When The Conspiracy Theorists Become Bureaucrats
What A Day29 Mai 2025

When The Conspiracy Theorists Become Bureaucrats

Before Kash Patel, Dan Bongino and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. were prominent members of the Trump Administration (FBI Director, FBI Deputy Director and Health and Human Services Secretary, respectively), they were conspiracy theorists. But now that these men hold positions of power in the government, the various conspiracies they pushed are coming back to haunt them. Because their longtime supporters want them to act on all the wild claims they made. Will Sommer, a senior writer at The Bulwark and author of the 'False Flag' newsletter, talks about the tension within the online community that propelled these men to power.

And in headlines: President Donald Trump issued a bunch of pardons for tax cheats, Elon Musk said the GOP's 'Big Beautiful Bill' undermines the work he did at DOGE, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller reportedly wants more deportations.

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Joining ICE Is Much Easier Than You Think

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Trump's Never-Ending Enemies List

Trump's Never-Ending Enemies List

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Trump: Bigly Unpopular

Trump: Bigly Unpopular

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21 Jan 23min

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