Tag Archives: QAnon

Vice News reports: The woman whom thousands of Canadians believe is their secret ruler isn’t afraid to tell her followers she’s calling for the executions of health care workers and politicians behind the vaccination rollout. “At the firing squad, the military firing squad, you will receive not one, but two bullets on your forehead for each child that you have …

CNN’s Daniel Dale today fact-checks QAnon Rep. Lauren Boebert’s claim that “liberals” are legalizing knowingly spreading HIV. He writes: Boebert’s claim about liberals legalizing knowingly spreading HIV is false. No state has “legalized” the knowing spread of HIV. Some states, including Iowa under a Republican governor in 2014, have reduced some criminal penalties for people who expose or potentially expose …

Newsweek reports: A group of U.S. House Republicans who have opposed mask mandates and shutdowns during the coronavirus pandemic called for the removal of Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday, accusing him of advocating unnecessary measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus. “Dr. Fauci was not elected by the American people—he was not supposed to guide our economy,” Representative Marjorie …

Media Matters reports: Arizona Republican state Sen. Wendy Rogers, a supporter of the “audit” and self-proclaimed member of the militia group the Oath Keepers, tweeted, “You will not touch Arizona ballots or machines unless you want to spend time in an Arizona prison.” (The tweet was written up by right-wing blog The Gateway Pundit.) The next day, former Trump White …

Politico reports: Freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene paid a visit to the Holocaust museum on Monday in a bid to defuse the controversy over her comments comparing vaccine and mask requirements to Nazi Germany. The Georgia Republican — who has faced backlash from both parties for her inflammatory remarks — wanted to show contrition for her behavior, according to a …

CNN reports: The FBI has warned lawmakers that online QAnon conspiracy theorists may carry out more acts of violence as they move from serving as “digital soldiers” to taking action in the real world following the January 6 US Capitol attack. The shift is fueled by a belief among some of the conspiracy’s more militant followers that they “can no …

Politico reports: Lynda Blanchard donated nearly $1 million to pro-Donald Trump political committees, served as his ambassador to Slovenia and launched her Alabama Senate campaign with a video spotlighting her Trump bumper sticker-adorned pickup truck. But the former president was annoyed after hearing from donors that Blanchard was hyping her connections to Trump and giving them the impression she had …

Axios reports: Days before the first Republican candidate jumped into next year’s Arizona Senate race, he poured millions into an ostensibly nonpartisan voter registration operation affiliated with prominent election fraud conspiracy theorists. GOP candidate Jim Lamon embraces many of these theories, and a drive to register voters with the same inclination has the potential to benefit his candidacy. Lamon also …

“Tiger Woods! That was an attempted assassination. They wanna lie to you and I that Tiger Woods was intoxicated and he was driving too – that’s a lie. Okay? “So there was no break or cement ravine in the place where Tiger almost lost his life. Well, the deep state wanted to take him out. Why? A week before his …

“Yes, vaccines do harm people. By the way, I just found out something when I was on lunch, and I want to show it to you. We were talking about Dr. Tenpenny’s testimony about magnetic vaccine crystals, so this is what I found out. “I have a key and a bobby pin here. Explain to me here why the key …

CNBC reports: The family of Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt is suing to force Washington, D.C., to hand over records revealing the identity of the police officer who fatally shot her during the Jan. 6 invasion. The family is also demanding access to video footage of the shooting, witness statements and documents gathered during the Metropolitan Police Department’s investigation of the …

Law & Crime reports: A man seen wearing a “Trust the Plan,” “Q,” and “Where We Go One We Go All” shirt on the front lines of a mob that chased Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman inside the Capitol on Jan. 6 is seeking to be released from pretrial detention, claiming he was “a victim” of nefarious false conspiracy theories …

CNN reports: A Trump supporter accused of storming the US Capitol and heckling police officers for “protecting pedophiles” previously served jail time after being convicted in the statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl, according to court records reviewed by CNN and lawyers involved in the cases. Federal prosecutors say Sean McHugh of Auburn, California, fought with police as they fended …

The Wall Street Journal reports: Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers visited an ongoing Republican-ordered audit of 2020 ballots in Phoenix Wednesday and called for their state to conduct a similar review, the latest sign that political fighting over last year’s election is far from over. Republicans in Arizona’s senate ordered the audit of roughly 2.1 million ballots cast in Maricopa County, home …

Media Matters reports: Thomas Homan, a Fox News contributor and former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director, is scheduled to speak at a conference this week that will feature QAnon conspiracy theorists Michael Flynn and Lin Wood, who both have a history of endorsing political violence. South Carolina State Treasurer Curtis Loftis (R) is also set to speak at …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump is reportedly telling people that he expects to get reinstated by August, according to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman. Haberman shared this rather stunning detail in a quote tweet of a CNN segment featured in a tweet from Donie O’Sullivan. The video features a number of QAnon followers lauding a Myanmar-style coup of …

The Daily Beast reports: After his comment was reported by media outlets, Flynn rushed to Telegram to disavow his own comment. “Let me be VERY CLEAR,” he wrote. “There is NO reason whatsoever for any coup in America, and I do not and have not at any time called for any action of that sort.” He then went on to …

“I think the first order of business this morning is to dispel a horrible incident of fake news. The fake news has grossly distorted what General Flynn said yesterday in response to a question about Myanmar. “There are no circumstances under which he urged the military to take any action to unseat the president. “We all know our that in …

Newsweek reports: Attorney Sidney Powell, who filed baseless 2020 election challenges on behalf of former President Donald Trump, insisted on Saturday that the Republican politician “can simply be reinstated”—continuing to promote conspiracy theories and misinformation about President Joe Biden’s victory. Powell made the remarks during the “For God & Country Patriot Roundup” conference in Dallas this weekend. Also speaking at …

First, the backstory from earlier this month: Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona is defending a woman who was shot and killed by the Capitol Police as she tried to break into the U.S. House chamber during the Jan. 6 insurrection, saying she was “executed.” At a House hearing on what went wrong that day, Gosar questioned former acting Attorney …