Then lets take a look at those headlines now. Exit polls in italy say the right Wing Alliance lied by georgia, maloney is on calls for a majority in parliament. If confound maloney will become italys 1st female prime minister, the 1st fall right lead us since world war 2. Evil did she tell when the night is over. We will remember that this is a new beginning from tomorrow on. We will have to show what our values are worse if we are called to govern and lead this nation. We will do it for every single italian with the goal to unite these people. Because our biggest goal in life is to make sure that italians are finally proud again to fly our flag. High. Thousands of people have fled their homes as super tie food nor made land fall in the northern philippines. The strongest storm to hit the country this year, strengthened so quickly. It led to an extreme emergency warning for heavy rain and winds about 295 kilometers per hour. The trial of a 9 year old cardinal in full pro democracy activist is beginning in hong kong on monday. Cardinal joseph then is one of the easiest highest ranking catholic clerics there on trial over the roll, running a fun to defend people arrested and Anti Government protests if convicted, they face a fine, no jail time. A partial mobilization order announced by president Vladimir Putin continues to spark protests across russia, dagger stand more than 100 people, blocked the highway. As another demonstration, people shouted no to war, blame the russian government to starting the conflict. Referendums are being held for a 3rd day and for russian controlled areas of east in ukraine. The poles were organized by moscow, back separatists with ballads, asking whether the regions should become part of russia, given its western allies, say the votes are a sham. Canadian official say it will take months to restore Critical Infrastructure off the storm, feel the hip, its east coast, leaving a trail of destruction. Homes have been washed away and trees down headlines. The news continues after the listening post as is said to choose between 2 president ial candidates with radically different ideologies. On one side, her president died. Those who are not on my line, conservative on the other one was so she respected lisinopril. Never see la, stay with al jazeera, an extensive coverage in the lexus. Culinary and the conspiratorial games. People play political wives involving donald trumps, mag, republicans, plus Vladimir Putin threats go, nuclear and iranian women defy the authority and set fire to their hija. Ah, hello, im Richard Gibbs burton eureka listening post where we dont cover the news we cover the way the news is covered. We begin with donald trump and the queue and on conspiracy movement, a relationship that has gone from occasional flirtation on the ex president s part to more of an open embrace. Last week and a rally in ohio. Trumps people played a song that is associated with q and honors. It was music to their ears. The groups members somehow believe that a secret co ball of the rich and powerful people they say are petty files, actually runs the u. S. Government and the trump is their only chance to stop them. The movement also happens to be home to some deeply toxic White Supremacists and anti semites. The f. B. I has warned about its links to violence in the country. After being forced off mainstream social media, q and ons, followers of fled to the outer reaches of the internet. Since then, q and ons gamification of reality has morphed into some more pragmatic goals, such as electing certain politicians and its beliefs have been absorbed into radicalized parts of trumps republican party. Our starting point this week is youngstown, ohio. O until last weekend, the political love affair between donald trump and q and non was conducted for the most part with a wink and occasional non after years of flirting with the movements wild conspiracy theories. Stay tuned. Everybody say to trump took it a step further at a rally in ohio. The soundtrack playing beneath part of his speech is a song called where we go one, we go, all, there is no victory. We cannot. Huh. We will, none. We will then read that phrase known by its acronym w, w, g, one, w g, a serves as a mantra to q and ons followers, true to form, trump spokesman denied the obviously, but if it wasnt that song that was playing, why would so many in the crowd seem to recognized and raise one finger in response in what many have concluded is some kind of q and on solute. Trumps team has claimed that the song used was a song called mirrors. We are, they hear a loud rushing to devastated country you killing hundreds of thousands of people. We have checked and mirrors and w, w, g, one to be ga, are the same. That the same song is confirm that are a program we used on there. The same song after we reported the song is the same if continued to use it. People who were in that audience knew exactly what was going on, even if trump didnt. And thats what so scary here is that trump is reacting to things where he sees people praising him, which is really at the foundation of this mans cracked ego. Because they are almost religiously dedicated to him. And he doesnt recognize that hes getting deeper and deeper in to q and on at worse, he does recognize it and hes part of it. The downplaying of the song is almost beside the point. Its over a 100 times now that trump and his team have re truth, as they call it on their platform, host, spike hewn on influencers post that contain a q or the slogan where we go on. We go off, whoever runs his campaign, is very aware of the references and trump is very aware that this is a valuable part of his base. Its very possible that this is also part of the calculation for trump, if hes having financial difficulty, this cuen on group is a ready and dedicated crowd. So it could be reflecting either he wants to motivate his base, or he needs money or both. Because theres always a grift when trump is involved in another sign of his tacit support, just 4 days before that rally trump re posted an image of himself wearing a cute pin on his lapel along with language evocative of the movement for journalists summarizing the beliefs of q and long members without sounding pejorative can be a real challenge. But lets try. They insist that the Trump White House was engaged in secret war with the deep state that his enemies were. Democrats, devil worshippers, led by Hillary Clinton and hollywood leeks. A couple of ducks children to sexually abuse and eat q one on 1st emerged in 2017 on fortune when mainstream social Media Outlets banned them from their platforms. Q and on conspiracy took 2 more french sites like gap rumble and trumps own truth. Social, leaving the sensors behind the content has evolved. Q one on now provides one stop shopping online for a whole range of conspiracies. The visible aspect of the movement become more extreme when you push them to platforms that have less censorship because theyre reaching less of a large audience in that small pond. They feel more comfortable communicating in ways that are openly anti semitic, or openly embrace. You know, some of these more extreme white supremacist viewpoints. The same thing happens with any extremist organization, with the traditional social media platforms, banning q and on they have been isolated into small corners. They isolate isolate isolate until finally theyre only talking to each other. Self brainwashing the queue and on adherence, havent gone away at all. And in fact, the number has appeared to have grown, but its become almost like a mass movement, according to the surveys that have been done by ai American Enterprises institute and the institute for the study of religion q and on could be 15 percent of the american adult population, which is 30000000. 00 people. And thats a lot of people who believe in this crazy Conspiracy Theory. So i think its important that we also understand its not just low information voters, and its not necessarily stupid people. 30000000 adults potential voters in a politically divided country and the u. S. Mid term elections take place 6 weeks from now. Establishment covets, or the d. C. Swamp of wage, the war against american success and independence q and on candidates. Or at least republicans willing to cozy up to the movement or on more and more bouts, and estimated 78. 00 candidates in 26. 00 states. Its time to make america dominant again. This is not just trump, there are numerous huron supporting candidates for office throughout the country for congress, for secretary of state for governorship. Im teen of 40. Im a wife, mother, grandmother, and Small Business owner. Im one of for congress to challenge establishment and fight for you. Some have been elected already. Republican nominee for governor of arizona carry lake has gone on to a q and on show. So i appreciate that you had me on today. Its always a pleasure to be on with great ease figures. Ive used the q and on Community Whether they believe it or whether they see it for some type of political gain. If i were to describe the shift in the movement in q and on terms theyve gone from trust the plan to, we are the plan. You need to be involved in your local committees and you need to be involved in your local school boards. You need to be running for local office. That is the main difference that we see with this movement. It has both kind of merged with a republican push for local positions, but has also become more tangible and less of a arm chair movement. What will be interesting is that because they say that elections were stolen, that the Voting Machines were taken over by chavez and venezuela, even though hes dead, or that we cannot trust the outcome of the elections. There is a danger that the most loyal q and on supporters will not vote because they think the vote is wasted. Theyve been pushing a narrative that if they genuinely believe it, the republicans will lose this voting block. Instead of being able to rely on the voting block, they are a new fringe Conspiracy Theory group called q a non. Initially, americans failed to take q along with its talk of co balls, pet files, and the deep state. Seriously, that should have changed in 2021 on january 6th, when the group was at the heart of the insurrection on capitol hill. But some republicans simply cannot resist flirting with a conspiratorial movement that also appeals to White Supremacists and anti semites. Theres an alignment, there, votes to behind, hence the nods the winks the musical sounds. And that is as good a measure as any of americas moral decline. Its diminishing democracy. What Political Party in history has associated itself with an organization identified by the f b i as a terrorist threat. You just think about that for a minute. Now we already have q and on members who are in congress, the state government. If donald trump becomes president , we are going to have q and our members of highest reaches of government. And that is not the time to start asking questions about who these people are. It is time now. We are at a point in history. We have never been in before, and instead of confronting people are overlooking because of its absurdity. Its not absurd. Its dangerous to rush in out. Vladimir putin threat this past week, thinly veiled that the kremlin has not ruled out using Nuclear Weapons to protect its people. Is still reverberating overseas and has also had consequences at home. Joanna, whos is here with the details. Richard, president , put in used a television address to issue that threat after Russian Troops retreated following a successful counter offensive by ukrainian forces. If you believe, put in announced mobilization of 300000 men from russia reserve, the 1st such move since world war 2. And he had to find a way to explain that which is doing your loans. In brief. But im a dealt with youve been most the way in the get the not just 6 months ago put in vow that reservist would not be called to fight. So this, you turn product thousands of russians to come out in protest. One of the issues protest i have been angered by is that pro war criminal elite members of their families arent being drafted. That inspired a prank call. Life streamed on youtube by supporters of jailed opposition. Politician elect sign of volney to the son of one of potent top officials, press secretary dimitry pest golf at the way in the city of civil. So i middle go in which is more securities. Why wouldnt a bullet problem by the phone just goes slower, get it. You do not mind. Youre not going pretty good. You it will show. And yet you took dumble goes a moment because it doesnt. If it is what it is after this to try it away. In the city of this school, so she could she were going to be able to go to school. So it wasnt pointed but it was an offer on well, some will put in stones on mobilization has changed. What happened is how the kremlin and its propaganda on the airwaves justify rushes action and swim was the plenty of freeze in the yes about the national store. Why . You mean . Yes. You can reach me. Theres another set of that we need to watch, but i see theyre still blaming the west and nato for the war in ukraine. But russias recent military setbacks have made it challenging for those pro war tv hosts sticking to the official line, for example, that this is not a war, just a special military operation. One which russia is threatening to take nuclear is a tough one to sell, even on russia, state controlled airwaves. Thanks joe. Back to q and on now, and the conspiratorial mindset. Journalists have spent a lot of time trying to understand how so Many Americans have come to believe in conspiracy theories. One of the more interesting takes weve come across is from a game designer. Read burke away in q and on burke awaits, sees a world similar to the ones he creates in a r g s, alternate Reality Games his analysis. And as a we asked him to adapt for television, explains a lot about the way our flawed minds work. And how easily we can be dragged down the conspiratorial rabbit hole. I am a game designer with experience and very small niche. I create and Research Games designed to be played in reality. Fictions designed to feel as real as part of the puzzles where the deeper you dig, the more you find games with rabbit holes that invite you into wonderland and entice you through the looking glass. When i saw a q and i knew exactly what it was and what it was doing, i had seen it before. Id almost built it before. It was gaming evil, twin a game that plays trip me or to not use the form and techniques of alternate reality. Gaming a r g the q on universe has a game like field to it that is evident to anyone who has ever played an a r g or an online role play. However, q is not a game q and on is like the reflection of a game in a mirror. It looks just like one, but it is inverted. Been one of the very 1st experienced fictions i ever designed. The players had to explore a creepy basement looking for clears the object they were looking for was barely hidden. And the clue as easy as a participant started searching for the object. I hadnt spotted little random scraps of wood on the floor that happened to make the shape of a perfect arrow pointing right and a blank wall. It had to be a clue. Then it got worse. Since her obviously was no clue there, the group decided the clue they were looking for was in the wall. The collection of ordinary tools they found, conveniently laying around, seemed to enforce their conclusion that this was the right direction. Is all random chance. But i could see the connections that have been made were all completely logical. Is were normal people and theres some sions were normal and logical and just completely wrong. They had not found a clue. They had created one psychologist, have a name for this kind of syndrome. They call it apa fina. Apa. Fina is the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful patterns between unrelated or random things and q and on. Thats the point. It isnt about finding the clues and solving the puzzles. Its about confusing people and to tearing down walls. If youre a designer and have puzzles and have a plot, then app, athena is a wild card. You always have to be concerned about. Q anon is a mirror reflection of this dynamic. Here at the finance is the point of everything. There are no scripted plots, there are no puzzles to solve created by game designers. There are no solutions. Theyre constantly getting the player loss, but pointing out unrelated random events and creating a meaning for them that fits the propaganda message. Key was delivery was everybody, you know, particularly you ask you, is it a lot . Okay, it says, think for yourself. It doesnt tell you to follow one read up. You can think about what you want with you. You is a fictional character in a fictional game. A real whistle blower with Important Information would get it out as fast as possible for the most reliable source possible. There are people that daniel ellsberg, edward snowden, and chelsea manning. They dont drop clues and make you solve puzzles to look at the information. Q does though. He does this because he is not a whistle blower. Q is a fictional character and acts exactly like a fictional character. This is because the purpose of q is not to divulge actual information, but to create fiction. Lets take a look at how this works. To create appa fina 1st, you need random data. The more the better, then you need to interpret that data in a way that leads you to a full solution that fits the narrative. And several que drops q tells followers that there is a shadowy cult out there in which the members are required to reveal their status through symbolism, like owls and horned animals. Hence, q asked them to look out for these symbols and jewelry tattoos or hand gestures of public figures and celebrities. Of course, q knows what theyll find to clintons throwing the rock, them all hand horn, j, z flashing the illuminati the roger wearing horned heads, fancy dress costume parties, images pile, obsess clue after clue, points the investigators to mountain out of context. Images of the people they distrust totally looking like they are in a cult. There is no doubt about the political nature of this propaganda. Either. This is the internet repurposing of hatreds. Greatest hits that isnt an isolated process, but done in a Large Community of like minded people. They share their