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Fredrick Brennan is the founder of the imageboard website 8chan – Wikipedia
How the QAnon movement has evolved beyond needing Q – or even Trump
Many QAnon believers reacted angrily to Trump’s 2024 announcement as it negated their election fraud beliefs. Q-aligned candidates did badly at the midterms, and recent “Q drops” failed to make a stir. But experts told Insider why the movement is
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Ron Watkins files an ethics complaint against Wendy Rogers, alleging she put his life in danger
Ron Watkins, the man purported to be an architect of the QAnon conspiracy theory, filed an ethics complaint against Republican state Sen. Wendy Rogers for a post she made about him on social media. Watkins’ complaint stems from a February
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Who Is Behind QAnon? Linguistic Detectives Find Fingerprints
“Open your eyes,” the online post began, claiming, “Many in our govt worship Satan.” That warning, published on a freewheeling online message board in October 2017, was the beginning of the movement now known as QAnon. Paul Furber was its
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The week in audio: The Coming Storm; Now, Where Were We?; Gemma Cairney Gets Classical
The Coming Storm (BBC Radio 4/World Service) | BBC SoundsNow, Where Were We? with Barry Cryer and Bob Cryer (Acast)Gemma Cairney Gets Classical (Scala Radio) | scalaradio.co.uk Excuse me for a moment. I’ve just finished binge-listening to The Coming Storm,
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QAnon FAQ: Q believers are still waiting for JFK Jr. in Dallas
QAnon hasn’t gone away. Getty Images Nov. 22, 1963, was a tragic day in US history when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. On Monday, a group of QAnon believers remain at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, the site of the
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Who Is Ron Watkins, the QAnon Celebrity Running for Congress?
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer. Photos: Screenshot via Telegram; Getty Images Ron Watkins is not the only peddler of conspiracy theories seeking office in 2022, but he may be the most influential. The former 8chan administrator is known as one of the most popular
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Ron Watkins hopes to move from QAnon to Congress. And he needs Arizona voters to do so.
Five days before Ron Watkins, the notorious MAGA conspiracy theorist who helped spread the violent far-right QAnon conspiracy, posted a video to his Telegram account announcing his candidacy for a rural Arizona congressional district, he registered to vote in Maricopa
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‘Q: Into The Storm’: Documentary Unravels QAnon Movement
Supporters of then-President Donald Trump fly a U.S. flag with a symbol from the QAnon conspiracy theory as they gather outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, ahead of the insurrection. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images
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The Secrets of QAnon’s Appeal
Critics accuse QAnon’s chroniclers in the media of failing to learn Trump-era lessons about the role mainstream media plays in amplifying disinformation and extremist content. And more than any behind-the-scenes revelation about the conspiracy itself, “Into the Storm” is most
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