that's one of the most unfunny things i ever heard. musk-level cringe. 4chan just annihilates your sense of humor.

you guys think this microchip person is a genius because he made his bio a shitpost? that's online-brained nonsense on your part

The great awakening at the LAX Hilton. We attended the Conscious Life Expo featuring a huge array of New Age enthusiasm and conspiracy theorizing. Included in our coverage: Sean Stone, son of Oliver Stone. Anti-vaxx white reggae. Theosophy, hermeticism, UFO disclosure, butthole sunning, the continent of Lemuria, sun simulators, rotating chakras, QAnon, etc.

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Music by Pontus Berghe, Nick Sena, NAP. Editing by Corey Klotz.

Episode 219: Attending the Conscious Life Expo (QAnon & the New Age)

We sit with longtime QAnon reporter Will Sommer of the Daily Beast to discuss Baby Q's weird cult, the rise of QAnon over the last few years, the hunt for Q's identity, and the Q-man Centipede. We also touch on the latest internal Fox News messages that reveal their eagerness to platform lies about the election even when they didn’t believe those lies themselves. Will Sommer's book is 'Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America'.
 
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Will Sommer: https://twitter.com/willsommer
Will's Book 'Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America': https://www.harpercollins.com/products/trust-the-plan-will-sommer

QAA's Website: https://qanonanonymous.com

Music by Max Weber. Editing by Corey Klotz.

Episode 220: Baby Q Rising feat Will Sommer

Charlie McGonigal used to be the FBI's top NYC spy-hunter. His high rank, access to classified intel, and alleged work for Oleg Deripaska (of Russiagate infamy) means the story of MGonigal's charges could be one of the worst scandals in FBI history. We spoke to Mattathias Schwartz, the reporter for Business Insider who broke the story.
 
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Mattathias Schwartz: https://twitter.com/Schwartzesque

QAA's Website: https://qanonanonymous.com

Music by Cosmic Cars. Editing by Corey Klotz.

Episode 222: Charlie McGonigal, the FBI & the Russians feat Mattathias Schwartz

We explore Tucker Carlson's attempts to rewrite what happened on January 6th by focusing on footage of Jacob Chansley AKA the QAnon Shaman. We also delve into the changing story about what led to Capitol Officer Brian Sicknick's death. We then spend some time with a twitter account basically LARPing as Jack Smith, the special counselor who's the new great hope for Muellerites.
 
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Music by Nick Sena. Editing by Corey Klotz.

Episode 224: The Battle to Frame J6 (Trump Arrested Edition)

QAnon the musical, Baby Trump, poetry, charcuterie, a Frank Sinatra impersonator, "JFK Jr" AKA Juan O Savin and members of the -48 QAnon numerology cult — including rapper Pryme Minister. We headed to Texas to attend one of the most melted QAnon events yet. It did not disappoint.
 
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Music by Pontus Berghe. Editing by Corey Klotz.

Episode 225: Undercover at Reckoning Fest in Frisco, Texas

Folks, we got ‘em. Donald Trump has been indicted — or as Trump himself put it at Truth Social: he has been “INDICATED.” Manhattan prosecutors are accusing Trump of falsifying business records with the intent to conceal illegal conduct connected to his 2016 election. Will he be hanged at GITMO for treason? No. But what will happen? Lawyer Allie Mezei helps us break down known facts of the case and some possible future scenarios. We also discover how the QAnon community is reacting to the revelation. Spoiler: they’re still trusting the plan. Finally, we’ll take a peek at a new insider anon on 4chan  who doesn’t quite have that Q magic. 
 
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Music by Pontus Berghe. Editing by Corey Klotz.

Episode 226: Trump Indicted feat Allie Mezei

Usually, telling lies on the internet is Constitutionally protected. 

But what happens when it’s not? What happens when you post and meme so hard and so maliciously that you go far outside the realm of protected speech and wind up in a federal prison. That’s the story of a 33-year-old man named Douglass Mackey, who operated a few Twitter accounts under the name Rickey Vaughn. Using these accounts he spread Pizzagate lies, racist tropes, and also messages deliberately designed to mislead people into giving up their right to vote. On May 31st, Douglass Mackey was convicted of Election Interference in the 2016 presidential race after a one week trial.

To better understand this case we spoke to someone who has been covering it for years: Michael Edison Hayden from the Southern Poverty Law Center. We chat about Douglass Mackey’s background, the crime he was found guilty of committing, and what it means for the future of online disinformation campaigns. We also discuss the trial’s involvement of “Microchip,” a notorious troll who is currently working as a federal informant.
 
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Michael Edison Hayden: https://twitter.com/MichaelEHayden

QAA's Website: https://qanonanonymous.com

Editing by Corey Klotz.

Episode 227: The Posting to Prison Pipeline feat Michael Edison Hayden

The anti vaccine movement is still relatively fringe, despite exploding during the pandemic. But what happens when someone is too extreme even for the most dedicated antivaxers? That’s the tale of Christopher Key, aka Vaccine Police. In 2021 he made a name for himself by traveling from city to city while wearing a custom “Vaccine Police” shirt and fake badge in order to harass pharmacists, health executives, and city council members. We track his decades-long history of pushing disreputable health treatments — including what he euphemistically calls “urine therapy.” And we learn how his antics have led to multiple arrests and shunning by the anti vaccine community and even Donald Trump himself.
 
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Music by Pontus Berghe. Editing by Corey Klotz.

References

Zachary Petrizzo
https://twitter.com/ZTPetrizzo

Sports Illustrated: The zany story of two self-ordained sports science entrepreneurs
https://www.si.com/nfl/2013/01/29/strange-lab-lured-numerous-athletes

Washington Post: Self-proclaimed ‘Vaccine Police’ tells Walmart pharmacists they ‘could be executed’ for administering shots
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/19/walmart-christopher-key-anti-vaccine/

Episode 228: The Piss Drinking Vaccine Police

There are many QAnon live events one can choose from. There’s the Reawaken America Tour, the Patriot Round Up, and even, most recently, Reckoning Fest. But what if those aren’t enough for you? In that case, there’s another way to meet the modern torchbearers of the Q drops. This one is held by a company run by a man best known for “Devolution Theory,” which posits that Trump or his allies somehow secretly remained in power during the Biden administration. To discuss what the livestream revealed about the current state of pilled Americans, we chat with Mike Rothschild, author of The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything.

https://twitter.com/rothschildmd
 
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Music by Pontus Berghe. Editing by Corey Klotz.

Episode 229: Devolution Theory Hits The Road feat Mike Rothschild

The second to last Q drop of 2020 consisted of just one word: “Durham.” This referred to Special Counsel John Durham, who was tasked with investigating the origins of Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI investigation into possible Trump Russia links. After three and a half years, the investigation ended with just one guilty plea from an ex FBI lawyer and a report that scolds the FBI’s actions. Today, we’re going to take a look at some of the contents of that report and how the QAnon community is reacting. We’ll also speculate if this means we can move on from Trump’s election, or if we are all doomed to live in 2016 forever.  

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Music by Pontus Berghe.  Editing by Corey Klotz.

REFERENCES

https://www.justice.gov/storage/durhamreport.pdf

https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/5/16/23725373/durham-report-clinton-plan-trump-russia

https://www.reuters.com/legal/rudy-giuliani-sued-10-million-by-former-aide-over-alleged-sexual-assault-2023-05-15/

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/mike-flynn-unvaccinated-blood-sperm-dating-site-4thepure/

Episode 232: Durham Deactivated

Infrastructure designed to combat "disinformation" is expanding rapidly within the US government and intelligence agencies. But how do they define it in the first place? And how much transparency around their methods is the public granted? Our guest is Ken Klippenstein, journalist for the Intercept.

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Ken Klippenstein: https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein / https://kenklippenstein.substack.com / https://theintercept.com/staff/kenklippenstein/

QAA's Website: https://qanonanonymous.com

Music by Pontus Berghe.  Editing by Corey Klotz.

References

https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformation-dhs/

https://theintercept.com/2023/05/05/foreign-malign-influence-center-disinformation/

https://theintercept.com/2023/05/17/pentagon-perception-management-office/

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/2021/10/08/performing-disinformation-a-muddled-history-and-its-consequences/

https://ia904509.us.archive.org/20/items/debord-disinformation/Debord-Disinformation.pdf

Episode 233: Perception Management feat Ken Klippenstein

Conspiracy theories, melted online communities and cursed media — we pry open the cracks in consensus reality and journey into the hidden worlds below. The QAA Podcast is a mix of reporting, comedy, and history hosted by Jake Rockatansky, Travis View, and Julian Feeld along with co-hosts Annie Kelly, Liv Agar and Brad Abrahams. Formerly known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.

Episode 227: The Posting to Prison Pipeline feat Michael Edison Hayden

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