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sop

(18,360 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:20 AM Monday

'How the Epstein Files Reveal the Final Failure of QAnon'

(TPM) "The most enduring conspiracy theories often contain kernels of truth, though it is debatable whether any popularly theorized conspiracy has later been proven as real by unassailable facts. But if one popular conspiracy theory seems to have been promoted from 'theory' to fact, it would appear to be QAnon. What started as a far-right prophecy scam using codes and ciphers on 4chan to 'reveal' the horrors of a pedophile cabal ruling the world has taken on a distinct tinge of truth thanks to millions of newly-released files involving fixer and child abuser Jeffrey Epstein."

"It’s easy to look at Epstein’s communications with billionaires and royals, famous directors and scions of old money, and see the dealings of a cabal. In those countless emails, we seem to have a notorious sex offender and lover of 'young women' exchanging messages with some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people. Some of them appear innocuous, and some of them are deeply weird and extremely disturbing."

"Like QAnon’s accusations, at least some of these messages are written in what many researchers have theorized is a code for truly unspeakable things, such as powerful people trafficking their own children, or hunting and eating human beings. And just like with QAnon, it’s fallen to 'citizen researchers'to dig through the 'drops' from the Department of Justice, as unpaid truth crusaders churn through millions of messages full of noise to find the bits of signal that 'they' were hiding from us."

"Naturally, the Epstein revelations have resulted in some QAnon believers claiming that the Epstein releases validate their years of hard work and research into the 'pedo elite' running the west. It’s also resulted in a number of stories, podcasts, and social media threads essentially saying that QAnon was right this whole time. Essentially, we all thought these Q people were crazy, but there really was a pedophile cabal running things, and the Q believers knew the whole time."

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/how-the-epstein-files-reveal-the-final-failure-of-qanon

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'How the Epstein Files Reveal the Final Failure of QAnon' (Original Post) sop Monday OP
Projection. Never fails with them. usonian Monday #1
The qanon conundrum MaineBlueBear Monday #2
We could say the same about the entire Republican Party, am I right? FakeNoose Monday #3

usonian

(24,795 posts)
1. Projection. Never fails with them.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:56 AM
Monday

Project their weaknesses, failures and fears onto others. At the highest levels, their crimes.

MaineBlueBear

(456 posts)
2. The qanon conundrum
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:57 AM
Monday

is that they were right about the pedo ring yet they were leveraged to elect the ringleader to the office of the President.

Useful fools; shame on the lot of them.

FakeNoose

(41,251 posts)
3. We could say the same about the entire Republican Party, am I right?
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 11:47 AM
Monday

The usurpation and subsequent brainwashing began with Reagan... and hopefully it ends with Chump. I believe the "pedo ring" was just a convenient hook, and maybe a purity test for some. If they could overlook that, they can overlook ANYTHING.

Some righteous conservatives (e.g. Liz Cheney and others) DID see it and they called it for what it was. But most of them are like lobsters in the boiling pot, as the water temperature keeps rising.

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