QAnon believers seek to adapt their extremist ideology for a new era: "Things have just started" https://t.co/J4BzG7UZF2
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 22, 2021
Newsmax and OAN peeled off some viewers and instead of becoming more sane Fox has made an editorial decision to get even crazier https://t.co/H0qK1vxEWR
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 26, 2021
"Like the Hawaii GOP, [Tucker Carlson] didn’t promote or subscribe to the wild and baseless theory about a mass pedophile ring in the U.S. government, but he cast its adherents as victims of looming persecution, denied basic civil liberties." https://t.co/FeYi2yLK9L
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) January 26, 2021
Conspiracy theories are dangerous and can be deadly. But we need to stop thinking of QAnon believers as far-off lunatics or tinfoil hat loners in basements. Some, sadly, may be your neighbors. We urgently must try to bring them back to reality. My latest: https://t.co/KxXxFioy2A
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) January 25, 2021
Dear god, they literally tweeted a QAnon slogan from their official account. https://t.co/4I2LmwxZOH
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) January 23, 2021
"A Federal Aviation Administration employee who subscribed to the QAnon conspiracy theory was already under FBI investigation when he took part in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, federal authorities disclosed this week.” https://t.co/YxWWOIiEU5
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) January 23, 2021
What a story from @stephemcneal on the world of white women QAnon believers. The idea of one person creating a community that follows extremist ideas couched in millennial pink nearly overnight is so scary.
— Jane Lytvynenko (@JaneLytv) January 22, 2021
Come for the reporting, stay for the art. https://t.co/tVcMMNFMwQ
"There are possibly millions of Americans who have been indoctrinated in conspiracy theories, and just because Biden is the President, that is not going away." — @donie https://t.co/buQssVcLEq
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) January 22, 2021
“All it took was Biden’s inauguration to break the fever dream for some QAnon supporters,” @JohnAvlon says in today’s #RealityCheck as he looks at the “panic on the QAnon message boards.” pic.twitter.com/lDY6cMAPPl
— New Day (@NewDay) January 21, 2021
I wonder what these guys are up to today. https://t.co/p90bVsUBei
— Travis View (@travis_view) January 20, 2021
QAnon conspiracy theorists are having a very bad day. https://t.co/HPuQPhRbeW
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) January 20, 2021
"Q was a LARP the entire f—ing time."
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) January 20, 2021
"There is no plan.'
"It's over and nothing makes sense… absolutely nothing…" pic.twitter.com/I2k8C7708m
Pro-Trump Telegram channels and other online forums were filled today with posts from users angry and disappointed that Trump did not black out U.S. communications networks and send in the military to arrest Biden and other Democrats and celebrities. https://t.co/1Y2Odm6JM1
— Axios (@axios) January 20, 2021
Ron Watkins, the former 8kun admin who helped keep QAnon afloat for years (and who some suspected of being Q himself), is throwing in the towel. pic.twitter.com/HJdBrOexO2
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) January 20, 2021
When talking to doomsday QAnon supporters in West Virginia, this NYT reporter confesses that "You can see the image of Hillary rising to the Presidency in their eyes", further confirmation of what Trump supporters have known all along, that Hillary will emerge from the wings.
— SatireBot (@BotSatire) January 20, 2021
Facebook has new QAnon numbers out tonight that highlights how vast the conspiracy theory is.
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) January 20, 2021
Since August Facebook says it has removed:
-3,300 Pages
-10,500 groups
-510 events
-18,300 Facebook profiles
-27,300 Instagram accounts
Under its QAnon policy.