#QAnon

May 31, 2021
2 min

Ex-Trump Adviser, Gen. Michael Flynn Calls for a Military Coup at Wacky QAnon Conference

When we first reported on QAnon several years ago, few would have predicted that they would have become an influential presence within the GOP. All their conspiracies sounded like they were concocted by bored teens attempting to poke fun at Donald Trump's tinfoil hat brigade. However, today, about 30% of Republicans have a positive view of the group and they are holding conferences with speakers from the Trump administration. For those of you who haven't been plumbing the dep

Dec 30, 2020
2 min

Trump's Former National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn is Now Openly Promoting QAnon

Once a respected lieutenant general, former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is now promoting QAnon t-shirts and hats for a website called "Shirt Show USA." The website’s offerings include camo trucker hats and sweatshirts with the phrase “WWG1WGA,” a reference to QAnon's infamous motto, “Where we go one, we go all.” QAnon supports a wacky conspiracy theory that leading Democrats and the "deep state" are controlled by a shadowy cabal of child eating pedophiles, a

Aug 12, 2020
3 min

Trump Says GA QAnon Backer a Future Star of the Republican Party; He Might be Right

I have stopped wondering how far down the rabbit hole the Republican Party will go under Donald Trump. Lies, conspiracy theories and outright bigotry have become the norm within the GOP and every time you think they won't push the envelope further, they do. A year ago few would have imagined that Republicans would embrace QAnon, a wacky conspiracy theory involving satanists and cannibals that the FBI has labeled as a potential domestic terrorism threat. AP: "QAnon is a right-

Jul 7, 2020
1 min

Trump's Former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn Seems to Endorse the Crazy QAnon Cult in Video

Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn tweeted out a a video on the 4th in which he appears to administer an oath of allegiance to the QAnon [Q] cult to a group of family and friends. The oath ends with QAnon's well known slogan, "where we go one, we go all." Judging by the comments, Flynn's Q-loving followers seem to understand and appreciate Flynn's endorsement. Most Americans understand that QAnon is a rather juvenile conspiracy theory concocted by t

Jun 11, 2020
1 min

Republicans in Georgia are About to Send a QAnon Kook to Congress

We have written about QAnon before, and it's disheartening to have to even mention it again, but it's becoming more mainstream within the Republican Party. Republicans in Washington state nominated a QAnon follower for the US Senate recently, and the GOP is poised to get one elected to the House from Georgia's 14th congressional district. Their candidate, Marjorie Taylor Greene, won the primary this week and is expected to win this very Republican district in November. Ms. Gr

Apr 16, 2020
4 min

The Use of Coded Political Terminology, QAnon & the "Deep State"Myth

I have always been fascinated by "coded" political terminology and often discuss its use in my political science classes. It's especially relevant to understanding the Trump administration's fixation on the "deep state," but he didn't invent "coded" political terminology. Politicians have often used terminology that carries a "loaded" meaning which their supporters understand and which they know carries a negative connotation well beyond the words themselves. Often such words