{"id":89007,"date":"2026-05-02T14:43:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T14:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/the-united-states-of-conspiracy-the-listening-post\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T14:43:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T14:43:38","slug":"the-united-states-of-conspiracy-the-listening-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/the-united-states-of-conspiracy-the-listening-post\/","title":{"rendered":"The United States of Conspiracy | The Listening Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An assassination attempt at the White House correspondents\u2019 dinner underscored the spectacle, chaos and violence that have defined Donald Trump\u2019s <!--more--> second presidency.<\/p>\n<p>As journalists rushed to report what had happened, a parallel narrative of conspiracy was already taking shape online. Conspiracy theories get far more currency than they merit &#8211; and they are a by-product of an information landscape that has been muddied by Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Contributors:<br \/>\nJohn Nichols \u2013 Executive editor, The Nation<br \/>\nNiall Stanage \u2013 White House columnist, The Hill<br \/>\nAmber Duke \u2013 Editor-in-chief, Daily Caller<br \/>\nSuzanne Kianpour \u2013 Cohost, Global Power Shifts podcast<\/p>\n<p>On our radar<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s effort to tighten internet restrictions and throttle Telegram has caused a furious public backlash. The uproar has forced President Vladimir Putin to admit the measures went too far. Ryan Kohls reports.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s information war on Lebanon<\/p>\n<p>Throughout two years of war, Israeli forces have used drones, AI-powered targeting and the infiltration of Lebanese communications devices and the networks they rely on &#8211; to control the population, spread terror and kill people. And it has escalated its information war, using all kinds of propaganda to deepen fear and divisions within Lebanese society. We speak to Justin Salhani about the tactics Israel is using in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring:<br \/>\nJustin Salhani \u2013 Senior producer, Al Jazeera Digital<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ajlisteningpost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ajlisteningpost<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AJListeningPost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AJListeningPost<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/ajlisteningpost.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/ajlisteningpost.bsky.social<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ajlisteningpost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/x.com\/ajlisteningpost<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.threads.net\/<\/a>@ajlisteningpost<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Newsletter:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/aje.io\/upic5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/aje.io\/upic5<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/program\/the-listening-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/program\/the-listening-post\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#politics #latestnews     #trump #news  #breakingnews #aljazeeraenglish #lebanon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An assassination attempt at the White House correspondents\u2019 dinner underscored the spectacle, chaos and violence that have defined Donald Trump\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}