QAnon cult update 1/17/21

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

5 facts about the QAnon conspiracy theories

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

Anti-Semitism in the 1/6 Trump riot

I have no interest in unity with these bigots.

The overcurrent of anti-Semitism has been maybe the fifth storyline that's been focused on. But it shouldn't be ignored https://t.co/znBU5SPpf9
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 13, 2021

Robert Packer—who celebrated the mass murder of 1m people at Auschwitz—was released with no bond after violently storming the Capitol.

I've been under pre-trial house arrest for 17 months after winning a pollution case against Chevron.

Again: What are U.S. courts protecting? pic.twitter.com/RJNrPsqCwh
— Steven Donziger (@SDonziger) January 15, 2021

Don't forget the "6MWE" shirt guy. pic.twitter.com/rFBJgmNc9j
— Luis XVII (@LDissett) January 14, 2021

1/6 riot videos

Breaking at ⁦@propublica⁩: 500 videos from Parler users of the storming of the Capitol, arrayed in chronological order. An astonishing record of the day. https://t.co/lo3y5PqnOW
— Richard Tofel (@dicktofel) January 17, 2021

More stunning footage of the insurrectionists, showing how they were all over the Capitol and thought they were doing what Trump and the congressional objectors wanted them to do. They were steps away from where many of us were sheltering in place. https://t.co/4wZVMcMHXz
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 17, 2021

MUST READ: This essay by @AlecMacGillis will be one for the ages: Inside the Capitol Riot: What the Parler Videos Reveal https://t.co/Y2tWmNlB32
— Charles Ornstein (@charlesornstein) January 17, 2021

The Post obtained hours of video footage of the Capitol siege, some exclusively, and placed it within a digital 3-D model of the building to map the rioters’ movements and assess the peril that lawmakers faced.

Watch here: https://t.co/0354oXc3J5
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 17, 2021

More Trump polls

The Republican party is still the Trump cult.

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Republicans’ Biggest Problem is That They Need Trump Supporters’ and Extremists’ Votes (@nataliemj10 @PRRIpoll) Details: https://t.co/gdrng88fM3 pic.twitter.com/75wKhp7YyT
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) February 13, 2021

“The Republican party has to look itself in the mirror and recognize that there's a rot in the party. A rot that's been happening under our noses during Trump. …To the extent the media has covered a GOP civil war in the past they’ve got nothing on what’s coming.” @MargaretHoover pic.twitter.com/67KDHvXZXF
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) January 17, 2021

This article says:

In addition, 28 percent of the Republicans polled said that Trump’s actions related to the events of Jan. 6 made them happier that they had supported Trump. Only 5 percent said they now regretted voting for Trump, while almost two-thirds (66 percent) said their feelings for the president were unchanged.

also 28% blamed Antifa for the riot. The FBO said that’s untrue.

More than half of voters surveyed blamed President Donald Trump for the rioting Jan. 6 at the Capitol, according to an NBC News poll released Sundayhttps://t.co/7XINtnxRiB
— POLITICO (@politico) January 17, 2021

Why Donald Trump is still a problem for the GOP establishment | Analysis https://t.co/CaJPSITrjt pic.twitter.com/AvPV0FmCQX
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 17, 2021

Quinnipiac poll of registered voters: 55% approve of the House vote to impeach Trump (42% disapprove), 54% say Senate should convict him (42% disagree), 59% say he shouldn’t be allowed to hold office again (38% say he should be allowed to).
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) January 18, 2021

More on the Trump riot mob

This @newyorker video of the MAGA Mob is really worth your time.https://t.co/ZHDN5cHa1o pic.twitter.com/biv6FOcE9b
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) January 17, 2021

Video of insurrectionists stealing documents on the senate floor. “I think Cruz would want us to do this so I think we’re good.” Great work, @tedcruz (Full video and article at @NewYorker https://t.co/1oMDOXIKHi) pic.twitter.com/7czafjJu7i
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 17, 2021

BREAKING: New York man arrested for role in US Capitol chaos. He’s accused of jabbing a bat at a police officer. A childhood Facebook friend tipped feds. Some of his social media posts ….. are well……. pic.twitter.com/RTzTRuUtem
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) January 17, 2021

Selfies and social media posts are making it easier for the FBI to track down Capitol riot suspects. https://t.co/M3vBU8NyVn
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 17, 2021

Peter Stager definitely thought they wouldn’t catch him if he shaved: https://t.co/SlUDVW77F7

How it started How it’s going pic.twitter.com/gTMiHR88Ha
— Icculus The Brave (@FirenzeMike) January 16, 2021

A Texas real estate agent who took a private jet to the Capitol and diligently documented her participation in the Jan. 6 riot says she would now like a pardon. https://t.co/yGhHvKKx8t
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 17, 2021

Anthime Joseph Gionet, a far-right media personality aka “Baked Alaska” known for livestreaming himself participating in illegal activity, was arrested by the F.B.I. Friday and accused of illegally storming the Capitol in the attack by Trump supporters https://t.co/S8wtcuAXdk
— Serge Kovaleski (@sergenyt) January 17, 2021

Manly supporters of the manliest president ever https://t.co/vxKy0T7uZJ
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 16, 2021

Capitol rioter known as 'QAnon Shaman' will be jailed until trial https://t.co/2ltEtd5Swg pic.twitter.com/RbgOLq3WFY
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) January 16, 2021

Women on Bumble luring men to send them riot pics then sending those to FBI is the best pandemic dating story yet. https://t.co/w2H1ae6wx1
— Miya Shay (@miyashay) January 15, 2021

Breaking NYT: The FBI is investigating 37 in the killing of Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick by a pro-Trump mob. https://t.co/MDqoC2tVyb
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 15, 2021

Numerous tipsters contacted the FBI to identify a Sullivan, Missouri woman who was seen on video hoisting a piece of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office nameplate aloft as a trophy during the Capitol riots https://t.co/8kC3jI9vFt
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 15, 2021

The FBI has arrested Florida Army veteran Daniel Baker on charges of plotting to violently disrupt protests at the state Capitol leading up to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20
— POLITICO (@politico) January 15, 2021

When it emerges, the full catalog of the Nazi/Mussolini/Anti-Semitic iconography worn by terrorists at the Capitol is going to be quite something
— Brent Staples (@BrentNYT) January 15, 2021

NEW: Feds charge Jenna Ryan, the real estate broker from Frisco, Texas, who flew on a private jet to storm the Capitol.

Photos of her boarding the plane included in the criminal complaint unsealed in DC today —> pic.twitter.com/4Sp21WEfIK
— Ben Feuerherd (@benfeuerherd) January 15, 2021

Florida firefighter seen at the Capitol just got arrested. His lawyer shifts the blame https://t.co/IORMIHcoSk via @Yahoo
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) January 15, 2021

“Kill him with his own gun” – the words a uniformed police officer heard as he was surrounded, tasered in the neck and beaten on the ground. Just alarming firsthand accounts here. https://t.co/1doLtmFrGT
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 15, 2021

WaPo: The crowd outside the Capitol last week included Rep. Bob Good’s district director https://t.co/4ArVGKtTMZ
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 14, 2021

NEW: The man known as “QAnon Shaman,” Jacob Chansley, who was seen during the U.S. Capitol rioting wearing face paint and horns – is asking President Trump for a pardon.
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) January 15, 2021

The FBI says Kevin Lyons was "evasive" at first about being inside the Capitol. Then, when agents showed him an Instagram pic he'd taken & posted of Nancy Pelosi's office, he caved.
"Wow, you're pretty good," he said. "That was only up for an hour." pic.twitter.com/JqxINK6eRL
— Alan Feuer (@alanfeuer) January 14, 2021

New: FBI has already identified 200 suspects from Capitol riots and arrested more than 100 individuals.

“So we know who you are if you’re out there and FBI agents are coming to find you,” said FBI Dir Wray at Inauguration Security briefing at FEMA.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 14, 2021

MSNBC is reporting that some of Bob Good’s staff participated in the Capitol Hill Riot
— Carter Elliott, IV (@CarterElliottIV) January 14, 2021

A school therapist https://t.co/KY9xkDDkIR
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 14, 2021

Dozens of people on the FBI’s terrorist watch list came to D.C. the day of the Capitol riot. Most are suspected white supremacists. https://t.co/ryiGLHdiCX
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 14, 2021

Analysis: A House Republican wanted proof of incitement. Here are four rioters who came to D.C. because of Trump. https://t.co/ss2gnPD7ZG
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 14, 2021

The man who carried a Confederate flag into the Capitol has been arrested.https://t.co/5iiQkpvxwl
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) January 14, 2021

.@CharlieKirk11’s “Turning Point Action was listed as a participant in [the] … rally, which preceded the attack on Capitol Hill. Prior to the rally, in a tweet he later deleted, Kirk said the group wld be involved w/ sending over 80 buses…” 1/ https://t.co/4LknFW2I8z
— Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢 (@jennycohn1) January 14, 2021

Misogyny in the Capitol: Among the insurrectionists, a lot of angry men who don’t like women (@mlkrook) https://t.co/gk0XQJjRnz
— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) January 14, 2021

Hate Organizations involved in the U.S. Capitol Riots per this report:

Proud Boys; American Nationalist Party; American Guard; New Jersey European Heritage Association
(White Supremacists)
Oathkeepers (anti Government)
Nick Fuentes and “Groyper Army”;
NSC131 (Neo Nazi) https://t.co/EsF9DQ3ydT
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 10, 2021

NEW: A retired firefighter from Pennsylvania was arrested Thursday for allegedly throwing a fire extinguisher that hit three police officers at the pro-Trump riot (tho not the fire extinguisher that killed Officer Sicknick). via @aviswanatha @ailworth https://t.co/BOeuGxf7Sv
— Sadie Gurman (@sgurman) January 14, 2021

Arrested. He’s a Florida firefighter. pic.twitter.com/JdUCKlndlo
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) January 13, 2021

NEW: Colorado man arrested at US Capitol and accused of threatening to shoot Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the head .. came to DC with *2,500* rounds of ammunition, according to new court filing pic.twitter.com/yDkO85nH0Q
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) January 13, 2021

BREAKING: The FBI has arrested Jenny Cudd, reports @CBS7News. She recorded a video inside the Capitol saying they didn’t vandalize anything, then said they did break down @SpeakerPelosi’s door & steal her gavel. Cudd’s a fmr. Midland, TX. mayoral candidatepic.twitter.com/jFUDoMn65V
— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) January 13, 2021

'I am not a terrorist': Retired Navy SEAL, who says he wanted lawmakers "shaking in their shoes,'' speaks after Capitol siege – ABC News via @ABC – https://t.co/qz2rtXep22
— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) January 13, 2021

Capitol insurrectionist seen wearing a 'Camp Auschwitz' sweatshirt has been arrested on federal felony charges https://t.co/DjEFoetQXE via @Yahoo
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) January 14, 2021

The man standing next to Ashli Babbitt as she was shot and killed has been arrested on charges of storming the Capitol building https://t.co/EH0rqE1YBH via @Yahoo
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) January 13, 2021

Law enforcement in the Trump riot mob

13 off duty officers confirmed so far to have taken part in the melee. Here's what one wrote on his Facebook page: "A legitimate republic stands on 4 boxes. The soapbox, the ballot box, the jury box and then the cartridge box. We just moved to step 3. Step 4 will not be pretty."
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) January 16, 2021

Off-duty police were part of the Capitol mob. Now police are turning in their own. https://t.co/KmwkYQ6FKc
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 16, 2021

NEW: Vermont state trooper resigns after social media posts surface showing he supported riots at US Capitol
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) January 15, 2021

An @AP review of public records, social media and videos finds at least 21 current or former members of U.S. military or law enforcement have been ID'd as being at or near the Capitol riot, with more than a dozen others suspected of having such ties. https://t.co/WQ0rDgGsUQ
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 15, 2021

AKA What I've been saying for four years.

At least 26 members of U.S. law enforcement agencies from at least 11 states have been identified as attendees of the Jan. 6 of the attack on the capitol.https://t.co/x55ebMhoXw
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) January 14, 2021

New: Authorities investigating a growing number of current law enforcement officers who allegedly participated in Capitol Hill riots, says acting US atty for DC. “We don’t care what your profession is…we will charge you and you will be arrested,” Sherwin said.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 15, 2021

DOJ: Two off-duty Rocky Mount, Virginia police officers — Jacob Fracker and Thomas Robertson —were charged yesterday in federal court in the District of Columbia in connection with the riots at the U.S. Capitol.
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) January 14, 2021

NEW: About 20 US Capitol Police officers under investigation for possible misconduct, but could eventually be “broader than that”, per Rep Tim Ryan (D-OH)
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) January 14, 2021

A retired Air Force lieutenant colonel was among the pro-Trump mob who breached the U.S. Capitol https://t.co/4HVcuHFlxm
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) January 9, 2021

An 18-yr veteran of the Houston Police has been relieved of duties & has resigned after participating in the storming of the Capitol. Chief Art Acevedo says, “There is a high probability this individual will be charged with federal charges and rightfully so.”
— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) January 13, 2021

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Trump plan to not count undocumented immigrants fails

BREAKING: Trump's Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham is stepping down on Jan. 20, months before the end of his term, after whistleblowers complained he was pushing for "statistically indefensible" data.

My report (confirming @Tierney_Megan scoop):https://t.co/lEbwWPTNsX
— Hansi Lo Wang (@hansilowang) January 18, 2021

Trump plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from census totals used to apportion congressional seats is officially dead
Census Bureau announced today that data on apportionment & undocumented population would not be released until after Biden is sworn in https://t.co/ANauKSnPL0
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) January 17, 2021

After trying for all four of its years in office to keep undocumented immigrants from being counted in the 2020 census, and two SCt rulings along the way, the Trump team gives up, leaving it to Biden team to scuttle that plan. Full details at https://t.co/IpKqBOueXw
— Lyle Denniston (@lylden) January 16, 2021

A scheme to strip congressional seats from diverse states has ended with a whimper, the Justice Department admitted. https://t.co/f6Kkpb9C2P
— Slate (@Slate) January 15, 2021

VICTORY: The Trump administration is abandoning its unconstitutional plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census count used to determine seats in Congress. https://t.co/3JxeC5C0C6
— ACLU (@ACLU) January 13, 2021

Today the Supreme Court hears arguments in the challenge to President Trump’s attempt to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census count – a move that would have a tremendous impact on reapportionment and federal funding. #SCOTUS
— Kimberly Atkins (@KimberlyEAtkins) November 30, 2020

Republicans in Congress fear their base

The Trump riot showed them what they can do. All members of Congress are right to be scared of the Trump cult now.

“Republicans are no longer just afraid that their base will force them to defend the politically indefensible or send them packing in a primary challenge. They’re afraid that their base, or at least certain elements of it, will literally kill them.” OMG.https://t.co/HbyGdNcNzE
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) January 17, 2021

Rep. Peter Meijer, one of the Republicans who voted to impeach, tells @HallieJackson on @MSNBC that he’s buying body armor and altering his daily routines because his life is in danger.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) January 14, 2021

I can confirm this.

I spoke with a GOP member moments ago, asking if it is true that there are House Republicans who favor impeachment but fear for their lives/physical safety if they follow through with that vote.

Answer: “Yes.” https://t.co/5XqWVDzwdN
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) January 13, 2021

New: Members of Congress fear for their lives – new details on growing security concerns (via @AnnieGrayerCNN @MarshallCohen and me) @CNNPolitics https://t.co/e1EYVz7W9k
— Jamie Gangel (@jamiegangel) January 15, 2021

WATCH: Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) says majority of GOP "paralyzed with fear" @RepJasonCrow: "I had a lot of conversations with my Republican colleagues. … A couple of them broke down in tears … saying that they are afraid for their lives if they vote for this impeachment." pic.twitter.com/ESEu40WW1P
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) January 13, 2021

Need to know if Republican Members of Congress are being quietly threatened, bribed or blackmailed to side with Trump on impeachment.
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) January 13, 2021

More Trump pardons coming?

People are paying to influence the process.

Exclusive: In the final days before President Trump leaves office, some of his allies are collecting fees from wealthy felons to push the White House for pardons, according to documents and interviews with more than three dozen lobbyists and lawyers. https://t.co/hR8SFL4pKL
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 17, 2021

What could be less surprising than Trump grifters putting pardons up for sale in the last days.https://t.co/OaptfucsbJ
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) January 17, 2021

An emerging market of pardons and access for cash payments has reportedly evolved in the final days of the Trump administration https://t.co/2LcmZ5I4xm
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 17, 2021

News: Multiple sources tell me and @jamiegangel WH House counsel Pat Cipollone and former AG Bill Barr have warned @POTUS that they do not believe he should pardon himself. @POTUS has asked about pardoning himself in recent weeks @maggieNYT first reported
— Pamela Brown (@PamelaBrownCNN) January 11, 2021

In 2001, a jury convicted Stephanie Mohr of police brutality after she sicced her police dog on a homeless man as he stood face against a wall with his hands in the air.

It didn't make the evening news, but last week, Trump pardoned her for her crime. https://t.co/SuibQD6Xwn
— Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) December 30, 2020

The complete list of Donald Trump’s pardons and commutations https://t.co/E2gynSqkey pic.twitter.com/DZe1DaZ9wC
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) December 25, 2020

This will get lost in shuffle, but Trump also pardoned a former Maryland police officer who had a horrific, and racially tinged, record of ordering her police dog to attack unarmed black & Latino men. https://t.co/oj147yDAT0
— Craig Whitlock (@CraigMWhitlock) December 24, 2020

JUST POSTED: A case study in how to get out of jail–if you are rich and have been convicted of largest Medicare fraud case in US history. Donate money to a charity. Get them to intervene with Trump. Boom. You are free. With @kenvogel & @JesseDrucker https://t.co/LBthFcQeT2
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) December 24, 2020

“The pardoning of convicted war criminals puts our national security at risk, is contrary to our vaunted American ideals of justice and is an affront to every honorable service member.” https://t.co/BXnXl00zMZ
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 24, 2020

Absolutely. The SSCI report makes clear that Trump lied in his written testimony to Mueller about his conversations with Stone. Stone stonewalled Mueller about those conversations, with Trump publicly cheering him on. The commutation and the pardon were the payoffs. https://t.co/A8jsk1ivfz
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) December 24, 2020

Trump is discussing pardons with advisers today but isn’t likely to publicly issue them, several officials say. Expect at least one more slate in the next 65 hours.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) January 17, 2021

Pardons for sale.
Anyone who gives or receives money for a presidential pardon is guilty of bribery, which is a felony.

New York Times: Trump allies have collected tens of thousands of dollars from pardon seekers – CNNPolitics https://t.co/h1dRrTZmO2
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) January 17, 2021

Trump weighing a pardon for Steve Bannon https://t.co/1lNMu6gwiu via @politico
— Skeptical Brotha 💛🐝🌈 (@skepticalbrotha) January 18, 2021

Former Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh, who was convicted of fraud and tax evasion in a scheme involving her children's book series, is asking Trump to commute her three year prison sentence https://t.co/I9cq2gPfcQ
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) January 18, 2021