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Excerpted from the book Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power by Anna Merlan, published by Metropolitan Books. Copyright © 2019 by Anna Merlan. Reprinted with permission. Available for purchase here. “The white majority are fed up with all of these lying, cheating, thieving, war-mongering, …

New Zealand police have charged six people with illegally redistributing live-streamed videos and images of the March 15th shootings at Christchurch mosques. They’re being charged with supplying or distributing objectionable material, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison. Philip Arps, 44, and an unnamed suspect, 18, appeared …

One of the most striking takeaways of the trial of Anna Delvey, née Sorokin, a.k.a. the “Soho Grifter,” the self-styled German “heiress” who is accused of bilking hotels and restaurants of hundreds of thousands of dollars, is just how easy it was for her to gain access to institutions that …

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed legislation that will decriminalize marijuana, significantly reducing possession penalties, Albuquerque’s KRQE reports. The law, which makes New Mexico the 24th state to decriminalize marijuana, will take effect July 1st. Under the new act, possession of less than half an ounce of weed …

You can’t even walk through a Target these days without seeing some piece of “vintage-inspired” clothing or accessory. From broken-in denim, to band tees, to artfully distressed leather jackets, the vintage look has never gone out of style – even if the items of clothing have gone out of production. …

Calculated or clueless? Savior or shark? The premiere of HBO‘s “The Inventor” earlier this month has sparked new debate over disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes and just how much she knew about the demise of her healthcare technology company, Theranos. The documentary, which tracks Holmes’ meteoric rise through Silicon Valley and …

Indecline, the artist collective best known for clandestinely installing statues of naked Donald Trump across America, has moved into performance art. Of course, their fierce political approach — and taste for the grotesque —hasn’t gone anywhere. Inspired by Cardi B’s tweet-threat that she would “dog walk” Fox Nation host Tomi …

Climbing up into the seat of her first big rig truck, author Anne Balay felt powerful instead of angry. Semis tower menacingly above all other vehicles. Looking out over the dashboard can make you feel invincible in ways most jobs can’t compete with. Even with a Ph.D. in English from …

A Colorado judge has ruled that police and prosecutors have enough evidence to bring Patrick Frazee to trial for the presumed murder of Kelsey Berreth, his ex-fiancee and the mother of his child. Berreth, 29, was reported missing by her mother on December 2nd, but hasn’t been seen or heard …

A measles outbreak has become an official state emergency in Washington, with 36 confirmed cases and 11 suspected as of Tuesday afternoon. The state had the sixth-lowest rate of childhood vaccination for measles, mumps and rubella in the country as of 2017, according to the CDC. In his statement declaring …