Browse Conspiracy Theories

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), created by executive order in January 2025 with Elon Musk as a senior advisory figure, identified real inefficiencies and duplicate payments in federal contracting. A conspiracy framing built on this foundation claims that DOGE uncovered explosive evidence of trillions in hidden slush funds or systemic fraud that is being suppressed by the deep state, congressional leadership, or the administrative bureaucracy. GAO and Inspector General reports confirm real but limited waste findings; the "suppression of explosive revelations" framing is unsubstantiated.

Two related conspiracy framings are commonly applied to "antifa" — a recent rhetorical "cult of antifa" framing, and the older claim that antifa is a centrally coordinated terror organisation. Both fit poorly with the documented reality of decentralised local antifascist affinity groups, no central leadership, no unified funding source, and no formal membership. Local affinity groups (Rose City Antifa, NYC Anti-Fascist Action) and specific protest violence are documented in court records; the larger "central cabal" and "high-control cult" claims are not. FBI Director Christopher Wray testified in September 2020 that antifa is "an ideology, not an organisation."

Claims that smart meters caused or intentionally triggered major wildfires.

Claims that seed oils are a hidden toxin and that detox products or strict elimination protocols cure broad disease categories.

Claims that BRICS currency launches or summit dates will abruptly end the U.S. dollar.

Claims that Reagan campaign representatives secretly interfered with Iran hostage negotiations before the 1980 election.

Claims that ESG investing is a secret social-credit system that will directly control individual purchases.

Claims that historical Operation Skywatch or civil-defense aircraft observation programs prove modern chemtrail spraying.

Claims that US officials had specific foreknowledge of the Pearl Harbor attack and allowed it to happen to enter World War II.

Claims that the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse was caused by a cyberattack or coordinated sabotage rather than the documented ship strike investigation.

Militia-era claims that unmarked black helicopters signaled UN or federal occupation plans.

Claims that elites reveal planned events through movies, television, music, or advertisements before they happen.

A current-events claim family alleging that missing or dead scientists in 2026 indicate a coordinated cover-up.

Claims that solar geoengineering research proves an active global chemtrail spraying program.

The theory that a secretive elite group — the Illuminati — has been orchestrating world events for centuries, working toward a single world government known as the New World Order.