Democrats cheated.” Oddly enough, the post was published on the conservative website, Townhall, whose parent company Salem Media Group funded D’Souza’s film. Apparently, nobody …