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What is The Storm? Conspiracy theory that mysterious White House official QAnon is leaking secrets
ibtimes.co.uk ^ | Kashmira Gander

Posted on 01/16/2018 3:55:42 PM PST by RoosterRedux

"You guys know what this represents? Maybe it's the calm before the storm," President Donald Trump told reporters ominously as he posed with military commanders and their spouses in October 2017.

Since then "The Storm", partly in reference to this moment, has taken on life as a conspiracy theory wrapped up in conspiracy theories on pro-Trump message boards on online forums.

The Storm boils down to the idea that the US president is working to wipe out the effects of globalisation, a concept much hated by his supporters. To achieve this, he will apparently dismantle the 'deep state'.

This widely discredited conspiracy theory suggests that the US government is secretly run by a cabal of officials and elite members of finance and industry in a way that negates democracy.

The term has also been used to describe the leadership in Turkey and Russia. On top of this, every move Trump makes is a victory for The Storm - regardless of how it appears or is reported.

How do they know this? Because they are tipped off by a user known as QAnonymous, or QAnon, whose name references Q: the highest level of security clearance in the US.

They believe that this Q figure, who first posted on 4Chan on 28 October, has taken to message boards like 4Chan and 8Chan - widely regarded as the Wild West of the internet - to share the top-secret goings on in the highest reaches of power.

The topics discussed include Pizzagate. This saw websites falsely spreading [yeah, right] the rumour that the Democractic Party was running a child trafficking ring in the basement of the Comet Ping Pong fast food restaurant in Washington DC - culminating in a gunman opening fire there in November 2016.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: conspiracytheory; qanon; thestorm
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To: RoosterRedux

Sadly, both Republicans and Democrats are involved.


41 posted on 01/16/2018 4:31:14 PM PST by ransomnote
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To: BigEdLB

Q said 80% would be done behind scenes, taking out bad actors, 20% in front of our eyes.


42 posted on 01/16/2018 4:31:46 PM PST by Cats Pajamas
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To: RoosterRedux

Or Admiral Rogers.


43 posted on 01/16/2018 4:32:23 PM PST by Cats Pajamas
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To: RoosterRedux
If they're traveling in an airplane, large event or something you might want to tell them take extra precautions this week. It will be hostage "attempts." Which doesn't mean it will happen.

Don't tell them about "Q" they will think your nuts.

44 posted on 01/16/2018 4:33:18 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: RoosterRedux

Q Anon has a Twitter account. I don’t use it but I think it’s something involving the name Rogue Anon?


45 posted on 01/16/2018 4:34:50 PM PST by ransomnote
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To: Cats Pajamas

Good guess. The Adm would be perfect.


46 posted on 01/16/2018 4:35:03 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

THis is the push to get out in front of what’s going to happen...they’re painting this all as whacko conspiracy.


47 posted on 01/16/2018 4:35:12 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: RoosterRedux

I can tell everyone that from my investigations of Harry Reid, where I track over twenty bribes, some in cahoots with John Podesta, the Deep State is VERY real. Hasn’t anyone wondered why Reid was never indicted?


48 posted on 01/16/2018 4:35:59 PM PST by DaxtonBrown
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To: RoosterRedux

I just recently discovered this Q phenomena. I read all the posts and my first thought was that it was Miller posting.


49 posted on 01/16/2018 4:36:50 PM PST by CaptainK
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To: Cats1

:)


50 posted on 01/16/2018 4:37:21 PM PST by Bigg Red (Francis is a Nincompope.)
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To: Steve Van Doorn

Thanks for the lead. I like Dustin Nemos on Youtube. Calm and well organized. I think one recent video (it’s much longer than his other ones at around 19 min) would not be a good place to start because it’s mixed in with Cryptocurrency info.

I also like April LaJune on youtube. Very efficient and nicely researched.


51 posted on 01/16/2018 4:37:35 PM PST by ransomnote
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To: RoosterRedux

[This is supposed to be a big week for the “great awakening”... ]

I remain cautiously skeptical but DO keep us informed!


52 posted on 01/16/2018 4:37:49 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: JudyinCanada

I’d love to know what more she knows.

***
Ditto.


53 posted on 01/16/2018 4:38:23 PM PST by Bigg Red (Francis is a Nincompope.)
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To: bonfire

Every week is supposed to be a big week and then nothing.


54 posted on 01/16/2018 4:38:36 PM PST by surrey
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To: reformedliberal

I think the 10,000 or so sealed indictments will be released very soon. It’ll be sweet to see all of the leading DemoRATS and half of Hollywood locked up in GITMO. By this time next year, I’m guessing that the first sentences will be handed down by the military tribunals. Those sentences will be... harsh. When it’s all over, we’ll have our country back and will be talking about whether Ivanka or Don Jr. is the best one to take over in 2025.


55 posted on 01/16/2018 4:38:45 PM PST by GodAndCountryFirst
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To: RoosterRedux

Why has our foreign policy’s head been spinning around and spewing pea soup?

Simple answer: Silicon Valley in California got a lot of $$$


56 posted on 01/16/2018 4:39:31 PM PST by BlackAdderess (MAGA!)
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To: RoosterRedux

Bookmark


57 posted on 01/16/2018 4:42:35 PM PST by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey playoffs season!)
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To: ransomnote
That guy changed his name to Q. He isn't the Qclearnce.

He is a troll.

58 posted on 01/16/2018 4:43:00 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: RoosterRedux

Trump greatly hinted he has Hillary’s 30,000 emails. if he does, it’s curtains for HER.


59 posted on 01/16/2018 4:44:29 PM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat)
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To: RoosterRedux

Bookmark


60 posted on 01/16/2018 4:45:16 PM PST by samtheman (Liberalism is a mental disease.)
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