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197 - Conspiratorial Thinking

You Are Not So Smart

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The Surge in Political Paranoia

The first FEMA conspiracy theories were sort of a byproduct of the Iran-Contra scandal. Now it's popping up on the right again with Obama in power. The fear is in the center as always, you know, don't get defined as political paranoia at all usually.

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