Staged

Send us Fan Mail When a lone gunman attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13th, we saw online the birth of a new conspiracy belief. It has heavily influenced a large number of people on the left to participate in conspiracism. In this episode we take a closer look at the events with an eye to examine some of the ways people engaged poorly with the facts in order to support conspiracy beliefs that have become damaging to the prospect of a shared reality. Links Peter Gabriel Family Picture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_0y23xlMSw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_incident https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/news/can-doug-mills-photo-of-a-bullet-and-president-trump-be-real-yes-heres-how Jeff Ostroff July 20 in-depth explanation video (good) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7PdhHC2zr0 Jeff Ostroff follow-up video. Corrects a few mistakes, more info (good) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLRKpMxtW6A https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/10/politics/trump-campaign-rallies-outstanding-invoices/index.html Trump's wrestling experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NsrwH9I9vE https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/23/obama-chef-died-drowned-accident-marthas-vineyard https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sicily-ship-investigation-lynch-1.7304159