Denialism
Person's choice to deny psychologically uncomfortable truth
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Election denial movement in the United States
The phrase 'Trump cheated' received 92,100 mentions on social media platform X from midnight until the Wednesday morning after the election.
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| 2024 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Posts falsely claiming Trump 'stole' the election peaked at 94,000 posts per hour, with many gaining over a million views each.
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| 2024 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Lake became the Republican nominee for the United States Senate election in Arizona.
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| 2024 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Election denial conspiracy theories emerged following the election, with Harris supporters claiming millions of ballots were 'left uncounted' and alleging election irregularities.
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| 2024 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Some Democrats began alleging the presidential election was stolen by Republicans.
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| 2024 |
Election denial movement in the United States
The Republican National Committee, under Lara Trump's leadership, sought alliances with election deniers, conspiracy theorists, and alt-right advocates previously kept at a distance.
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| 2024 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Trump did not commit to accepting the results of the 2024 presidential election if he were to lose.
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| December 14 2024 |
Modern flat Earth beliefs
Retired businessman and pastor Will Duffy organized a trip for flat Earth believers to Union Glacier Camp in Antarctica to witness day-long illumination, with mixed acceptance of the Earth's spherical nature.
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| October 2024 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Some individuals who were fake electors in 2020 were chosen as potential legitimate electors for Trump in seven key states for the 2024 election.
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| June 2024 |
Election denial movement in the United States
The Washington Post reported on potential preparations by county-level Republicans in swing states to challenge and delay voting result certifications.
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| June 2024 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts suggested he would only accept 2024 election results if there was no 'massive fraud'.
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| May 21 2024 |
Election denial movement in the United States
A report by States United Action revealed that 170 representatives and senators could be categorized as election deniers, with two Senate candidates and 17 House candidates set to join them.
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| April 2024 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Christina Bobb was named to head the RNC election integrity program, having been previously involved in attempts to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
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| April 2024 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Trump's political operation planned to deploy over 100,000 attorneys and volunteers to polling places across battleground states, with an 'election integrity hotline' to report alleged voting irregularities.
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| April 2024 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Trump and seventeen other Republicans were indicted on nine counts of fraud, forgery, and conspiracy for their alleged involvement in the Trump fake electors plot in Arizona.
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| April 2024 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Trump embraced mail-in balloting and early voting, reversing his previous criticism of these voting methods that he had previously claimed were corrupt.
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| March 2024 |
Denial of the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel
CyberWell, an Israeli cybersecurity firm, reported discovering 135 separate posts denying the October 7 attacks, which had been viewed by over 15 million users across social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram.
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| March 2024 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Media Matters reported that Lara Trump, the new RNC co-chair, announced the RNC would launch a 'legal ballot harvesting' effort on a podcast.
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| February 5 2024 |
Denial of the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel
The Israeli Ministerial Committee for Legislative Affairs approved a bill to penalize denial of the October 7 attacks, proposing up to five years in prison for those who deny, justify, praise, or support the acts of the attack.
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| January 2024 |
Denial of the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel
Hamas released a report titled 'Our Narrative' about the October 7 attacks, claiming their armed wing avoided harming civilians while admitting to 'some faults' during the incident.
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| January 2024 |
Denial of the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel
A Telegram instant messaging group with nearly 3,000 members emerged, spreading conspiracies and content blaming Israel for the October 7 attacks.
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| 2023 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Lake continued traveling the country to promote election fraud allegations, with speculation about her potential Senate run or becoming Trump's running mate in 2024.
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| December 2023 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Stephen Richer's defamation lawsuit against Kari Lake was cleared to proceed to trial.
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| October 2023 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Lindell's legal firm filed a court document stating he was millions of dollars in arrears and they could no longer represent him.
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| October 2023 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Mike Johnson won the Speaker of the United States House election, with David A. Graham noting that only election denial movement members had a chance to win the speakership with Republican votes.
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| October 7 2023 |
Denial of the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel
Hamas-led militant forces launched coordinated armed incursions from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, marking the first invasion of Israeli territory since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. The attacks resulted in 1,139 people killed and approximately 250 people taken as hostages to the Gaza Strip, initiating the ongoing Israeli hostage crisis.
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| September 2023 |
Election denial movement in the United States
The Smith special counsel investigation began examining fundraising activities of former Trump attorney Sidney Powell.
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| September 12 2023 |
Anti-gay purges in Chechnya
The ECHR found that Lapunov had been 'detained and subjected to ill-treatment by state agents' which amounted to torture, perpetrated solely because of his sexual orientation.
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| July 2023 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Republican Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer filed a defamation lawsuit against Kari Lake for claims she rigged the election against her.
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| April 5 2023 | Noah's Ark Zoo Farm officially becomes a charity, a process initiated by Larry Bush. |
| February 15 2023 |
Anti-gay purges in Chechnya
Arsamikov was arrested at Moscow Domodedovo Airport, charged with fraud, and forcibly sent back to Chechnya. His subsequent whereabouts became unknown.
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| 2022 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Mike Lindell became a prominent figure in the election denial movement, spending millions on conferences, activist networks, media platforms, legal actions, and research.
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| 2022 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Cleta Mitchell held seminars across the country to recruit election deniers to monitor elections, stating she was 'taking the lessons we learned in 2020'.
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| 2022 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Nearly twenty America First Secretary of State Coalition-endorsed candidates lost in the general election, with only one winning.
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| 2022 |
Election denial movement in the United States
The Brennan Center for Justice identified multiple individuals and groups spending tens of millions to support election deniers in the midterm elections.
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| 2022 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Dinesh D'Souza released the film '2000 Mules', which centered on false allegations of illegal ballot harvesting by unnamed nonprofit organizations associated with the Democratic Party.
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| 2022 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Kari Lake lost the Arizona gubernatorial election but refused to concede, continuing to promote election fraud allegations and filing multiple lawsuits challenging her loss.
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| 2022 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Brian Kemp defeated Stacey Abrams again in the Georgia gubernatorial election, with Abrams conceding on election night.
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| 2022 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Nearly one in three Republican secretary of state candidates supported overturning the 2020 presidential election results.
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| 2022 | The United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect issued a policy paper linking genocide denial to hate speech, providing recommendations for states and UN officials on addressing genocide denial. |
| October 2022 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Larry Ellison began donating millions to a SuperPAC supporting Senate candidates who questioned the 2020 election results.
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| October 2022 |
Election denial movement in the United States
A Washington Post analysis revealed that 51% of Republican nominees for House, Senate, and key statewide offices questioned or denied the 2020 presidential election outcome.
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| September 2022 |
Election denial movement in the United States
A federal grand jury began investigating whether Trump and his allies solicited donations based on knowingly false claims.
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| May 2022 |
Anti-gay purges in Chechnya
Arsamikov returned to Chechnya to attend his father's funeral, during which police confiscated his foreign documents, preventing him from leaving.
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| April 2022 |
Election denial movement in the United States
Republican political strategist Sarah Longwell conducted focus groups with Trump voters to understand their continued belief in election theft claims, revealing a complex tribal response influenced by social and media environments.
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| February 2022 |
Anti-gay purges in Chechnya
Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev were convicted under the charges. They subsequently appealed the decision, but the appeal was unsuccessful and the original conviction was upheld.
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| 2021 |
Modern flat Earth beliefs
POLES 2021 Survey found approximately 10% of the United States population believed the Earth is flat.
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| 2021 |
Election denial movement in the United States
The America First Secretary of State Coalition was created by Jim Marchant to promote election deniers for secretary of state positions.
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