About

Mike Rothschild is a journalist, researcher, expert witness, subject matter expert, speaker, and debunker of conspiracy theories and fringe beliefs.

Over the last decade, Mike has written extensively about politics, history, pop culture, and weird stories your aunt shares on Facebook without actually reading. In particular, Mike is an expert on the QAnon conspiracy theory, tracing its evolution from a few 4chan posts to a massive, worldwide movement that draws on centuries of conspiracy theories and scams to induct its believers into a violent mythology.

Mike is the author of three books – his latest, “Jewish Space Lasers: The Rothschilds and 200 Years of Conspiracy Theories,” on the Rothschild banking family myth, is out in September. He is also the author of “The Storm is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything,”  and “The World’s Worst Conspiracies.” Mike has also written hundreds of stories for the Daily Dot, and other outlets.

In addition to his work as an author, Mike has served as an expert witness in several legal cases related to conspiracy theories, has guest lectured at numerous college classes and at conferences, and and testified to Congress in June 2022 on the dangers of election-related disinformation. He has been interviewed by the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, PBS, and hundreds of other news outlets and podcasts. For a more complete list of Mike’s media appearances and published stories, please click HERE.

To get in touch with Mike about a project, or to send a tip about a potential story, please contact rothschildmd@protonmail.com.

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  4. Lols, I was born with the last name Rothschild too, and I have to tell my wife not to entertain conspiracy theories cause I’m like “nobody better pizzagate me over some stupid rumor!” Anyway, love it, keep up the good work!

  5. Have you written anything about the saying, “Where we go one we go all” (WWG1WGA)? I’m wondering if that really is connected to JFK in that it was a saying on the bell of his boat??? Or is an organization trying to gain credibility by making a connection to JFK??? I did find that it is associated with the 1996 movie, White Squall, but no concrete evidence it’s related to JFK.

  6. Hello Mike, I would love to know how you go about dubunking conspiracies connected to crimes against children? I have attempted to debunk conspiracies such as Pizzagate, Deaths of Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington when they were working on a documentary to expose Clinton run orphanages in Haiti trafficking children, the latest Wayfair exposure, and the many others. When I attempt to debunk such stories, I only come to find that it is more convincing that they are true than not. I know that Epstein’s island was also called a conspiracy theory at one point in time. How do you explain this? It is now proven to be true. Please, take me through your process of debunking. I would like to better understand it. Thank you.

  7. Hi Mike, finally someone writing with some common sense (not so ‘common’ today). I just saw your interview with Eric Huntley via an article written in the Australian Financial Review (https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/arts-and-culture/how-activist-k-pop-fans-are-trolling-qanon-20201111-p56dmv). The internet has not made people smarter. There are many QAnon followers in Australia, regurgitating the hate from US social media sites, for reasons I don’t understand, as Australia has a different political and legal system than the US. I look forward to your new book being published. Keep up the good work de-bunking the conspiracy theorists. Thank you for your critical thinking. All the best Alan.

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