QAnon
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Sept 1, 2020: USA Today: How QAnon and other dark forces are radicalizing Americans as the COVID-19 pandemic rages and election looms
The spread of conspiracy theories into the mainstream on social media channels like Facebook and YouTube is accelerating during the coronavirus.
The spread of conspiracy theories into the mainstream on social media channels like Facebook and YouTube is accelerating during the coronavirus.
“When a culture doesn’t know how to think critically, then all critical thinking is viewed as cynicism, and disagreement is called hate.” -Glenn Packiam🤔
Aug 31, 2020: CNN: Twitter removes QAnon supporter's false claim about coronavirus death statistics that Trump had retweeted
Optimism grows for emergency coronavirus vaccine use in 2020 02:14(CNN)Twitter on Sunday took down a tweet containing a false claim about coronavirus death statistics that was made by a supporter of the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory -- a post that President Donald Trump had retweeted earlier in the day.
Optimism grows for emergency coronavirus vaccine use in 2020 02:14(CNN)Twitter on Sunday took down a tweet containing a false claim about coronavirus death statistics that was made by a supporter of the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory -- a post that President Donald Trump had retweeted earlier in the day.
Aug 26, 2020: Just The News: House lawmakers draft bipartisan resolution condemning QAnon and its 'conspiracy theories'
The effort is being led by Reps. Denver Riggleman, a Virginia Republican, and Tom Malinowski, a New Jersey Democrat.
The effort is being led by Reps. Denver Riggleman, a Virginia Republican, and Tom Malinowski, a New Jersey Democrat.
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8.25.20: Christian Post: Evangelical leaders denounce QAnon as ‘political cult,' ‘satanic movement’
Some Christian leaders, including a couple of prominent conservative evangelicals, have denounced the conspiracy theory movement gaining traction in conservative circles known as QAnon. Aug 24, 2020: Biblical Recorder: Q-Anon: The rise of ‘restless evil’
Recent news stories have noted its growing influence in evangelical circles. I have personally observed Southern Baptists sharing Q-related content on their social media channels, some of them in positions of leadership. Despite Q-Anon’s stint in the limelight, Christians should reject the movement’s fanatical and dangerous messages. |
Aug 21, 2020: California Globe: QAnon Targets Democrat Author of Bill to Protect Child Sex Offenders
“Wiener said believers in the conspiracy theory QAnon are accusing him of pushing to let gay men have sex with minors.”
“It started a few weeks ago on Instagram (with) a particular person who is part of the QAnon network, this cult-like pro-Trump network that runs around saying that there’s a big conspiracy to protect pedophiles and that prominent leaders are all pedophiles and it’s a big conspiracy,” he said. “It’s a very delusional kind of cult at this point.”
“They’ve identified this bill and started saying that this is about protecting pedophiles, which it is not, and even saying that I’m a pedophile. This kind of slander, not just against me but against my community, is outrageous, and we have to speak out against it,” he said.
“Wiener said believers in the conspiracy theory QAnon are accusing him of pushing to let gay men have sex with minors.”
“It started a few weeks ago on Instagram (with) a particular person who is part of the QAnon network, this cult-like pro-Trump network that runs around saying that there’s a big conspiracy to protect pedophiles and that prominent leaders are all pedophiles and it’s a big conspiracy,” he said. “It’s a very delusional kind of cult at this point.”
“They’ve identified this bill and started saying that this is about protecting pedophiles, which it is not, and even saying that I’m a pedophile. This kind of slander, not just against me but against my community, is outrageous, and we have to speak out against it,” he said.
Aug 21, 2020:
👉Mitch McConnell will deliver remarks at RNC, a reversal of an earlier position that he would not speak. This will be a break from the already scheduled speakers since McConnell has not been indicted for anything yet.
👉Mitch McConnell will deliver remarks at RNC, a reversal of an earlier position that he would not speak. This will be a break from the already scheduled speakers since McConnell has not been indicted for anything yet.
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Aug 10, 2020: NBC News: The far right is struggling to contain Qanon after giving it life
Moderators of Reddit's raucous pro-Trump message board have banned Qanon posts, saying the theory is now an embarrassment to its community.
Moderators of Reddit's raucous pro-Trump message board have banned Qanon posts, saying the theory is now an embarrassment to its community.
Aug 10, 2020: Bloomberg: QAnon Is Running Amok, and the Time Has Come for Interventions
Memes emanating from the conspiracy group—which are tenuously united in the discredited belief that there’s a plot to oust Trump from the presidency—have made their way into the social media accounts of everyone from Michael Flynn (who was briefly national security adviser) to White House social media adviser Dan Scavino. Sometimes these memes can be as innocent as an image featuring Trump with a QAnon slogan (as was the case for Scavino), but at other times they take on more sinister overtones such as the oath to QAnon—“Where we go one, we go all”—which Flynn posted on July 4. Trump’s account has been known to retweet accounts aligned with QAnon.
Memes emanating from the conspiracy group—which are tenuously united in the discredited belief that there’s a plot to oust Trump from the presidency—have made their way into the social media accounts of everyone from Michael Flynn (who was briefly national security adviser) to White House social media adviser Dan Scavino. Sometimes these memes can be as innocent as an image featuring Trump with a QAnon slogan (as was the case for Scavino), but at other times they take on more sinister overtones such as the oath to QAnon—“Where we go one, we go all”—which Flynn posted on July 4. Trump’s account has been known to retweet accounts aligned with QAnon.
June 2020: The Atlantic: The Prophecies of Q
the origins of QAnon are recent, but even so, separating myth from reality can be hard. One place to begin is with Edgar Maddison Welch, a deeply religious father of two, who until Sunday, December 4, 2016, had lived an unremarkable life in the small town of Salisbury, North Carolina. That morning, Welch grabbed his cellphone, a box of shotgun shells, and three loaded guns—a 9-mm AR-15 rifle, a six-shot .38‑caliber Colt revolver, and a shotgun—and hopped into his Toyota Prius. He drove 360 miles to a well-to-do neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C.; parked his car; put the revolver in a holster at his hip; held the AR-15 rifle across his chest; and walked through the front door of a pizzeria called Comet Ping Pong.
the origins of QAnon are recent, but even so, separating myth from reality can be hard. One place to begin is with Edgar Maddison Welch, a deeply religious father of two, who until Sunday, December 4, 2016, had lived an unremarkable life in the small town of Salisbury, North Carolina. That morning, Welch grabbed his cellphone, a box of shotgun shells, and three loaded guns—a 9-mm AR-15 rifle, a six-shot .38‑caliber Colt revolver, and a shotgun—and hopped into his Toyota Prius. He drove 360 miles to a well-to-do neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C.; parked his car; put the revolver in a holster at his hip; held the AR-15 rifle across his chest; and walked through the front door of a pizzeria called Comet Ping Pong.
May 20, 2020: Christianity Today: What the Bible Says About QAnon“
The biblical diagnosis, the biblical impulse here, is not that you have to be afraid of someone lying to you. It's that somebody will always be interpreting your world for you,” said Johnson. “And you have to lean into the wise practices that God has given us as people to discern what is worth listening to and what's not.”
The biblical diagnosis, the biblical impulse here, is not that you have to be afraid of someone lying to you. It's that somebody will always be interpreting your world for you,” said Johnson. “And you have to lean into the wise practices that God has given us as people to discern what is worth listening to and what's not.”
Aug 1, 2019: Yahoo News: Exclusive: FBI document warns conspiracy theories are a new domestic terrorism threat
The document specifically mentions QAnon, a shadowy network that believes in a deep state conspiracy against President Trump, and Pizzagate, the theory that a pedophile ring including Clinton associates was being run out of the basement of a Washington, D.C., pizza restaurant (which didn’t actually have a basement).
The document specifically mentions QAnon, a shadowy network that believes in a deep state conspiracy against President Trump, and Pizzagate, the theory that a pedophile ring including Clinton associates was being run out of the basement of a Washington, D.C., pizza restaurant (which didn’t actually have a basement).
