QAnon, UFOs, and America’s Craziest Conspiracy Theories

The loony right believes Donald Trump is the victim of a Deep State plot to protect a cabal of cannibals. The loony left thinks he’s a KGB agent. Was American politics always this weird? Investigative journalist Anna Merlan joins Nick Bilton to discuss her new book, Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power, which details everything from Pizzagate and the Pee Pee Tape to secret CIA programs, UFOs, and the ubiquitous “Q.”

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Source: Vanityfair.com

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