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'Trust the Plan' explores influence and absurdity of QAnon, from satanic Democrats to Trump as a god

QAnon, the once-fringe conspiracy group, gained millions of supporters in the U.S. and abroad over the last 5 years.
The cover of "Trust the Plan" by Will Sommer. (Courtesy of HarperCollins)

By now, many are familiar with QAnon, the once-fringe conspiracy group that gained millions of supporters in the U.S. and abroad over the last 5 years.

For those who aren’t, here’s author and journalist Will Sommer‘s summary: “The world is run by a cabal of Satanic cannibal pedophiles from the ranks of the Democratic party, Hollywood and global finance, who sexually abuse children and even drink their blood in rituals.”

Absent from that summary are aliens, lizard people and a liquid called adrenochrome extracted from terrorized children, some of them in subterranean tunnels. At the movement’s core is the belief that former President Donald Trump

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