Rory Banks snuck out of his Sacramento-area home late one night in May 2021 ready to kill. The 44-year-old had two handguns, four knives, pepper spray and a visiting list of registered sex offenders in his town. Banks were driven by an unusual, but increasingly common motive across the United States in fomenting violence: QAnon. Banks have become fascinated by the pro-Trump conspiracy theory on the Internet. He frequented Telegram, the social media app popular with QAnon users who were convinced that the world’s elites engaged in a satanic ritual…
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Qanoun supports these Secretary of State candidates in the 2024 master plan
Speaking to a crowd at the Holiday Inn in Clearwater, Florida, QAnon influencer Juan O’Savin described his weekly routine. “On Friday morning, I get a call with all the candidates from all over the country,” Savin told attendees of Round Two of Truth on October 14. A coalition of candidates, secretaries of state, governors, attorneys general, all of it.” He then set out on a zigzag narrative about election fraud, his plan to launch a “Fallujah”-like military operation in the capital, and his claims “that he actually has more Trump…
Read MoreMichael Flynn’s group is recruiting policemen and military veterans for an “other mission” to watch election sites
A conservative group led by Trump’s former National Security Adviser and election denier Michael Flynn is trying to recruit thousands of police officers to serve as poll monitors on Election Day — and to reach out to conspiracy theorists at QAnon to aid in the recruitment effort. Dubbed “Another Mission,” the group describes itself as a nonpartisan effort to recruit military veterans, as well as police officers and other emergency workers, to monitor the ballot in an effort to “defend our constitutional right to vote.” “Our team wanted to find…
Read MoreLara Logan Acting Totally Qunun, Spouting Blood Libel On Newsmax
Nearly a year after she was fired by Fox News for calling Dr. Anthony Fauci a Nazi, Lara Logan has been on prime-time radio waves from Newsmax pushing QAnon fields, evoking blood libel, and promoting fear about a “global gang” planning to “dilute” Patriots Group” in the United States with “100 million illegal immigrants”. Logan, an award-winning reporter for CBS News, has espoused baseless conspiracy theories in an apparent attempt to remake herself as a far-right critic. Despite this, her increasingly fickle rhetoric led to Fox News being turned away…
Read MoreEx-President Donald Trump steps up his outreach to QAnon Video
Donald Trump ramped up his outreach to believers in the QAnon conspiracy theory Thursday, posting a video full of references to the movement he sees from a Christian perspective. The video, which was first posted on Trump’s social network TruthSocial by a QAnon believer, contains a slideshow of QAnon memes. The images indicate the beliefs of QAnon supporters that Democratic leaders worship the devil, cannibalism, and that Trump will soon execute or imprison them in Guantanamo Bay. Trump retweeted the video on his account on Thursday evening. Trump’s promotion of…
Read MoreAOC opponent Tina Forte says ‘the Latino community’ supports her
Tina Forte, QAnon-Strengthen The Republican challenger to Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s seat in the House of Representatives, Thursday, claimed that her opponent’s voters support not only her, but also the “Latino community.” In an interview with Newsmax that also featured Stephen Elliott, the Republican nominee who will face Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) in November, Forte said her strategy to beat the overwhelming favorites Ocasio-Cortez includes a door-to-door transition. “I’ve walked the neighborhood. I’m knocking on doors. I’m talking to people. They don’t want it anymore,” said Forte. “I have her constituents…
Read MoreDonald Trump is making love to QAnon and we should all be terrified
I didn’t think it was possible, but Donald Trump is more dangerous than ever. Last week, he warned America that if he was indicted, we would have “problems … the likes of which we may have never seen before.” For a man who has already instigated violent riots by his defeat in the 2020 election, the veiled threat of violence (a nice democracy there – if you can keep it!) cannot be dismissed as a toothless hoax. But it gets (arguably) worse: Trump is full of the law. Last Tuesday,…
Read MoreJimmy Kimmel cries at Trump’s horrific QAnon rally
Donald Trump has totally gone to QAnon, and Jimmy Kimmel has some concerns. On Monday night, the late-night host showed footage from the former president’s latest rally in Youngstown, Ohio over the weekend where supporters can be seen Raise the index fingers To seemingly represent Qunun’s motto, “Where we go one, we all go”. “All of these people are reacting to what sounds like a QAnon song that people played at the rally,” Kimmel explained. “They hold up one finger, which means one, which is their average IQ I think.”…
Read MoreIt’s time to describe MAGA as a threat to national security
Former President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement’s full embrace of violent extremism and hateful conspiracy theories gave President Joe Biden and Democrats the perfect opportunity to formally declare MAGA and its allies as an active terrorist threat. Ideally, President Biden would have made this announcement in We stand united at the top Held at the White House, it was attended by leaders of a diverse community from across the country to discuss best strategies and practices to confront the violence that fuels hate and affects our democracy and public…
Read MoreThe family said Igor Lanes killed his wife and shot his daughter after she fell into the QAnon Rabbit Hole
A Michigan man who was shot by police after killing his wife and severely injuring one of his daughters has reportedly been lured into the QAnon conspiracy theory after refusing to accept that Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election. Details of Igor Lanes’ descent into violent extremism were Posted on Reddit Sunday by his 21-year-old daughter Rebecca Lannis, under the headline “Haddad Killed and Killed My Family This Morning.” Some Reddit users initially questioned the authenticity of the post, which was published under the username “qanonruinsfamilies” just hours after…
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