Some links to Q-related items today
AdvertisementNEW: House Speaker Mike Johnson’s wife has taken down the website for her business, Onward Christian Counseling Services, a day after HuffPost reported on documents on the site comparing being gay to bestiality and incest. https://t.co/EiTcPJEflA
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) October 30, 2023
Conspiracy theories like QAnon function like addiction. They hook you with feeling powerful and like you've got tons of new friends. Then they become enmeshed in your life and you can't quit them. By then, the good feelings and new friends are long gone, replaced with misery. https://t.co/qdtRrOKjZE
— Mike Rothschild (no relation) (@rothschildmd) October 30, 2023
Stew Peters is this weird combo of being a big name in the conspiracy theory media world but someone who has been totally under-covered. Batshit insane and hateful, but operating just far enough in the periphery to slide by unnoticed by most reporters (w/ a few exceptions, ofc) https://t.co/wSAsNQdzYy
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) October 31, 2023
So, @PokerPolitics is dead right to say that this is Flynn leeeeeaning into the literal Nazi idea of “Judeo-Bolshevism.”
“Judeo-Bolshevism” is also, of course, wildly popular among today’s far right.
The future would be very, very grim w/guys like this in charge. pic.twitter.com/WtXMZr9AZf
— The Q Origins Project (@QOrigins) October 31, 2023
Card's family contacted the police in MAY https://t.co/m3RG9xts2n
— Dr. Christine Sarteschi, LCSW (@DrSarteschi) October 31, 2023
SCOOP: The lawyer for George Santos' shadow campaign treasurer is now saying that he was also duped—by his own client. He's now retracting his statements to the government, citing my exposé on the bizarre sham earlier this month. https://t.co/XvLBzF3r5u
— Roger Sollenberger (@SollenbergerRC) October 30, 2023
Trump says the “founding fathers” are displeased that he is being held accountable for his crimes. pic.twitter.com/N8WDsc8I9S
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) October 30, 2023
Trump says DeSantis is like a “wounded bird.” pic.twitter.com/d3qGkVddhD
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) October 30, 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 October 31, 2023 at 08:00
