QAnon
These locally elected officials posted or openly supported QAnon conspiracy theories
The tension had been building for weeks. Hours before the meeting, a group of students, retired teachers, and parents held a small demonstration at the high school, expressing their discontent with just one person: school board member Amy Facchinello. Depending on who you ask, she’s either a QAnon sympathizer who poses a threat to the …
Jimmy Kimmel Drags ‘Insane’ Trump for Thinking He’ll Be Reinstated as President
Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday mocked both ex-President Donald Trump for believing a false theory that he will once again become commander-in-chief in August, as well as Trump’s disgraced former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, for calling for a military-style coup in the U.S. At a QAnon conference over the weekend in Dallas, Flynn was asked …
‘QAnon shaman’ Jake Angeli taken into custody over assault on the U.S. Capitol
Jake Angeli, who was photographed on Wednesday standing shirtless inside the Senate chamber, wearing a horned hat with a painted face, was taken into custody Saturday, according to the Department of Justice. “Jacob Anthony Chansley, a.k.a. Jake Angeli, of Arizona, was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful …
Donald Trump fans chant “traitor” at Mitt Romney on flight from Salt Lake City to Washington, D.C.
Senator Mitt Romney of Utah faced chants of “traitor” while on a flight from Salt Lake City to Washington, D.C. A video posted to Twitter appears to show a small group of passengers chanting, at least one of whom appears to not be properly wearing a mask. “Resign, Mitch!” one woman, seen with a mask …
Congress was warned over QAnon. Hours later, Trump boosted it.
What happened next: At a town hall event from NBC later that evening—replacing the second debate, which was cancelled amid concerns over the President’s recent covid-19 diagnosis—Trump was asked to state that QAnon’s fake theory that senior Democrats are part of a satanic operation to abuse and traffic children was not true. At first he …
Facebook says it will ban QAnon, full stop.
The news: Facebook announced on Tuesday that it will remove “any Facebook Pages, Groups and Instagram accounts representing QAnon, even if they contain no violent content.” QAnon, the pro-Trump conspiracy theory centering on the belief that the president of the United States is at war with a secret satanic pedophile ring run by liberals, has …
QAnon and Pro-Lifers Hit a New Low Mocking Chrissy Teigen’s Miscarriage
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend never chose baby names before they gave birth, the model and entrepreneur wrote in a raw post on Wednesday night. This time it had been different. This time they’d taken to calling the fetus Jack. And this time, they will never have a son to bring home from the hospital. …
Marjorie Taylor Greene, candidate who supports QAnon, wins Republican primary runoff in Georgia
Greene, who owns a construction company jointly with her husband, defeated John Cowan, a neurosurgeon. She will face Democrat Kevin Van Ausdal, an IT specialist, in November. GOP leaders, whose standard-bearer rose to political prominence on the basis of a conspiracy theory about Barack Obama’s birthplace, have watched her ascent with some unease. Rep. Steve …