Some links to Q-related items today
AdvertisementNate Hochman remains a cautionary tale for young far-right culture. He was all set to be the media-friendly face of the New Right—fellowships, a big article in the NYT in his early 20's—then blew it on praising Nick Fuentes and now a Nazi meme. https://t.co/PFQ2Yqyydp
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) July 25, 2023
Scoop: This staffer didn't just retweet the video.
He secretly made the video w/ the Sonnenrad, per a person familiar.It was then shared through @desantiscams where the staffer retweeted it. The video was later deleted it but here it is.
My storyhttps://t.co/TBt0IMNQe0 https://t.co/Tutp4lM4On pic.twitter.com/DJdy71DzwD— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) July 25, 2023
Trump is still constantly amplifying QAnon accounts on Truth Social. It was alarming the first few times he did it on Twitter. Now it’s routine for him. https://t.co/RNKZ8tTrtT
— Travis View (@travis_view) July 25, 2023
NEW from me: I spent five days in Wewahitchka, Florida, the home of Catturd. There I learned that the mysterious MAGA influencer is essentially unknown in his own backyard–and heard from the man himself, Phillip Buchanan
The debut of Hi-Res at @dailydot https://t.co/Ha4lWHPEHv
— Claire Goforth (@claire_goforth) July 25, 2023
Twitter has suspended the account of US right-wing conspiracy theorist and QAnon follower Dom Lucre with more than half a million followers.
One of the biggest conspiracy accounts on Twitter, his tweets regularly racked up millions of views. pic.twitter.com/0enOiCtcbb
— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) July 26, 2023
Right-wing conspiracy accounts have begun spreading a theory without any evidence that Barack Obama's personal chef Tafari Campbell, who tragically died in a paddleboarding accident, was in fact murdered by the Obamas. pic.twitter.com/TGGWGURizd
— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) July 25, 2023
NEW from me:
Crowdfunding platforming Ko-fi is hosting & profiting from QAnon figures who've raised at least tens of thousands of dollars on the platform. Some of these figures moved to Ko-fi after being banned from crowdfunding platform Buy Me a Coffee.https://t.co/QL0p1qK0Ic
— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) July 25, 2023
These MAGA folks think LeBron James may be trying to “sacrifice” his son as part of a Satanic “ritual” in order to “climb the ropes in the Illuminati.” pic.twitter.com/7wI36BzMc2
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) July 25, 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 July 26, 2023 at 08:00