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Antonio Perez - Alex Jones, the New World Order, and Conspiracy Theory Addiction

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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Is Trump the Hero You Want to Be?

Alex Jones: I think there's also that idea like the ambush journalism. It's almost like you want to like he's hero by proxy. Like he's out there exposing conspiracies, saving people and doing the good work wheneverlike it is just a straight shooter, not scared. After Trump didn't get into office again and save the children, some people kind of fell out of QAnon as a result or started questioning him.

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