Download or read book The Storm Is Upon Us written by Mike Rothschild and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I hope everyone reads this book. It has become such a crucial thing for all of us to understand." —Erin Burnett, CNN "An ideal tour guide for your journey into the depths of the rabbit hole that is QAnon. It even shows you a glimmer of light at the exit." —Cullen Hoback, director of HBO's Q: Into the Storm Its messaging can seem cryptic, even nonsensical, yet for tens of thousands of people, it explains everything: What is QAnon, where did it come from, and is the Capitol insurgency a sign of where it’s going next? On October 5th, 2017, President Trump made a cryptic remark in the State Dining Room at a gathering of military officials. He said it felt like “the calm before the storm”—then refused to elaborate as puzzled journalists asked him to explain. But on the infamous message boards of 4chan, a mysterious poster going by “Q Clearance Patriot,” who claimed to be in “military intelligence,” began the elaboration on their own. In the days that followed, Q’s wild yarn explaining Trump's remarks began to rival the sinister intricacies of a Tom Clancy novel, while satisfying the deepest desires of MAGA-America. But did any of what Q predicted come to pass? No. Did that stop people from clinging to every word they were reading, expanding its mythology, and promoting it wider and wider? No. Why not? Who were these rapt listeners? How do they reconcile their worldview with the America they see around them? Why do their numbers keep growing? Mike Rothschild, a journalist specializing in conspiracy theories, has been collecting their stories for years, and through interviews with QAnon converts, apostates, and victims, as well as psychologists, sociologists, and academics, he is uniquely equipped to explain the movement and its followers. In The Storm Is Upon Us, he takes readers from the background conspiracies and cults that fed the Q phenomenon, to its embrace by right-wing media and Donald Trump, through the rending of families as loved ones became addicted to Q’s increasingly violent rhetoric, to the storming of the Capitol, and on. And as the phenomenon shows no sign of calming despite Trump’s loss of the presidency—with everyone from Baby Boomers to Millennial moms proving susceptible to its messaging—and politicians starting to openly espouse its ideology, Rothschild makes a compelling case that mocking the seeming madness of QAnon will get us nowhere. Rather, his impassioned reportage makes clear it's time to figure out what QAnon really is — because QAnon and its relentlessly dark theory of everything isn’t done yet.
Download or read book Pastels and Pedophiles written by Mia Bloom and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' PICK / TOP 10 RECOMMENDED READ Two experts of extremist radicalization take us down the QAnon rabbit hole, exposing how the conspiracy theory ensnared countless Americans, and show us a way back to sanity. In January 2021, thousands descended on the U.S. Capitol to aid President Donald Trump in combating a shadowy cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles. Two women were among those who died that day. They, like millions of Americans, believed that a mysterious insider known as "Q" is exposing a vast deep-state conspiracy. The QAnon conspiracy theory has ensnared many women, who identify as members of "pastel QAnon," answering the call to "save the children." With Pastels and Pedophiles, Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko explain why the rise of QAnon should not surprise us: believers have been manipulated to follow the baseless conspiracy. The authors track QAnon's unexpected leap from the darkest corners of the Internet to the filtered glow of yogi-mama Instagram, a frenzy fed by the COVID-19 pandemic that supercharged conspiracy theories and spurred a fresh wave of Q-inspired violence. Pastels and Pedophiles connects the dots for readers, showing how a conspiracy theory with its roots in centuries-old anti-Semitic hate has adapted to encompass local grievances and has metastasized around the globe—appealing to a wide range of alienated people who feel that something is not quite right in the world around them. While QAnon claims to hate Hollywood, the book demonstrates how much of Q's mythology is ripped from movie and television plot lines. Finally, Pastels and Pedophiles lays out what can be done about QAnon's corrosive effect on society, to bring Q followers out of the rabbit hole and back into the light.
Download or read book QAnon and On written by Van Badham and published by Hardie Grant Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-17 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the Walkley Book Award 2022 In QAnon and On, Guardian columnist Van Badham delves headfirst into the QAnon conspiracy theory, unpicking the why, how and who behind this century’s most dangerous and far-fetched internet cult. From Gamergate to Pizzagate and beyond to QAnon, internet manipulation and disinformation campaigns have grown to a geopolitical scale and spilled into real life with devastating consequences, entangling everyone from politicians to Hollywood celebrities. But what would motivate followers to so forcefully avoid the facts and surrender instead to made-up stories designed to influence and control? It’s a question that has haunted Van, herself a veteran of social media’s relentless trolling wars. In this daring investigation, Van exposes some of the internet’s most extreme communities to understand conspiracy cults from the inside. QAnon and On is the story of the modern internet, the farscape of political belief and a disinformation pipeline built between the two that poses an ongoing threat to democracy itself. Shocking and mesmerising in equal measure, this book will open our eyes to the dangers of partisan belief.
Download or read book QAnon written by Wwg1wga and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-26 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Only small secrets need to be protected. The large ones are kept secret by the public's incredulity." - Marshall McLuhanThe media's favorite "hoax" is the Q Anon movement. Is it a joke? Is it dangerous? Who's involved and how did it begin? "Q Anon, An Invitation to The Great Awakening," explains the phenomena with the help of 12 citizen journalists-from the very first Q post right up until present day.
Download or read book The Social Science of QAnon written by Monica K. Miller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unique conspiracy group called QAnon is growing in both membership and political power, and understanding this phenomenon is key to combating QAnon's negative effects on society. This book uses social science theory to explain the attraction and spread of the defining conspiracy movement of our times.
Download or read book Trust the Plan written by Will Sommer and published by Fourth Estate. This book was released on 2022-03-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did a conspiracy theory reshape global politics? How did it tear families apart, inspire an insurrection and convince millions that a shadowy cabal was hellbent on eating children, and only Donald Trump could stop them?
Download or read book Q written by Luther Blissett and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in Reformation Europe, Q begins with Luther's nailing of his 95 theses on the door of the cathedral church in Wittenberg. Q traces the adventures and conflicts of two central characters: an Anabaptist, a member of the most radical of the Protestant sects and the anarchists of the Reformation, and a Catholic spy and informer, on their thrilling journey across Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. The four young writers who shelter behind the pseudonym Luther Blissett have created a world of intrigue, violence and intense political and religious passion. Far from the traditional example of historical fiction, Q is the stuff of which cults are made.
Download or read book Q Anon Conspiracy written by Qanon Conspiracy and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-09 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Q anon journal is made for patriots that are ready for the great awakening against the government deep state. Buy this as a gift for your favorite conspiracy theory lover or Russian troll. Q Anon is the new conspiracy for anyone questioning the truth behind what the politicians in government and mainstream media are feeding you. The design on this conspiracy theorist gift has a giant Q with a distressed American flag filling in the color. The notebook has journal lines and measures 6 x 9inches which is perfect for keeping a diary, taking notes in class, making notes about your days, writing out your gratitude, or logging a book journal. Features: 100 pages 6 x 9 page size Lined pages with Hashmarks for dates Cream/Ivory colored paper Soft cover / paperback Matte finish cover This is a great unique gift idea under $10 for: Christmas present Cheap stocking stuffer idea Gift for Q Anon Conspiracy Theorists
Download or read book The Quiet Damage written by Jesselyn Cook and published by Crown. This book was released on 2024-07-23 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting story of QAnon’s devastating impact on the American family, grappling with the seductive allure of disinformation, the trauma it causes, and how we might set ourselves free. “Compassionate, wise, and thoroughly reported . . . one of the defining books of our time.”—Johann Hari, New York Times bestselling author of Magic Pill The QAnon conspiracy theories—which posit that a nefarious cabal of elites is secretly ruling our society, poisoning our bodies, and harming our children—have come to represent the peculiar mania driven by social media disinformation campaigns and its dire consequences on our politics. But what’s often overlooked is the raw destructive power these theories have on the American family. In an age in which partisanship has created deep divides within the home—between parents and children, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives—the extreme belief structure of QAnon widens those divides into seemingly insurmountable chasms, leaving people lost, confused, and broken. With studies showing that nearly 19% of Americans believe in QAnon-related theories, the true toll of QAnon on our mental and social health is as vast as it is urgent to confront. In The Quiet Damage, celebrated reporter Jesselyn Cook unfolds the heartbreaking stories of five representative families from couples young and old to rural white parents to urban Black siblings, to show how QAnon shattered bonds once believed unbreakable. Cook paints a portrait of American suffering, of the vulnerabilities that have left people susceptible to outrageous theories promising order and control in a world where both are increasingly in short supply. Charting the arc of each believer’s path from their first intersection with QAnon to the depths of their cultish conviction in the theory’s promise, to—in some fortunate cases—their rejection of conspiracy thinking and the mending of broken bonds, Cook offers a fascinating look into the psychology of how and why ordinary people come to believe the unbelievable. Her reporting lays bare how we have been taken hostage by grifters who profit from a network built on false hope—and how we might eventually release our loved ones, and ourselves, from their grasp. At once a riveting account of the American family in crisis and a sociological exploration of the hidden costs of our global crisis of disinformation, The Quiet Damage is profound, brilliantly researched, and beautifully written.
Download or read book We are Q written by Qanon Conspiracy and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-09 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Q anon journal is made for patriots that are ready for the great awakening against the government deep state. Buy this as a gift for your favorite conspiracy theory lover or Russian troll. This Q Anon conspiracy design has a giant Q colored in with an American flag that looks like it is from a brick wall. The full text says We Are Q. The notebook has journal lines and measures 6 x 9inches which is perfect for keeping a diary, taking notes in class, making notes about your days, writing out your gratitude, or logging a book journal. Features: 100 pages 6 x 9 page size Lined pages with Hashmarks for dates Cream/Ivory colored paper Soft cover / paperback Matte finish cover This is a great unique gift idea under $10 for: Christmas present Cheap stocking stuffer idea Gift for Q Anon Conspiracy Theorists
Download or read book The Complete Q anon written by Anonymous Conservative and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the Q-anon phenomenon, including a summary, and a firsthand account from someone who encountered the Cabal's domestic spying program in the US. It also includes an addendum with an examination of Q's first 400 posts as well as selected posts which were unusually prophetic or revealing, to elucidate why so many are fascinated with Q
Download or read book Qanon For Beginners written by Simon Smith and published by Youcanprint. This book was released on 2021-10-29 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You've probably heard about the QAnon Conspiracy theory that has taken the world by storm, right? Are you ready to discover the hidden secrets of this theory? If the answer is yes, then read on… You are about to step into the world of conspiracies and discover one of the most talked-about, THE QANON CONSPIRACY. QAnon has gained a lot of traction in the US and now Spilling over to the UK. It is a conspiracy theory that claims of the existence of a cabal that is comprised of Hollywood celebrities, Devil-Worshipping Democrats, and Billionaires who run the world. It also claims that these members engage in human trafficking, pedophilia, child abduction, and harvesting of chemical that has life-extending properties from the blood of children. The followers of this conspiracy believe that Donald Trump, The President of the United States, is waging a war against this cabal and all its collaborators to bring down all malefactors and lock them all in Guantanamo Bay. That's a lot to grasp, right? The fact that you are reading this means that you have also been caught up in the craze and want to know what to believe in and what not to. You are probably wondering… What evidence exists to support the theory? Who unearthed these secrets and how did they do it? How did such a theory spread? Why are the supporters of this theory? What is the main agenda behind this theory? If my guess is right, and these are the questions you have in mind, then this book is for you. it has all the answers to these questions and a whole lot more that you will be surprised to learn about. In this book, you will learn everything you need to know about the conspiracy theory down to the minor details in a very neutral and easy to comprehend manner. Here is a sneak peek of what you are going to learn: How and when the QAnon theory started It's claims and its beliefs its followers and how it is gaining such a large following Actions that have been taken to suppress its spread The real motive behind the QAnon theory How conspiracy theories work and their outcomes The relationship between President Donald Trump and the conspiracy theory And much more This conspiracy theory involves a lot of parts that you need to learn about and a lot of surprising claims. If you want to get all the surprising right information in a well-researched manner, then this is the book you should go for. Scroll up and click Buy Now With 1-Click or Buy Now to get started!
Download or read book Q Anon Conspiracy 3 Books in 1 written by Simon Smith and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-19 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You've probably heard about the QAnonConspiracy theory that has taken the world by storm, right? Are you ready to discoverthe hidden secrets of this theory? If the answer is yes, then read on... You are about to step into the world of conspiracies and discover one of the most talked-about, THE QANON CONSPIRACY. QAnon has gained a lot of traction in the US and now Spilling over to the UK. It is a conspiracy theory that claims of theexistence of a cabal that is comprised of Hollywood celebrities, Devil-Worshipping Democrats, and Billionaires who run the world. It also claims that these members engage in human trafficking, pedophilia, child abduction, and harvesting of chemical that has life-extending properties from the blood of children. The followers of this conspiracy believe that Donald Trump, The President of the United States, is waging a war against this cabal and all its collaborators to bring down all malefactors and lock them all in Guantanamo Bay. That's a lot to grasp, right? The fact that you are reading this means that you have also been caught up in the craze and want to know what to believe in and what not to. You are probably wondering... What evidence exists to support the theory? Who unearthed these secrets and how did they do it? How did such a theory spread? Why are the supporters of this theory? What is the main agenda behind this theory? If my guess is right, and these are the questions you have in mind, then this book is for you. it has all the answers to these questions and a whole lot more that you will be surprised to learn about. In this book, you will learn everything you need to know about the conspiracy theory down to the minor details in a very neutral and easy to comprehend manner. Here is a sneak peek of what you are going to learn: How and when the QAnon theory started It's claims and its beliefs its followers and how it is gaining such a large following Actions that have been taken to suppress its spread The real motive behind the QAnon theory How conspiracy theories work and their outcomes The relationship between President Donald Trump and the conspiracy theory And much more This conspiracy theory involves a lot of parts that you need to learn about and a lot of surprising claims. If you want to get all the surprising right information in a well-researched manner, then this is the book you should go for.
Download or read book Trust the Plan written by Will Sommer and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Punchy and well-reported….Sommer is the perfect person to tell this story." —New York Times "A story so bizarre, only Will Sommer could report it.” —Molly Jong-Fast The definitive book on QAnon from the reporter knows them best; Will Sommer explains what it is, how it has gained a mainstream following among Republican lawmakers and ordinary citizens, the threat it poses to democracy, and how we can reach those who have embraced the conspiracy and are disseminating its lies. The Storm is Coming. Trust the Plan. WWG1WGA. You’ve seen the letter Q on TV and in the news – it’s been everywhere from Trump rallies to the January 6th insurrection. “QAnon” used to sound vaguely familiar, somewhat ominous, but not quite mainstream. But what was once a fringe conspiracy theory has now become a household name and its symbols recognizable around the world. How did this happen, who is actually involved, what do they believe, and what do they want? Daily Beast reporter Will Sommer has been on the ground with Q’s followers since day one, and in Trust the Plan Sommer has written the definitive book on the movement—who started it and who grew it, what they really believe is going on, and what they want to see “the Storm” accomplish on the day of its reckoning. At once a character study and a journalistic exposé, Sommer lets his cast of characters do the talking as he visits them around the world, from their makeshift compounds to the rallies they are still holding. The great tragedy of this story is ultimately the legitimization of this ideology by mainstream politicians eager to gain access to a large and growing cohort of voters. Though 2020 brought the end of Trump’s presidency, his following within the QAnon community has simply pivoted and grown stronger. Trust the Plan shows us in granular detail who we’ll be up against for years to come, in the US and abroad. Understanding why and how something like Q happens is an indispensable exercise, and in showing us how we got here we can chart a path out.
Download or read book What Happened written by Hillary Rodham Clinton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An engaging, beautifully synthesized page-turner” (Slate). The #1 New York Times bestseller and Time #1 Nonfiction Book of the Year: Hillary Rodham Clinton’s most personal memoir yet, about the 2016 presidential election. In this “candid and blackly funny” (The New York Times) memoir, Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history. She takes us inside the intense personal experience of becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major party in an election marked by rage, sexism, exhilarating highs and infuriating lows, stranger-than-fiction twists, Russian interference, and an opponent who broke all the rules. “At her most emotionally raw” (People), Hillary describes what it was like to run against Donald Trump, the mistakes she made, how she has coped with a shocking and devastating loss, and how she found the strength to pick herself back up afterward. She tells readers what it took to get back on her feet—the rituals, relationships, and reading that got her through, and what the experience has taught her about life. In this “feminist manifesto” (The New York Times), she speaks to the challenges of being a strong woman in the public eye, the criticism over her voice, age, and appearance, and the double standard confronting women in politics. Offering a “bracing... guide to our political arena” (The Washington Post), What Happened lays out how the 2016 election was marked by an unprecedented assault on our democracy by a foreign adversary. By analyzing the evidence and connecting the dots, Hillary shows just how dangerous the forces are that shaped the outcome, and why Americans need to understand them to protect our values and our democracy in the future. The election of 2016 was unprecedented and historic. What Happened is the story of that campaign, now with a new epilogue showing how Hillary grappled with many of her worst fears coming true in the Trump Era, while finding new hope in a surge of civic activism, women running for office, and young people marching in the streets.
Download or read book Q Anon written by Q Anon and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete copy of the Q posts from October 2017 to January 2018
Download or read book True Enough written by Farhad Manjoo and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why has punditry lately overtaken news? Why do lies seem to linger so long in the cultural subconscious even after they’ve been thoroughly discredited? And why, when more people than ever before are documenting the truth with laptops and digital cameras, does fact-free spin and propaganda seem to work so well? True Enough explores leading controversies of national politics, foreign affairs, science, and business, explaining how Americans have begun to organize themselves into echo chambers that harbor diametrically different facts—not merely opinions—from those of the larger culture.
