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.

Come for the reporting, stay for the art. https://t.co/tVcMMNFMwQ

— Jane Lytvynenko (@JaneLytv) January 22, 2021

"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."
"There is no plan.'
"It's over and nothing makes sense… absolutely nothing…" pic.twitter.com/I2k8C7708m

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) January 20, 2021

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.

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.

— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) January 20, 2021

I wrote about Valerie Gilbert, a QAnon believer I know. Maybe you know someone like her, too. https://t.co/lbQItolnTO

— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) January 17, 2021

"For anyone who wanted to hear that Trump won, a machine of grifters was turning clicks into cash by telling their audiences what they wanted to hear. The liars got rich, their marks got angry, and things got out of control," @BenSasse writeshttps://t.co/bPZaREXtLp

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 17, 2021

NEW from me:

Online far-right movements are fracturing in the wake of Capitol insurrection, as some militant Trump supporters are pushing away 'gullible' QAnon believershttps://t.co/pVluAFFiON

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) January 15, 2021

Facebook & Twitter reportedly knew QAnon was a problem back in 2018, but they didn't take action & allowed QAnon to build an infrastructure on their platforms. Facebook even made money on QAnon ads. And then QAnon helped lead to a storming of the Capitol.https://t.co/8qlYBI0uEe pic.twitter.com/6BDDSc9D8q

— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) January 15, 2021

How President Trump described QAnon at a White House meeting with Mitch McConnell, @MarkMeadows, @SenToddYoung, and others on July 1. @jonathanvswan @zacharybasu report https://t.co/lPjBV0dKrq pic.twitter.com/nPNdQD8qO5

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 18, 2021

This point is so important. People who have been conned are afraid of admitting it because it makes them feel foolish. Plus they get a social payoff from the feeling of belonging in the group. Leaving is thus both isolating and shameful. https://t.co/Suad8ok1OH

— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) January 17, 2021

The day after a QAnon believer made it to Washington, D.C., last week, he texted a frightening forecast of what could come with Joe Biden’s inauguration: “I predict that within the next 12 days, many in our country will die" https://t.co/8d21ePbCQ8

— POLITICO (@politico) January 13, 2021

New: How QAnon consumed Trump’s party, radicalized "digital soldiers" and helped spark the Capitol siege. The insurrection was a Q fantasy made real; believers say it's just the start https://t.co/5bQ6Bwz8cC

— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) January 13, 2021

This happened AFTER the storming of the Capitol. https://t.co/wmS6KhEJje

— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) January 11, 2021

It's still stunning that this Q insanity is a thing that we have to know about, and I can't imagine trying to explain the stupid thing and the stupid people who fell into that radicalism to folks who aren't Very Online. https://t.co/1j8ECLVY73

— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) January 11, 2021

Reminder: President Trump has repeatedly refused to condemn QAnon.

“I know nothing about it,” he told @SavannahGuthrie in October. “I do know they are very much against pedophilia. They fight it very hard.” https://t.co/RtB3eCGaia

— Gabe Fleisher (@WakeUp2Politics) January 10, 2021

General Flynn and Sidney Powell’s Twitter accounts have been permanently suspended as part of Twitter’s crackdown on QAnon accounts and accounts that engage in coordinated harmful activity. pic.twitter.com/TptbGsAKvX

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 8, 2021

Is the "QAnon Shaman" from the MAGA Capitol riot covered in Neo-Nazi imagery? https://t.co/MWGdkJerZc pic.twitter.com/QUSLQNtziV

— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) January 8, 2021

Ron Watkins, who runs the site where Q from QAnon posts and whom many believe may be Q himself, is now also banned from Twitter.

He spent the last month targeting private citizens with claims of election fraud. He lives in Japan and runs 8kun, a site born in the Philippines.

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) January 8, 2021

Now would seem to be a good time for lots of people who have resisted it to emphasize how much of a deadly threat QAnon is.

It's featured in virtually of all of this, as we're seeing with our own eyes over and over again

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) January 8, 2021

The terrifying story of how QAnon infiltrated moms' groups https://t.co/BsLqONK3ax

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) January 5, 2021

Remember how it was controversial a few months ago that Trump had invited Greene to the White House for his RNC speech? Now look. Classic normalization of once controversial/outrageous behavior by Trump as we all just look on. She’s an extremist who has said crazy bigoted things. https://t.co/4obdsMtxbZ

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) January 5, 2021

New from me and @oneunderscore__ and @janestreet. Trump's expert rehash of QAnon and 4chan conspiracy theories in his call with Brad Raffensperger shows just how far down the far right fringe rabbit hole the President has fallen. https://t.co/xLOdunNGDB

— Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) January 4, 2021

Trump’s former national security adviser is going all in on QAnon, selling QAnon T-shirts and launching a QAnon news site https://t.co/oaifKP8ffV

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 30, 2020

When Flynn posted a video taking the QAnon oath, Sidney Powell insisted it was just just a non-Q-specific patriotic oath.

When Flynn signed a book with QAnon's WWG1WGA slogan, his son insisted said his dad had "ZERO to do with ‘Q.'" and "was asked to write that."

About that … https://t.co/Vj4Ytn3WrE

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) December 29, 2020

New for me for @NYMag.

Trump’s most powerful loyalists are abandoning him in his doomed fight to overturn the election. So the president is turning to his true ride or dies: the Qanon community. And they're thrilled. https://t.co/D3PiFGTelT

— Travis View (@travis_view) December 29, 2020

With President Trump's days in office dwindling, QAnon influencers have become increasingly restless and militant, urging the president to “#crosstherubicon.” https://t.co/typKYkqKQQ

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 28, 2020

With his presidency dwindling, Donald Trump is turning to QAnon heroes, contemplating QAnon ideas and boosting QAnon accountshttps://t.co/rTBd5U6fL5

— POLITICO (@politico) December 24, 2020

Jeff Bezos’s QAnon Christmas: Despite the fact that Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and even Etsy have made efforts to ban it, Amazon continues to sell products that advance the dangerous conspiracy- and enthusiasm thrives in its reviews. https://t.co/7rMa5JUlz9 pic.twitter.com/oO21JJUeM7

— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) December 21, 2020

This is who Trump is considering naming as special counsel to investigate "election fraud" https://t.co/XNWgo5TkxD

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) December 19, 2020

A Houston hormone magnate convinced the country is on the verge of communist revolution financed a private surveillance network across the city. More details on how an ex-cop chasing his boss's voter fraud claims allegedly pulled a gun on an innocent man: https://t.co/CvEC8EioOI

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) December 18, 2020

How Qanon's lies are hijacking the national conversation, and why a republican congressman calls it “bat shit crazy” https://t.co/7CTLqaMOLf ⁦@RobKuznia⁩ ⁦@CurtDevine⁩ and team

— Drew Griffin (@DrewGriffinCNN) December 16, 2020

QAnon followers are now distributing paper tracts that promote QAnon conspiracy theories. Straight from the evangelical Christian playbook. https://t.co/6dOvkyn2Oo

— Travis View (@travis_view) December 15, 2020

This Q-anon lawyer is taken seriously by millions of Trump fans.

For your situational awareness. pic.twitter.com/rdDe1pbDTh

— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) December 30, 2020

This legal? Self-funding QAnon candidate gave own campaign $450,000 after getting PPP loan https://t.co/rN6LJ91C67

— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) December 30, 2020

The average membership of 10 of Facebook's biggest (public) QAnon groups increased ~600% from March-July 2020. https://t.co/njQjYM6Kyh

— Dr. Seema Yasmin (@DoctorYasmin) November 16, 2020

For days after the election, adherents to the QAnon conspiracy movement had been trying to get President Trump’s attention with constant false claims about voter fraud connected to a company that makes voting machines.

On Thursday, they celebrated. https://t.co/L8CCEiSpyn

— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 13, 2020

MCCARTHY on QAnon sympathetic Rs coming to Congress: these are new members — give them an opportunity

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) November 12, 2020

She fell into QAnon and went viral for destroying a Target mask display.

Now she’s rebuilding her life. https://t.co/K3cmaEIVhD

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 11, 2020

Our first Q supportive (her campaign insists it was in the past) congresswoman puts out a video with the following graphic up top pic.twitter.com/1UbtvZ8VFS

— Sam Stein (@samstein) November 11, 2020

QAnon is supposed to be all about protecting kids. Its primary enabler appears to have hosted child porn domains. https://t.co/ITapRPCrdK

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 11, 2020

This is how the QAnon community is reacting to the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine news:

"You can keep your vaccine and your microchip"
"NWO wants only 500 million people globally"
"This is not a win for the people in any way" pic.twitter.com/8mLxxogAFl

— Shayan Sardarizadeh (@Shayan86) November 9, 2020

Researchers are exploring a possible link between polling errors in states where surveys underestimated President Trump’s support and a higher-than-average volume of QAnon activity in those states. https://t.co/QnJrVdGEiQ

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 6, 2020

"Once Trump settled on this narrative, QAnon supporters appeared energized and focused."

Great @kait_tiffany piece: https://t.co/RQSkMr8eHY

— John Hendrickson (@JohnGHendy) November 5, 2020

K-pop fans are "keyword squatting" again, this time disrupting chat about the million maga march with news about pancakes. Here's a good primer:https://t.co/Y85yqzoQDM

— Dr. Seema Yasmin (@DoctorYasmin) November 13, 2020

The QAnon conspiracy theory faces a post-Trump identity crisis https://t.co/qBOYOWZQrx

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 10, 2020

Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) donated $2,000 to QAnon congressional candidate Angela Stanton-King, an author and television personality who is very unlikely to win her race. (The @ajc previously reported Loeffler's donation.) https://t.co/1eGGg8FoLP

— Eric Hananoki (@ehananoki) November 2, 2020

The dozens of Republicans who have voiced support for at least some elements of QAnon show how GOP leadership has allowed QAnon to become a part of the party, even if the GOP hasn’t explicitly embraced it. https://t.co/E52MgHaUen

— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) October 30, 2020

In the U.S., QAnon has already evolved from a fringe internet subculture into a mass movement veering into the mainstream. In Germany, it has found fertile ground in the putsch fantasies and anti-Semitic tropes long popular on the far-right fringe.https://t.co/RY8soZ0VBN

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 11, 2020

Flagging for all the reporters who questioned whether the NRCC ads were really QAnon dog whistles. https://t.co/5ru3YWx70J

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) October 1, 2020

Another QAnon mom has allegedly kidnapped her kid.

It's the latest collision between child custody fights, QAnon, and fringe legal theories. https://t.co/t8SxnAe256

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) October 1, 2020

Facebook announced that it will ban any ads in support of the far-right group Qanon and any militarized social movements. – @CNBC https://t.co/Xq5ot9RLVq

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 1, 2020

anyhow maybe they won't screw this up but…idk this isn't the direction i'd go after reading reports like this one! pic.twitter.com/VK87HZDYkX

— Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) October 1, 2020

Hours before the first debate, the GOP chairwoman is quoting the first daughter to wink at QAnon as if all of this is normal and not in fact the saddest party ever hoping the votes of a conspiracy cult can save them in the election. pic.twitter.com/pBMFoMppst

— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) September 29, 2020

Half of Trump supporters — whether they'd heard of QAnon or not — said they believe the core tenets of the conspiracy. https://t.co/VXbDQUqFaI

— USA TODAY Politics (@usatodayDC) October 22, 2020

“When the specific allegations of QAnon were put to voters, fully half (50%) of Trump supporters said they think Democrats are involved in elite child sex-trafficking rings, while another third (33%) aren’t sure." Only 17% don't believe the theory. https://t.co/W7iHUhHKdi

— Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder) October 22, 2020

QAnon is supposed to be all about protecting kids. Its primary enabler appears to have hosted child porn domains. https://t.co/N2eEMWqOdC

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) October 29, 2020

Republican @BurgessOwens suggested that QAnon — which the FBI has labeled as a potential domestic terrorist threat — is worth examining further because the "left" has labeled it as a conspiracy and "there’s something they’re trying to keep us away from.”https://t.co/PrGcvtB05O

— The Salt Lake Tribune (@sltrib) October 28, 2020

The signaling to QAnon is becoming less subtle. https://t.co/mdD8oVZTAN

— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) October 28, 2020

"COVID and QAnon will be Trump’s enduring legacy—a mass poisoning of the American body and mind."
Do read this powerful piece by @amandacarpenter.https://t.co/VJbOgv0Q26

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) October 26, 2020

He’s a former QAnon believer. He doesn’t want to tell his story, but thinks it might help. https://t.co/y11eFgF9oP

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 25, 2020

As I was interviewing two QAnon supporters in New Mexico at a pro-Trump demonstration, a volunteer who said she was with the Trump campaign — and wore a Trump credential — came up and told me she was instructed by the campaign to stand next to me and monitor my interview.

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) October 24, 2020

From the president on down, the closing pitch to voters is to signal acceptance of a conspiracy theory that the FBI considers dangerous https://t.co/rVSoA5fc7w

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 24, 2020

NEW: The NRCC cut a $5k check to Marjorie Taylor Greene in late September, solidifying its ties to the Q supporting candidate https://t.co/SVwM73BOJK

— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 24, 2020

Facebook paused efforts to redirect QAnon searches to fact-checks after a glitch showed people information about the conspiracy theory even when they weren't looking for it https://t.co/NEAi1oXTnB

— Business Insider Tech (@SAI) October 22, 2020

“Pastel QAnon" uses softer language, aesthetically-pleasing imagery to spread the group’s paranoid worldview in the typically apolitical online world of yoga devotees, wellness and nutrition coaches and "mommy bloggers" https://t.co/lj2GpwNZPF pic.twitter.com/A6xDKLpDNo

— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) October 21, 2020

Only 17% of Trump supporters don't believe QAnon conspiracy theory: Poll

https://t.co/8nuxSKWLcA

— Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) October 21, 2020

Spent the past two weekends with QAnon believers in Arizona and California.

It's crazy but it's serious and it's dangerous. https://t.co/ogvAdH8tRB

— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) October 19, 2020

its important to see qanon for what it is: not just a baseless conspiracy theory but a vague belief set meant to delegtimize small d democratic institutions and big d Democrats as an equal partner in democracy
https://t.co/TTbfzAZ4NX

— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) October 19, 2020

QAnon believer in LA: “Pizza is a code word for child pornography.”

I hate to find out what pasta is a code word for. https://t.co/YJwRdzRWfL

— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) October 19, 2020

TikTok is expanding its ban on QAnon to include all content that advances the conspiracy theory, following a previous enforcement that targeted specific hashtags. https://t.co/be84MYtwqo

— NPR (@NPR) October 19, 2020

QAnon is attracting cops https://t.co/Wg9Q96eJt1

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) October 11, 2020

Also at today’s Trump rally in Carson City— a lot of Q adherents! pic.twitter.com/QzOvz4PE1o

— DJ Judd (@DJJudd) October 19, 2020

What happened when a guy named Kevin took on QAnon believer Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia’s 14th District Congressional race… https://t.co/czdMFsEdOF

— Stephanie McCrummen (@mccrummenWaPo) October 18, 2020

Kevin Bushey is a diehard QAnon adherent, a "pastor" of the home church that studies Q drops like the Bible, and is a candidate for state office in Maine. And he's openly talking about shooting his enemies if Republicans lose the election. https://t.co/yXkqKgkN42

— Mike Rothschild (@rothschildmd) October 16, 2020

The @GOP really has to decide whether it wants to be the party of whacko conspiracy theories, anti-Semites and white supremacists.https://t.co/pVDk8jLNdB

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) October 17, 2020

QAnon supporters behind canceled fundraiser give Trump $1,000,000 https://t.co/69bfTlaPtb pic.twitter.com/upOSNFBShP

— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) October 16, 2020

From QAnon to dictators, Trump embraces those who embrace him back https://t.co/rsf0jdoIbi

— Post Politics (@postpolitics) October 16, 2020

New from me:

One in every 50 tweets about voting in September came from QAnon accounts.https://t.co/HGswBO7HOt

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 16, 2020

This is great reporting, especially the answer about how to bring people out of QAnon and other conspiracy theory movements.

"It has to start with empathy and understanding, and allowing them to keep their dignity. Because otherwise, what's their incentive?" https://t.co/Helvb5q0JP

— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) October 16, 2020

This man found QAnon in 2017 and went down the rabbit hole for two years. Here’s how he got out. https://t.co/UR80l3GEmk

— CNN (@CNN) October 16, 2020

"GOP political strategists acknowledged in interviews with Insider that Republicans view QAnon believers and the movement not as a liability or as a scourge to be extinguished, but as a useful band of fired-up supporters." https://t.co/BwpwrthTUe

— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) October 16, 2020

Republicans boycott House Intel hearing on the risks of QAnon and other misinformation https://t.co/zTEt9V4WAi pic.twitter.com/CmxozhqurR

— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) October 16, 2020

Susan Collins has financially backed the campaigns of two outspoken QAnon believers who are eagerly awaiting mass executions of Trump opponents. https://t.co/hh5Q3pf5X2

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) October 16, 2020

For the time capsule: the president on QAnon. pic.twitter.com/m9lA5E2HD4

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 16, 2020

Why is Trump's QAnon footsie worse than his white supremacy footsie? Because by giving QAnon oxygen he also reinforces its central tenet that he's at the center of everything. https://t.co/PxPDacEPm1

— Philip Bump (@pbump) October 16, 2020

Unbelievable. Trump refuses to denounce QAnon and claims that they fight against pedophilia. QAnon is a deranged conspiracy theory!

— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) October 16, 2020

Given multiple opportunities, Trump refused to denounce Qanon at town hall.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) October 16, 2020

Trump basically endorsed QAnon with that answer. He is their top recruiter after Facebook groups focused on essential oils.

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) October 16, 2020

Trump asked if he denounces QAnon:

“I know nothing about QAnon.”

The FBI has called QAnon a potential domestic terrorism threat.https://t.co/J1Ar7EDRe7

— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) October 16, 2020

Asked to denounce QAnon, Trump refuses to do so and instead says, "They are very much against pedophilia, they fight it very hard."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 16, 2020

President Trump repeatedly claimed "I don't know about QAnon" at his town hall with NBC.

Well, here's a little primer for you, @realDonaldTrump. https://t.co/2JSJ6DkH9I

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 16, 2020

Pennsylvania Postal Worker Charged with Dumping Mail Is QAnon Follower: Report https://t.co/QelZGF89RW

— #TuckFrump (@realTuckFrumper) October 15, 2020

QAnon is the GOP https://t.co/1L451O2uHN

— Daniel Gilmore (@gilmored85) October 16, 2020