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Supporters of President Donald Trump fly a U.S. flag with a symbol from the group QAnon as they gather outside the U.S. Capitol January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The long afterlife of QAnon

Matthew N. Hannah - The Conversation
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters during a press conference ahead of a vote on the foreign aid package in Washington, DC on April 23, 2024. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

McConnell discharge revives rumors

Alex Galbraith
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel listens as Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a news conference at the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building on July 01, 2026. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Graham death sparks conspiracy theories

Sophia Tesfaye
President Donald Trump (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

How Trump's failures become conspiracies

Sophia Tesfaye
Spencer Pratt visits "Fox & Friends" at Fox News Channel Studios on May 28, 2026 in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

Right floats conspiracies as Pratt sinks

Sophia Tesfaye
Candace Owens speaks at the 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Hunter Biden loves Candace Owens

Sophia Tesfaye
President Donald Trump (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Assassination conspiracies? Blame Trump

Amanda Marcotte
Peter Cvjetanovic (R) along with Neo Nazis, Alt-Right, and White Supremacists encircle and chant at counter protestors at the base of a statue of Thomas Jefferson after marching through the University of Virginia campus with torches in Charlottesville, Va., USA on August 11, 2017. (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

MAGA media gaslights on Charlottesville

Sophia Tesfaye
FBI Director Kash Patel (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Kash Patel’s futile quest for validation

Amanda Marcotte
Some of MAGA podcaster Candace Owens' conspiracy theories surrounding Charlie Kirk's death involve Erika Kirk (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Candace Owens can't be stopped

Sophia Tesfaye
Pictures provided by the U.S. Department of Justice as part of the Jeffrey Epstein files (Martin BUREAU / AFP via Getty Images)

Epstein files are conspiracy-pilling us

Andi Zeisler
The TikTok logo is seen on a mobile device (Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

TikTok fuels Springfield rumors

Amanda Becker - The 19th
A billboard in Times Square calls for the release of the Epstein files on July 23, 2025 in New York City. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)

Epstein held a mirror up to MAGA in 2025

Amanda Marcotte
Megyn Kelly speaks during a TPUSA "American Comeback Tour" stop on Sept. 24, 2025. (ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

It's Megyn Kelly vs. everybody

Sophia Tesfaye
Erika Kirk speaks onstage during The New York Times DealBook Summit 2025 on Dec. 3. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images for The New York Times))

Erika Kirk can't escape Candace Owens

Amanda Marcotte
(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Kent Nishimura / Kypros)

MAGA's bizarre Epstein diversion fails

Sophia Tesfaye
Proud Boys members Stewart Rhodes, Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl at the Capitol on Feb. 21, 2025. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

How the Proud Boys invented antifa

Amanda Marcotte
Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens speak at the University of Colorado, Boulder on Oct. 3, 2018. (Paul Aiken/Digital First Media/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images)

Inside MAGA's fight over Kirk's legacy

Sophia Tesfaye
Charlie Kirk appears at Utah Valley University Sept. 10, 2025, minutes before a gunman opened fire. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

After Kirk's murder, dark days lie ahead

Jason Kyle Howard
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears before the Senate Finance Committee on Sept. 4, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Why Trump won't dump RFK Jr.

Amanda Marcotte
President Donald Trump attends the men's singles final during the U.S. Open on Sept. 7, 2025. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump is hit by birthday card boomerang

Heather Digby Parton
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Donald Trump at the White House, Feb. 13, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images))

RFK Jr. is strangling public health

Heather Digby Parton
Candace Owens speaks at the 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference (CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Candace Owens can't quit trans lying

Amanda Marcotte
President Donald Trump at the White House (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Epstein gives MAGA a post-Trump future

Amanda Marcotte
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