WaPo Goes Off the Anti-Trump Conspiracy Rails

The Washington Post — the paper of Woodward and Bernstein — has seen better days.  In an article titled, “QAnon is terrifying. This is why,” writer Molly Roberts describes something that…  well, honestly, I’d be lying if I said I understood.  Here’s the beginning of her piece:

“The Storm is coming,” say the conspiracy theorizers whose grotesque imaginings terrifiedthe country to attention this week. Maybe they’re right.

QAnon adherents encourage those seeking the truth to “follow the White Rabbit,” but it’s hard to hop down this hole without getting totally lost in their horrorland. The simplest description of the plot line goes something like this: President Trump isn’t under investigation; he is only pretending to be, as part of a countercoup to restore power to the people after more than a century of governmental control by a globalist cabal. Also, there are pedophiles.

A figure named “Q,” who supposedly possesses Q-level security clearance, disperses“crumbs” that “bakers” bring together to create a “dough” of synthesized information. (This is not how baking works, but that seems the least of our worries.) Because Q is the 17th letter in the alphabet and 17 is also a number Trump has said a few times, among other clearly-not-coincidences, he is the real deal, not an Internet troll engaged in an elaborate example of live-action role-play.

What the…?  This is literally taking up space in WaPo?

I pay attention to politics, and I have no idea what Roberts is talking about.  Whatever QAnon is, she’s clearly worried about it.  Is this because their attempts to paint Trump supporters as all “alt-rightyish” have worn out?

Here’s more from her investigative piece:

QAnon’s lurch from online to off hasn’t manifested only in T-shirted ralliers wielding weird signs. Last week, a “baker” appeared outside Michael Avenatti’s office because Q sent him there. Others have started searching for child sex camps in the desert outside Tucson. A man in an armored truck blocked a bridge near the Hoover Dam demanding the release of a report that Q claimed the government was withholding. He had two guns.

Wait, what?

Though the writer seems to have gotten deeply involved in figuring this movement (?) out, the piece just doesn’t make sense.  It sure sounds crazy.  But the writer seems a little crazy to have spent so much time on it, right?

Apparently, this is what suffices for “journalism” these days.  Anything to deflect from the fact that President Donald Trump has a higher approval rating than President Barack Obama did at this time. Oh, you didn’t know that?

That’s because the Washington Post is out looking for anything — literally anything! — to make Trump look bad.

Guess they gotta try harder.

Hat Tip: Washington Post

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