Some links to Q-related items today
AdvertisementTrump: We suspended all refugee resettlement, except for persecuted South Africans. There's a very horrible thing going on in South Africa. It's a genocide. They kill people if they're white. If you're a white person. I did great with the black vote, the African American vote,… pic.twitter.com/DXunfnjQnV
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 17, 2026
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is directly accusing Donald Trump of lying about negotiations, saying Trump made “seven claims in one hour, all of which were false.”
Ghalibaf also says that Iran—not the U.S.—will decide what happens in the Strait of Hormuz,… pic.twitter.com/8KzkOXvQHA
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) April 17, 2026
Trump campaigned on $2 gas. It was $3.11 when he took office in 2025. He’s now defending his high gas prices by attacking Biden. pic.twitter.com/OWlcFmPmo5
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) April 18, 2026
EXCLUSIVE @TheAtlantic On multiple occasions Patel’s security detail had difficulty waking him because he was seemingly intoxicated, according to info supplied to DOJ and White House officials. A request for “breaching equipment”was made because Patel had been unreachable behind…
— Sarah Fitzpatrick (@S_Fitzpatrick) April 17, 2026
NEW: A PR company is operating a bizarre fake news mill that's plagiarizing original journalism at a massive scale — all while spewing misinformation and hallucinating fake quotes. It also can't stop referring to real people as "John Doe" and "Jane Doe."https://t.co/EQOAJGRGf9 pic.twitter.com/JAiYEVFUo5
— Maggie Harrison Dupré (@mags_h11) April 17, 2026
The two things I enjoy most in QAnon is people hand waving away rising gas prices and AI generated chessboards that make no sense and we get both in this tweet, what a lucky guy I am! pic.twitter.com/GKKdRmlZUs
— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) April 18, 2026
I love posts like this because it is clear QAnon has infinite patience. They have waited 9 years and there is no sign Obama or Hillary are about to get perp walked and yet they keep getting hyped about the latest lie from John Solomon. pic.twitter.com/1xoK1rLx3v
— Poker and Politics (@PokerPolitics) April 18, 2026
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 April 18, 2026 at 08:00
