Ginni Thomas Once Admitted to Being In a Cult

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The untold story of Ginni Thomas' anti-cult activism — after she was 'deprogrammed'

Ginni Thomas became an anti-cult activist after being pulled out of a self-help program in the 1980s, she said in a video obtained by NBC News. Several people who knew her then are surprised by her apparent embrace of election conspiracies that originated with QAnon. 

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Ginni Thomas Once Admitted to Being In a Cult

“In the 1980s, Virginia ‘Ginni’ Thomas had a moment of clarity: She realized she had fallen in with a group she considered ‘a cult’ and sought to be ‘deprogrammed’ from it,” NBC News reports.“Thomas’ involvement with Lifespring, an organization advertising training seminars purporting to help participants unlock almost superhuman potential, left her wondering what it was about herself that allowed her to be drawn in. Her successful deprogramming…

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Ginni Thomas' associates stunned that she was 'sucked into a cult again' after 'deprogramming': report

Revelations that Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has been one of the biggest and most influential proponents of Donald Trump's election theft conspiracies has stunned some of her former associates who remember her work opposing cults in the 1980's.Thomas has been under i...

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Opinion | The Ginni Thomas Jan. 6 scandal keeps getting worse. But there's a silver lining.

Thomas' emails to Arizona lawmakers is a reminder of the Supreme Court's vulnerability to corruption and conflict of interest.

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