Anna Merlan

Gizmodo Media Group, and author of “Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power"

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Reporter for Gizmodo Media Group, and author of “Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power.” 

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