Tag Archives: QAnon

The Associated Press reports: CLAIM: Two images of beams of light reaching up the sky prove recent wildfires on Maui were started by an “energy weapon.” AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Both images are unrelated to the fires on Maui. One photo shows the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from a California military base in May 2018. The other shows …

“This is a guy who’s already won. He won in 2016. He won even bigger in 2020. All that January 6th was, was a staged riot to cover up the fact that they certified a fraudulent election. If we just go back and deal with this fraudulent election and what happened in 2020, we don’t have to impeach Biden because …

From the Justice Department: A Florida couple pleaded guilty today to felony and misdemeanor charges related to their actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Jamie …

The New York Times reports: A personal chef to the Obama family died over the weekend after he was seen struggling in the water while paddleboarding near the former first family’s home on Martha’s Vineyard, the Massachusetts State Police said on Monday. The body of the chef, Tafari Campbell, 45, of Dumfries, Va., who was visiting the Vineyard, was found …

A reminder about the movie via NPR: Jim Caviezel has been a prominent promoter of the false, violent QAnon conspiracy theory — specifically, the baseless claim that an international cabal of elites is abusing and killing children to extract a substance called adrenochrome. In press appearances promoting Sound of Freedom, Caviezel continues to spout QAnon falsehoods. On a recent episode …

Mediaite reports: Immediately after the news of college basketball player Bronny James suffering cardiac arrest, conspiracy theorists were quick to blame the Covid-19 vaccine. TMZ reported Tuesday that Bronny — the oldest son of NBA superstar LeBron James — was hospitalized Monday morning after going into cardiac arrest at a basketball workout. He’s since been moved out of the ICU …

“I will use Title 42 to end the child trafficking crisis by returning all trafficked children to their families in their home countries and without delay, and I will urge Congress to ensure that anyone caught trafficking children across our border receives the death penalty immediately and that includes also for women, because women as you know are number one …

The Messenger reports: A federal judge on Thursday denied the “QAnon Shaman” Jacob Angeli Chansley’s request to reverse his guilty plea in regards to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Chansley pleaded guilty in 2021 to obstructing an official government proceeding during the attack on the Capitol. Chansley, who has the nickname of “QAnon Shaman” and gained notoriety after a …

Vice News reports: The leader of a QAnon cult who convinced thousands of people that former president John F. Kennedy and his son JFK, Jr. are still alive has died, VICE News can exclusively report. Michael Protzman, 60, died last Friday in the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota a week after an accident at the Meadow Valley Motocross track in …

Mediaite reports: Lin Wood, an outspoken advocate of the conspiracy theory that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from former president Donald Trump in the courtroom and the court of public opinion has agreed to retire from the law rather than be disbarred in the state of Georgia. In a letter addressed to the general counsel and executive director of …

Maryland Matters reports: Former Del. Dan Cox, the 2022 Republican nominee for governor in Maryland, appears to have filed to run for Congress in the 6th District on Monday. But in a brief interview, Cox, who is contemplating the 6th District race to replace U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-6th), said it wasn’t him. Someone filed electronic paperwork with the Federal …

The Arizona Mirror reports: Jacob Angeli Chansley, who rose to prominence as the self-described “QAnon Shaman” and became, for many, the face of the Jan. 6 insurrection, is trying to get his sentence overturned and says he never renounced QAnon or felt duped by Donald Trump. At the same time, he’s trying to make money on his newfound fame. Chansley, …

The Associated Press reports: A judge this week ordered Michigan Republican Party Chairperson Kristina Karamo and others to pay more than $58,000 in legal fees incurred by the Detroit clerk’s office to fight a lawsuit they filed challenging absentee voting in the city. In an order signed Monday, Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Timothy Kenny said the Oct. 26 lawsuit …

City & State reports: Tina Forte, the Rep. George Santos associate who raised $1.5 million en route to getting just 27% of the vote against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez last year, announced Monday that she’s planning to take on AOC again in 2024. “After many discussions with family, friends, and constituents throughout the Bronx and Queens, I have decided to challenge …

“The people I know who turned their back on Bud Light, they would rather die of thirst than take a sip of Bud Light. This is where it’s getting with this stuff. “You know, there might be some who just go for a little while and say, ‘Look, I’m going to decide to spend my money in a different place …

From the far-right fake news Gateway Pundit: DON’T MISS OUT! The Truth Bombers and Mailman Media release their first single “81 Million Votes” featuring LJ Fino and Kari Lake. The same production team that brought you “Justice for All” featuring Donald Trump and the J6 Choir the hit single that reached number one on the Billboard Charts is behind this …

The Daily Beast reports: Speaking ahead of her “Defend America” rally, Lake told conservative TV network Real America’s Voice: “Our attorney’s just filed a notice for appeal.” She went on to explain that her team “now have the video” to support claims of misconduct in Maricopa County. “We are not stopping,” Lake added. “I will never back down. That election …

The Daily Beast reports: Pro-Trump Republican congressional candidate J.R. Majewski is ending his 2024 dreams once and for all after already losing the Ohio congressional race in 2022. It all fell apart for Majewski last year when a report by the Associated Press surfaced claiming that he repeatedly misrepresented his combat service, including claiming that he served in Afghanistan despite …

Popular Information reports: Last week, Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton [photo] announced that he had appointed Laurie Cardoza-Moore to serve on the Tennessee Standards Recommendation Committee to oversee “Social Studies materials being reviewed for use in classrooms statewide.” Cardoza-Moore, known for holding extremist views and promoting conspiracy theories, has called “U.S. history textbooks” currently used in classrooms the “greatest national …

The Arizona Republic reports: A Maricopa County judge has affirmed — again — Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs’ win in November and rejected Republican Kari Lake’s claims that improper signature verification and misconduct affected the outcome. The ruling comes after Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson heard three days of testimony and argument in his Mesa courtroom May 17-19. That …