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Are conspiracy theories getting worse, with Jonn Elledge

Daily Politics from the New Statesman

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The Most Relevant, Biggest, Terrifying Concoction Theory of All at the Moment

Cuanon is an idea that the us. Government is controlled by a bunch of satanic, cannibalistic pedepiles te basement of a peace restaurant. And that this is also to do with why trump lost the election. But more worrying than that, you have elected members of congress who are or at least claimed to be signed up members of this conspiracy theory. Do you not think it's grown a bit too big when you have people who are elected on a platform of saying, yes, i believe that this nonsense? It has this kind o deep connection to the republican party. Onlyat some point, the republican party is going to be back in majority government in what is still the

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