Conspiracy Theories are now the default theories (opens in new tab)

A near-majority of Americans now believe in conspiracy theories. How did we get here? A recent NewsGuard/YouGov poll dropped a statistic that completely blew my mind: 42% of Democrats believe the Butler, PA assassination attempt on Donald Trump was staged. Let that sink in. I discovered this when hundreds of comments on my recent post on Trump’s assassination attempts claimed they were all fake.… read more “Conspiracy Theories are now the default theories” The post first appeared on .