Some links to Q-related items today…
Big Q-related losses in Nevada and Arizona.
Jim Marchant, the Nevada secretary of state candidate who was tied to QAnon & who co-founded the secretary of state candidates coalition with QAnon influencer Juan O. Savin, has been defeated. A huge defeat for Juan O. Savin. https://t.co/b5K72ku89v https://t.co/91bhbRFDpp
— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) November 12, 2022
Very possibly the single most extreme Republican nominee for elections chief has been defeated. CNN projects Adrian Fontes (D) has won as Arizona's secretary of state — beating Mark Finchem (R), a promoter of bonkers lies who is still trying to decertify Biden's 2020 victory.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 12, 2022
Twitter conflagration continues unchecked.
this is actually an amazing and hilarious week to be on twitter as long as you are not a person who’s professionally obligated to care about “brand safety” https://t.co/p6YWO7vwXa
— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) November 11, 2022
genuinely, genuinely, do not buy twitter blue. i'm not just saying "don't give elon your money" i am saying "don't put your credit card info into this website that just fired the grand bulk of its security staff"
— conejito picante (@SpookyBiscuits) November 10, 2022
Twitter gave some neo-Nazis a Blue Check….https://t.co/P5DnMqoJUE
— David Gilbert (@daithaigilbert) November 11, 2022
Have to say that if Musk’s lawyer told me “don’t worry, you won’t be held *personally* liable if you ship code that violates the FTC consent decree and results in billions of dollars of fines,” I would not feel all that reassured https://t.co/OMzJQ7MuDO
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) November 11, 2022
The richest man on earth, together with his co-investors Larry Ellison (the 7th richest man on earth) and Saudi Prince Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud (net worth: $15 billion), is coming after you, elites https://t.co/5kBF11WF0Q
— 🦀 Jon Schwarz 🦀 (@schwarz) November 11, 2022
As expected, paid verified accounts spreading election misinformation pic.twitter.com/plFt4YsSP5
— Josh Russell (@josh_emerson) November 11, 2022
i’ve personally felt like a hack just constantly beating the drum of ‘this guy is not smart like you think he is he’s gonna behave like a 9 year old and ruin this place’ bc some tiny part of me still has a hard time conceiving of somebody being this inept. and yet here we are
— The Real Charlie Warzel (Parody Account) (@cwarzel) November 11, 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 November 12, 2022 at 08:00