QAnon Isn’t Dead. It Lives In the Heart of the Republican Party.

QAnon Isn’t Dead. It Lives In the Heart of the Republican Party.

Six years ago, shortly before Jeffrey Epstein died in his cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, news broke that the FBI had issued a bulletin warning of the potential threat posed by QAnon. At the time, QAnon was not widely understood. It appeared to be a complex jumble of conspiracy theories around which communities formed on social media, communities whose members believed they could help bring about the demise of a shadowy, po…