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Be afraid, be very afraid… when crazy people become sheriff's deputies.

QAnon, also known asThe Storm andThe Great Awakening, is aconspiracy theory, popularmeme, andright wing fantasy about a "deep state" conspiracy againstPresident Trump. Following on the heels of similarbullshit such asPizzagate, it advances a fantastic web of deceit that wraps up Trumpism, deep state fearmongering,evil, satanicpedophilia rings controlled by theDemocratic Party, investigations intoRussian meddling in the2016 US election, theLas Vegas shooting, andNew World Orderparanoia into a package easily and wholeheartedly promoted by internet cesspools andAlex Jones. It originated with a series of incoherent posts on4chan in 2017 by someone calling themselves "Q". The name is likely based on the US government's top secretQ clearance.

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