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From Trolling To Fleecing: Co-Creator Of ‘Q’ Hoax Explains Its Scary Evolution
The Federalist ^ | October 29, 2018 | Georgi Boorman

Posted on 10/29/2018 8:37:17 AM PDT by detective

A little less than a year after the first QAnon post, which has since led hundreds of thousands of news junkies down a conspiracy rabbit hole, news correspondent Jack Posobiec from One America News Network spoke with one of the co-originators of the “Q” persona who runs a group of individuals posing as a high-level government intelligence officer. On an anonymous “free speech” platform called 8Chan, they leave thousands of riddles, “clues,” odd questions, and cryptic lines as bread crumbs for their followers to help them in their search for truth.

Many major media outlets have overviewed the nest of conspiracy theories nurtured within Q followers. While many have speculated about who is behind Q and how it came to exist, thanks to Posobiec’s extensive research and the confession of a co-creator who goes by the pseudonym “Microchip,” we now know, with a high degree of certainty, the real origin story of QAnon.

(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: conspiracytheories; cult; hoax; hoaxes; microchip; oan; posobiec; q; qanon; qers; queers; wishfulthinking
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To: detective

Remember when Podesta was supposed to be arrested? Q promised that back in November. Still waiting for that one....


21 posted on 10/29/2018 9:02:42 AM PDT by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog show. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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To: Red Badger
Source/link?..................

I don't think it's irrefutable, but here it is:

https://www.neonrevolt.com/2018/09/10/breaking-microchip-and-the-deep-state-newq-qanon-greatawakening-neonrevolt/

22 posted on 10/29/2018 9:05:48 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: proust
"I love Q, it’s the ultimate i-Q test. I know who to disregard quickly. These people are stupid!"

Likewise those that follow Q are keeping track of those who don't just doubt, but mock followers of Q. One day the truth will come out. It has not with Microchip.

23 posted on 10/29/2018 9:08:40 AM PDT by SW6906 (6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
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To: SW6906

lol non-believers shall be smited!


24 posted on 10/29/2018 9:10:59 AM PDT by proust ("The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.")
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To: detective

“No Outside Comms”


25 posted on 10/29/2018 9:11:03 AM PDT by Hostage (Article V (Proud Member of the Deranged Q Fringe))
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To: Yo-Yo

Thank you.....................


26 posted on 10/29/2018 9:12:04 AM PDT by Red Badger (I lie to pollsters......................ALL Of THEM!...................)
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To: UCANSEE2

Is the information valuable, regardless to whether there is actually a “Q” or not ?

____________________________________________________

THAT is the $64,000 question. And the answer is NO.

There has been nothing of any substance that these Q posts have resulted in. In fact - they are wrong on most “predictions”. Lucky guesses on the rest.


27 posted on 10/29/2018 9:12:06 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

Bingo.
Tantalizing as Q posts are, nothing of value came of them.


28 posted on 10/29/2018 9:16:05 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: detective

Q always reminded me of the “Birth Cert” discussions.
The common thread was “Once this all gets out, it will be the end of (name your poison)”
We eventually found the the Birth Cert think came from the Clinton Machine.

The only thing which is going to change politics in the USA is sending 30-50 people to prison for 20 years from both parties.

VJ, Holder and IRS head under Obama need to be the first three.
Add Zukerburg, Bezos and a few reporters from CNN and NBC for good measure.
“Obstruction of Justice, use of gov organizations for political gain, RICO”


29 posted on 10/29/2018 9:20:37 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Stosh

But since Q has taken up with Classy Green Eyed Blonde the Hurtgen Forest will never be the same.


30 posted on 10/29/2018 9:20:50 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: ctdonath2

I’ve said this before.

QAnon is just this years version of Pizza Gate. I do admit that I followed that conspiracy theory a little more than I should. But I soon realized that even if it were 100 percent completely true - so what?

Would it result in anything? Anything at all?

Nope and nope.

Same thing with Q. Chasing the wind in a silly exercise of futility.


31 posted on 10/29/2018 9:24:11 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: ctdonath2; Responsibility2nd; Wuli; Stosh; bert; Fightin Whitey; proust

32 posted on 10/29/2018 9:27:27 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: UCANSEE2

Even if the people behind it had inside information, it’s too vague to be useful.


33 posted on 10/29/2018 9:27:50 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters ("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
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To: detective
What are your thoughts on the article?

Probesick proved nothing and made himself look like a fool. This article is completely wrong on many levels.

34 posted on 10/29/2018 9:27:58 AM PDT by numberonepal (WWG1WGA)
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To: Responsibility2nd
But I soon realized that even if it were 100 percent completely true - so what?

You're serious?

35 posted on 10/29/2018 9:28:34 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: BinaryBoy
Even if the people behind it had inside information, it’s too vague to be useful.

Is it?

Is it really?

36 posted on 10/29/2018 9:29:34 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: detective
Some Freepers follow "Q".

Non-bogus.

What are your thoughts on the article?

Bogus.

37 posted on 10/29/2018 9:36:22 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: UCANSEE2
Is the information valuable,

Yes.

38 posted on 10/29/2018 9:37:05 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: AU72
Among other things doxing the creators of WeThePeople soapbox is despicable.

Ayuh.

39 posted on 10/29/2018 9:37:46 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Delta 21
I like One America News.

#MeToo

40 posted on 10/29/2018 9:38:26 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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