Online one night, I discovered a story that would change both my life and American politics forever: Pizzagate. I noticed that a minor alt-right figure named “Pizza Party Ben” had blanketed his Twitter feed with videos and pictures from a Washington, D.C., pizzeria called Comet Ping Pong, obsessing over its menu and decor. Ben wasn’t alone—all over the right-wing internet, people were posting videos about Comet. The videos weren’t sinister in themselves. Most of them just showed kids eating pizza or playing on the restaurant’s Ping-Pong tables. I had been to Comet Ping Pong, too, and enjoyed
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