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Michael Flynn and George Papadopoulos Are Scheduled to Speak at a Conference Organized by a QAnon Supporter
The right-wing event aims to prepare social media warriors for a coming digital war.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/08/michael-flynn-and-george-papadopoulos-are-scheduled-to-speak-at-a-conference-organized-by-a-qanon-supporter/
Michael Flynn and George Papadopoulos, two former Trump foreign policy aides who both agreed in late 2017 to cooperate with special counsel Robert Muellers investigation, appear to have found some new allies: QAnon conspiracy theorists.
Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general and former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, briefly served as President Donald Trumps national security adviser before he was forced to resign after news reports that hed misled officials about his private conversations with Russias ambassador. He and Papadopoulos are listed as speakers at the upcoming Digital Soldiers Conference, a one-day event scheduled for September 14 in Atlanta that promises to ready [p]atriotic social media warriors for a coming digital civil war against censorship and suppression.
Other featured speakers include Bill Mitchell, an online broadcaster and conspiracy theorist; singer and Trump backer Joy Villa; and a mystery guest. The event is being organized by Rich Granville, the CEO of Yippy, Inc, who has a Twitter feed littered with references to QAnon, a conspiracy theory centered around the notion that Trump is secretly taking down an international ring of pedophiles that includes high-ranking Democrats. QAnon supporters believe that an anonymous person known as Q is dropping online clues about this supposed clandestine operation. The web page for Granvilles conference prominently features an American flag festooned with a Q.
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Flynns legal shift has coincided with his apparent move toward conspiracy theorists who have embraced him as a hero. After Flynns plea, many conservative writers argued he was unfairly prosecuted and suggested his case would be thrown out. QAnon believers added their own spin, theorizing that Flynn was actually working with Mueller to help defeat the so-called deep state and expose a liberal pedophile ring.
Flynns son, Michael Flynn Jr., a frequent purveyor of right-wing conspiracy theories, espoused QAnon views when he tweeted in late 2016 about PizzaGate, a conspiracy theory that a DC pizzeria was part of a child sex ring involving senior Democratic officials. Flynn Jr. lost a job on the Trump transition team due to those tweets. Flynn Jr. has since renounced QAnon. But General Flynns brother, Joseph Flynn, and sister, Barbara Redgate, have signaled support to QAnon supporters, according to the Daily Beast. Joseph Flynn delighted believers last March by tweeting the letter Q. He later deleted the tweet but suggested his account had been hacked by the team. Some QAnon followers interpreted his tweet to be a reference to their theory that a Q Team of hackers is working to help Trump.
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empedocles
(15,751 posts)clean-up operation.
Initech
(100,102 posts)My only problem is that I hope that the media doesn't aid in spreading the bullshit.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,437 posts)Was he basically just let go, now that the Mueller probe is over? WTF?
42bambi
(1,753 posts)to incitement, slander, lies and threats. It's used as a weapon against reality.