Monday’s solar eclipse caused a major flare-up on streams for Bonnie Tyler‘s “Total Eclipse of The Heart,” with streams on the song jumping about 486 percent from Sunday versus Monday, according to data from Luminate. In the 10 days prior to the solar eclipse, the song was averaging about 233,000 …
Read More »MAGA 'Prophets': The Eclipse Is a Warning to Repent — and Follow Trump
The total eclipse crossing the United States on Monday is more than a celestial marvel. According to MAGA-minded “prophets” with dubious gifts of divination, the eclipse is a signal of God’s design for America, and another marker that former President Donald Trump is heaven’s “anointed” candidate. Julie Green is a …
Read More »Fox News Tries To Make The Eclipse About Undocumented Immigration
It’s eclipse day in America, and if you thought Fox News was going to act normal about it, you were wrong. The right-wing news network wasted no time on Monday attempting to link the moon’s brief blotting out of the sun to migrant crossings at the Mexico border. “Fox News …
Read More »The Far Right Is Crawling With Eclipse Conspiracy Theories
Solar eclipses, like the upcoming one on April 8, are a well-documented scientific phenomenon. As early as 763 BCE, ancient Assyrians were charting the process by which the path of the moon temporarily obstructs the sun, and astronomers have continued to do so for thousands of years since. Our knowledge …
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