TRUST THE PLAN is here! Today is pub day for my new book on QAnon that the New York Times called "punchy and well-reported."
It's available in print, ebook, and audio on Amazon, Bookshop, your local bookstore, and everywhere else!
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Will Sommer
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Media reporter . Author of "Trust the Plan," a book on QAnon out now. william.sommer -at- washpost.com.
Washington, DCJoined March 2011
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Documents newly released by the FBI suggest that the bureau opened an investigation in 2018 into the identity of Q regarding the possible federal crime of "false personation of a federal official," & that subpoenas were issued, but that the investigation closed in 2019.
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Scoop: Trump workers moved Mar-a-Lago boxes a day before Justice Dept. came for documents
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Lauren Boebert's son called 911 in tears to report his father was "throwing" him around the house and "called me a psycho."
"There are weapons in the house yeah, but I don't think he'd use them on me," he told the officer.
Then, his mom stepped in.
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This is wild — in his resignation over the handling of Matt Schlapp’s legal fees, CPAC’s treasurer says a “cancer” is “destroying” CPAC and could put its leaders in serious legal jeopardy.
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SCOOP: The treasurer of ACU, the organization that puts on CPAC, resigned and said
“I cannot deliver a financial report at the upcoming board meeting with any confidence in the accuracy of the numbers."
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Nick Fuentes acolytes Jared Nobel (aka "Woozuh") and Aidan Duncan (aka "Smiley") thought it would be "funny" to prowl around outside Columbine High School last night carrying fake weapons.
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Trump went off with this one: "The Devil, I’m gonna kick your ass very soon. Hitler, you’re already dead. Dick Cheney, sounds like you’ll be joining Hitler very soon.”
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This is the full video of DeSantis with Hitler and the devil posted on Trump’s Instagram
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Trump’s positions have become more extreme, his tone more confrontational, his accounts less tethered to reality. Where he was ambiguous, he’s now brazen. Where he had appeared cowed or contrite, he has gone on to deny, dissemble or outright defend.
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Just so everybody knows, at least 90 percent of the people doing this are QAnon. That was the whole point of that conspiracy theory, to bring in a bunch of infinitely pliable and violent people to be weaponized against, well, whatever.
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American law is ill-equipped to deal adequately with online defamation and conspiracy nonsense targeting individuals. The notion that on top of this, social-media platforms should be required to publish this kind of content is absolutely bonkers.
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Reading "Trust the Plan," Will Sommer's book about QAnon. It makes clear how absurd it is to argue that YouTube, Twitter, etc. should be obliged to publish the kind of conspiratorial, defamatory, harassing content (often aimed at non-famous ppl) that Q supporters specialized in.
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New: Staffers at Washingtonian magazine won a victory in their fight over remote work after its owner signed a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board.
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The Messenger has already lost two editors less than two weeks into its launch, with one already dubbing it a “sinking ship.”
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AMERICA NEEDS A FEDERAL BAN ON MENU QR CODES
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The QR-code menu, a dining innovation that once looked like the future, has worn out its welcome with many restaurateurs, customers and servers who say it takes the joy out of dining. nyti.ms/45qTPLh
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Prime example of the dangers in the pay-to-verify system: This account, which tweeted a (very likely AI-generated) photo of a (fake) story about an explosion at the Pentagon, looks at first glance like a legit Bloomberg news feed.
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Here's a brief explainer on the concept of "the linear passage of time" and also "basic reporting techniques" for my friends over at Fox News.
I can't believe this is necessary.
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Big news: MPD Lt. Shane Lamond, the supervisor of the department's intelligence branch, has been indicted and arrested for obstructing the investigation into the Proud Boys' destruction of a D.C. church's Black Lives Matter banner in Dec. 2020.
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It’s surprising that Greene was unable to quickly recall Seth Rich’s name. Because she previously promoted the bizarre, false, and QAnon-derived claim that Rich was murdered by MS-13 gang members that were employed by the Obama administration.
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Tani undefeated
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NEW: A New York appeals court DISMISSED a defamation lawsuit against The Daily Beast, @maxwelltani, and @NoahShachtman over an article that led to the demise of the short-lived Gawker 2.0.
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I love Messenger content. If you know anything about what's up at The Messenger, my DMs are open!
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New by me —>
No need to shoot @TheMessenger: Its muddled ideas are doing the job.
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NEW: Lauren Boebert divorce docs show her husband angry, threatening to call cops on the process server: "I told him I was leaving the documents on the chair outside of the door, he closed the door then let the dogs out." w/
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Among other things, this Rudy Giuliani lawsuit gets into Giuliani's alleged sexual fantasies about "Billions" on Showtime.
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“In one instance, Rudy Giuliani promised Ms. Dunphy that he would give her $300,000 if she would forgo her legal rights in connection with her pending case and ‘fuck me like crazy.’ This statement was recorded.”
“Giuliani also took Viagra constantly."
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BREAKING: Congressman Paul Gosar's digital director appears to be a member of white supremacist leader Nick Fuentes' inner circle.
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Just finished reading this book. It is fascinating to learn about the global spread of the merged network of QAnon+antivaxxers+white supremacists. And the worst part - the global community has no solution & strategy to deal with any of it. The book is highly recommended 👇🏻
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TRUST THE PLAN is here! Today is pub day for my new book on QAnon that the New York Times called "punchy and well-reported."
It's available in print, ebook, and audio on Amazon, Bookshop, your local bookstore, and everywhere else!
amazon.com/Trust-Plan-Con
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SCOOP : CNN's Chris Licht summoned and his editor to a meeting with himself and top executives in which they told him that his coverage of Trump town hall had been too emotional and stressed the importance of remaining dispassionate:
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Presumptive new Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino being the chair of a World Economic Forum task force is going to be a huge red flag for conservatives, since they see WEF as the prime mover behind the “Great Reset” / make everyone live in pods and eat bugs conspiracy theories.
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There is only one worthwhile way to interview this guy and it's never been done.
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"No person of deciding this case fairly and impartially would...maintain that [Tim] Pool's commentary is indeed 'middle' and 'balanced.'"
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JUST IN: Judge in Carroll case unseals filings showing Carroll tried to have the juror who listened to Tim Pool dismissed from the panel. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco
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Great reporting on Politico's historic Roe scoop not winning a Pulitzer, including details about how its full entry initially wasn't submitted due to a computer glitch:
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Chris Cuomo appears to have recorded an episode of The Adam Friedland Show, the spiritual successor to Cumtown.
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Plus: joins us to talk about his headline-grabbing prank call on Alex Jones with an AI-generated Tucker Carlson voice.
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The final episode of Fever Dreams is here! Thanks to everyone who listened over the years. joined to help us find closure.
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NEW: Milo Yiannopoulos used Marjorie Taylor Greene’s campaign credit card to buy a Kanye West campaign web domain, then transferred it to Ye the same day for $3,000 above cost, according to receipts & a person with knowledge. Me
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According to , Carlson's team is "rolling out a coordinated pressure campaign from a rogues gallery of surrogates including NFL legend Brett Favre, MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Sen. J.D. Vance, and even former Fox News colleague Megyn Kelly"
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I’m with Tucker. Time to boycott Fox until they come to their senses and let the man speak.
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The Daily Beast's Confider newsletter has another round of leaked Tucker Carlson text messages: "I'm stuck with Fox...wish I knew where to run."
Plus: Tucker and Jesse Watters bash other Fox employees. Watters pushes for Neil Cavuto to get fired in favor of MAGA "fresh blood."
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Elon responding to the concerns of the admin of 8chan, who is either Q from QAnon or coordinates with him directly.
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