{"product_id":"the-storm-is-upon-us","title":"The Storm Is Upon Us - How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I hope everyone reads this book. It has become such a crucial thing for \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eall of us\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e to understand.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eErin Burnett, CNN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An ideal tour guide for your journey into the depths of  the rabbit hole that is QAnon. It even shows you a glimmer of light at the exit.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Cullen Hoback, director of HBO's \u003ci\u003eQ: Into the Storm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eIts messaging can seem cryptic, even nonsensical, yet for tens of thousands of people, it explains everything:  What is QAnon, where did it come from, and is the Capitol insurgency a sign of where it’s going next?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e On October 5th, 2017, President Trump made a cryptic remark in the State Dining Room at a gathering of military officials. He said it felt like “the calm before the storm”—then refused to elaborate as puzzled journalists asked him to explain.  But on the infamous message boards of 4chan, a mysterious poster going by “Q Clearance Patriot,” who claimed to be in “military intelligence,” began the elaboration on their own.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the days that followed, Q’s wild yarn explaining Trump's remarks began to rival the sinister intricacies of a Tom Clancy novel, while satisfying the deepest desires of MAGA-America.  But did any of what Q predicted come to pass? No. Did that stop people from clinging to every word they were reading, expanding its mythology, and promoting it wider and wider? No.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Why not? Who were these rapt listeners? How do they reconcile their worldview with the America they see around them? Why do their numbers keep growing? Mike Rothschild, a journalist specializing in conspiracy theories, has been collecting their stories for years, and through interviews with QAnon converts, apostates, and victims, as well as psychologists, sociologists, and academics, he is uniquely equipped to explain the movement and its followers.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Storm Is Upon Us\u003c\/i\u003e, he takes readers from the background conspiracies and cults that fed the Q phenomenon, to its embrace by right-wing media and Donald Trump, through the rending of families as loved ones became addicted to Q’s increasingly violent rhetoric, to the storming of the Capitol, and on.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e And as the phenomenon shows no sign of calming despite Trump’s loss of the presidency—with everyone from Baby Boomers to Millennial moms proving susceptible to its messaging—and politicians starting to openly espouse its ideology, Rothschild makes a compelling case that mocking the seeming madness of QAnon will get us nowhere. Rather, his impassioned reportage makes clear it's time to figure out what QAnon really is — because QAnon and its relentlessly dark theory of everything isn’t done yet.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51166329831712,"sku":"9781685890186","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9781685890186.jpg?v=1769714274","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/the-storm-is-upon-us","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}