Third January 6 Hearings Looks at Pressure, Disinformation Campaigns to Overturn Election
The June 16 2022 hearing covered Donald Trump’s attempts to strongarm former vice president Mike Pence to call the election in his favor.
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Doctor Pushing COVID Disinformation Sentenced to Prison for Capitol Riot
Despite promoting hydroxychloroquine, Dr. Simone Gold remains licensed in California.
‘BTW, Gas Was $1.87 on Memorial Day in 2020 When the Mean Tweeter Was in Office’
A Facebook post claiming gas prices were $1.87 “on Memorial Day in 2020” spread virally — but it was not so much lacking context as willfully ignoring it.
Patriot Front ”FBI Bullhorn’ Rumor
After the June 11 2022 arrest of 31 Patriot Front extremists in a U-Haul in Idaho, disinformation purveyors spotted a “FBI bullhorn” in photographs of the incident.
Disinformation Takes Center Stage at January 6 Committee Hearings
The second set of House hearings focused on the role of false narratives in motivating the United States Capitol insurrection in January 2021.
Supreme Court ‘100 Miles’ Border Ruling
In June 2022, a Supreme Court ruling purportedly ruled that “Border Patrol can enter any home without a warrant and assault you, within 100 miles of the border.”
Lac Del ‘Formula Pallets in Mexico’ Post
A post by a deeply misinformed Facebook user about what he spotted in a store in Mexico spread wildly on Facebook.
Universal Federal Free Lunch Program Ending
A popular Imgur post suggested that a federal free lunch program in American schools would be ending in June 2022.
Was the Original Roe v. Wade Decision Leaked?
Discussion about the May 2022 leak of a draft decision by the Supreme Court included a thread of discourse suggesting the original Roe v. Wade decision was leaked in 1972.
Jason Miller’s ‘Antifa Narrative’ Capitol Insurrection Texts
Ongoing disclosures related to the January 6 2021 Capitol insurrection included texts from Trump advisor Jason Miller, who suggested that the administration pin the riot on “antifa.”