@BrandyZadrozny @Shayan86 1).
„Past research shows that the increase in conspiracy theories during a pandemic is not a new phenomenon [...]. A misinformation campaign run by the Soviet Committee for State Security claimed HIV to be a biological weapon developed by the US,
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and the widespread belief that AIDS is a conspiracy to kill Black people has a direct impact on prevention behavior [1]. During the Zika virus outbreak of 2015–2016,
@BrandyZadrozny @Shayan86 3).
there were speculations that the virus was caused by genetically modified mosquitoes or used by the governments to kill people on purpose [2].”
„In 1992, Director of SVR (a) Yevgeny Primakov (1929–2015) admitted that the KGB was behind the newspaper articles claiming that AIDS was created by the U.S. government (b).”
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„Edward Jacob »Jake« Lang, a far-right influencer and candidate in the 2026 U.S. Senate special election in Fla., was arrested [on Feb. 5, 2026] after recording himself vandalizing an anti-U.S.1 Immigration and Customs Enforcement sculpture at the Minn.
@donie @RonFilipkowski 2).
State Capitol. Lang was arrested on the same day and jailed on suspicion of criminal damage to property, a felony [1]. The ice sculpture had been commissioned and installed by the veterans organization Common Defense, whose communications director, Jacob Thomas, stated:
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– »I gave eight years of my life in service to this country in the military. For an insurrectionist to destroy our display is an attack on the First Amendment veterans like me fought to defend« [2] [3].
@Cogito1918 @Niunieczka1 @ipngovpl 2).
◆︎ „Enttäuschte Erwartungen. Die strafrechtliche Aufarbeitung kommunistischer Diktatur in Polen” (2017) [1] von Prof. Joachim von Puttkamer [2] aus @UniJena
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◆︎ Offener Brief von Michał Bartoszcze vom 9. Mai 1984 bezüglich des Todes seines Sohnes an den kommunistischer Diktator der VR Polen, Wojciech Jaruzelski, veröffentlicht in „Tygodnik Mazowsze“, Nr. 89 vom 24. Mai 1984
@michaeldweiss 1).
„In 2020, Washington sent two officials, Roger Carstens and Kash Patel, to Lebanon to locate Austin Tice [1] [2], an American journalist who had disappeared in Syria in 2012 and was thought to be in the hands of the Assad regime.”
Feb. 6, 2026
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Endnotes:
[1] „In June 2025, Syrian intelligence files uncovered by the BBC and confirmation from former Syrian officials confirmed that Austin Tice had been held by the Assad regime (a).
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The BBC found that the @FBI and @CIA had interviewed Major General Bassam al-Hassan, a former Assad regime official who is accused of being responsible for holding Tice captive, multiple times earlier in the year.
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factors such as his perceived business acumen, his economic or immigration policies, or perhaps the fact that he was not a career politician increased his appeal. We cannot speak to these possibilities.
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This study illustrates that something other than veracity accounted for his success, as supporters did not change their voting intentions even if they altered their beliefs about the truth of his statements.
@samidhas @BenMullin 1).
„The 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖆𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖙𝖔𝖓 𝕻𝖔𝖘𝖙 (@washingtonpost) told employees on Wed. that it was beginning a widespread round of layoffs that are expected to decimate the organization’s sports, local news and international coverage.
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The cuts are a sign that @JeffBezos, who became one of the world’s richest people by selling things on the internet, has not yet figured out how to build and maintain a profitable publication on the internet.
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The paper expanded during the first several years of his ownership, but the company has sputtered more recently.”
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[...] [Peter Mandelson] who was serving as business secretary in Gordon Brown’s cabinet, shared market-sensitive information with Epstein that the paedophile could have used to make money.”