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US officials struggle to quash Hurricane Helene conspiracy theories (www.reuters.com)

submitted 8 months ago by MashedHobbits@lemy.lol to c/world@quokk.au

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One of the more far-fetched rumors is that Helene was an engineered storm to allow corporations to mine regional lithium deposits. Others accuse the administration of President Joe Biden of using federal disaster funds to help migrants in the country illegally, or suggest officials are deliberately abandoning bodies in the cleanup.

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 months ago

Especially when media regularly headlines a lunatic as a perfectly normal individual with something meaningful to say and that they are perfectly acceptable to consider as a possible leader of your nation.