Some links to Q-related items today…
Q patriots looked for any silver lining after the Durham probe suffered its latest debacle.
MTG, Yankees fan.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene "defending history" by thinking a Union monument in NWGA is actually honoring Confederates (then quietly reposting to fix it) sums up a lot about her time in Congress+the state of our politics. https://t.co/Gtslv8Fppd pic.twitter.com/QpeWeM9MPG
— stephen fowler (@stphnfwlr) October 19, 2022
Democracy in disarray.
Some Republican county officials, and candidates for statewide office, are pushing to hand-count all ballots. I spoke with experts in election administration, who were united in their response: Bad idea. https://t.co/H5M3uBINGf
— Maggie Astor (@MaggieAstor) October 18, 2022
Bannon is again speaking with a QAnon-linked activist who is organizing volunteers to monitor and stand watch over ballot drop boxes with phone cameras
Steve Bannon says to voters, "You're being watched"
This raises serious concerns over voter intimidation pic.twitter.com/mqypotp67F
— Justin Horowitz (@justinhorowitz_) October 19, 2022
.@SpecialReports looks into a wave of efforts by pro-Trump activists to gain control of voting administration by replacing county government leaders with election conspiracy theorists. Their goal is to upend how U.S. elections are run https://t.co/iNieR1V3vz
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 19, 2022
There are dozens of right-wing groups organizing groups of volunteers to monitor drop boxes and they are already claiming voter fraud, based on blurry images like these….and so, of course, Trump is sharing them on Truth Socialhttps://t.co/C76guuGtCR pic.twitter.com/oVlp7CBG8l
— David Gilbert (@daithaigilbert) October 19, 2022
NEW: FBI identifies Arizona as one of top states for threats against election workers @axios https://t.co/DZKdJxQc2B
— Jessica Boehm (@jboehm_NEWS) October 19, 2022
NEW: several people have been sitting outside the Maricopa County elections headquarters in Arizona outside 1 of 2 ballot drop boxes.
They have their own cameras rolling, pointed right at the drop box.
A woman here says she is here to get Vitamin D. @Garrett_Archer @abc15 pic.twitter.com/olVYyMfBJU
— Nicole Grigg (@NicoleSGrigg) October 20, 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 October 20, 2022 at 09:20