Some links to Q-related items today
AdvertisementDavid DePape, the guy who bludgeoned Paul Pelosi with a hammer last October, has just been found guilty. He was a fan of right-wing media figures including Tim Pool, Glenn Beck, and James Lindsay, and espoused QAnon-style conspiracy theories.
Me at @mmfa https://t.co/qaFqJZlI0M— johnknefel (@johnknefel) November 16, 2023
🚨 VERDICT: John Earle Sullivan, of Utah, found GUILTY on all counts, including dangerous weapon enhancement.
Jury rejects his claim that he was acting as a journalist when he joined the mob at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6https://t.co/unpXa1oAOH
— Jordan Fischer (@JordanOnRecord) November 16, 2023
The George Santos docs offer a glimpse inside his media stunts, including Santos staffers plotting out Santos giving donuts to reporters, then considering a plan to bug the donut table to spy on the press. pic.twitter.com/wBleTBIYy0
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) November 16, 2023
Ethics report: George Santos used campaign funds to pay for OnlyFans, Botox, Sephorahttps://t.co/AAUJSEIZAd pic.twitter.com/9oHXJaAr2q
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 16, 2023
New on bin Laden letter:
* 274 TikTok videos with 1.8M views on Tues/Weds. (#skincare gets 252M a day.) Not viral, marginal, until …
* X thread, now with 30M views, helped it blow up
* Guardian backfired; terrorist rant became "forbidden knowledge"https://t.co/MeXatJ4mEb— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) November 17, 2023
Elon Musk — a GOP hero of phenomenal wealth and power, the recipient of major U.S. government contracts who effectively conducts his own foreign policy, and the owner of a major social media hub — seems to share the views of a garden-variety neo-Nazi.https://t.co/tG6PIK12lV
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) November 16, 2023
New: IBM released a statement to the Financial Times saying that it has “suspended all advertising on X while we investigate this entirely unacceptable situation.” https://t.co/hFDa48zEFS
— Media Matters (@mmfa) November 16, 2023
NEW from me:
"What we were saying in Charlottesville"
"normalising our ideas"
"ourguy"
"I like what I’m seeing"
"Elon Musk has seen the light of Truth"Far-right figures & white nationalists celebrate Elon Musk agreeing Jews push "hatred against whites" https://t.co/6dQKrur8ec
— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) November 16, 2023
how it started // how it went // how it's going pic.twitter.com/K9kLciTykj
— Kat Abu (@abughazalehkat) November 17, 2023
Romana Didulo and her crew have left the school in Richmound after officials showed up to do a inspection of the property. They're staying at a farm down the road and vowed to return.
Residents are holding their breath, hoping they're actually gone.
https://t.co/zBHHZoWeEV— Mack Lamoureux (@MackLamoureux) November 16, 2023
Imagine seeing this in someone’s home. pic.twitter.com/hhnanqVPjT
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) November 17, 2023
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 17, 2023 at 08:00
