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Former Trump adviser Michael Flynn ‘at the center’ of new movement based on conspiracies and Christian nationalism
The AP and "Frontline" spoke with more than 60 people, including Flynn's family, friends, opponents, and current and former colleagues, for this story. The news organizations also reviewed campaign finance records, corporate and charity filings, social media posts and similar open-source information, and attended several public events where Flynn appeared. Reporters examined dozens of Flynn's speeches, interviews and public appearances. Flynn himself sat down for a rare on-camera interview with what he calls the mainstream media.
"I don't even know why I'm talking to you, honestly," Flynn said as the interview got underway.
Throughout 2021 and 2022, Flynn made more than 60 in-person speeches in 24 states, according to a count by the AP and "Frontline." When he speaks, the former top adviser to then-President Donald Trump spreads baseless conspiracy theories, stoking fear and fueling anger and division and grievance.
Flynn is "one of the most dangerous individuals in America today," said Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a historian and expert on authoritarianism and fascism who wrote the book "Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present."
The person who may end up running Pennsylvania's elections has pushed QAnon-linked conspiracies about a global cabal of pedophiles.
Now, Mastriano is the GOP’s nominee for governor, and there’s been widespread chatter—and some concrete signs—that he might appoint Shuppe to run the state’s election system if he wins this November.
But Shuppe’s conspiracy theorizing goes way beyond the 2020 election and COVID-19. She’s promoted a number of even wilder claims popular with the QAnon community—including the idea that a cabal of elites are running a global child sex slave ring.
originally posted by: dashen
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Oh and what happened to Ezra Cohen Watnick?
You'll be hearing about him soon...
A former Trump staffer named Kash Patel has said that Trump declassified a lot of material before leaving office, so his possession of certain documents might not be illegal. He may know something about this. A former intelligence aide to Rep. Devin Nunes, Patel served on Trump’s National Security Council with Ezra Cohen-Watnick, who’d been recruited by Gen. Michael Flynn and who was so extreme in his views that Flynn’s successor, retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, fired him. However, in November 2020, after losing the election, Trump appointed Patel acting chief of staff to his newly appointed acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller—and he appointed Cohen-Watnick as undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security. More pertinently, earlier in the year, he’d named Cohen-Watnick to chair the Public Interest Declassification Board, which he’d packed with other political allies
It is not known why Trump took such an interest in the board; most other presidents ignored it and left vacated positions unfilled. Nor is it known how many documents Cohen-Watnick and the others got declassified.
originally posted by: FlyingFox
a reply to: dashen
I watched for Q stuff from him at the rally on Saturday, but I'm not really that good.
It was a heck of an event anyway. I actually made some friends, which is uber-rare.
originally posted by: FlyingFox
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originally posted by: Thoughtful1
a reply to: angelchemuel
Is that the number of days of mourning for the Queens death? I'm not very familiar with the rituals around this.
originally posted by: RookQueen
a reply to: FlyingFox
I'll be missing Sara Huckabee Sanders speak today........literally 20 minutes away. I wish you would expand on your perspective about Trump speaking on the Q stuff.