What do you get when you combine unaltered audio of the horned QAnon Shaman with a sweet tickling of the ivories? "Capitol Insurrection, the Musical" of course! (Brought to you by the talented pianist Brandon Ethridge)
Oh, and in case you missed the "I got Maced" ditty from the same musical, here it is:
Jacob Chansley (33) is the imbecile who entered the Capitol on January 6 wearing a Loyal Order of the Water Buffalo cosplay costume. Also known as the QAnon Shaman, Chansley is being held on multiple federal charges in connection with the Trump Riot. — Read the rest
Up until the end, Trump's truest believers thought something was going to happen. Biden arrested as he walked onto the inaugural stage. A last-minute military coup to keep him in office. Anything that would keep alive the conspiracy theory that Trump was quietly working to expose and destroy the elite cabals of which he is, in obvious truth, a fully paid-in member. — Read the rest
The obnoxious narcissists who staked their reputation and meal ticket to promoting the cartoonishly infantile QAnon conspiracy theory are doing everything they can to stay relevant after their savior Trump didn't round up and execute the blood-drinking reptilian deep state elite as prophesied by the Philippines pig farmer who goes by the name Q. — Read the rest
After getting de-platformed on Twitter and Facebook, and with Parler down, QAnoners are flocking to Gab, the social media platform that rose to infamy in 2018. From Vice:
— Read the restGab drew little attention — and few users — until 2018, when it was propelled into the headlines after it was revealed that the man accused of shooting 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue had been posting vile anti-Semitic rhetoric on Gab for years.
Patrick Cage used the betting market PredictIt to bet against Qanon adherents who believe that predictions made by an anonymous person or persons on 8kun calling themselves Q will come true. Cage is winning.
From The Atlantic:
— Read the restThat's when Cage started paying attention to the PredictIt comments sections, where people were posting snippets of what looked like nonsense to him.
In this Twitter thread, author (Proof of Corruption), attorney, and online investigative journalist, Seth Abramson offers a fascinating take on the QAnon cult.
Reed Berkowitz is the director of the Curioser Institute, which explores the structure and psychology of storytelling through interactive experiences — largely using games, particularly with augmented reality. As a professional game designer, he's been fascinated by QAnon, and the ways it seems to have exploited and subverted the tools of interactive gaming with almost frightening efficiency and deliberate intention. — Read the rest
QAnon-linked congresswoman-elect for Georgia Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks facemasks, which stop the spread of coronavirus, are "oppressive."
Today she tweeted:
— Read the restOur first session of New Member Orientation covered COVID in Congress. Masks, masks, masks…. I proudly told my freshman class that masks are oppressive.
Two male Qanon followers armed with loaded handguns were arrested near the Philadelphia convention center late yesterday, at the site of an ongoing vote count that could decide the presidential election.
Philly police said on Friday that Joshua Macias, 42, and Antonio LaMotta, 61, traveled from the Virginia Beach, Virginia, area in a Hummer, and lacked permits to carry their guns in Pennsylvania. — Read the rest
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Hi, everyone, welcome back to the show. This week is a precarious one, as we post the episodes on Monday. — Read the rest
Jitarth Jadeja is an Australian who spent some time living in the US, and regretfully spent two years of his life down the QAnon wormhole.
— Read the restOnce Jadeja found QAnon he was quickly sucked in. He would spend time on websites that aggregated posts supposedly from Q, which often first appear on darker corners of the internet like 8kun.
FBI agents reportedly found eight bags of undelivered mail when they raided a Pittsburgh mail carrier's home. And now it's reported that the man is an "apparent QAnon conspiracy theorist".
— Read the rest"Special Agents recovered several different classes of mail, including business mail, flats, and small amount of first class mail.
Facebook has announced a complete ban on QAnon groups and accounts on its platform, a "significant escalation" after weeks of foot-dragging on the subject.
— Read the restIn a statement released on Tuesday, Facebook said its staff had begun removing content and deleting groups and pages, but that "this work will take time and will continue in the coming days and weeks".
The House voted on a bill Friday "Condemning QAnon and rejecting the conspiracy theories it promotes." It passed overwhelmingly, 371 to 18. The 18 members voting not to condemn QAnon included the usual cast of unctuous characters, including Paul Gossar and Steve King:
The latest issue of one of my favorite podcasts, Reply All, looks into the origins of QAnon:
— Read the restPJ Vogt looks into a theory circling the internet about who might be behind QAnon. The investigation takes him back to the beginning of the QAnon scam – including the message board trolls who started it and the shadowy father and son duo who have allegedly co-opted it.
On September 10, 2020, the fact-checking site Logically.ai posted a lengthy and fascinating article into how they tracked down the identity of the man behind the so-called "QMap":
— Read the restIn the world of QAnon, the site qmap.pub is something of a sacred text.
Wow. As Natasha Bertrand said on Friday, someone should maybe follow up on the last part of this paragraph from Charlotte Alter's piece for Time, "How Conspiracy Theories Are Shaping the 2020 Election—and Shaking the Foundation of American Democracy." — Read the rest
The Waco Tribune reports that a 30-year-old woman was arrested earlier this week for "driving while intoxicated and aggravated assault charges after she chased at least two cars and intentionally crashed into one, later telling police she thought she was chasing a pedophile who had kidnapped a girl." — Read the rest
“Rallies planned on Facebook by QAnon supporters or sympathizers that have brought the conspiracy theory offline and into the town squares of dozens of cities in recent weeks.”
