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It appears that there has been another arrest tied to QAnon, this one in Arizona. (Original Post) demmiblue Jul 2020 OP
wow. today seems to be batshit crazy people in the news day. NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 #1
It's the pressure from the virus, and the response to it. albacore Jul 2020 #2
gonna need more popcorn NRaleighLiberal Jul 2020 #4
Full moon spinbaby Jul 2020 #16
Nibbling on Datura a la Carlos Castenada? DBoon Jul 2020 #53
She may not be a spokeswoman for the White House yet, tanyev Jul 2020 #3
I was going to say I'll take her word for that. She's the Queen of QLand and has Trump on brewens Jul 2020 #7
Paranoids on Peyote Chainfire Jul 2020 #5
LOL ornotna Jul 2020 #6
Funniest thing I've seen in a while. LuvNewcastle Jul 2020 #8
Oh my gosh. Dem2theMax Jul 2020 #9
I loved it when the realization hit... GaYellowDawg Jul 2020 #10
One of the QAnon showed up on Justin Trudeaus property with a few guns and a note. applegrove Jul 2020 #11
How very sad. I hope she gets the help she needs but I fear this will only push her further . . . Journeyman Jul 2020 #12
+1 demmiblue Jul 2020 #13
Thanks. My FB posts says, "I guess this must be Kayleigh McEnany. I'm surprised she has such brewens Jul 2020 #14
One Flew Over the Qu-Qu's Nest Stallion Jul 2020 #15
LOL! 2naSalit Jul 2020 #20
That needs to be the new identifier for these poor crazies: This one flew over the Qu-Qu's nest! BComplex Jul 2020 #51
now if the rack of face masks had this one lapfog_1 Jul 2020 #17
Anybody actually wore this in public, it would be as a joke FakeNoose Jul 2020 #34
I love that there are a whole bunch Qanon products on Amazon IronLionZion Jul 2020 #44
Goodness, they were able to take her into custody without tazing or strangling her? gratuitous Jul 2020 #18
Melissa Rein Lively Alex4Martinez Jul 2020 #19
she's unraveling.... stillcool Jul 2020 #25
Plus Arizona has completely lost control of COVID IronLionZion Jul 2020 #49
The only thing I have to say about this is Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #21
Wow. She's a nut. StarryNite Jul 2020 #22
does wwg1wga apply to jail? 0rganism Jul 2020 #23
So they go super easy on her because she's a white woman. Crunchy Frog Jul 2020 #24
Would she be ok with it if we felt that way about her property? keithbvadu2 Jul 2020 #26
If I were to guess, I'd say she is having a manic episode with a psychotic break. Laffy Kat Jul 2020 #27
I liked the part "I think we have enough here." She's going to the Psych Ward. vsrazdem Jul 2020 #28
the police handle a angry white woman with kid gloves . AllaN01Bear Jul 2020 #29
Dollars to donuts.... JoyBugaloo Jul 2020 #30
She had the cadence down pat. Iggo Jul 2020 #37
What's with the Bugaloo username? IronLionZion Jul 2020 #45
Not that I have to explain anything.... JoyBugaloo Jul 2020 #46
I don't plan on attacking you IronLionZion Jul 2020 #47
Thank you JoyBugaloo Jul 2020 #48
Wtf. Some people eh. miyazaki Jul 2020 #50
Sounds like some kind of mental health issue to me. mwooldri Jul 2020 #31
Probably turned her MAGA hat into a mask bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #32
Apparently, she was wearing hats as shoes at the time of her arrest. Mazeltov Cocktail Jul 2020 #39
These are staged. Broadcasting this stuff just plays into their plan. erronis Jul 2020 #33
......are we a failed state yet? plimsoll Jul 2020 #35
She owns a PR firm in Scottsdale ... I'd expect, uh, more decorum Auggie Jul 2020 #36
If you Google her name...wow Mazeltov Cocktail Jul 2020 #38
People wonder what White privilege looks like? She is Exhibit A FailureToCommunicate Jul 2020 #40
Seems like it took 100 days (or less) for the Q-Anon Kool-Aid to push her over the edge. Snarkoleptic Jul 2020 #41
I like how she played the Jewish card and called them Nazis IronLionZion Jul 2020 #42
she's probably schizophrenic Takket Jul 2020 #43
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2020 #52

albacore

(2,387 posts)
2. It's the pressure from the virus, and the response to it.
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 06:34 PM
Jul 2020

It seems that lots of people are one the ragged edge every day, and all this shit just pushed them over the line.

And, of course, trump encourages every paranoid delusion in the book... and then some... so impressionable/gullible people hanging on by their fingernails lose their grip.

tanyev

(42,360 posts)
3. She may not be a spokeswoman for the White House yet,
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 06:35 PM
Jul 2020

but now that she’s got Trump’s attention....

brewens

(13,400 posts)
7. I was going to say I'll take her word for that. She's the Queen of QLand and has Trump on
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 06:39 PM
Jul 2020

speed dial.

Chainfire

(17,308 posts)
5. Paranoids on Peyote
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 06:37 PM
Jul 2020

The Q folks are so off the wall that they sound like a joke. I doesn't mean that they are not dangerous.

Dem2theMax

(9,595 posts)
9. Oh my gosh.
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 06:42 PM
Jul 2020

This makes me wonder how many of these people were already teetering on the edge, and the pandemic has just pushed them off the cliff.

It's really sad to see so many people who needs serious mental health care. They are brainwashed. I feel for the people who have to try to treat them. How in the world do you get through to someone like this?

GaYellowDawg

(4,443 posts)
10. I loved it when the realization hit...
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 06:45 PM
Jul 2020

...that she was getting arrested. Dumbass thought all she'd have to do was claim she was one of Trump's buddies and she'd skate.

applegrove

(118,022 posts)
11. One of the QAnon showed up on Justin Trudeaus property with a few guns and a note.
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 06:47 PM
Jul 2020

He rammed in a gate with his truck at the Governor General's estate in Ottawa. Thanks to the right wing for starting wars in people's heads so the rich don't have to pay much in taxes.

Journeyman

(15,001 posts)
12. How very sad. I hope she gets the help she needs but I fear this will only push her further . . .
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 06:48 PM
Jul 2020

into the darkness of her mind. It won't help that she'll find confirmation for all her delusions every time she sees the President on television or reads his rantings on Twitter.

It's nice, though, that in one short clip we can see confirmation of what we've been calling for for so many, many years: How much better life would be for everyone if all encounters with the police were handled with this composure by law enforcement.

brewens

(13,400 posts)
14. Thanks. My FB posts says, "I guess this must be Kayleigh McEnany. I'm surprised she has such
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 06:52 PM
Jul 2020

a pottymouth. I don't know why they didn't just call Trump and straighten it out?"

I hope a RW friend takes the cheese and calls bullshit so we can lay it on about how that sure seemed legit.

FakeNoose

(32,356 posts)
34. Anybody actually wore this in public, it would be as a joke
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 08:28 PM
Jul 2020


I can't believe a real Q-Anon member would actually wear this in public.
The whole point of their group is to remain anonymous.



IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
44. I love that there are a whole bunch Qanon products on Amazon
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 09:34 PM
Jul 2020


Lots of masks and gaiters can help them lose the anon part.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
18. Goodness, they were able to take her into custody without tazing or strangling her?
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 07:10 PM
Jul 2020

That motor-mouth was handled far better than she deserved.

Alex4Martinez

(2,180 posts)
19. Melissa Rein Lively
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 07:14 PM
Jul 2020
Is a nutcase.

It looks like a standard Karen incident, but there is much more to the story if you believe Reddit which has video of her being arrested

Her entire story was from 8 Am (ish?) – 2 PM? The husband wants a divorce and kicked her out, so she went to a hotel. Went to Target, tried destroying it, and got kicked out. Got an Uber back to her hotel. Immediately went shopping, bought thousands of dollars worth of stuff using daddy’s credit card (literally). Was eventually stopped because she refused to wear a mask. Got kicked out of the hotel, walked around with hats ON HER FEET because she apparently lost her shoes. Got another Uber to her house. When she went into her house, her Range Rover was there (somehow) and she tried to leave. The husband stopped her, took her purse away to keep her there. Called the cops. Told the cops how much of a threat her husband is, told them he had unregistered guns, anything to get HIM arrested Then here we are.

We have IDed the woman as Melissa Rein Lively the CEO of The Brand Consortium

TBCPR is a creative agency offering public relations, marketing, production & social media services to high impact brands in the luxury lifestyle sector, catering exclusively to affluent audiences and sophisticated clientele. Our approach is unconventional, dynamic, forward-thinking and effective. We move the needle where others have yet to scratch the surface.

She obviously needs a lot of help, I can see why her husband wants to divorce her.



https://blacksportsonline.com/2020/07/video-melissa-rein-lively-goes-on-rampage-claims-he-has-donald-trumps-phone-number-but-there-is-plot-twist-ending/

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
49. Plus Arizona has completely lost control of COVID
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 11:33 PM
Jul 2020

so I'm sure people have been on edge recently and are now losing their minds

0rganism

(23,856 posts)
23. does wwg1wga apply to jail?
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 07:27 PM
Jul 2020

if so i have a suggestion for their next exciting vacation destination
and if not, i have a suggestion for how they can improve their nutty subculture

Crunchy Frog

(26,548 posts)
24. So they go super easy on her because she's a white woman.
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 07:34 PM
Jul 2020

Seriously, can you imagine how this would play out if she was a black man?

And she whines that she's being mistreated because she's Jewish?

keithbvadu2

(36,369 posts)
26. Would she be ok with it if we felt that way about her property?
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 07:47 PM
Jul 2020

Would she be ok with it if we felt that way about her property?

and acted accordingly?

Laffy Kat

(16,356 posts)
27. If I were to guess, I'd say she is having a manic episode with a psychotic break.
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 07:49 PM
Jul 2020

I have a friend who sounds like that when she goes off the rails. Very sad.

AllaN01Bear

(17,383 posts)
29. the police handle a angry white woman with kid gloves .
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 08:03 PM
Jul 2020

but i wonder what the outcome would be if the female was of color.?

JoyBugaloo

(99 posts)
46. Not that I have to explain anything....
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 10:15 PM
Jul 2020

Sid and Marty Krofft show from the 60's


It never occurred to me that's the reason I seem to get attacked whenever I post here - so I usually don't



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IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
47. I don't plan on attacking you
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 10:53 PM
Jul 2020

but surely you know why people here would be suspicious of that word these days

Auggie

(31,067 posts)
36. She owns a PR firm in Scottsdale ... I'd expect, uh, more decorum
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 08:47 PM
Jul 2020

If I was a client I’d run to the nearest exit.

Mazeltov Cocktail

(569 posts)
38. If you Google her name...wow
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 09:11 PM
Jul 2020

She used to work for a PR firm that represented Arpaio and company. Looks like she's had several very public meltdowns in the last year or so.
Apparently, the meth diagnosis is not far off either.
In a nutshell, rich white woman with mental health issues.

Snarkoleptic

(5,995 posts)
41. Seems like it took 100 days (or less) for the Q-Anon Kool-Aid to push her over the edge.
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 09:27 PM
Jul 2020

Here's an opinion piece she wrote 3/21/20 for a local paper.
In the piece, she sounds like a completely different person.

https://www.yourvalley.net/scottsdale-independent/stories/lively-mayor-lane-needs-to-protect-scottsdale-residents-now-before-its-too-late,148490


I am increasingly concerned about the safety and well-being of our city and its residents and the lack of decisive leadership that may cost us future economic prosperity. The state of Arizona is an incredible place to live, work and own business with plentiful opportunity for people who want to work hard and make good decisions.
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The city’s haphazard statement released yesterday does not even come close to taking any sort of significant step to contain the spread of COVID-19.
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Yes, reported cases of COVID-19 are currently somewhat low in Arizona. That is changing rapidly on a day-to-day basis. We must act now to keep it that way to protect our state.
We must all collectively make the decision to put people before profits now. We must.

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
42. I like how she played the Jewish card and called them Nazis
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 09:30 PM
Jul 2020

so I wouldn't be surprised if she really did have regular contact with Twitler

Takket

(21,425 posts)
43. she's probably schizophrenic
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 09:32 PM
Jul 2020

or paranoid delusional. Hopefully she gets a good doctor and prescription because that's probably what she needs more than a jail sentence......

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