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Well, do not look for those dangling in the webs of compromat, look at who pulls the strings.

So whose issues are voting senators for that were implicated with the Epstein case. Whoever it is, organizing those snychronous direction changes, holds the harddrives.

Who inherited the effect Jeffrey Eppstein had on his surroundings?

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What does this even mean? How do you „inherit an effect“? Who is „pulling the strings“?

When someone dies, that person may have a beneficiary, like a son inheriting his father's wealth. If you inherit his business as well, that is like inheriting the effect he had on the world.

"Pulling the strings" is a puppet metaphor. The puppet represents a figurehead who does not make the real decisions. The puppeteer pulls the strings, and it looks like the puppet has agency. Using a puppet and "pulling the strings" is a way to camouflage one's actions and identity.

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