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DeSantis and Doctor Antivax
Florida’s surgeon general is running the anti-vaccination playbook.
Lindsay Beyerstein
Lindsay Beyerstein is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, investigative journalist and judge for the Sidney Hillman Foundation. Her forthcoming book is tentatively titled Against the Light: The Deep State Myth from the Illuminati to QAnon.
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On US secrets, Trump stands apart from Biden and Pence
False equivalence is tempting, writes Lindsay Beyerstein. But don’t.
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Did the FBI's Charles McGonigal sabotage the 2016 election?
McGonigal was promoted just before the FBI’s October 2016 announcement that it saw no ties between Trump and Russia.
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Did one of America's top spycatchers spy on America?
Charles McGonigal is a Putinist no one saw, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.
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The GOP ethic of elites getting to do whatever they want
George Santos is living his party’s values.
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The antivaxers' ghoulish exploitation of dead celebrities
If you think dying at a ripe old age will get you off the hook, think again.
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The Big Lie isn’t done with us yet
The J6 committee’s final report gives the Big Lie its due, rightfully so.
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The best worst lab leak book yet
Andrew Huff explains how he told on yourself in 312 pages.
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Hunter Biden and Elon Musk’s crowd-pleasing vaporware
The whole thing stinks worse than an illegal Twitter flophouse.
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House Republicans poised to launder Russian disinfo again
A skeptic’s guide to “Hunter Biden’s Laptop.”
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Paul Pelosi attacker was re-running J6
David DePape planned to kidnap and interrogate Speaker Nancy Pelosi to put Congress on notice. That’s the classic logic of terrorism.
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The man trying to elect QAnon believers as secretaries of state
It’s fair to say that if Jim Marchant were secretary of state, he wouldn’t certify a Democratic victory, because he keeps telling us.