i spoke with folks were qanon followers, not only should there be individuals who are in congress who should be prosecuted for treason, but they should be sent to guantánamo bay and be executed. these are wild conspiracy theories, alex. but they are serious, dangerous, and there is a proof true following of americans behind them. donald trump right now is overtly embracing them over the past month and including last night at the rally. i have to tell you, downright scary. vaughn heller, thank you for that. joining me now, peter baker the msnbc political analyst and there is also co-author of the new book, the divider, it is out now, we are happy about that. also joining me, lisa rubin, legal analyst for the rachel magic show. also happy to have rachel lisa with. us we are also going to go to the new york fraud charges. first, judge raymond dearie, the special master reviewing the mar-a-lago documents is already putting heat on the trump team. he said that friday deadline to do
a dopamine rush like a drug. and for other people, it was a sense of community. there was a lot of isolation, a lot of people staying at home and not having a connection. and suddenly here were these people who presented themselves online, which is this consistent force of kind of control, manipulation, even to the point of it feeling kind of intimate, like in the middle of the night, in the darkness of your bedroom. they were there for you. this made a lot of sense to me. to try to figure out why people believe in this conspiracy theory, i ve been in touch with a lot of different qanon followers, mostly through the messaging app telegram. most of them were hostile, i was blocked from the app at one point after some complaints. but some were really friendly and obliging, keen to help me understand the gravity of what it is they believe is going on in the world. i received hundreds of messages, links and videos at all hours
goes that way. general, angela, thank you so much for joining us and for your expertise. we appreciate it. we re going to take a quick break. coming up, we ll look at the russian propaganda being pushed by qanon followers, far right influencers, even hitting mainstream media. ben collins is live with us after the break. after e thbreak. riders! let your queries be known. yeah, hi. instead of letting passengers wrap their arms around us, could we put little handles on our jackets? -denied. -can you imagine? i want a new nickname. can you guys start calling me snake? no, bryan. -denied. -how about we all get quotes to see if we can save with america s number one motorcycle insurer? approved. cool! hey, if bryan s not gonna be snake, can i be snake? -all: no. when you re driving a lincoln, stress seems to evaporate into thin air. which leaves us to wonder, where does it go? does it shoot off like a rocket?
idea that which says, the world is broken, i have to fix it, the leader has a mission, history needs to be cleansed with an active purified violence, like an invasion. he has a very clear fascist ideology, which can shake us and it can remind us, of course, history is not over. history we are provoking history, we are asking for something. and now we got it. so i agree with you, this is a chance to affirm values, nothing is going to rescue us but us. and perhaps the ukrainians. so let s help them. all right, timothy snyder, thank you very much for joining us tonight. i appreciated. glad to. still ahead, ukrainian forces retake more ground around the capital city of kyiv, they now say they ve sunk a russian warship. the latest on the ukrainian advances next. later, why the republican attacks on judge ketanji brown-jackson are being cheered on by qanon followers, that story coming up. story coming up. th a plant-based adaptogen,
not alive, he is not coming back, also, elections are safe. don t worry about. it he said this on december 12 2018, so, a lot of qanon followers, moved off of. that the majority of them have moved off of that. and they have moved on two different kinds of series, but there is this one subset that is extremely religious subset that is made donald trump basically messiah in the state. and jfk junior as like a sensible running mate when it comes back to life. it s extremely religious, but they do firmly believe the stuff. is it texas specific? or did people come from around the country to be in texas for this thing? people came from around the country. they came to me telegram influences. telegram is sort of the wild west, it s like facebook five years ago or no one s getting man-to-man or wet, everybody is getting covered because they were even free speech. there are fake jfk junior