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Sep 07 2020
Analysis
Decoding QAnon: How the delusional theory beloved by far-right loons began
In the previous three installments of this series, I chronicled the attempts made by an old friend to convince me of an outlandish conspiracy theory being promoted by the group of rabid online Trump supporters known as “QAnon.” According to my friend, initiates of the Illuminati had teamed up with subterranean demons to torture, rape and eat kidnapped children in underground military bases
AlterNetAug 20 2020
News
Trump, Addressing Far-Right QAnon Conspiracy, Offers Praise For Its Followers
President Trump addressed the baseless, far-right QAnon conspiracy theory directly for the first time on Wednesday, saying he didn't know much about the online community and its followers other than "they like me very much."
"I heard that these are people who love our country," Trump added in response to a question about the conspiracy community during a press briefing at the White
NPR (Online News)Apr 07 2024
News
Michael Flynn’s Anti-Vax Pals Want to Take Over This Florida Hospital
The sister of Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn and a band of conservative anti-vax activists are running for the board of a renowned public hospital in Florida under the banner of “medical freedom.” If they win, they’ll hold a majority over Sarasota’s award-winning facility where one of their allies—elected in 2022 with two other “health freedom candidates” to the nine-
Daily BeastOct 02 2020
Headline Roundup
US House Condemns QAnon Group
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 371-18 Friday to issue a resolution condemning the online conspiracy theory QAnon. QAnon is centered around "Q," a purported high-level government official who spreads information on online forums about "deep state" conspiracies at work in the U.S. government. Republican representative Denver Riggleman, a sponsor of the resolution, condemned QAnon after
Washington Examiner NBC News (Online) ReutersAug 20 2020
Headline Roundup
Perspectives: Donald Trump's QAnon Remarks
When asked about the QAnon group in a press conference on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said he didn't know much about the movement, "other than I understand they like me very much, which I appreciate." Trump went on to say that from his understanding, the QAnon group "are people that love our country and they just don't like seeing [violence in Portland, Chicago and New York]." QAnon is a
CNN (Online News) NPR (Online News) The Epoch TimesJan 13 2021
Analysis
QAnon reshaped Trump’s party and radicalized believers. The Capitol siege may just be the start.
The siege on the U.S. Capitol played out as a QAnon fantasy made real: The faithful rose up in their thousands, summoned to Washington by their leader, President Trump. They seized the people’s house as politicians cowered under desks. Hordes wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the “Q” symbol and toting Trump flags closed in to deliver justice, armed with zip-tie handcuffs and rope and guns.
Washington PostApr 04 2024
News
▶️ Streaming guide
Here's what's new on Apple TV+, Hulu, Netflix, Max, Prime Video, Peacock and Paramount+. What we're watching: A new private detective series, another reality TV offering starring Lisa Vanderpump and a documentary explaining the birth of online communities like QAnon. My pick of the week State of play: Colin Farrell, Kirby and Amy Ryan star in this series about a private detective searching for
AxiosDec 03 2020
Analysis
Trump Just Went Full QAnon at the White House—and He Brought Charts
President Trump posted a bonkers 46-minute tirade on Facebook Wednesday full of wild-eyed, nonsensical conspiracy theories about the 2020 election—the kind that members of QAnon have embraced.
Trump repeatedly rehashed baseless accusations of fraud and pointed to large charts showing vote-count totals that he claimed, bizarrely, proved his point, when in fact they did nothing of the
ViceOct 19 2020
Analysis
A CNN reporter went to two different QAnon events. Here's what he found
I spent my last two Saturdays going to two very different QAnon events.
One, in Los Angeles, was a march through Hollywood that portrayed itself as an anti-pedophilia protest. Its organizers were careful not to explicitly embrace the QAnon conspiracy theory even as they implicitly signaled they support it and repeated its disinformation — much like what President Donald Trump did during
CNN (Online News)Oct 08 2020
News
Instagram Bans QAnon Accounts, But Refuses To Remove ISIS Accounts Celebrating 9/11
Facebook-owned Instagram has announced that will ban all QAnon accounts, including ones that don’t promote violence, while refusing to remove ISIS propaganda accounts that celebrate 9/11 under the justification that “people may express themselves differently.”
In an update to its policy announced yesterday, Facebook said that it was moving beyond a measure taken back in August that
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