QAnon Accounts Found a Home, and Trump’s Support, on Truth Social

August 31, 2022 2020 election, deep state, trump

Archived 3 years ago from The New York Times
QAnon Accounts Found a Home, and Trump’s Support, on Truth Social

Researchers identified 88 users promoting the conspiracy theory on Donald Trump’s platform, and said he had reposted messages 65 times. Dozens of QAnon-boosting accounts decamped to Truth Social this year after they were banned by other social networks and have found support from the platform’s …

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August 31, 2022 2020 election, deep state, trump

Archived 4 years ago from The New York Times
On Truth Social, QAnon Accounts Found a Home and Trump’s Support

On Truth Social, one user with more than 31,000 followers and three Qs in his profile name posted an image in May of Mr. Trump sitting on a throne with a crown and a Q emblem behind him. Mr. Trump reposted the image. Mr. Trump has also amplified messages that included the QAnon slogan WWG1WGA (for …

QAnon

August 30, 2022

Archived 4 years ago from KQED
How QAnon Continues to Influence National and Local Politics

QAnon, the far right conspiracy movement, hasn’t dominated the headlines lately, but is still an active force in politics. Even locally, members of a QAnon group harassed Los Gatos town council members and shut down a meeting last year. We talk with the creators and hosts of ViceTV’s documentary …

QAnon

August 30, 2022 2020 election, big tech, covid19, trump

Archived 4 years ago from NBC News
Trump shares barrage of QAnon content and other conspiracy theories on his social media platform

Former President Donald Trump spent Tuesday morning posting inflammatory messages on social media, including many explicitly promoting the QAnon conspiracy theory. While Trump has in the past promoted QAnon-inspired accounts and theories, the posts on his Truth Social account were his most …

QAnon

August 25, 2022 deep state

Archived 4 years ago from Associated Press
Colorado mom guilty of Qanon kidnapping conspiracy

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado mother accused of plotting to kidnap her son from foster care after her teen daughter said she started associating with supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory was found guilty of conspiracy to commit second-degree kidnapping on Friday. Cynthia Abcug, 53, denied she was …

QAnon

August 25, 2022 deep state

Archived 4 years ago from NBC News
Colorado woman denies alleged QAnon plot to kidnap son from foster home

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — A Colorado woman accused of plotting with QAnon supporters to kidnap her son from his foster home denied Thursday there was ever a planned raid, saying she ended up meeting backers of the conspiracy theory after reaching out for help on social media to get her son back. Cynthia …

QAnon

August 22, 2022 deep state

Archived 4 years ago from ABC News
Lawyer: No evidence of mom’s alleged Qanon kidnapping plot

DENVER — There is no evidence a Colorado woman who lost custody of her 7-year-old son for allegedly lying about his health problems plotted with Qanon supporters to have him kidnapped from foster care, her lawyer told jurors Monday at the start of her trial. The prosecution’s case about the alleged …

QAnon

August 18, 2022

Archived 4 years ago from Arizona Mirror
Anti-Hobbs TV ad features a QAnon-linked ‘advocate’ for trafficking victims

The woman front and center in a Republican Governors Association ad attacking Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs has ties to QAnon-related events and has spread conspiracy theories about COVID-19. The ad, titled “Traci,” features a San Tan Valley woman named Traci Hansen who in the ad …

QAnon

August 12, 2022

Archived 4 years ago from Bloomberg Law
Court Rejects CNN Defense That QAnon Retweets Are Endorsements

Relatives of former Trump adviser Michael Flynn can proceed with their false light claim against CNN based on a news story it ran that allegedly suggested they were QAnon followers, a federal trial court in New York said Friday. The story Cable News Network Inc. ran showed John and Leslie Flynn at …

QAnon

August 10, 2022

Archived 4 years ago from Grid
What is QAnon? Grid answers in the No Dumb Questions video series

It really does seem like a “dumb question.” Surely we should know what QAnon is by now. But while so much has been said and written about the impact of QAnon on American politics and discourse, our guess is that if you stopped 100 people around the country, you’d get a lot of different answers to …

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