Former members of a Korean cult operating in Aotearoa say they were told to “lie for God”, and want the group stripped of its charitable status. Melanie Earley reports. John* and Audrey* describe Shincheonji as “insidious and devious”. The couple…[Continue Reading...]
The families of Sandy Hook victims defamed by Alex Jones want to finish sorting out the nearly $1.5 billion in damages they were awarded at separate trials this year, even as the Infowars host continues to wade through the personal…[Continue Reading...]
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday that “Cryptoqueen” Ruja Ignatova associate and OneCoin co-founder Karl Sebastian Greenwood has pleaded guilty to federal charges of wire fraud and money laundering in connection to the OneCoin scam. “As a founder…[Continue Reading...]
There’s a long history of extremists and wingnuts targeting politicians for violence. So, the fact that David DePape—a San Francisco carpenter and deep-seated QAnon junkie—allegedly broke into the Pelosi household and bludgeoned Paul Pelosi half to death can be understood…[Continue Reading...]
Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire has called out Steam and its owner Gabe Newell for the proliferation of neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups on the platform. While the problem is not limited to Steam, it is the largest digital…[Continue Reading...]
A racist killer who beat his prison cellmate to death with a table leg then daubed a swastika on the wall in blood has been denied parole. Robert Stewart, 42, originally from Hattersley in Tameside, was jailed for life for…[Continue Reading...]
Lawmakers from across party lines on Friday condemned violent demonstrations in Jerusalem by hundreds of ultra-Orthodox extremists the night before in which a woman was seriously injured. The 40-year-old woman, a mother of 10, was hospitalized with light injuries after…[Continue Reading...]
Self-proclaimed prophet and polygamist leader Samuel Rappylee Bateman's legal troubles snowballed Thursday as three women charged with kidnapping eight minors were folded into his federal court case and new charges were added. Bateman, who was facing three charges of destruction…[Continue Reading...]
Studies of North Macedonians immediately after their country was renamed and of U.S. residents affected by a series of tornadoes showed that people who felt a loss of control over important events tended to increase their beliefs in conspiracy theories.…[Continue Reading...]
WASHINGTON — A federal judge will decide Friday how long an Iowa man who became deeply embroiled in the QAnon conspiracy theory should spend behind bars for leading the mob that chased U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman on Jan.…[Continue Reading...]
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