Anyone can celebrate the 4th anniversary of Q's first two drops, but today we celebrate the 4th anniversary of the day when Q really cemented itself as a conspiracy theory to watch. Q made 11 drops on 10/29/17, claiming among other things:
"Many in our govt worship Satan" and "the NG [was] called up across 12 cities."

"POTUS is 100% insulated - any discussion suggesting he’s even a target is false" and "Patriots are in control. Sit back and enjoy the show."
"John M never had surgery and that was a cover for a future out if needed against prosecution?"

"Obama also had an alias along with each of his cabinet members."
"At some point the great awakening will occur whereby these false local / national black leaders are corrupt and paid off to help keep the black pop poor and in need."

"What did Obama do with cash just prior to leaving office? Repayment to those who donated for favors/access?"
"Under what article can the President impose MI take over investigations for the 3 letter agencies? What conditions must present itself? Why is this so VERY important? Who surrounds POTUS?"
And a VERY big one that really predicted the next four years of GOP hysteria:

"Military Intelligence ref above is the absolute biggest inside drop this board will ever receive.
Now think about why Antifa plays right into the plan? Always ahead. Good guys are winning."
If Q had vanished after those first two drops on 10/27, nobody would remember it. But the drops made on 10/29 really unveiled the story Q was about to tell - a technothriller mixing Robert Ludlum, Dan Brown, and the Turner Diaries in equal measure. And here we are.
Q's last sentence that day: "I’ve said too much. God bless, Patriots"

Q returned two days later with a whole bunch more drops that moved the story even closer to what we came to know as QAnon.

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28 Oct
The first drops in what would become QAnon were posted 4 years ago today. But the social and psychological forces that made Q a worldwide movement stretch back decades and centuries. I spent three years chronicling it all for THE STORM IS UPON US.

static.mhpbooks.com/the-storm-is-u…
I've written extensively about the movement for @dailydot, and the site has an entire set of stories to "commemorate" this important event in American paranoia.

dailydot.com/qanon-4-years-…
My story is on how the movement transformed with the end of the Q drops, the ultimate failure of "The Storm," and the increasing absorption of mainstream conservatism by a blob of insane conspiracy theories.

dailydot.com/debug/qanon-fo…
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27 Oct
This op-ed makes a persuasive case that "Havana Syndrome" is a mass psychogenic event. Any supposed "attack" based on secret technology and carried out among a narrow band of people without any real motive should be treated very skeptically.

nytimes.com/2021/10/26/opi…
There are definitely physical signs that some of the people afflicted by "Havana Syndrome" are going through something. But the technology proponents believe is causing it doesn't exist, and the motive behind the "attacks" doesn't make any sense.
It's classic conspiracy theory stuff - secret technology and obscure motives used as an explanation for something that doesn't make sense otherwise. This is how our brains process chaos, by using whatever is at our disposal to turn it into order.
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22 Oct
So...Trump lent his name to a shell company that immediately went public on the strength of that name, to raise money for his new social platform, knowing that investors would short the stock because the platform will fail? Is that right?

Isn't that just "The Producers?"
I don't really understand the stonks thing, but to a layperson, that seems a lot like fraud. Right??
"Amazing. It's absolutely amazing. That under the right circumstances, a Producer could make more money with a flop than he could with a hit. Hmm... Yes, it's quite possible! If he were certain that the show would fail, a man could make a fortune!"
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20 Oct
Gab founder Andrew Torba is doing great, not having an antisemitic meltdown at all, thanks for asking. ImageImageImage
It feels like Andrew cares at least a little. Image
Andrew is still going, demonstrating exactly how much he doesn't care. ImageImage
Read 4 tweets
14 Oct
If this is legit, Ron Watkins filed to run in the Republican primary for the AZ1 district. That seat flipped to the Dems when it was redistricted, and hasn't had a Republican in it since. Also, Ron doesn't live in Arizona, or anywhere in the US.
I'm still very skeptical that this is a serious campaign and not a fundraising scam. This is also the seat that his conspiracy buddy Wendy Rogers ran for (and lost) in 2018. More will be revealed, I guess.
Also, a high profile run for Congress opens Ron up to a lot of questions he might not want to answer. We'll know more if he actually announces he's running.
Read 7 tweets
5 Oct
The last real asset Ron Watkins has, at least in my opinion, is the knowledge of who wrote the Q drops. So at what point does he just announce "I wrote the Q drops, and will tell my story to the first outlet that pays me?"
Ultimately, Ron cares about Ron. Remember his "election fraud video that would save the world" that was full of malware? He doesn't care if admitting he was Q sends believers into a spiral. And chances are, it won't. These people are used to being lied to.
All he has to say is "The Q drops came to me through God, I was only the conduit" and most Q believers will be totally stoked about it. Plenty of televangelists and charismatic leaders have done it before.
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