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Updated, 3:00 p.m. The Jerusalem Post’s annual conference in New York later this month will feature Roseanne Barr, the Jewish actress and comedian who has frequently promoted conspiracy theories alleging Democratic ties to pedophiles and once called Israel “a Nazi state.” Barr, whose TV comedy “Roseanne” is one of this year’s biggest hits, is outspoken,…
What’s on a dating app? Men holding fish they’ve murdered. Men promising they will never reveal your shared shameful secret meeting place (a dating app). Men who don’t speak English — or any other human language. And, for a brief time, on a dating app was an “alt-right” conspiracist named Jack Prosobiec who is best…
Jack Posobiec, the pro-Trump Internet activist best known for his role in promoting the “Pizzagate” hoax and a conspiracy theory involving the murder of Democratic aide, announced on Twitter this weekend that he and his wife had decided on their honeymoon destination — the Holy Land. “We are taking our Honeymoon in Israel!” Posobiec wrote…
Josh Mandel, a U.S. Senate candidate from Ohio, has agreed to accept the first endorsement from a new political fundraising group put together by conspiracy theorists, a move that deepens an unlikely relationship between a Jewish politician and the “alt-right,” an amorphous political movement that has anti-Semitic elements. On October 4, Mike Cernovich and Jack…
A Super PAC founded by a peddler of conspiracy theories regarding the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich and of “pizzagate,” has chosen Jewish Republican senate candidate Josh Mandel as its first endorsee. The new Super-PAC, named #Rev 18, was launched by Jeff Giesea, Mike Cernovich, and Jack Posobiec, organizers of the “Deploraball” celebration of…
Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Donald Trump’s pick to head the National Security Administration, has landed in the middle of a complex controversy including his son, a penchant for spreading fake news — and anti-Semitism on Twitter. Flynn has come under attack for retweeting a fake news item that appeared to be related to the so-called…
Fake news is continuing to make real headlines. On Sunday, 28-year-old Edgar Maddison entered Comet Ping Pong restaurant in Washington, DC, armed with an assault rifle, on a mission to investigate an online conspiracy theory. According to a statement made by The Metropolitan Police Department, Maddison was there because of “Pizza Gate,” an internet rumor…
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