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Mind games

BRAINWASHED: A new history of thought control, by Daniel Pick ($45, Profile)

satanic global network of child molesters including the Dalai Lama, Oprah Winfrey, Pope Francis and Tom Hanks are on the verge of being arrested by former president Trump; a leaker, “Q”, is passing coded details of this secret struggle to Trump’s supporters. Welcome to QAnon. Why do millions of people believe this stuff? And millions

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