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      Before There Was QAnon, There Was J. Edgar Hoover and Red-Baiting Aimed at MLK Jr.

      Before There Was QAnon, There Was J. Edgar Hoover and Red-Baiting Aimed at MLK Jr.

      The notorious FBI director as far-right conspiracy theorist.

      Juan Cole
      Jan 16, 2023

      Ours is an age beset by conspiracy theories, with the fascist QAnon cult at the center of much public lunacy. These completely implausible ideas, apparently taken seriously by millions of people, have been enabled by the internet, by social media, and by the rise of a new, militant billionaire class that funds them. Indeed, with the turn to such conspiracies by new Twitter owner Elon Musk, that site has seen an explosion of hate speech, calumny, and wacky but dangerous ideas. Just to refresh our memories, QAnon accused Hillary Clinton and other high officials of running a pedophile ring out of a Washington, D.C., pizzeria. At one point these vicious lies even led to the pizzeria being shot up. This conspiracy theory was believed and broadcast by Gen. Michael Flynn, the former U.S. National Security Advisor! More recently, QAnon acolytes were involved in the January 6, 2021, attempted coup d’etat.

      You may wonder if the world has abruptly gone mad.

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      Communism Isn't What Terrifies the GOP? It's High-Quality and Well-Funded Public Education

      Can you imagine a country where everyone was fully educated? People might actually become informed voters and demand freedom and justice for all! The idea absolutely terrifies the right.

      Steven Singer
      Jan 10, 2023

      Have you heard the latest Republican lie?

      There are so many it’s hard to keep track, but here’s the newest one.

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      Mikhail Gorbachev, Who Presided Over End of Cold War and Soviet Empire, Dead at 91

      U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said Gorbachev "did more than any other individual to bring about the peaceful end of the Cold War."

      Brett Wilkins
      Aug 30, 2022

      Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet president whose gradual opening of his country paved the way for both the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the communist empire, died Tuesday at age 91.

      "We could only solve our problems by cooperating with other countries... And therefore we needed to put an end to the Iron Curtain."

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