"It's not even a Website"  - Trucker bowelson 2020

You should cover Derek Johnson. He’s a nut case!!

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

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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

What happens when you combine gamergate and yelling at local elected officials? You get something akin to Moms For Liberty. The nonprofit bills itself as a parental rights organization and grew to hundreds of chapters over the past three years. Though many victims have claimed that the group pushes its agenda through harassment and intimidation, they say they just care about ethics in school curriculums. To help get a better sense of what Moms For Liberty is really about, we spoke to Vice News reporter David Gilbert. He spoke to people targeted by Moms For Liberty for his report "A Far-Right Moms Group Is Terrorizing Schools in the Name of Protecting Kids.”

David Gilbert
https://twitter.com/daithaigilbert


References

https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy3gnq/what-is-moms-for-liberty

https://buckscountybeacon.com/2022/10/the-right-wing-money-and-influence-behind-moms-for-liberty/

https://twitter.com/daithaigilbert?lang=en

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/11/07/the-right-wing-mothers-fuelling-the-school-board-wars


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Music by Anahedron.  Editing by Corey Klotz.

Episode 230: Gamergate For Moms feat David Gilbert

Sometimes it feels like the online world is split into multiple, incompatible perceptions of reality. 

This is not a new development. In fact, in the mid-aughts one man tried to create an isolated island of American christian conservative thinking by launching a website called Conservapedia. Though it was advertised as being free from the supposed liberal bias of Wikipedia, Conservapedia became a home of pseudoscience, conspiracy theories, and general right-wing grievances. It even launched a project to create a new English translation of the Bible that was manlier and more conservative than previous translations.

To help us understand the history of Conservapedia, we recruited our resident reddit atheist debunker, Travis. He’s going to walk us through the story of Conservpedia’s creation and show off some of the latest additions to the online encyclopedia, which is still active after 17 years.


References

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jun-19-na-schlafly19-story.html

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservapedia

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservapedia:Night_of_the_Blunt_Knives

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Lenski_affair

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2009/oct/11/conservative-bible-project-liberal-conservapedia


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Music by Pontus Berghe.  Editing by Corey Klotz.

Episode 231: Conservapedia

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/

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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

We spoke with the most visible J6er — known colloquially as the “QAnon Shaman”. He was distinct from the rest of the rioters thanks to his horned headdress, painted face, booming voice, extensive tattoos, and spear. Before he became world famous he participated in QAnon events, which made him an occasional feature of this show. On May 25th, Chansley was released after serving time in federal prison and a halfway house for the crime of obstructing an official proceeding. On today’s episode, we’re going to talk about  Chansley's big comeback and what was said when he spoke in person at a church in Scottsdale, Arizona — an event which Travis attended. Then we’re going to play clips from our interview with Jacob Chansley. He discussed his childhood, how he acquired his pluralistic religious worldview, his experiences in prison, and his plans for the future.

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Editing by Corey Klotz.

References

https://fronterasdesk.org/content/1848352/scottsdale-church-we-did-not-host-qanon-shaman-event

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/39012/the-navy-finally-speaks-up-about-its-bizarre-ufo-patent-experiments

Episode 234: Jacob Chansley, America’s Shaman

If there’s one thing that beautiful British Columbia needs, it’s more cults.  This week, the gang explores the volatile life of Edward Arthur Wilson, better known as “Brother XII.”  Wilson was an English mystic who wasted absolutely no time building a spiritual compound south of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island.  Prepare yourself for Egyptian gods, hidden treasure, and heart problems as Brad Abrahams gently ferries us off to the De Coursey islands in search of gold.
 
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Episode 235: Brother XII

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 229: Devolution Theory Hits The Road feat Mike Rothschild

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