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Anna Merlan
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Anna Merlan was a Senior Reporter at G/O Media until September 2019. She's the author of Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power.

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If he doesn’t believe it, he’s spent 20 years pretending to believe it rather convincingly, for many thousands of hours onstage and on the internet.  Read more

I am not particularly pro-Israeli government either, which is why they’re separated out -- anti-Zionist does not equal anti-Semitic -- rather than conflated, as some other publications who’ve written about this have done. Icke’s views are abhorrent and also weird as fuck, we can probably agree on that. Read more

Hello, I wrote a book about conspiracy theories recently with an entire chapter dedicated to the notion that conspiracy theories among Black Americans are often based in actual, real devastating and sometimes genocidal events. However, Farrkahan’s specific accusations of a massive depopulation scheme — the NOI has Read more

I am terribly sorry that I answered my own question and in the process wrote a blog you found reasonable and informative and I agree we both need to do better Read more

Ahhhh oh god no I want to find that little girl and keep her iguana safe for her in whatever horrifying habitat that iguanas enjoy!!! Read more

I agree he is the best, and will be shooting Bike Kill this year as usual for another publication, so, hurray!  Read more

He looks more uncanny valley-y than I would have ever guessed, actually  Read more

I didn’t actually know you could stuff a degloved penis full of pea shoots like that?  Read more

can a woman not troll her fucking coworker mercilessly for a period of years without these aspersions being cast upon her, honestly  Read more

Julianne.... thank you for supporting my most irritating life choices, today and every day Read more

I feel like I should clarify that I wrote don’t use a“hand mirror” above, but I meant “compact.” I use a little plastic guy that I got at CVS, it’s maybe six inches around. I don’t bring like a full-length mirror with me outside. OK. Goodbye. I regret ever doing this! Read more

I have a large black straw hat and the largest sunglasses on the face of the earth. Also a parasol somewhere but it feels like a little much. Read more

Yep. I am. I am “high maintenance.” I also pack my trash out because I’m not an asshole. Read more

Yeah, we looked into it. Trespassing, weed possession, a few traffic/insurance infractions. Read more

Yes, I’m sorry, I looked at the phone in a haze, muttered, “What in the hell?” and went back to sleep. I should probably edit to make that clearer. Read more