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Daily Mail
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Conspiracy theorists share bizarre claims over Meghan Markle's twerking video saying baby bump is FAKE and it wasn't filmed inside hospital
Social media conspiracy theorists have weaponised Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's twerking hospital video to spread wild and groundless speculation that she wasn't pregnant at all and was wearing a 'moonbump '. A group of Twitter critics of the Sussexes have even made the extraordinary claim that the dancing video was faked and made on a film set - or could be AI-generated. Meghan Markle yesterday posted a video of her and Prince Harry twerking in a hospital room in an attempt to induce Lilibet's birth. The Duchess of Sussex shared the throwback clip on her Instagram to mark her daughter's fourth birthday saying 'there was only one thing left to do' when the princess was overdue and spicy food, walking and acupuncture failed to kickstart labour. But conspiracy theorists have pored over the film in order to make wild and even unhinged claims about her including that her pregnancy was faked and she wore a prosthetic fake pregnant belly known as a 'moonbump'. Several claimed, without credible evidence, that her bump was too high or the wrong shape to be real. Others said her ability to dance that way at nine months meant she was either 'superhuman' or not pregnant at all. Others have sought to back the incredible and baseless claim that the Sussexes used a surrogate by claiming the equipment in the background suggested it was not on a labour ward. Trolls have also claimed that Meghan would have been wearing a gown and would have had her jewellery removed. Others have questioned why she wasn't hooked up to an IV drip containing induction medication. One person claiming to be a nurse said that she should have had a canula in her hand. Another alleged that she would not have one fitted while in her own clothes. Some Twitter users crudely marked the pictures with what they considered inaccuracies, using child-like scribbles. MailOnline has asked a spokesman for the Sussexes to comment. The video has sparked baseless claims on social media that it was faked The video has sparked a social media frenzy. In it, Harry is seen coming into view of the camera as Starrkeisha's viral Baby Mama song begins to play. A heavily pregnant Meghan then starts twerking in front of a hospital bed before she gyrates around the room. 'Four years ago today, this also happened. Both of our children were a week past their due dates… so when spicy food, all that walking, and acupuncture didn't work - there was only one thing left to do!,' Meghan wrote on her Instagram. The Baby Mama dance was a social media craze in 2018 with celebs Shay Mitchell, and Chloe and Lauryn Goodman all previously posting videos of themselves taking part in the trend. Meghan had earlier shared two previously unseen photos of Lilibet with Harry. One of the pictures showed the Duke of Sussex holding his daughter's hand as they walked along a sandy road barefoot in the sunshine, while he held his shoes and a cap. The other image was of Harry holding Lilibet as a baby while they looked at each other. Meghan wrote in a post accompanying the pictures: 'The sweetest bond to watch unfold. Daddy's little girl and favorite adventurer. Happy birthday Lili!' The post was made at 7.40am California time (3.40pm UK), just under eight hours after Meghan earlier posted two other intimate family photos of her with Lilibet. In that post, the Duchess shared a black-and-white snap of herself cuddling Lili, who was sat on her lap, with the pair both sporting windswept hair, seemingly on a boat. The second image in the first post showed Meghan tenderly cradling newborn Lilibet as she enjoyed skin-to-skin time with the new addition to her family in 2021. Meghan wrote in the first post: 'Happy birthday to our beautiful girl! Four years ago today she came into our lives - and each day is brighter and better because of it. 'Thanks to all of those sending love and celebrating her special day!' The duchess usually only shares photos of her daughter pictured from behind to protect her privacy. But in the more recent photo, Lili's eyes and the top half of her face could be seen, with her nose and mouth and the rest of her face covered by Meghan's arms as she hugged the princess. Lili - the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's youngest child - was born on June 4 2021 and was named Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor. She only became entitled to be a princess when her grandfather the King acceded to the throne, because of rules set out by King George V in 1917. Harry and Meghan started using prince and princess for Archie and Lili after the princess's christening in 2023, following correspondence with Charles about the matter. Yesterday, Meghan expressed her dream of launching a future business with Lili as she chatted to Beyonce's mother Tina Knowles on her podcast. 'I wonder if one day I'll be in business with Lili and we'll be building something,' the duchess said, with Knowles adding: 'That's the best.' Last week, the Duchess shared a clip of her and her daughter beekeeping in matching protective suits, writing: 'Harvesting honey with my little honey. (Like mother, like daughter; she's even wearing my gloves).' Lilibet is named after her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II. Princess Elizabeth had difficultly pronouncing her own name as a toddler and her grandfather George V would affectionately call her Lilibet, imitating her own attempts to say Elizabeth. The sweet nickname stuck and she became known as Lilibet to her family from then on. But the late Queen was reportedly 'as angry as I'd ever seen her ' after Harry and Meghan claimed they had her blessing to use the name for their daughter Lilibet, a royal aide said. Royal author Robert Hardman, in his biography of the King, told how a member of staff recounted Elizabeth II's fury following Harry and Meghan's announcement in 2021 over the use of her childhood family nickname. The BBC later reported a Palace source said the Queen was not asked by the Sussexes whether they could use Lilibet. But the Sussexes' lawyers fired off legal letters to the broadcaster and other publishers, saying the claim was false and defamatory. A spokesperson for Harry and Meghan insisted at the time that the duke spoke to his grandmother in advance and would not have used the name had the monarch not been supportive. Hardman wrote however: 'One privately recalled that Elizabeth II had been 'as angry as I'd ever seen her' in 2021 after the Sussexes announced that she had given them her blessing to call their baby daughter 'Lilibet', the Queen's childhood nickname.'
New York Times
10 hours ago
- Politics
- New York Times
Trump Orders Investigation of Biden and His Aides
President Trump ordered his White House counsel and the attorney general on Wednesday to investigate former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his staff in Mr. Trump's latest attempt to stoke outlandish conspiracy theories about his predecessor. In an executive order, Mr. Trump put the power and resources of the federal government to work examining whether some of Mr. Biden's presidential actions are legally invalid because his aides had enacted those policies without his knowledge. The executive order came after Mr. Trump shared a social media post over the weekend that claimed Mr. Biden had been 'executed in 2020' and replaced by a robotic clone, following a pattern of suggestions by the president and his allies that Mr. Biden was a mentally incapacitated puppet of his aides. 'The White House issued over 1,200 presidential documents, appointed 235 judges to the federal bench, and issued more pardons and commutations than any administration in United States history,' the executive order said, after asserting that 'former President Biden's aides abused the power' of his office. A central claim of the conspiracy theory, as described by Mr. Trump himself, is that Mr. Biden's use of the autopen system — which reproduces a person's signature to be affixed to official documents — can legally invalidate those documents. Mr. Trump has claimed, for example, that some pardons Mr. Biden had made during his time in office were invalid because they were signed using an autopen. (There is no power in the Constitution or case law to undo a pardon.) Mr. Trump has acknowledged that his administration uses the autopen system on occasion. But his executive order asserts without evidence that the Biden administration's own use of the system may have 'implications for the legality and validity' of some of Mr. Biden's actions as president. The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel had weighed in on this issue at the request of President George W. Bush in 2005. Howard C. Nielson Jr., the top official at the Office of Legal Counsel, concluded that 'the president need not personally perform the physical act of affixing his signature to a bill he approves and decides to sign in order for the bill to become law.' He added that the president instead could direct 'a subordinate to affix the president's signature to such a bill, for example by autopen.' Mr. Nielson is now a Federal District Court judge in Utah, nominated to the position by Mr. Trump during his first term.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
‘Out Of His Mind': Critics Aghast At Trump's ‘Detached From Reality' New Message
President Donald Trump shares a lot of outlandish messages on his social media pages, but critics say a single repost over the weekend might be his most 'unhinged' yet. Trump on Saturday night reposted a message on Truth Social claiming that former President Joe Biden had been executed in 2020 and replaced by 'clones doubles & robotic engineered soulless mindless entities.' Trump frequently posts or reposts conspiracy theories on any number of subjects. Last year, the New York Times found Trump had shared or amplified 330 conspiracy theories in a single six-month period describing 'a false, secretive plot against Mr. Trump or the American people and a specific entity supposedly responsible for it.' Since taking office, Trump has continued to promote conspiracy theories, and has even elevated conspiracy theorists to key positions. But many critics say this latest message is on a whole new level:
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Trump shares unfounded conspiracy theory claiming Biden was 'executed' in 2020
President Donald Trump on Saturday night reposted a baseless claim on Truth Social that former President Joe Biden was executed in 2020 and replaced with clones or robots. The original post, made by an anonymous Truth Social user who often spreads outlandish claims, suggested that Biden was replaced with 'clones, doubles' and 'robotic engineered soulless mindless entities.' Trump published a link to the post to his nearly 10 million followers without adding any context or explanation. The original poster's account has a little more than 5,000 followers. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday explaining why Trump shared the post and whether he believes Biden was executed in 2020. Trump has frequently taken to sharing misinformation and unproven conspiracy theories over the years. He repeats false claims that he won the 2020 presidential election, which led some of his supporters to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in an attempt to overturn Biden's victory. He also claimed — before he backtracked — that former President Barack Obama was not born in the United States and, during the 2024 campaign, alleged that Haitian immigrants were 'eating the pets.' All of those claims were debunked or otherwise proved false. Trump's circle, too, has spread conspiracy theories, with some of the top brass in the administration having spread misinformation about vaccines or the so-called deep state. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeated a debunked claim that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine causes autism, and the FBI's director and deputy director have spread claims that the Biden administration and the 'deep state' weaponized the FBI against Trump. Biden revealed last month that he had been diagnosed with a metastatic form of an aggressive type of prostate cancer as he and his top aides were already facing mounting scrutiny about his mental acuity and physical capabilities in office and how forthcoming they had been with the country. The revelation of his cancer diagnosis initially prompted an outpouring of well-wishes from Democrats and Republicans, but that quickly shifted as Trump allies claimed Biden had hidden his cancer diagnosis. A spokesperson for Biden said at the time that he had never been diagnosed with prostate cancer before last month. Biden, since his diagnosis was made public, said Friday he felt good and joked with reporters about the allegations of his supposed mental decline in office. Trump has made host of heightened attacks against Biden in recent weeks. Trump and House Republicans have scrutinized Biden's use of an autopen to sign some pieces of legislation and executive orders, using it to call his mental state into question. Trump has gone as far as to claim that some pardons Biden signed were not valid because they had not been signed with a real pen. NBC News has reported that the White House has used autopens to create signatures for decades. This article was originally published on
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Business
- Daily Mail
Ex-Bush official makes shocking claim about who is REALLY running the world: 'It's demonic'
A former Bush administration official has made a shocking claim that a mysterious group, she calls Mr Global, is actually pulling the strings in the world. Catherine Austin Fitts, who served as the US Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing, appeared on the Danny Jones Podcast this week, saying she believes it is a committee of intelligent beings from other dimensions. She explained that world leaders 'are over-influenced by the occult' and are merely puppets. 'I think you have interdimensional intelligence, which is operating demonic intelligence,' Fitts added. Fitts is a prolific conspiracy theorist who has pushed other extreme views such as the COVID pandemic, with its lockdowns and vaccine passports, was to roll out a new, authoritarian financial system. She also believes the vaccines modify human DNA. Speaking about the secret committee, she referenced the Bible, which she said describes both divine and demonic intelligence, claiming the latter is what we are currently dealing with. Fitts has long promoted the idea of a 'Mr Global,' saying the group aims to enslave people through mind control and manipulate global financial systems. She believes this is being carried out through the rollout of robotics, artificial intelligence, satellite systems and central bank digital currencies, tools she claims allow for constant surveillance, automation and centralized decision-making. Fitts is an investment banker and former public official who served under President George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1990. She also held the role of managing director at Dillon, Read & Co. During her appearance on the Danny Jones Podcast, Fitts was asked to define 'Mr Global.' 'It's the committee that runs the world,' she said. She explained that even those in high-ranking positions, including the White House, likely do not know who exactly comprises this group, but she believes it consists of wealthy elites acting on behalf of a larger, hidden agenda. However, there are no officials who have come forward to confirm her claims. Fitts referenced Nick Redfern's book Final Events and the Secret Government Group on Demonic UFOs and the Afterlife, which investigates a secret US government unit known as the 'Collins Elite.' According to the book, this group concluded that many UFO phenomena are not extraterrestrial, but rather manifestations of demonic entities aiming to deceive and manipulate humanity. 'I don't know anything about [Redfern], but it struck me as someone who was trying to do a faithful job of simply reporting what they found,' said Fitts. However, there is no evidence showing the Collins Elite exists. The conversation then turned to the subject of extraterrestrials and spiritual warfare. 'There are a lot of folks in the intelligence community who publicly state how they believe the whole UFO phenomenon is like this biblical thing, how it's angels and demons,' said Jones. 'Legitimate people in the intelligence community, whether they're still active or retired, or have been on podcasts, say they believe this.' Fitts agreed: 'I think we are dealing with demonic and angelic forces in our world. And that's interdimensional intelligence.' The former official made headlines earlier this month after appearing on the Tucker Carlson Network where she claimed that the US government is secretly preparing for a mass extinction event on Earth. Fritss said she found $21 trillion in unaccounted funds was diverted to covert projects between 1998 and 2015. 'One of the things I've looked at in the process of looking at where all this money is going is the underground base, city infrastructure and transportation system that's been built,' she said. Based on a two-year study, Fitts estimated there are approximately 170 underground facilities in the US and potentially under surrounding oceans, connected by a secret transportation network. When Carlson asked about their purpose, Fitts responded, 'A near-extinction event,' suggesting the bases are designed to protect elites during a catastrophic scenario. Fitts offered few specifics about the impending threat but pointed to climate change, resource mismanagement, natural disasters, geopolitical conflicts, or societal collapse as possible triggers. In a striking revelation, Fitts claimed she was offered a place in an underground base but declined, stating she preferred to 'take my chances on the surface.' While she made the claims on the Tucker Carlson Network, there is no evidence that the US has 170 secret underground bases. However, Michigan State University economist Mark Skidmore and his team found $21 trillion in unauthorized spending in the Departments of Defense and Housing and Urban Development from 1998 to 2015. Skidmore worked with Fitts around that time, uncovering that the Army had $6.5 trillion in unsupported adjustments in fiscal 2015 alone. Given the Army's $122 billion budget, which meant unsupported adjustments were 54 times the spending authorized by Congress, Skidmore shared in the 2017 report. They also found 170 journal voucher adjustments that are used to correct errors in existing accounting entries or to make necessary adjustments at the end of a reporting period to ensure accurate financial statements. The adjustments amounted to $2.1 trillion.
