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25 Mar, 6 tweets, 4 min read
This lawsuit makes some blatantly false claims. Contrary to what this lawsuit claims, the Flynns absolutely took a QAnon oath last July. In June, "Q" had posted the exact same oath that the Flynns recited in that video. "Q" also wrote, "take the oath."
And like the Flynns, others subsequently took the same oath on video to follow the request made by "Q" & then posted it online.
It is also dishonest to act like the Flynn family does not have other connections to QAnon and that they took this QAnon oath in a vacuum. For example, Joseph Flynn has gone on QAnon shows & tweeted the QAnon slogan multiple times. thedailybeast.com/michael-flynns…
Additionally, the lawyer this lawsuit mentions that "notified CNN that the Flynn family were not followers of QAnon" is Sidney Powell, who has herself gone on multiple QAnon shows, amplified QAnon accounts, & cited QAnon-connected figures & claims in her election fraud lawsuits.
And Michael Flynn's clear association with QAnon has not stopped either. Here's him just 2 weeks ago.
Flynn & Powell are also scheduled to speak at a May event featuring multiple QAnon influencers, such as RedPill78 (who attended the insurrection), IET, The Kate Awakening, & Jordan Sather. JT Wilde, the musician of the QAnon community, is also attending.

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A reminder that Chrissy Teigen has been a major target of QAnon & Pizzagate supporters. Harassment of her by a QAnon influencer in December 2017 (who invoked QAnon in her harassment) was one of the first significant QAnon-related incidents. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
Last July, Teigen said she had to block a significant number of QAnon accounts harassing her. Twitter announced its initial QAnon crackdown days after that. washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07…
QAnon influencers attacked Chrissy Teigen over leaving Twitter. One of the biggest QAnon Telegram channels -- made up of QAnon influencers who used to be on/gained their followers from Twitter -- even bragged that it was "us anons who got" her "to lock her account."
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A false conspiracy theory has spread widely in the far-right internet (not just within the QAnon community) that some incident involving a microphone and Biden talking to reporters shows he and the incident were somehow faked.
Since Biden was inaugurated, QAnon supporters have pushed false claims of supposed proof that Biden hasn't really been president & his activities as president haven't been real. This may be the first time those claims have in some manner really spread elsewhere in the far-right.
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12 Feb
We're now hearing multiple cases of people refusing to get the coronavirus vaccine due to the false coronavirus vaccine microchip conspiracy theory -- which came from social media. mediamatters.org/coronavirus-co… huffpost.com/entry/children…
The conspiracy theory started going viral about 11 months ago. Social media platforms didn't even try to crack down on it until late in the year -- & even then enforcement has been lacking. mediamatters.org/coronavirus-co…
It was clear soon after the conspiracy theory went viral how dangerous it was. And yet the platforms allowed it to spread without any response for months. And now we're seeing people refusing to get the vaccine as a result.
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One thing worth keeping in mind that is mentioned in my report but worth pointing out specifically: One of the biggest dangerous for coronavirus vaccine misinformation -- & thus for us to reach herd immunity -- is the YouTube-to-Facebook pipeline.
One of the reasons the false coronavirus vaccine microchip conspiracy theory went viral early on -- the fallout from which we're still dealing with -- is because YouTube videos pushing it quickly racked up big Facebook engagement numbers.
"Plandemic" likely wouldn't have gone as viral as it did without that pipeline, with YouTube uploads of the video spreading significantly in Facebook Groups. onezero.medium.com/facebook-group…
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8 Feb
Folks, another video just like "Plandemic" happened at the end of 2020/early 2021, using the same playbook as "Plandemic," was about just as viral on social media as "Plandemic," and nearly NO ONE NOTICED.
At least with "Plandemic," its viral spread was known in nearly real time. Not the case here. When I saw these engagement numbers a few days ago, I was stunned, & frankly kind of terrified, because no one seemed to realize this happened at the time.
And it shows that social media platforms have still not been able to figure out how to deal with the "Plandemic" playbook. Entities can still replicate the tactics of "Plandemic," be apparently just as successful -- and do it without nearly any detection.
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SCOOP: Another "Plandemic"-type video went viral on social media. The video, an interview of a woman pushing false coronavirus, vaccine, & voter fraud conspiracy theories, earned at least 20 million views or engagements on Facebook's platforms & YouTube. mediamatters.org/coronavirus-co…
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Fitts also falsely claims in the video that Biden won due to "widespread voter fraud." Facebook & YouTube have previously claimed they banned content pushing the microchip conspiracy theory & vaccine misinfo. YouTube claimed it banned content pushing false mass voter fraud claims
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