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Levka<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a></p><p>"Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out to Be True</p><p>These are conspiracy theories that turned out to be real. Featured are 5 conspiracy theories that people were originally written off as crazy for believing... until they were proven true."</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONAK-CQVXYE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=ONAK-CQVXY</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p>
Levka<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a></p><p>"Every Insane US Conspiracy Theory That Turned Out to Be True</p><p>— TIMESTAMPS —<br>Operation Gladio: 00:00<br>Iran-Contra Affairs: 01:43<br>Operation Condor: 04:35<br>Operation Cyclone: 07:04<br>Operation Mockingbird: 09:17<br>Operation LAC: 11:43<br>COINTELPRO: 13:51<br>Operation Popeye: 16:02<br>Project Minaret: 17:25"</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6jh0kzyieo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=R6jh0kzyie</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p>
Church of Jeff<p><a href="https://youtu.be/R6jh0kzyieo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/R6jh0kzyieo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Every Insane US Conspiracy Theory That Turned Out to Be True</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrueHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrueHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/conspiracytheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracytheories</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> ORDERED [yeah, he’s not allowed to do that] US AG <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> to investigate allegations “regarding the unlawful use of online fundraising platforms to make ‘straw’ or ‘dummy’ contributions or foreign contributions to political candidates &amp; committees.” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a>-led congressional committees have put forth similar <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActBlue</span></a>’s practices over the past few years, but the claims have never been substantiated with evidence.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> campaigned extensively last year on a promise to exact <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/revenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revenge</span></a> on his political adversaries &amp; frequently spread <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> about Democratic fundraising.<br>
In a memo Thurs, Trump alleged that “online fundraising platforms have been willing participants in schemes to launder excessive &amp; prohibited contributions to political candidates &amp; committees.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaslighting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Incitement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Incitement</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Radicalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radicalization</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The real <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> ramp up investigations of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a></p><p>Trump directed his AG to investigate fundraising platforms such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActBlue</span></a>, the central fundraising apparatus of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> — escalating his effort to use his power to target political opponents &amp; —in this case — the core machinery of his opposition.
<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaslighting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Incitement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Incitement</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Radicalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radicalization</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/24/trump-act-blue-bondi-investigate-fundraising/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/24/trump-act-blue-bondi-investigate-fundraising/</span></a></p>
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋<p>📖 **People Turn to Conspiracy Theories in a Subconscious Quest to Feel Like they ‘Matter’, Research Suggests**</p><p>“_The science of psychology reveals that people’s judgments and beliefs are strongly guided by their motivations, and because conspiracy narratives make people feel significant and special and often offer hope for a better future, they tend to be taken seriously by ‘significance-deprived’ audiences exposed to them._”</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://newsroom.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/people-turn-to-conspiracy-theories-in-a-subconscious-quest-to-feel-like-they-matter-research-suggests/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsroom.taylorandfrancisgroup</span><span class="invisible">.com/people-turn-to-conspiracy-theories-in-a-subconscious-quest-to-feel-like-they-matter-research-suggests/</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Psychology</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nonfiction</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Book</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/psychology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>psychology</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhoopingCough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhoopingCough</span></a> infections spike as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccination</span></a> rates drop</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> has reported more than 8,000 cases of whooping cough cases this year, more than double from this time last year. NBC News’ Sam Brock looks at the surge in this <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/contagious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contagious</span></a> bacterial <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/infection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infection</span></a> that spreads through droplets.</p><p>“We’re seeing a return of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dickensian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dickensian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diseases</span></a>” w/ the dissemination of anti-vaccine <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Antivax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antivax</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/whooping-cough-infections-spike-as-vaccination-rates-drop-238123589553" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video</span><span class="invisible">/whooping-cough-infections-spike-as-vaccination-rates-drop-238123589553</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rubio</span></a> accused the bureau for population, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>refugees</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migration</span></a> of sending millions of taxpayer dollars to nongovernment groups that had promoted mass migration, including “the invasion on our southern border.” The language echoed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s, &amp; Rubio did not provide evidence for any of his assertions.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>On a new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Department account on Substack on Tuesday, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> wrote that the bureau for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> had become a “platform for left-wing activists to wage vendettas” against conservative leaders — including those in Poland, Hungary &amp; Brazil — &amp; to try to promote an arms embargo against Israel.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The New York Times reported on Sunday on a draft document labeled an “executive order” that outlined plans for a drastic restructuring of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> department, including cutting the entire office of the under secretary for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civilian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> &amp; many other parts of the agency.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/us/politics/trump-state-department-overhaul.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=A2810FE2-C5BE-44FF-BD1A-DF09F1C597DE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/20/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-state-department-overhaul.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=A2810FE2-C5BE-44FF-BD1A-DF09F1C597DE</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The State department released an internal fact sheet that provided more details on Mr. Rubio’s plan, including reducing the agency’s total number of offices from 734 to 602, or by 17%. It also said that Mr. Rubio had instructed senior officials to deliver plans soon to reduce the number of U.S.-based employees by 15%.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Some elements of that office, including a bureau for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> &amp; one for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>refugees</span></a>, would be cut &amp; *folded into* an office for foreign assistance &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanitarian</span></a> aid [the same one they folded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> into] acc/to the reorganization chart posted on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Department website.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In the announcement, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> did not give more information on the ideology or ideas to which he objected, but the chart &amp; a Substack post revealed some of his thinking. The most drastic change is the elimination of the office of the under secretary for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civilian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a>, which is charged with advancing American values around the world.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> released the plan in the form of an organizational chart and a brief official <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/statement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statement</span></a>, w/few other details. The move is the latest by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s admin to downsize &amp; reshape the government to a degree unseen in generations, which critics have called a shortsightedly blunt assault on the federal bureaucracy.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Secy of State <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> outlined plans to drastically reorganize the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> dept, saying it was “beholden to radical political ideology.” The overhaul at the nation’s diplomatic agency will include the elimination of the office of the under secretary for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civilian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civilian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/us/politics/state-department-cuts-rubio.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/22/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/state-department-cuts-rubio.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Longreads<p>"Was I myself falling for a conspiracy theory? Or had I just landed on a major cover-up?" —Maddy Crowell takes on <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/conspiracytheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracytheories</span></a> for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@harpersmagazine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>harpersmagazine</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/05/radioactive-man-maddy-crowell-government-cover-up/?src=longreads" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">harpers.org/archive/2025/05/ra</span><span class="invisible">dioactive-man-maddy-crowell-government-cover-up/?src=longreads</span></a></p>
Nigel<p>Did Vance have one of those polonium tipped umbrellas with him...</p><p><a href="https://musicians.today/tags/pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pope</span></a> <a href="https://musicians.today/tags/conspiracytheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracytheories</span></a></p>
Erik L. Midtsveen 🏴🏳️‍🌈🇳🇴<p>covid.gov now points to a ‘lab leak’ conspiracy website.</p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/651825/covid-gov-lab-leak-conspiracy-website" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/news/651825/covid</span><span class="invisible">-gov-lab-leak-conspiracy-website</span></a></p><p><a href="https://covid.gov" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">covid.gov</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/GOV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOV</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Covid19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid19</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Coronavirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coronavirus</span></a></p>
Lorry :unverified:<p>Well folks, it seems this page is real: </p><p><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-true-origins-of-covid-19/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-true-o</span><span class="invisible">rigins-of-covid-19/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Whitehouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whitehouse</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Broken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Broken</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BadScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadScience</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/conspiracytheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracytheories</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Shitty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shitty</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/QAnon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QAnon</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Insanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insanity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> also <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Sorry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sorry</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Halloween" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Halloween</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Pumpkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pumpkin</span></a></p>