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A Republican representative has claimed that his alleged donation to a homophobic "holocaust denier" was a simple mistake. Per The Daily Beast, Federal Election Commission files showed that the Texas GOP Louie Gohmert donated $5,500 to the anti-LGBTQ+ and antisemitic Pastor Steve Anderson last December. However, Gohmert's Chief of Staff…
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Hillary Clinton has confronted the QAnon conspiracy theorists who, in Borat 2, espoused unfounded claims she that drinks children's blood. In Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - the sequel to the hugely popular 2006 mockumentary - Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev (played by Sacha Baron Cohen), lives with two conspiracy theorists for five…
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Fox News anchor Lou Dobbs has been axed after spreading conspiracy theories about widespread electoral fraud in the 2020 election. Dobbs was fired for his involvement in a $2.7bn defamation lawsuit against the network where he was personally named for promoting baseless conspiracy theories after Donald Trump failed to get…
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Facebook has banned anti-vax misinformation and will take down any posts saying vaccines cause autism. This comes in the wake of social media platforms taking more responsibility for the spread of misinformation after Donald Trump's repeated unfounded claims of widespread electoral fraud saw him permanently banned from almost every platform…
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As the coronavirus pandemic grips the globe, a conspiracy theory has been spread that it is being caused by 5G masts. Now, it has been officially dispanded by scientists. This comes as a number of masts have been set on fire and engineers have been subject to waves of abuse…
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There's no doubt that Tupac Shakur is still one of the biggest names in rap. His music exposed the racial and social inequality in modern society, and the horror of life and death in the ghetto. Despite these introspective and political themes, Tupac still managed to attain an incredible amount…
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Theories have once again emerged that Tupac is, in fact, alive - despite dying in a drive-by shooting on September 7, 1996, at the age of 25. Often considered the greatest rapper of all time, Tupac's death would have been just that had it not been for a number of…
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Tupac Shakur is one of the biggest names in rap and hip-hop, even years after his death. He was someone whose loss affected millions of fans, and to this day he's considered to be one of the most influential R&B musicians ever. His art sought to expose racial and social…
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When Donald Trump was running for president, he promised voters to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, and make Mexico pay for it. However, Mexico had no interest in paying for a wall, which is estimated to cost anywhere from $21.6 billion to $70 billion, plus require money each year for maintenance. Afterward,…
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After Barack Obama was elected president, Donald Trump promoted the absurd conspiracy theory that he wasn't born in the United States. Of course, as stated on Obama's short-form birth certificate, he was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. However, 'birthers' believe that certificate is a forgery, and he…
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The more attention I pay to the lives of celebrities, the more a certain trend starts to become apparent. Especially in the modern day, with social media taking over all of our lives, the life of the rich and famous can be pretty strange. The amount of attention you get…
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People love conspiracy theories. According to one theory, the world was going to be obliterated by the "death planet" Nirubu on April 23. (Yeah, it's June 11, but maybe it will happen next April 23!) According to another theory, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau is the son of Cuban dictator Fidel…
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If you’ve ever been on the internet, or stepped inside a pub, then the chances are that at some point you’ll have come across a conspiracy theory to two. From the idea that JFK’s assassination wasn’t all it seemed, or that Paul McCartney actually died and was replaced with a…
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Given the way the world is going, the end of time doesn't actually seem like that bad of an option, does it? I mean, let's be honest here, we're not in a great situation right now. We're on the brink of a terrifying world war, people are being poisoned and…
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If there's one thing that the internet loves to indulge in more than anything else, it's conspiracy theories. All you have to do is spend enough time on YouTube, Twitter, or Reddit, and - eventually - you'll stumble across someone who is absolutely convinced that the world is governed by…
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Another day, another insane conspiracy theory, eh? They may drive us crazy, but it wouldn't be the internet as we know and love it unless one person or another was throwing around some crazy new hypothesis, right? This week, fresh claims centre around a mysterious red X that appeared on…
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These days, with all the theories about the Earth being flat and our planet being constantly visited by aliens or time travelers, it's difficult to take a lot of conspiracies seriously. We tend to think of them as far-fetched fictions made up by basement-dwellers who don't have anything better to…
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If there's one thing we know about Donald Trump, it's that he loves a good conspiracy theory. And who can blame him? Any sign that we have uncovered a surreptitious or covert scheme not intended for our ears is always thrilling, and we as a society adore speculating over them.…
