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QAnon and Democracy

Nadin Brzezinski
4 min readMar 3, 2021

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We woke up to the news that threats are growing at the capital. Why? Donald Trump is to become president tomorrow, as the 19th president of the Republic. This craziness comes from the Sovereign Citizen theory that the republic ended in 1872, and was replaced by a corporation. At times this corporation is run by the Vatican. Ergo, no presidency since 1872 has been legitimate.

This little dangerous idea was swept by QAnon and integrated into the mother of all conspiracies. Militias thinking of attacking the Capitol again is hardly surprising. They believe the January 6 events were a success. In a way, they are correct. This is why CPAC repeated the big lie. Why the former Vice President is repeating it. Mike Pence wants to get back in the fold, so this is a good way to do it.

Now, the militias are not stupid and the Guard has not left the Hill. So I do not expect them to go to town at the Hill. Though there are warnings to members of Congress from law enforcement. According to CBS News:

The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI sent a joint intelligence bulletin to state and local law enforcement agencies late Tuesday warning that some domestic groups have “discussed plans to take control of the U.S. Capitol and remove Democratic lawmakers on or about” March 4, according to a senior law enforcement official who described the document to NBC News.

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Nadin Brzezinski
Nadin Brzezinski

Written by Nadin Brzezinski

Historian by training. Former day to day reporter. Sometimes a geek who enjoys a good miniatures game. You can find me at CounterSocial, Mastodon and rarely FB

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