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Joseph L. Flatley

Journalist, podcaster, author of New Age Grifter and books on cults, conspiracies and the culture of American decline. Publisher of Failed State Update.

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Failed State Jukebox: 'The Ave.' by Run-DMC

11 hours ago
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RIP Havana Syndrome, we always had your number

17 hours ago
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Failed State Update publisher charged with attempted murder

Jan 25, 2022
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The Boston Marathon Bombing 'truth' movement

Jan 24, 2022
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Sovereign citizens declare war on The Satanic Temple

Jan 20, 2022
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Failed State Jukebox: 'Pale Horse Rider' by William Cooper feat. Autumn Turner

Jan 19, 2022
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Pittsburgh's used conspiracy theory salesman

Jan 18, 2022
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Wayne Madsen on the New Fourth Reich

Jan 14, 2022
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Children of the Finders speak!

Jan 12, 2022
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Did Wayne Madsen uncover a 2016 ‘Stop the Steal’ Plot?

Jan 11, 2022
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Jeff Jansen, Mark Taylor, and the Trump Prophecies

Jan 11, 2022
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Documentary filmmaker joins the Secret Space Program so you don’t have to

Jan 10, 2022
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Failed State Jukebox: 'Watch Out for Martial Law' by Carl Klang

Jan 9, 2022
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The new celebrity fallout shelters

Jan 9, 2022
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Choose your own insurrection: Three possible conspiracies behind Jan. 6

Jan 7, 2022
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Mutual Aid in Seattle

Jan 5, 2022
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Turning Point USA's onramp to fascism

Jan 4, 2022
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Failed State Jukebox: 'America' by Tom MacDonald

Jan 3, 2022
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Julian Assange on Silicon Valley surveillance barons and regime change

Jan 3, 2022
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R.I.P. Betty White, Illuminati Satanist

Jan 2, 2022
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The end of the Epstein/Maxwell Saga?

Dec 29, 2021
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Merry UFO Cosmo-Cult Christmas!

Dec 24, 2021
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Mike Elk on the 21st century labor movement and unrecognized general strike

Dec 23, 2021
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The conspiracy cinema of Tom "cTom" Charley

Dec 22, 2021
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Timothy Leary's neoliberal outer space migration fixation

Dec 20, 2021
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SHOCKER: GOP operatives behind Kanye West spoiler campaign

Dec 17, 2021
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Alex Jones goes to Scamworld

Dec 17, 2021
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The Earth is Flat and 'They' Don’t Want You to Know

Dec 16, 2021
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Failed State Jukebox: (hed) p.e. live at DeepRockDrive

Dec 15, 2021
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Our favorite Republican operatives spill the dirt re: Jan 6

Dec 15, 2021
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Gabriel of Urantia: The End is Nigh! (again)

Dec 14, 2021
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Slaughterbots, RoboCop, and other AI killing machines

Dec 14, 2021
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4chan: “Rust” shooting a Satanic ritual sacrifice

Dec 13, 2021
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Climate change tornado kills 6 Amazon employees while enriching celebrity billionaire

Dec 13, 2021
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Ghislaine Maxwell Trial: The Prosecution Rests

Dec 13, 2021
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Defense spending bill calls for UFO rapid response teams

Dec 11, 2021
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Public school relays instructions for cursing your foes

Dec 10, 2021
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Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States, UK court rules

Dec 10, 2021
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The Cult of CosmoPop

Dec 10, 2021
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The White Supremacist Love Affair with Crypto

Dec 10, 2021
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Julie Fancelli, the Publix supermarket heir and #1 Alex Jones fan

Dec 9, 2021
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Earth's Black Box to document the end of the world as we know it

Dec 9, 2021
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Failed State Jukebox: 'That's Why I Drink' by Sovereign Citizen and the Non-Prophets

Dec 8, 2021
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A self-fulfilling collapse?

Dec 7, 2021
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Online bible search trends suggest an increase in vaccine-hesitant Christians

Dec 6, 2021
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Ron DeSantis wants Florida to have its own private army

Dec 5, 2021
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The Wild World of Catholic Conspiracy Culture

Dec 5, 2021
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CIA employees are not being prosecuted for sexually abusing children

Dec 4, 2021
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Watch: The Facility

Dec 4, 2021
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Obsidia, the World's Only Mobile Feminist Nation

Dec 3, 2021