Some links to Q-related items today…
It’s hard to decide which office-holder is the absolute worst in this country, but Arizona Senator Wendy Rogers is trying her best for the honors.
BREAKING: The Republican-controlled Arizona State Senate has voted to have its ethics committee investigate Sen. Wendy Rogers over her Gab post about the Buffalo massacre. The vote was 24-3 with three abstentions. https://t.co/tnbmzxAHi1
— Nick Martin (@nickmartin) May 16, 2022
Sen. Wendy Rogers releases a statement on the attempt to expel her today and claims her "comment was taken completely out of context." Reminder, within hours of the white supremacist Buffalo massacre Rogers commented "Fed boy summer has started in Buffalo." https://t.co/uYNKsIzIhS pic.twitter.com/61EK9y9LNT
— AZ Right Wing Watch (@az_rww) May 17, 2022
Can Kathy pull off the upset today in Pennsylvania?
NEW: PA Senate candidate Kathy Barnette said she was bringing 3 buses of "pissed off patriots" for the Jan 6, 2021, "Stop the Steal" rally that preceded the US Capitol riot calling it "our 1776 moment.”
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) May 16, 2022
The re-truthiness.
Trump, after amplifying QAnon-promoting accounts on Twitter more than 300 times before he was suspended from the platform, has returned to doing so on a different platform, Truth Social. https://t.co/AItOII5Cft https://t.co/82GoSOA7du
— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) May 16, 2022
San Diego may be the loveliest small city in the US. But its religious right wingers have always been off the charts crazy.
How a San Diego Church Became a Nexus of Anti-Vaccine, Anti-COVID Lockdown and Right-wing Political Organizing | Voice of San Diego https://t.co/mSKcTotftk
— Carlos A. Moreno (@CarlosAMoreno) May 16, 2022
Looking for some background on the QAnon movement? We recommend Travis View’s excellent article at New York magazine as a place to start.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on May 17, 2022 at 08:00
