Tag Archives: QAnon

The Arizona Mirror reports: Kari Lake didn’t get what she wanted for Christmas, as a judge on Christmas Eve rejected all of her claims in a lawsuit that sought to overturn her election loss. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson issued a decision in the suit at 10:45 a.m. on Christmas Eve, shooting down all of Lake’s claims. Thompson …

The New York Times reports: A state judge on Saturday rejected Kari Lake’s last-ditch effort to overturn her defeat in the Arizona governor’s race, dismissing for lack of evidence her last two claims of misconduct by Maricopa County election officials. Ms. Lake and her supporters conjured up what they called a deliberate effort by election officials in Maricopa County, the …

The Washington Post reports: An Arizona judge on Friday ruled from the bench against Abe Hamadeh, the unsuccessful Republican candidate for state attorney general who claimed that improper adjudication of ballots and other errors cost him the election and who had asked to be declared the winner. Hamadeh lost to Democrat Kris Mayes by 511 votes, a narrow margin that …

“Biden’s a child molester and he kidnaps children and does horrible things to them just like Hillary Clinton and Obama, who made the virus. The virus is man-made. It doesn’t exist. Kids need to be put back in school. “The people who are pulling the strings is the Italian Vatican. They actually are reptilian bloodlines from another planet. They’re basically …

The Associated Press reports: On the first day of trial in her election challenge Wednesday, Kari Lake’s lawyers alleged small-bore problems that didn’t appear to show the widespread, intentional misconduct she would need to prove. Lawyers for the former television anchor are focusing on problems with ballot printers at some polling places in Maricopa County, home to more than 60% …

The Arizona Daily Star reports: Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson has given her attorneys 5 1/2 hours over Wednesday and Thursday to present evidence she contends will show someone interfered with both the ballot-on-demand printers and failed to maintain a “chain of custody” of about 300,000 ballots. Either of those, Lake contends, is enough to bring into question …

The Arizona Republic reports: A judge declined Monday to dismiss Kari Lake’s election challenge after oral arguments by attorneys, giving her a chance to try to prove her claims of misconduct by election officials. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson tossed eight of the claims in Lake’s lawsuit, but allowed two to remain that alleged an intentional plot by …

The Daily Beast reports: Kari Lake, the MAGA cause célèbre and far-right former TV journalist, was defeated handily in Arizona’s gubernatorial race last month—though you wouldn’t know it from her Sunday appearance at a recent gathering of conservative activists, which had all the pomp and circumstance of a victory lap. After walking onstage amid pounding dubstep and explosions of confetti, …

Phoenix’s ABC affiliate reports: A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Mark Finchem with prejudice and confirmed the election of Adrian Fontes as Arizona Secretary of State-Elect. The lawsuit focused on issues in the 2022 election, as well as the fact that Secretary of State Katie Hobbs did not recuse herself despite the fact she was running for governor. Finchem’s …

“We just had such a huge movement going into election day, so to watch these people – these evil bastards. Can I say that here, is that alright? To watch them steal this in broad daylight, and if they think they are going to get away with it, they messed with the wrong bitch! Okay?” – Kari Lake, speaking to …

NBC News reports: A QAnon believer who chased U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman on Jan. 6, 2021, and apparently believed he was storming the White House was sentenced Friday to five years in prison. A jury found Doug Jensen, of Iowa, guilty on seven counts, including felony charges of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding officers, in September. …

The New York Times reports: It was as quick as it was brutal — captured in just a few seconds of grainy video from a police body camera. Arriving at the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, two officers find an intruder and Ms. Pelosi’s husband, Paul, standing calmly, each with a hand on a hammer that the police demand …

The New York Post reports: The man who allegedly beat Paul Pelosi within an inch of his life with a hammer had a list of other targets including Hunter Biden, Tom Hanks and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a court heard Wednesday. San Francisco Police Sgt. Carla Hurley testified Wednesday David DePape — who had gone to the Pelosi residence with …

NBC News reports: Kari Lake, the GOP candidate who lost Arizona’s governor race in November, filed a lawsuit Friday challenging certification of the state’s election results and seeking a court order that declares her the winner. The 70-page lawsuit from Lake, a prominent election denier and Trump ally, contains numerous inaccuracies about the election won by Democratic Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs, Arizona’s …

“I agree with him on that. Can you imagine our Founding Fathers, what they went through to help bring about this great nation, seeing what happened in 2020, and really seeing what’s happening now in 2022, just saying, ‘OK, well, I guess it didn’t go our way, I guess they cheated, we know they rigged the elections, and they put …

ABC News reports: A prominent adherent of the QAnon and “Pizzagate” conspiracy theories posed for photos with former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort Tuesday night after speaking at an event hosted at the club, according to the photos and videos posted to social media. Videos and photos posted to social media appear to show Liz Crokin, a prominent …

Reuters reports: Germany on Wednesday detained 25 members and supporters of a far-right group that prosecutors said were preparing a violent overthrow of the state, with some members suspected of plotting an armed attack on the parliament. Prosecutors said the group was inspired by the deep state conspiracy theories of QAnon and the Reichsbuerger, who do not recognise the legitimacy …

Vice News reports: On the QAnon message board the Great Awakening, members concluded that the sudden nature of Kirstie Alley’s death was a clear sign that her death was part of a global plot to silence critics of the COVID vaccines. “I wholly believe the [deep state] has a way of dosing people with poisons that create aggressive cancers,” one …

Law & Crime reports: The U.S. Supreme Court this morning declined to take up a case where a group of voters sued a private and prominent voting machine company under the statute that authorizes federal civil rights lawsuits to be filed against government agents and state actors. In an orders list, with no discussion or noted dissent, the nation’s high …

The Arizona Republic reports: In a blistering 30-page opinion, a federal judge ordered sanctions against the attorneys of Kari Lake and Mark Finchem in their lawsuit against voting machines, hoping to deter “similarly baseless suits in the future.” Lake and Finchem, Trump-endorsed Republicans who failed in their bids for governor and secretary of state, filed suit in April in an …