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Addicted to conspiracies

What is QAnon? The craziest theory of the Trump era, explained. The QAnon conspiracy has stumbled into real life, and it’s not going to end well. Like the fringe conspiracy theory Qanon? There’s plenty of merch for sale on Amazon. Nicole Hemmer on how the Right became addicted to conspiracies. Nancy LeTourneau on the biggest threat to our democracy: The swamp of crazy. Louise Matsakis on the “guerrilla Wikipedia editors who combat conspiracy theories. This grifter is taking gullible conservative conspiracy theorists for a ride: Lewis Arthur’s claims of child sex trafficking are unsubstantiated, exploitative, and ignore the real crisis at the border. Here is what the leaked Wikileaks messages can tell us about Assange’s conspiracy theories.