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QAnon fanatics are rebranding their 'secret war.' And it's working.
NBC 'News' via MSN ^ | 7/18/21 | Mike Rothschild

Posted on 07/18/2021 5:14:32 AM PDT by Libloather

A few years into waiting for “the storm” to sweep away former President Donald Trump’s enemies, some believers in the prophetic QAnon conspiracy theory have decided to take matters into their own hands.

These “digital soldiers” aren’t picking up guns or marching on the Capitol - though many actually did that. Instead, nearly 100 Q-aligned candidates ran for Congress in the 2020 election, according to watchdog site Media Matters for America, with dozens of others running for governor, state legislature seats and county offices. Some were hardcore Q evangelists, while others had merely retweeted a QAnon hashtag. But all had shown some deference for a violent prophecy cult that was turning conspiracy theories into gospel.

Like so many of QAnon’s predictions, these candidates mostly failed. The majority didn’t get past their primary or ran in solidly Democratic districts and had no chance of victory. A few won at the state level, and constant media fixture Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has spouted QAnon-friendly conspiracy theories for years, won her deeply Republican congressional district in Georgia. But she was an outlier.

Post-2020, Q believers are once again gearing up to run for office and grow their movement, but with two major strategy changes. One is that Q believers are now getting involved in local elections for school boards and city councils and showing up at board meetings to scream about Q-linked topics. The other is that many of these candidates no longer identify as believers in QAnon - or even acknowledge that a movement with that name ever existed. They’re taking their “secret war” to new recruits looking to strike back against a way of life they feel is eroding - without the public acknowledgement that such a war exists.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: conspiracy; digital; mtg; qanon; rothschild; secret; war
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To: EasySt
***It’s still there. Very last frame. Refreshing the link can help. Playback control on that site is poor, sadly***

Perhaps it is this tablet. I hit 'reload' at least twice - no joy. I went to about a dozen sites but none displayed the complete original sequence. Skunk Bay Weather is the original source... no joy. I am glad the original still plays to completion; it did this afternoon on my main 'puter.

241 posted on 07/19/2021 8:25:32 PM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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To: EasySt; ransomnote; little jeremiah
***It’s still there. Very last frame***

You know what it might be? A different camera! Johnson had four cameras with somewhat different angles... or maybe it is just this tablet. :)

242 posted on 07/19/2021 8:33:21 PM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrap Party is the enemy of freedom.They use all the seductions and deceits of the Bolshevics)
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To: meyer; mac_truck
But how the he$$ can you see that picture and think anything but missile or rocket? Only a deep state fool would think otherwise.

Well, there ya go.

#MicketyDefined


243 posted on 07/19/2021 8:34:53 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Bob Ireland

I am a techtard. Hit or miss...


244 posted on 07/19/2021 8:47:20 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Nothing is more important than Truth)
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To: bagster

>>> I hate to break it to you, but your opinions are not facts. They are opinions. You are a zealot, and that’s the plain fact.

I never claimed any of my opinions to be facts... but you just did. My being a zealot is your opinion, which you then claimed as fact.

This is why most people don’t even try to argue with you.
You display insanity, and then call them insane.

How many times must the goal post move for you to even begin to question legitimacy of Q???

I hate to break it to you as well,... but it’s only 30 days to the next goal post passing once again. I know you are excited because of the good news from audits, but no way congress or the courts are going to intervene by then... and Milley??? not a chance.... but don’t worry, I’m sure the My Pillow guy will set a new date for you soon.

every one that passes make you look more and more stupid and delusional.


245 posted on 07/19/2021 8:50:32 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: Safrguns

But that’s just my opinion.


246 posted on 07/19/2021 8:51:18 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: Safrguns

** 1. A lion depicts KINGSHIP... ROYALTY... NEITHER of which is a proper representation of the office of President of the United States.**

Though it seemed to be a Rat representation of a U.S. Senator

There was the Lion of the Senate.
Can’t say there were images, only in the RATs’ minds.
It was thrust upon him and he allowed it to be.

sorry for the interruption.

Go on with whatever minutia you are trying to prove\disprove.


247 posted on 07/19/2021 8:59:32 PM PDT by stylin19a (I have kleptomania, but when it gets real bad, I take something for it.)
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To: Safrguns

At this point, even If Trump were to be re-instated, the damage is already done. Trump is now complicit in this mass genocide we call Covid 19 jabs.


Please don’t forget that there were many millions of Trump supporters begging him for a vaccine. He tried to tell us about effective treatments, but NOOOOO, these people were scared sh*tless of the Coof, because they listened to the media, and only a vaccine would do, and they wanted it right away, and they would have turned their backs on Trump had he not delivered. You see lots of them right here on FR, to this day! You’d have to blame them as well, if you are going to blame Trump. Damned if he did, damned if he didn’t. What was he supposed to do?

And then it turned out that the Coof case and death numbers were greatly inflated, after all. Just as many of us saw through the scam from the start, and as Trump was vilified for even hinting at. This is not a pandemic and never was.

It is a war we are in, a war between good and evil, yes, but one where information/disinformation are high on the list of weapons. There are casualties in all war. Discernment is very important. Without using it, people will die, and have died, and have died at the hands of others, the last group because proper treatments were withheld from them. Many Powers That Be have blood on their hands. And Trump, not so much, because by getting “vaxxes” cranked out so fast, it insured that they would be released with the EUA, and people could either take them or leave them. Yes, it was a lesser of two evils approach. Such is often necessary in war.

Most of the people I call friends are Trump supporters. But a few aren’t. Please explain to me why the ones who badmouthed Trump the most, and wouldn’t vote for him, were ironically at the front of the line to get jabbed? And close behind them were the fear-paralyzed supporters who had been begging him for a ‘vaccine’?

And those of us who refuse the jabs are precisely the ones who had actually listened to Trump. When he touted treatments, we heard him loud and clear, found sources, and purchased said treatments in case we or loved ones should need them. (And the same is true of storing up antidotes for exposure to shedding of the jab’s noxious byproducts.) Yes, we did, and we were all the more convinced that that was the most prudent strategy when, oh so predictably, the media and so-called health authorities began their vigorous campaign to discredit and withhold those treatments.

Discernment: It’s worth more than gold.


248 posted on 07/19/2021 9:00:37 PM PDT by 17strings (If you've posted a good meme or cat .gif, chances are I've stolen it!)
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To: stylin19a

Obviously a weak argument I made without thinking about it very much.

The point itself is still valid though.

The average person looking at that lion in the image is going to think about Jesus.. not Trump...

and depicting it looking UP to Q I find offensive.

Even depicting Trump as the lion looking up to Q like that seems a bit presumptive and demeaning of Trump himself.

The imagery at the very least deifies Q.

My bet is that Trump actually looks up to God Himself... not an unknown intelligence asset.


249 posted on 07/19/2021 9:17:44 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: Safrguns
I never claimed any of my opinions to be facts...

Well, you kinda did when you said this...

You don’t have a lot of the facts you think you do.

This, after explaining to me how it is regarding Satan, 'anti-christs', Trump, etc.

You have a bad habit of saying something then denying you said it. Virtually EVERYTHING you have written to me has been opinion. You are fact free, goodman. Nothing wrong with that, just don't deny it and claim othewise.

This is why most people don’t even try to argue with you.

Oh, I can think of a few other reasons. Most people hate to be made to look foolish. I see you have no fear of that.

You display insanity, and then call them insane.

This can't be the first time somebody's called you insane, considering that you most likely run around all over the place preaching your anti-christ theories. Stop being so butt hurt about it. It is what it is and you yam what you yam. No sense lashing out.

every one that passes make you look more and more stupid and delusional.

I'm not a big 'date' or 'deadline' guy, but you don't know that cause you don't know nothing 'bout me. Like the rest of you derp-lites, you assume to know your political opponents and project whatever you want onto them. You must learn to reason like an adult.

every one that passes make you look more and more stupid and delusional.

Being called 'stupid' and 'delusional' by an insane religious zealot maniac who just don't get it is better than the funny papers. It makes me smile as I type.

You're just lashing out at someone who is telling you what's up.

I understand completely.


250 posted on 07/19/2021 9:24:48 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Safrguns
The average person looking at that lion in the image is going to think about Jesus.. not Trump...

See, that's where you're wrong. Most people, even religious Christians, aren't as kookoo as you. Even they know the lion symbolizes Trump.

You are a small slice of the pie, when it comes down to it, and having been proved wrong about your Lion = Jesus theory, you move on to some other alleged 'blashphemy'.

This is the mark of the insane. You can't even be dragged back into sanity by facts.


251 posted on 07/19/2021 9:29:10 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Safrguns
Obviously a weak argument I made without thinking about it very much.

Obviously.


252 posted on 07/19/2021 9:30:56 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: 17strings

>>> Most of the people I call friends are Trump supporters. But a few aren’t. Please explain to me why the ones who badmouthed Trump the most, and wouldn’t vote for him, were ironically at the front of the line to get jabbed? And close behind them were the fear-paralyzed supporters who had been begging him for a ‘vaccine’?

1. Why did democrats who don’t trust Trump take the jab?

Because they were not listening to Trump... they were listening to the media who never gave Trump credit for anything except recommending alternative medicines that would kill them. They viewed Trump as taking credit for something doctors had done with mrna vaccines... thanks to the media, Trump’s involvement never existed. Don’t think for a second though that we have these jabs because of Trump either. It was all planned out before Trump was even in power.

2. Why were fear paralyzed supporters in line? Same reason... listening to the deep state media including Fox.

I would submit that those who refused the Jab are those who ditched main stream media, and relied more on alternative sources for news... whether they are supporters or not.

I do believe the power of a controlled media is grossly underestimated by the majority in this country.

I think the deep state has just proven that power with a show of force we’ve never seen before... they even did it with a brain dead racist pedophile who told us he was going to cheat to our faces before he did so.

I also think at some point they revealed to Trump that he didn’t have as much power as he thought he did... and is still breathing today because he listened to them.

Finally, I think the deep state is just fine with Trump bashing biden and claiming fraud, and filing law suits against big tech, and on and on, etc. etc....

as long as he keeps endorsing the vaccines as safe and effective.

Everything else is a useful distraction for them.

Am I a Trump supporter? absolutely.

But I trust in Jesus... and Jesus said that this situation we find ourselves in right now is NOT going to end well for anyone. Our only hope is escape... and it draws nearer than anyone knows.

Maybe the White Labcoat IS the White Horse of the apocalypse.

You are right... discernment IS worth more than gold.


253 posted on 07/19/2021 10:00:49 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: Safrguns
Don’t think for a second though that we have these jabs because of Trump either. It was all planned out before Trump was even in power.

Well, that renders your 'Trump is the devil for endorsing the vax' theory.

Bro, you're inconsistent af.

Now you 'support Trump' after giving him two strikes to being out? Are you sure you're not just back-sliding after revealing too much of your honest opinion?

*rolls eyes*


254 posted on 07/19/2021 10:29:58 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: bagster
*correction*

Well, that renders your 'Trump is the devil for endorsing the vax' theory moot.


255 posted on 07/19/2021 10:35:29 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: bagster

>>> You are a small slice of the pie, when it comes down to it, and having been proved wrong about your Lion = Jesus theory

No... that is not proven wrong.
I admitted to a weak argument in suggesting that politicians would NEVER use it.

Also, let us be clear in the respect that the image we are discussing INCLUDES THE CROSS AS THE CENTER OF ATTENTION... thereby STRENGTHENING the implication that the Lion is Jesus.

Putting a lion in a red and blue circle with no religious imagery is not quite the same thing, and does not necessarily represent Jesus.

Besides... we are talking about relative perceptions here. I’m sure non-believing Trump supporters WOULD think about the lion being Trump and NOT Jesus... But most trump supporters I think DO believe, and they DO equate the lion with Jesus... and they “should” at least recognize the problem with that image.

p.s. Your attacks are getting a little boring now.
Provide some better substance I can work with or at least knash your teeth a little harder please.


256 posted on 07/19/2021 10:58:09 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: Safrguns
No... that is not proven wrong. I admitted to a weak argument in suggesting that politicians would NEVER use it.

So, you were shown that politicians do indeed use it, and Trump in particular uses it. And then you go right back to the lion is Jesus.

That's the trouble with you zealots. Even when you're wrong, you're not wrong.

p.s. Your attacks are getting a little boring now.

What you call 'attacks', I call regulating. People like you need to be regulated and brought to heel, before you run amok and start burning witches 'n sh*t.


257 posted on 07/19/2021 11:10:03 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Safrguns
I admitted to a weak argument in suggesting that politicians would NEVER use it.

No, it wasn't a 'weak argument'.

It was an absolutely, 188% wrong, ignorant af assertion.

Big diff.


258 posted on 07/19/2021 11:12:53 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: bagster

>>> Now you ‘support Trump’ after giving him two strikes to being out?

Big difference between supporting and worshiping.

I have lost a lot of confidence I DID have in him.

That doesn’t mean I no longer support him.

He simply built expectations up he couldn’t deliver on.

I would be happy if he can prove me wrong.

I would be even MORE happy if he turns out to be right about the vaccines.

Unfortunately, my analysis of the evidence suggests otherwise.


259 posted on 07/19/2021 11:14:57 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: bagster

>>> What you call ‘attacks’, I call regulating. People like you need to be regulated and brought to heel, before you run amok and start burning witches ‘n sh*t.

That’s the spirit! rofl! Thanks for that... MUCH Better!


260 posted on 07/19/2021 11:18:45 PM PDT by Safrguns
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