Expanding the JFK conversation for 2017
In light of recent developments, from Pizza-gate to President-elect Trump’s dismissal of the CIA’s daily briefings and its reported findings on Russian interference in the 2016 election, I want to expand the scope of the JFK Facts discussion to include these current events. …
How the CIA abets Trump’s JFK conspiracy mongering
The assassination of JFK is a meme that has eclipsed the historical event. Donald Trump’s contention that Ted Cruz’s father was somehow involved in the death of the liberal president not only endures but flourishes online and redounds to the benefit of its authors. Why?
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What Trump’s JFK theories reveal about the candidate
Lee Harvey Oswald alone and unaided killed President Kennedy, according to Donald Trump–but Ted Cruz’s dad helped him do it.
In other words, Trump has no fixed opinion on who killed the 35th president of the United States. He is conspiratorial but he is not a conspiracy theorist. He says whatever serves his purposes in the moment, which is not to say his views are unimportant.
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Who was that with Oswald (since it wasn’t Ted Cruz’s dad)?
In an incisive piece in Washington Decoded, Tim Brennan contributes some useful details to understanding the photograph that Donald Trump used to falsely and absurdly accuse Ted Cruz’s father of involvement in the assassination of President Kennedy.
Forget about the Trumpian BS, says Brennan, and focus on the known facts.
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Trump’s lame conspiracy theories about practically everything
NPR:
Donald Trump’s ceaseless efforts to inject unsubstantiated plots into the American political debate.
What would President Trump do about JFK records?
Once again Donald Trump is frazzling the custodians of civil discourse. His use of an unfounded JFK conspiracy theory to jab now-defeated rival Ted Cruz is much lamented on the internet. Trump’s “pants are on fire.” Trump “refuses to apologize.” Trump is peddling “tabloid garbage.”
Which is all pretty much true. As JFK Facts said first–and a good USA Today story confirms–there is no factual or historical basis for the claim Trump is repeating. …
Morley on Rafeal Cruz, James Angleton and more
I will be appearing on Miami’s WIOD talk radio station on Tuesday April 26 from 10-11 am ET with host Fernand Amandi. We’ll discuss the Rafael Cruz theory, my forthcoming JFK ebook, and the continuing national security relevance of James Angleton. …
Bogus Rafael Cruz conspiracy theory fizzles
The bogus Rafael Cruz JFK conspiracy theory, touted by National Enquirer, gets picked up with appropriate skepticism by Boing Boing and Mediaite. …
The facts about Lee Oswald and Rafael Cruz
In response to several queries about the Rafael Cruz (father of Ted) JFK conspiracy theory, I delved into the record with the help of a faithful reader. Here’s what is known: …
Snopes.com dispatches bogus Rafael Cruz theory
The debunking site snopes.com concurs with JFK Facts on the Rafael Cruz pseudo-story.
Debunking the JFK conspiracy theory involving Rafael Cruz, father of Ted
The bogus question Did Rafael Cruz Kill JFK? is being peddled by a self-described “conspiracy theorist” with no track record of credible reporting on the JFK story. It echoes on the Internet with Crooks & LIars expressing appropriate derision..
JFK Facts can set the record straight.
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