Trump and QAnon: The cult and the conspiracy

Donald Trump re-emerges with a political message laden with conspiracies – even an endorsement of the shady QAnon motion.

After being pressured off mainstream social media, QAnon followers fled to the outer reaches of the web and, since then, QAnon’s gamification of actuality has morphed into extra pragmatic objectives – like electing sure politicians. Chief amongst them is Donald Trump, whose occasional flirtation with the motion has moved to extra of an open embrace.

Contributors:

Mia Bloom – Professor of communication, Georgia State College

Alex Kaplan – Senior researcher, Media Issues for America

Kurt Eichenwald – Writer and journalist

Julian Feeld – Host and producer, QAnon Nameless podcast

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A Recreation Designer’s Evaluation Of QAnon

Recreation designer Reed Berkowitz explores how the world of QAnon is much like those he creates – in alternate actuality video games. His evaluation explains how our flawed minds work, and the way simply we could be dragged down the conspiratorial rabbit gap.

Contributor:

Reed Berkowitz – Recreation designer

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