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Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:20 AM Monday

'How the Epstein Files Reveal the Final Failure of QAnon' [View all]

(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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