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10 Jan, 5 tweets, 4 min read
The Vatican experienced a blackout last night, and QAnon believers have responded in typical fashion by baking a conspiracy casserole involving the Pope being arrested for child trafficking and something about Dominion voting machines (of course).

cc: @ZellaQuixote
Retweet network for tweets containing "Vatican" or "The Pope" for the evening of January 9th and morning of January 10th, 2020 (PST). Former QAnon congressional candidate @theangiestanton and a newborn "news" account named @WorldWireNews1 turn up prominently.
The @WorldWireNews1 account was created during the attack on the U.S. Capitol, at 1:49 PM on January 6th, 2020. It appears to be the successor to the now-suspended @WW_NEWS_ (@WorldWireNews1's "F" tweet is a reply to a now-removed tweet commenting on @WW_NEWS_'s ban).
The false claim that the Pope was arrested for child trafficking appears to have originated on a website called "The Conservative Beaver", which claims to provide "news stories of interest to Proud Canadians" but in reality seems more focused on serving up rumors and disinfo.
*allegedly experienced a blackout - so far no major media organizations have reported on this event, and the only sources for the blackout claim appear to be YouTube videos of the exterior of the Vatican complex.

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