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Supporters of the far-right QAnon conspiracy cult were among the extremists who violently stormed the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, inspiring national security experts to voice concerns about QAnon possibly making inroads in the military and law enforcement. But some pundits at Fox News, including Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson, don't view QAnon as a threat and are now defending the movement by equating criticism of QAnon with attacks on free speech.
Carlson, during one of his angry rants on Tuesday night, mocked the idea that QAnon is dangerous.
<p>"The real threat is a forbidden idea," Carlson said mockingly. "It's something called QAnon."</p><p>Carlson went on to show a collage of cable news clips describing QAnon's extremism before suggesting that those attacking QAnon are promoting "tyranny."</p><p>"No democratic government can ever tell you what to think," Carlson told viewers. "Your mind belongs to you. It is yours and yours alone."</p><p>This was a non-sequitur. The clips he had showed included media figures sharing fears and concerns about the belief system, not a call for the government to "tell you what to think."</p><iframe src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1353873669437665280&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternet.org%2Fr%2Fentryeditor%2F2650145363%23publish&partner=rebelmouse&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 405px; height: 390px; flex-grow: 1;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe><p>Carlson went on to denounce QAnon critics as a "mob of censors, hysterics and Jacobin destroyers, all working on behalf of entrenched power to take total control of everything."<br/></p><p>In a rant of her own, Ingraham showed a clip of Jen Psaki — the new White House press secretary under President Joe Biden — telling reporters that the National Security Council will try to determine "how the government can share information" on efforts to "prevent radicalization" and "disrupt violent extremist networks." And Ingraham tried to spin Psaki's announcement not as an effort to prevent domestic terrorism, but as a crackdown on conservatives in general.</p><p>"Republicans need to step up in unison and demand that the Defense Department and the Biden administration clearly define what they think constitutes extremism," Ingraham declared. "Now, if a member of the military voted for Trump, does that make him an extremist? Now, what if someone complains on Facebook that the federal government wastes a lot of money? Is she an extremist? What if they say that <em>Roe v. Wade</em> should be overturned? Or what if they participate in the March for Life?"</p><p>Ingraham continued, "What if they're conservative Baptists — they believe that sex outside of marriage is immoral? Is that extremist? What if they have guns at home and they're lifetime NRA members? Will they now be considered extremists or even terrorists? We deserve to know. You see where this is destined to lead. And it is certainly not to a freer and more united America."</p><p>By suggesting there's no way to target the threat from violent extremist ideologies like QAnon without targeting other conventional conservatives, Ingraham, too, offered more cover for the conspiracist movement.</p>
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Lincoln Project creates mock instructional video to teach 'liars' how to deny COVID is real
January 27, 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on in the United States, nearly 430,000 people have died. Still, some Republicans continue to deny that COVID-19 is real or that masks will protect people against the virus.
In a mock instructional video, the Lincoln Project ridiculed the Republicans, trying to teach other "liars" how to deny the virus was real using quotes from members of the party.
<p>Step one, they said, is to downplay the danger. In the case of former President Donald Trump, downplaying the seriousness of the virus early on was key in spreading it and killing many Americans. He claimed it was nothing more than the flu for the first several months of the pandemic while <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/white-house-aides-are-more-concerned-trump-did-the-woodward-book-than-his-lies-about-19/" target="_blank">telling others behind closed doors that it was deadly serious</a>. </p><p>Step two, the Lincoln Project listed, is to mock any safety precautions and CDC recommendations to wear masks, wash hands or social distance. If there is one thing Trump didn't want to do, it was wear a mask. <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/on-trump-masks-and-masculinity-what-the-presidents-bare-face-really-reveals/" target="_blank">He spent most of 2020 mask-shaming </a>anyone who dared to wear one around him. From <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/trump-mask-shames-cbs-reporter-lesley-stahl-and-ominously-warns-much-more-to-come/" target="_blank">reporters</a> to <a href="https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/10/05/people-rolled-their-eyes-a-look-inside-the-white-house-pandemic-response" target="_blank">White House staff,</a> no one was safe from Trump's anti-mask bullying. Trump reportedly <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/cnn-panel-tears-into-trump-for-obsessing-over-the-optics-of-face-masks-this-isnt-about-looks/" target="_blank">didn't like the way it looked on him</a>. </p><p>Step three in the lies for COVID denialism is to attack the experts. When Dr. Anthony Fauci contradicted Trump, the former president benched the top infectious diseases expert and blocked him from appearing on television. When he disagreed with the science over hydroxychloroquine, <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/huge-fight-breaks-out-at-white-house-over-what-trump-thinks-is-a-miracle-coronavirus-drug-dr-fauci-disagrees/" target="_blank">Trump's economic adviser Peter Navarro screamed at him</a> in front of other White House staffers. </p><p>Step four is to ignore the first three steps and take credit for the vaccine. When it was finally announced that vaccines worked, Trump took credit for the success saying that it was due to the money he allocated to funding. There was no money allocated to funding the vaccine for those drug companies, however, and the pharmaceutical companies openly said so, humiliating the president in the press. </p><p>In the end, if all of those steps fail, just blame the Democrats, the video says. </p><p>See it below: </p><p><br/></p>
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Lindsey Graham shredded for whining that having impeachment witnesses will 'go on for months'
January 26, 2021
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) lamented to Fox News' Sean Hannity on Tuesday that if Democrats call witnesses for the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, then it's going to go on for months because then Republicans will want to call witnesses.
It prompted responses from viewers who noted that they actually do want to hear what the witnesses have to say on both sides of the aisle. It's unclear what witnesses the Republicans could call to discount what many saw on video.
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="7f327badbea8c45e7831fa78b2166f0d" id="87bb1"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1354274906247229441"><div style="margin:1em 0">I'd like to hear what all the witnesses have to say. Under oath. Is Lindsey Graham trying to threaten us with the t… https://t.co/ya7dGmz2s1</div> — Joyce Alene (@Joyce Alene)<a href="https://twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance/statuses/1354274906247229441">1611719273.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="b9ce66829c02aef87679844a770a47e7" id="5c101"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1354275506192056320"><div style="margin:1em 0">And then there's all the Justice Department officials who were dealing with Trump's effort to illegally overturn th… https://t.co/PoiMEDOfwk</div> — Jamie Dupree (@Jamie Dupree)<a href="https://twitter.com/jamiedupree/statuses/1354275506192056320">1611719416.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Today alone Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham have both threatened to sabotage our government in order to punish congressmen carrying out their normal duties.<br/>— awwHALEnaww (@awwHALEnaww) <a href="https://twitter.com/awwHALEnaww/status/1354268123671769093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="b1a362d58d36e87e93ad71308df3bc62" id="a7454"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1354256841480540160"><div style="margin:1em 0">.@LindseyGrahamSC lets do it! https://t.co/ZhONhxSXbn</div> — The_Shaman_The_Griot (@The_Shaman_The_Griot)<a href="https://twitter.com/KngWzr_D/statuses/1354256841480540160">1611714966.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4a698a8d3167016cf1f3f85577b7533c" id="99fd8"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1354259635230830593"><div style="margin:1em 0">#LindseyGraham's first witness. https://t.co/ygXlQFbqRI https://t.co/FTOJhkFawt</div> — Sports Plus (@Sports Plus)<a href="https://twitter.com/PrepSportsPlus/statuses/1354259635230830593">1611715632.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Oh no! Threatening due diligence?! looking for information? That actually sounds fair and reasonable... <br/>Sadly, that's not what he's saying. <a href="https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LindseyGrahamSC</a> is threatening to waste time and distract with more disinformation. <br/>If truth is on your side, discovery is a good thing.<br/>— Stacy (@sknu2) <a href="https://twitter.com/sknu2/status/1354281062587904000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="346f8ef2936b100791edc250f0907f4b" id="2cd04"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1354255694988337153"><div style="margin:1em 0">.@LindseyGrahamSC fine. The longer the trial goes on, the more of trump's and the GOP's crimes we will uncover and… https://t.co/pacO8Jkgvs</div> — 🥓 bacon 🥓 bacon 🥓 bacon 🥓 (@🥓 bacon 🥓 bacon 🥓 bacon 🥓)<a href="https://twitter.com/b_b_baconator/statuses/1354255694988337153">1611714693.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="684aadafa4fd59ffe7f3e60ad2d7f8da" id="07228"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1354258624252502018"><div style="margin:1em 0">Why do I have to keep on looking at Lindsey Graham’s face https://t.co/yPq7Rs25Sn</div> — michael jortner (@michael jortner)<a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelJortner/statuses/1354258624252502018">1611715391.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c371c1b5ec084b3de4dda0f062f88b23" id="911ef"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1354275188586598403"><div style="margin:1em 0">Holy f*ck, Lindsey Graham looks like the bus hit him, then backed it's ass up to make sure it hit him again. https://t.co/PqmiQWuk1k</div> — TheDaily (@TheDaily)<a href="https://twitter.com/StopTheCriminal/statuses/1354275188586598403">1611719340.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d09320b04320977a7e0c41c7368544b1" id="0d0d7"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1354266929872179202"><div style="margin:1em 0">Ridiculous. In any case, Democrats and Republicans don’t call witnesses. The House managers and the Trump defense t… https://t.co/JwaXkHXAyJ</div> — Bill Kristol (@Bill Kristol)<a href="https://twitter.com/BillKristol/statuses/1354266929872179202">1611717371.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="da8d1070860388b42a9c9d30451a3a40" id="fcd10"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1354265302117314564"><div style="margin:1em 0">@WeAreAllOther @Acyn He was in on the soft coup. Kinda hard to come back from that.</div> — WaitWhatWasITalkingAbout (@WaitWhatWasITalkingAbout)<a href="https://twitter.com/wait_about/statuses/1354265302117314564">1611716983.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">" Impeachment isn't about punishment; it's about cleansing the office of the president. "<br/><br/>Lindsey Graham<br/>— Michael Westcott (@lmichaelw1) <a href="https://twitter.com/lmichaelw1/status/1354280849122856967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="bc5886ca25f8330f3ec1b45656137e70" id="a2422"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1354280852457308162"><div style="margin:1em 0">Let me say it again, Lindsey Graham ain't 💩. https://t.co/QbfUcNU5i3</div> — The St.James Project (@The St.James Project)<a href="https://twitter.com/StJamesProject/statuses/1354280852457308162">1611720691.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="652ef3459d83bec69919f45482dcba14" id="29b48"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1354280776431513606"><div style="margin:1em 0">Please @RepRaskin you MUST subpoena @GaSecofState to testify about @LindseyGrahamSC's illicit call to him to throw… https://t.co/h64emVMgA9</div> — David Tuniman (@David Tuniman)<a href="https://twitter.com/DTuniman/statuses/1354280776431513606">1611720673.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f26089d464c854ba5429eeca7816957e" id="b2a6c"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1354280767816306688"><div style="margin:1em 0">@LindseyGrahamSC oh please drag out the impeachment trial...we will drag EVERYBODY into it that can be held account… https://t.co/EKQAZKXF0Y</div> — MagYarMom (Hungarian Mom)🇺🇸🇭🇺 (@MagYarMom (Hungarian Mom)🇺🇸🇭🇺)<a href="https://twitter.com/Magyarmom/statuses/1354280767816306688">1611720671.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="fae1ef5c5edbe730f3a896a4a2163ce5" id="f5dc8"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1354280543848787971"><div style="margin:1em 0">@LindseyGrahamSC If this is the logic to argue against impeaching Trump, where one of the penalties is to prohibit… https://t.co/on7KptQMNS</div> — Keiichi58 (@Keiichi58)<a href="https://twitter.com/keiichi58/statuses/1354280543848787971">1611720617.0</a></blockquote></div>
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