Journalist and expert focused on the rise and spread of conspiracy theories, he is the author of the first complete book on the QAnon conspiracy movement, "The Storm is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything", and his newest book is "Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories". In addition to his writing and interviews, Mike has worked as an expert witness in cases related to QAnon and the 2020 Election, testified to U.S. Congress on the danger of election fraud disinformation, and submitted written testimony to the January 6th Select Committee on the role of QAnon in the Capitol attack.
In the late 1970’s, the United States was seeing a spike in anxieties over women entering the workforce, the influence of Satanism in entertainment and schools, and the idea of organized child abuse. What had been bubbling up exploded into a full-blown moral panic with the publication in 1980 of Michelle Remembers, which purported to […]
The newest generation of conspiracy theory influencers are able to move almost effortlessly between far-right and far-left beliefs. Many are openly anti-banking and anti-government, traits of the far-right, while also believing climate change is real and socialism is the key to defeating economic inequality – traits of the far-left. They push a mix of social […]
As the 2024 United States presidential election hurtles toward its conclusion, Donald Trump has brought the question of antisemitism back to the center of the campaign. With his history of courting Jewish voters while simultaneously insulting them, the former President has now been revealed as fixated with the dictator who directed the Holocaust, Adolf Hilter […]
When French journalist and libertarian activist Thierry Meyssan published his book 9/11: The Big Lie in March 2002, the industry of conspiracy theories about the attacks was still in its infancy. There had been conspiracy theories that the hijackings were planned or carried out by the US government as early as that day. But it […]
Since German-born hacker Kim Dotcom fled to New Zealand to avoid extradition for numerous copyright violations by his website Megaupload, he has been spreading conspiracy theories about every subject imaginable while weaving them into an overall plot about Jewish control and “overrepresentation.” Little of this is different from what countless authors, pundits, politicians, and media […]
The assassination attempt on former president and current candidate Donald Trump sparked conspiracy theories from almost the moment the shots rang out. And in keeping with America’s toxic political polarization, the theories tended to fall across two different narratives, depending on your political persuasion. Claims that the shooting was staged or a hoax circulated among […]
It is arguably the most popular conspiracy theory book of the late 20th century. Yet Behold a Pale Horse is barely an actual book. It has no overarching narrative, no particular subject matter it focuses on, little prose to speak of, and is clearly plagiarized at points. Long revealed as a mashup of fake documents […]
For most of his nearly four-decade career as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci quietly went about the task of leading the US effort to treat pandemics and outbreaks. Fauci wasn’t well known among the general public, and if he had any real public imprint, it was due […]
While the Protocols of the Elders of Zion is one of the most influential and reprinted books in the history of 20th century conspiracy theories, its initial release went almost completely unnoticed. Plagiarized by an unknown author or authors from a variety of sources, the fiercely antisemitic document was first published in Russian in an […]
Despite its title serving as an interrogatory rather than a statement, conspiracy theorist Des Griffin’s 1976 book Descent into Slavery? is not actually asking if we’re descending into slavery, but telling us all the way it’s already happened and who is to blame. Born in Northern Ireland in 1934, a biography of Griffin on an […]
