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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,035 posts)
Tue Jun 15, 2021, 08:42 PM Jun 2021

Researchers say they have unmasked a major QAnon influencer

Researchers at the intelligence firm Logically said Tuesday that they have identified an influential figure in the QAnon conspiracy community who pushed dangerous narratives about coronavirus and child trafficking.

In a new report, researchers linked the Twitter handle "qthewakeup" to Jeremy "J.J." Sicotte, a documentary filmmaker.

The account amassed over 140,000 followers on Twitter before being banned during one of the platform's sweeps of QAnon-related accounts last year.

Sicotte denied taking part in the account when reached for comment by Logically. The Hill was unable to reach Sicotte.

Qthewakeup played an influential role in spreading the false theory that Wayfair was selling trafficked children along with expensive furniture and was identified among a key cluster of accounts pushing the "Plandemic" conspiracy that coronavirus is a creation of governments aiming to complete authoritarian takeovers.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/researchers-say-they-have-unmasked-a-major-qanon-influencer/ar-AAL4lIu

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Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
2. Lemme guess ... his 'documentary' films are all about the very same bullshit
Tue Jun 15, 2021, 08:49 PM
Jun 2021

that he spreads around on his Q account?

OAITW r.2.0

(24,504 posts)
5. ""Plandemic" conspiracy that coronavirus is a creation of governments aiming to complete
Tue Jun 15, 2021, 09:42 PM
Jun 2021

authoritarian takeovers".

I would have believed this a year ago. The Trump's administration handling of the virus had me wondering what their endgame was. Trump's policies on Covid contributed to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans.

tanyev

(42,568 posts)
7. Wow, I hadn't heard that they thought Wayfair was selling trafficked children.
Tue Jun 15, 2021, 10:11 PM
Jun 2021

Like, on their website? Delivered via UPS? Good gawd these people are nuts.

 

Klaralven

(7,510 posts)
8. EXCLUSIVE: Documentary Filmmaker Who Collaborated with Jordan Sather Tied to Major QAnon Influencer
Tue Jun 15, 2021, 10:57 PM
Jun 2021
The Twitter account using the qthewakeup handle was created by Jeremy (JJ) Sicotte, a Berklee College of Music graduate and vocalist in several 2000s pop punk bands from Vermont who moved to California in 2007 where he eventually pursued a career as a filmmaker. Formerly a researcher for the American Paranormal Research Association, Sicotte collaborated with QAnon influencer Jordan Sather — who claimed that coronavirus could be cured by drinking a bleach-like cleaning agent — as a cinematographer on the 2018 film, Above Majestic, and was once also featured in an episode of Ghost Adventures on the Travel Channel.


https://www.logically.ai/articles/exclusive-documentary-filmmaker-qanon-influencer-account
 

Klaralven

(7,510 posts)
9. Above Majestic
Tue Jun 15, 2021, 11:00 PM
Jun 2021

A look at the origins, history and conspiracies behind the "Majestic 12", a clandestine group of military and corporate figureheads charged with reverse-engineering extraterrestrial technology.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9143304/

https://www.amazon.com/Above-Majestic-David-Wilcock/dp/B07JLVB6CW

 

Klaralven

(7,510 posts)
10. Public Television Documentary Explores the Dying Experience Through the Perspective of Patients
Tue Jun 15, 2021, 11:05 PM
Jun 2021
16 February 2021·3-min read
Research is led by Dr. Christopher Kerr, MD, PhD – physician, author and CEO at Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo

Film will premiere on WNED PBS in Western New York, Rochester and Southern Ontario on February 22 at 9 p.m. ET

A powerful public television documentary will examine the process of dying from the perspective of patients. Titled Death Is But a Dream, the one-hour program features the work of Hospice & Palliative Care Buffalo chief executive officer Dr. Christopher Kerr, MD, PhD and his research team, who have spent nearly a decade applying a scientific approach to better understand the dying experience which includes non-physical, inner processes such as end of life dreams and visions.

This documentary film, by J.J. Sicotte and Monica De La Torre, features compelling firsthand accounts from dying patients, who, at the end of life, often recall the best parts of having lived and mattered – through conversations or dreams. Their words do not deny the reality of death, but instead affirm life through stories of love and meaning. These testimonials connect to the research of Dr. Kerr’s team, whose work is informed by seven published studies and more than 1,400 unique conversations, many of which have been filmed.


https://in.style.yahoo.com/public-television-documentary-explores-dying-160000491.html
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