Since a gunman attacked Donald Trump at a rally, conspiracy theories have flourished on social media: The attack was a false flag, Trump had a gel pack on his ear, Trump went golfing the next day. These are the latest additions to a growing collection of anti-Trump conspiracy theories referred to as "Blue Anon."

I discuss the rise of conspiracies from anti Trump influencers with Mike Rothschild, author of "The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything."

Later, Zach and I disucuss the shooter's "Demolition Ranch" YouTuber T-shirt, the RNC influencers tasked with making the GOP look cool, and other news of the week.

00:00 Intro
01:26 The origin of BlueAnon
03:05 The recent rise of BlueAnon post debate
04:22 The distrust in media
06:07 BlueAnon's main characters
07:14 How the Trump rally shooting became the tipping point for left wing conspiracy theorists
09:31 Parallels between BlueAnon and MAGA
10:45 False equivalencies between right vs left wing conspiracies
12:14 Why the truth matters
14:20 Don't ignore BlueAnon
15:40 IG Threads
16:45 BlueAnon ideology
18:50 Can tech companies solve this?
20:09 The role of politics and economics in conspiracy movements
22:45 Taylor and Zach break down the news
22:51 Trump shooting Merch
23:44 Demolition Ranch apologizes for influencing the Trump shooter
25:18 RNC hires right-wing influencers to reach conservative youth

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