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What's happening  
QAnon beliefs continue to poison politics, regardless of who is in the White House..  
Why it matters  
The debunked conspiracy theory will be in play during the upcoming midterm elections, but that doesn't mean you have to fall for it.  
  
  
  
  
The  conspiracy theory falsely claims that former President Donald Trump fought a hidden war against a cabal of Satanist pedophiles in Hollywood and the Democratic Party while he was in the White House. Believers in the conspiracy theory's ridiculous assertions originating back in 2017 continue to infect the body politic, and that could have serious ramifications as the midterm elections draw closer. The nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute, a nonprofit that researches the intersection of religion, culture and public policy, released a study in February showing that nearly . "QAnon has evolved from a movement centered around Trump leading a secret military intelligence operation to save the world, into a movement that not only doesn't need Trump but doesn't even need the iconography it developed over the past four years," said Mike Rothschild, https://toolwp.com/community/profile/jamistevens677/ conspiracy researcher and author of The Storm Is Upon Us, which provides a history of the QAnon conspiracy theory.Conspiracy theories can be , as seen during the  with leading to some people succumbing to the virus. Despite being repeatedly debunked, belief in the QAnon conspiracy theory continues to infect areas of politics beyond Trump. So far this year, aspects of the QAnon have seeped into protests, a Supreme Court hearing and legislation."Its mythology of secret pedophile rings, suppressed cures and technology, massive corruption and fraud propelling a [purportedly] decrepit Joe Biden into office and COVID being a hoax, have infected every aspect of mainstream conservative politics and culture," Rothschild added.  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
It doesn't help that the  on June 24. With the midterm elections approaching in November, the conspiracy theory is likely to continue popping up in campaigns and on social media feeds. Being able to recognize its influence may make it easier to spot, https://honeymoonadventurers.com/?s=&member%5Bsite%5D=http%3A%2F%2Fruporn.bravesites.com%2F&member%5Bsignature%5D=No+filters+can+hold+back+Russian+porn+videos+-+%3Ca+href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fruporn.bravesites.com%2F%22+rel%3D%22dofollow%22%3Ehttps%3A%2F%2Fru-porno-video.blogspot.com%2F2022%2F08%2Fblog-post.html%3C%2Fa%3E.+It+is+still+obvious+to+everyone+that+hot+girls+from+Russia+are+adored+in+almost+all+corners+of+the+earth.+And+now+you+need+to+look+at+the+impressive+sex+with+hot+cuties.+They+can+do+any+debauchery+and+convince+without+stopping+that+they+are+exemplary+cohabitants.+Here+you+can+watch+a+real+bang+of+sexy+students+from+universities%2C+homemade+fucking+of+really+amazing+heifers+from+the+vast+expanses+of+the+Capital.+And++%3Ca+href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fightingforpurity.com%2Findex.php%2Fcommunity%2Fprofile%2Ffranchescacalve%2F%22+rel%3D%22dofollow%22%3Ewww.fightingforpurity.com%3C%2Fa%3E+all+these+passionate+beauties+will+provide+indescribable+pleasure+to+their+gentlemen%2C+in+fact%2C+it+is+not+without+reason+that+they+are+the+leaders+in+views+on+foreign+web+resources.+It+is+not+easy+to+tell+about+everything+that+Slavic+girls+can.+All+of+them+perfectly+manage+with+a+typical+and+royal+blowjob%2C+they+love+to+fuck+in+the+vagina+or+anal%2C+and+it+is+very+difficult+to+convey+how+passionate+lesbians+are+at+all.+But+stop+wasting+time+on+meaningless+text%2C+if+you+can+rate+good+videos+with+sex+of+Russian+girls+for+free.+It+will+no+longer+be+difficult+to+admire+sexy+episodes+with+students+in+hostels+and+Universities%2C+to+see+how+lovers+fuck+housewives%2C+and+the+husband++%3Ca+href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fforum.govtjobforu.com%2Fcommunity%2Fprofile%2Fdarrellmorice4%2F%22+rel%3D%22dofollow%22%3Ehttps%3A%2F%2Fforum.govtjobforu.com%2Fcommunity%2Fprofile%2Fdarrellmorice4%2F%3C%2Fa%3E+watches+for++%3Ca+href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Flaw.org.ge%2Fcommunity%2Fprofile%2Felinall25794938%2F%22+rel%3D%22dofollow%22%3Ehttps%3A%2F%2Flaw.org.ge%2Fcommunity%2Fprofile%2Felinall25794938%3C%2Fa%3E+treason.+In+addition%2C+Russian+women+excel+in+rough+sex%2C+in+gangbang+and+other+genres.+And+of+course%2C+all+this+and+more+is+available+online+without+borders. and https://wiki.primat.ch avoid, in the future. Here are some of the current events that QAnon has latched onto, some obvious and others less so. Midterm electionsIn 2020,  who expressed support for QAnon ran for office. The two most prominent candidates who won their races were Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Republican from Colorado, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor https://mcsdogtraining.net/community/profile/kindramccullers/ Greene, a Republican from Georgia. This year, so far, there are 78 candidates running for office in 28 states who believe in QAnon, according to . As more primaries take place, https://support.masterspace.co.ke/community/profile/cornellf5108600/ the number of Q candidates dropped off with . One upcoming race, in particular, www.fightingforpurity.com has an interesting candidate who just happens to be the person allegedly responsible for posting as the mysterious figure.  Ron Watkins is the former site administrator for the anonymous board 8chan and, as laid out in the  documentary series, dfir.site the person purportedly responsible for https://mitcables.com/community/profile/cathydesatg1598/ many of the Q drops (he denies it). He's also running for .Watkins gained prominence among Republicans following the 2020 presidential election, when . He's one of several candidates running for https://www.igfu.li/memberbereich_forum/profile/manualclemente7 the seat in the Republican primary, which is scheduled for Aug. 2. Watkins has also said  in front of the . Since he received the subpoena, Watkins has missed multiple media and campaign appearances in July.   
  

UPDATE Arizona may have seen the last of Ron Watkins. Interview set for 7/11 fell through. Campaign contact said he was on ‘business tr— Brahm Resnik (@brahmresnik)

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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Another candidate who has in the past supported QAnon, Doug Mastriano, is running to be governor of Pennsylvania. Mastriano won the Republican nomination on May 17. He tweeted multiple times in 2018 with QAnon hashtags and slogans. He'll go up against Democrat candidate Josh Shapiro in November. On July 20, for https://ihss.rac.gov.kh/ihss-journal/community/profile/catalinabar2695/ the governor's race. Outgoing Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan referred to Cox last year as a    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

WATCH | responds to former President Donald Trump endorsing Del. Dan Cox. 
 
Hogan calls Cox a "QAnon whack job." 
 
More ⬇️ — Mikenzie Frost (@MikenzieFrost)

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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Cox's running mate for lieutenant governor macrohint.com is Gordana Schifanelli. She also posted on . A QAnon influencer who goes by the name Juan O. Savin -- an alias intended to sound similar to James Bond's codename "007" --  is working on a coalition to get Q faithful candidates into the secretary of state offices in South Carolina, Colorado and https://abbysyarns.com/2022/community/profile/justinanolette3/ Nevada, https://dici.ci/forum/profile/lesleynorthcote/ according to a report from . The 2020 presidential elections and false claims of voter fraud made Americans more aware of the responsibilities of the position of secretary of state. In many states, this is the official who helps determine whether an election had voter fraud issues. Jan. 6 committee hearing reveals Trump's QAnon inner circle The House select committee  began , looking at Trump's actions leading up to the day of the riot. A July 12 hearing focused on a . In attendance along with White House staff were former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, former National Security Adviser Gen. Mike Flynn and former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell. The three are associated with the Q movement.  Byrne was a Trump supporter, and weeks after the 2020 presidential election, he appeared on various . Flynn also showed his support for https://www.debtrecoverydr.co.uk/community/profile/frankiecoulter7/ the conspiracy theory in 2020 when he uploaded a . Powell was an attorney for Flynn in and https://pimodules.com/community/profile/lillatibbs3538 had given subtle hints of . The three, https://mcsdogtraining.net/community/profile/kindramccullers/ along with former Trump attorney Rudy Guiliani, advised Trump to call a national emergency and seize voting machines, http://wiki.antares.community/index.php?title=User:DelmarVandegrift which they falsely claimed had been compromised. Their suggestions countered those of former White House officials who had little reason to doubt the election was conducted fairly, zodipedia.com leading to a screaming match between the two groups. The return of QOn Dec. 8, 2020, testoposicionescorreos.es Q made what many people thought would be a final post. But on June 24 the account began posting again on .   
  

For the first time since December 8th 2020, Q from QAnon (or lenen.shoutwiki.com someone with his password) posted at 8:26 p.m. EST tonight. 
 
"Are you ready to serve your country again? 
Remember your oath," the account posted. — Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__)

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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The three posts made by the Q account consisted of the same sort of cryptic verbiage used previously. Another post was made on June 28 referencing Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to then White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Hutchinson . Durham investigationIn May 2019, Attorney General Bill Barr ordered an  and tapped US Attorney John Durham to lead it. Many QAnon followers viewed this investigation as part of the "storm" that would lead to arrests of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and others within the Democratic National Committee. One of the last messages from Q in 2020 had only one word: .   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Michael Sussmann, a cybersecurity , a conspiracy theory that was floated by QAnon believers months earlier. Posts from conspiracy theorists in 2021 claimed falsely that Biden and his son, http://wiki.antares.community/ Hunter, https://angryslots.com/community/profile/candidawillhite/ were part of a plot to develop bioweapons in foreign countries, https://onlyinsedona.com/community/profile/danielleschnaar/ according to . One of the countries mentioned was Ukraine. Days before Russia began spreading misinformation about biolabs, a  in Ukraine. It began circulating in QAnon circles, and then quickly spread to other right-wing forums and https://abbysyarns.com/2022/community/profile/justinanolette3/ was amplified by conservative media including Fox News' Tucker Carlson. Eventually, both Russia and nanasnichoir.com China began running with the narrative of the Ukraine biolabs. Claims of bioweapons being made in Ukraine have been . The US and Ukraine do have a  in labs that were created when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union. Trump's potential return to Twitter In April, http://jauczen.pl Elon Musk agreed to . (In July, though, the  -- prompting .) Earlier, Musk had said that if he did acquire Twitter, . The days after the . This news sent some QAnon believers into a fervor https://macrohint.com/community/profile/rogerdoris98624 on various social media platforms where they congregate, such as Gab and Telegram.   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
They suggested Trump's possible return to Twitter was predicted by Q in 2017 and would be a sign the former president was about to confirm a crackdown on the fictional cabal. Like the entire QAnon conspiracy, this is completely false.  
  

This prediction - an alleged sign that "the show" will have truly begun - comes from this Q drop, posted in November of 2017.  
 
Such theories have been present on and off for weeks, but it's not the first time they've emerged in the past few years...and it won't be the last. — Sara Aniano (@coolfacejane)

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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It's unclear if Trump would return to Twitter if allowed. The former president would reportedly be obligated to , , before sharing things on other sites. Supreme Court hearingThe US Senate last month  by a vote of 53-47. She'll replace , who stepped down on June 30 at the end of the judicial term. Jackson's confirmation hearing was expected to be a political circus. Some Republican senators questioned her judicial decisions, while also appearing to make subtle references to QAnon.Sen. Josh Hawley, testoposicionescorreos.es a Republican from Missouri, . His attacks were . Other Republican senators -- including Lindsey Graham from South Carolina, Tom Cotton from Arkansas and Ted Cruz from Texas -- followed suit in declaring Jackson was lenient to pedophiles. In reality, .  such as Telegram and https://www.frankie4life.com/community/profile/cgrveola763031/ Truth Social, posting messages supporting the Republican senators pursuing these attacks and denouncing Jackson. The Q faithful viewed these senators to be in support of their conspiracy that Democrats were part of a pedophile cabal and turned a blind eye to child sex crimes. Trucker convoy/anti-vaxAt the start of the year, a group of anti-vaxxers in Canada formed a movement to , using semi-trucks. The trucker convoy lasted weeks as trucks camped out in Ottawa before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made use of emergency powers to force the removal of the protestors. In March, a similar protest happened in the US with the goal of reaching Washington, DC. This version got much less attention and support, in part due to the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
in both the protests. COVID vaccine misinformation runs rampant in the Q communities, and that misinformation begins infecting other right-wing groups. Trucks and other vehicles in both the US and Canada were adorned with QAnon logos and https://www.sanddtier.wiki/index.php?title=MAFS:_apos;OnlyFans_Gran_apos;_Mishel_Karen_51_Shocks_At_Brisbane_Sexpo slogans. Disney protestFlorida's Parental Rights in Education bill, also referred to by opponents as the "Don't Say Gay Bill," was signed into state law in March.  on the bill's passage, which in turn led the company to say . This drew the ire of Republican state legislators who . The Mickey Mouse company also became the target of QAnon believers.  in Orlando, Florida, started in April. Those protesting chanted and carried signs referring to Disney World as "Pedo World" and the slogan "OK, groomer," which is a take on the "OK, boomer" meme. QAnon believers not only supported these protests but also began spreading misinformation about the company and its CEO, https://pimodules.com/community/profile/lillatibbs3538 Bob Chapek. This included  and false claims that Chapek was arrested for human trafficking and child pornography. The claims about Chapek and his arrest are .