I would sort of take Epstein out of that list as he is more of a CIA/Mossad asset, where Clinton etc are his clients.

I mean, are Anderson Cooper & other CIA people not just totally in the tank for the Clintons & others? The FBI is also clearly protecting them all in some form or fashion. They put forth the idea that the laptop was Russian disinfo prior to the election. It seems like all of the above have been working against Trump.

Fair points. No one is perfect and they can make mistakes and get sloppy. However, I’d like to invite you to do a thought experiment with me. Humor me for a moment. Pretend that trump is secretly part of the establishment. What are some benefits that the establishment would gain from him winning this election?

There are a lot of boomer conservatives fully in the tank for Trump & they defend him even when he does stupid shit. And that makes him dangerous whether this is all some sort of conspiracy or not. But I think it's more realistic to see that there are a bunch of extremely petty & narcissitic people who are all grasping for power. Many were mad that Trump kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-lago many years ago & disliked that he didn't want to climb their social ladder, so they went out of their way to insult him (Obama saying I'm something you'll never be, president), and I think that may have been enough motivation for the ego maniac Trump to want to show them up. And because Trump is not really a part of their cult, they don't have the sort of dirt on him needed for control so TDS is off the charts. I can't imagine them all pretending to play these roles with the sort of loyalty that would be required otherwise.

Trump is absolutely a part of the establishment. There is no question about that. I think they prefer someone easier to control, but will work with what they've got.

The double-speak is amazing. One minute the gov't is so grossly incompetent they can barely run a website. The other minute they are so subtle and crafty and smart they can orchestrate these complex conspiracies.

I think there are definitely conspiracies, but the conspiracies are mostly compartmentalized and/or conspiracies of ignorance among people with common financial incentives. There are some fairly smart people involved, but they are also ethically retarded & just good at creating bad incentives. They work in broad strokes, so the closer anyone gets to trying to micromanage a specific outcome the more obvious it becomes