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Posting guidelines - report cp and violent threats, no naked children

>>19089056 Ban lifts, video downloads, Q clock, Joe M's videos, Qagg Download

>>18024378, >>18561054 Updated PROTO Instructions

>>19075778, >>19075920, >>19148273 What counts as CP?

>>19088769, >>19156675, >>19322099 SPAM is not free speech, will be removed NEW

>>19259750 I have had contact with the FBI many times. Whenever I report crimes. I report them to the FBI./J6

Bakers

>>19089065 Baking Tools & Guidelines - NEW BAKERS, PLEASE READ

>>17322509, >>17322518 How to bake/e-bake

>>17835052 Formatting Q posts

>>19103408 No muh joos in notes, will be removed

NOTABLES ARE NOT ENDORSEMENTS

#23792 >>19372606

>>19372983, >>19373030 Epstein Named As Middleman Connecting Obama White House Lawyer & JPMorgan

>>19372725 Tinker Air Force Base deaths: 17 people dead in 2023, military refuses to reveal causes

>>19372728, >>19372784 Mike Lindell ‘Election Summit’ DAY 2 begins @9AM

>>19372731 Mike Davis: "When Trump is back in the White House, and I'm his acting Attorney General, for my 3-week reign of terror, I'll be indicting all of these Democrats and fire a ton of people.

>>19372733 They have the power to remotely disable your EV's brakes due to 'software updates' that can occur after passing screening tests during initial security audit.

>>19372747 Trump and 18 co-defendants charged in connection with trying to subvert Georgia's 2020 election results will be booked at a notorious Atlanta jail known as "Rice Street."

>>19372757 Construction has begun for 'The Kaleb House' Residential Recovery Program for families and Child Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Exploitation

>>19372729, >>19372801, >>19372821 Some DEW speculation

>>19372730, >>19372790, >>19372828, >>19372825, >>19372848 Wasn't a 'Well Regulated Civilian Militia' supposed to be mandatory? - opines

>>19372736, >>19372806 Asa Hutchinson says 14th Amendment "should keep Trump from presidency"

>>19372831 Lou Dobbs: "Why in the world isn't the Republican National Committee doing this?" There will be not a fair election or freedom in America, if the left wins in this prosecution of Donald Trump

>>19372851 @ADL Trump's claims about expelling warmongers, driving out globalists, casting out communists, and throwing off those who hate our country echo classic #antisemitic rhetoric

>>19372964 Dom Lucre threatens to leak Fanni Willis's nudes NOOO!

>>19373034 RRN and TikTok are claiming FEMA is barricading relief from reaching victims of Lahaina fire

>>19373040 Who pooped in the crate of ballots delivered to the AZ audit?!?

>>19373060, >>19373074 Any boots on the ground updates on the train derailment/chemical spill/fire in East Palestine devastation?

>>19373137 Larry Page's Vision and his uses for islands

>>19373139 King grants Prince of Wales prestigious Army Air Corp position while roles Andrew lost after Virginia Roberts scandal go to Kate and Sophie in major royal reshuffle

>>19373176 PF doesn't recall seeing this call sign before. HYDRA0

>>19373362 SPAR654 VIP out of DC.

>>19373331 Boston University Hires ‘Disinformation’ Expert Who Doubted Hunter Biden Laptop Story

>>19373371 #23792

#23791 >>19371825

>>19371844 Lindell Symposium: Capt Seth Keshel Identifies Election Anomalies

>>19371855 MAGA's Warpath To Today Of Securing Fair And Safe Elections | Election Crime Bureau Summit

>>19371892, >>19372057 Federal Court: D.C. ‘Selectively’ Enforced Law to Arrest Pro-Lifers but Not BLM Protesters

>>19371914 Fired AG Leading Epstein Inquiry Reveals V.I. Governor Pressured Her On Pedophile's Behalf

>>19371919 Peeling Back the Rotten Michigan Onion

>>19371928 Veto overridden: Ban on gender-affirming care for minors takes effect in North Carolina

>>19371935 Scavino: Dan truths out Trump with a pen

>>19371850, >>19371871, >>19371896, >>19371991, >>19371939, >>19371948, >>19371978, >>19371997, >>19372030 DIG on Maui house with metal roof

>>19372105, >>19372199, >>19372207, >>19372254 >>19372358, >>19372116 , >>19372200 Anons discuss MAUI events

>>19372200, >>19372238, >>19372244, >>19372263 Anons discuss DEW/lasers

>>19372338 Reporter at Maui Presser re PUBLIC FRUSTRATION, officials unresponsive

>>19371987, >>19371996 All’s Calm at Mar-a-Lago

>>19372054 US Military Gets ‘Most Powerful Laser Weapon Till Date’; Lockheed Delivers 300 KW DEW Under HELSI Program

>>19372053, >>19372056 Integrate raises $3.4M and wins Space Force contract for management software

>>19372063 Hockey commentator Don Cherry fired after rant about immigrants

>>19372066 US Space Force creates 1st unit dedicated to targeting adversary satellites

>>19372067 George Soros’ investment firm lost around $105 million on green energy company boosted by Biden

>>19372070 How NewsGuard Became the Establishment Guard Against Independent Media

>>19372117 How Lindell Knew He Was Over The Target On Election Fraud | Election Crime Bureau Summit

>>19372125, >>19372129 Vector Space Biosciences Files for Registration for Space Launch of Biological CubeSats

>>19372155, >>19372284 Pfizer Whistleblower Karen Kingston Still Missing -- Dr. Malone Responds she's Suffering from Drug Side Effects

>>19372172 STARCOM Hosts First Space Force TACDEVCON

>>19372204 David Clements And Emerald Robinson Discuss Receiving Attack For Protecting Elections

>>19372309, >>19322705 Mike Lindell Election Summit LIVE

>>19372312 Forensic expert who helped return 9/11 victims' remains to families heads to Maui could take YEARS because bodies were incinerated

>>19372404 Blood factor can turn back time in the aging brain (YOUNG BLOOD is good for you)

>>19372413 More than 2 dozen sex trafficking victims recovered in Colorado

>>19372468 Charlie Kirk - if Trump and 18 co-conspirators have been indicted for a "vast conspiracy to subvert our Democracy" then what do you call the secret "Shadow Campaign" exposed by Molly Ball?

>>19372478 Pelosi's disgusting tribute to Biden - all he's done "for the children"

>>19372508 Pig kidney worked for a month in brain-dead man

>>19372512 Trump leads RIGHT NOW by +40.3%

>>19372669 #23791

#23790

>>19371643, >>19371559, >>19371062 Mike Lindell Presents ‘Election Summit’: The Plan Revealed - DAY 1 - 8/16/2023

>>19371452 Another Island Wildfire… Canary Islands, Spain - Wildfires in Tenerife Causes Mandatory Evacuations for 5-6 Villages

>>19371036 Soros to end 'Most EU Operations' In 'Radical Shift' (to focus on destroying the US Instead)

>>19371049 THIS DAY IN HISTORY [Globalist Banker] 10th President of the United States John Tyler is burned in effigy outside White House, August 16th 1841

>>19371055 RFK on Tucker notes

>>19371057 Caden raises $15M Series A to build a model for consumer privacy on the internet

>>19371066 Two Pinterest Directors Resign from Nextdoor Board of Directors in Response to Justice Department’s Ongoing Enforcement Efforts Against Interlocking Directorates

>>19371068 Maui fire book AUTHOR NAME IS MILES STONE. MILESTONE? Like Milestone Smart City Planning Company

>>19371073 14 Minneapolis Gang Members Charged with Possession of Machine Guns, Fentanyl Trafficking, and Firearms Violations

>>19371094 Former NYPD Officer Charged With Accessory After The Fact To Murder, Obstructing A Federal Gang Investigation, And Racketeering Conspiracy

>>19371638, >>19371730, >>19371533 Podesta paycheck way not granted by Congress. Do you think that is no big deal? How many others are acting within our Government under Joe that Congress did not agree to pay?

>>19371099 The "Inflation Reduction Act" is forcing working families to send their hard-earned tax dollars to pay for Wall Street's green obsession.

>>19371117 Search warrant against Marion County Record is WITHDRAWN by attorney after raid on newspaper offices and 98-year-old co-owner's home triggered her death

>>19371122 ‘She Has No Shame’: Oprah Winfrey Faces Backlash on Social Media Amid Reports She Was Told to Leave Camera Crew ‘Outside’ of Maui Shelter Following Deadly Wildfire

>>19371135 Masara Kim Live from Nigeria exposes the effort by the current Nigeria Government to convert Nigeria to an Islamic Empire and genocide all Christians

>>19371156, >>19371169 America First Legal sues Washington @GovInslee to block enforcement of a new “state-sanctioned kidnapping” bill that allows the state to hide kids from their parents to perform “gender transitions” - including disfiguring drugs and mutilating surgeries.

>>19371270 Was there a special moon or special day/month on the calendar for the fire?

>>19371311 Sean Hannity calls for ‘legal’ abortion in stunning reversal of pro-life stance

>>19371348 COVID variant with 'dozens of mutations' found in Israel

>>19371373 Dr. Pierre Kory: Excess 'Wave of Death' Mortality Data In Young People; The War On Ivermectin

>>19371410 How NewsGuard Became The Establishment Guard Against Independent Media

>>19371439 decoding today's DJT's vid re: blue slip, china/panama canal/mosquitoes/malaria, Manchurian Candidate

>>19371447, >>19371495 Do vaccines cause Type 1 diabetes?

>>19371485 Apple is interested in buying Disney, according to insiders - in deal that could be worth $160 BILLION

>>19371469 Federal Court: D.C. ‘Selectively’ Enforced Law to Arrest Pro-Lifers but Not BLM Protesters

>>19371496 Suspected architect of 9/11 may be spared death penalty under new plea deal

>>19371544 Massive Voter Fraud Problem in Baltimore Exposed. 15% of Voters…. This is why Dems win

>>19371554 GA code allows Trump and the 18 defendants to SUE @FaniforDA for Malicious Prosecution and Abusive Litigation.

>>19371600 Tanya Chutkan, Judge in Donald Trump’s D.C. Case Related to ‘Most Influential’ Marxist Revolutionaries

>>19371617 Are those who work for the B.I.S tax exempt and above any laws around the world?

>>19371639 Georgia proposes March 4, 2024 for trial date in Trump case… the day BEFORE Super Tuesday

>>19371646, >>19371449 Biden goin' to Hawaii the same day Trump is supposed to do his big voter fraud press conference

>>19371649 The US bond market is on the verge of a major breakdown - and that will send mortgage rates to levels unseen since 2000 and fuel more banking trouble, per Peter Schiff.

>>19371667 Russian Military Leadership Accuses US of Working To Manufacture Another Pandemic - GWP

>>19371711 MN is ONLY STATE WITH AIR QUALITY ALERT. does smoke respect borders?

>>19371713 Jordan Peterson calls out Disney after 'Sound of Freedom' overtook "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" at the North American

>>19371716 Hollywood writers have been on strike for 106 days now and counting

>>19371755 Capt Seth Keshel Identifies Election Anomalies Happening Day One | Election Crime Bureau Summit. data breakdown with statistics

>>19371777 North Carolina House of Representatives just voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto on the bill to ban child sex changes.

>>19371807 DC super-lawyer Abbe Lowell has stepped in to to take over Hunter Biden's criminal defense from Chris Clark, who threatened prosecutors; tricked a clerk into taking down IRS whistleblowers' transcripts from court website; & tried to fool the judge by misquoting a case

>>19371903 #23790

Previously Collected

>>19370196 #23788, >>19371550 #23789

>>19367883 #23785, >>19368925 #23786, >>19369321 #23787

>>19365723 #23782, >>19366470 #23783, >>19367758 #23784

>>19363228 #23779, >>19364063 #23780, >>19366015 #23781

>>19360813 #23776, >>19361658 #23777, >>19362473 #23778

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Q Research Notables #19: Runaway trains can't stop >>19192963

I am on the inside. They are coming for each and every one of you. You don't have to like violence, but being good at it might be what separates you from the dead.

Be hard to kill.

>>19373409

I might have missed my snipe last bread

But glowniggers IRL may not be so fortunate

BEWARE

>>19373408

>>19373401

whordan peturson is breakin up wiff all his gettin banged by daddy crack money grief right now

>>19373409

shut up, alarmist.

fear mongering idiot

>>19372622

both temples died

and a david bowie song

>>19373394 lb

stfu™️

Search N’ Decoy

>>19373403

Thread theme

Muh climate change

who triggered gorefag?

>>19373451

Do you even read the notables?

>>19373419

>>19373453

ok read notes

now

>>19373451

>>19372622

both temples died

and a david bowie song

>>19373409

We’re already all dead. Thats the fun part most of us should have been dead many times. God kept us around to fuck their world up real good.

It’ll he a fun ride till the end. #NothingLeftToLose

>>19373475

Weighted balls.

>>19373409

>They are coming for each and every one of you.

Good.

>>19373464

>What triggered the gore?

Here are my top suspects:

ALL LB NOTES

>>19372983, >>19373030 Epstein Named As Middleman Connecting Obama White House Lawyer & JPMorgan

>>19372728, >>19372784 Mike Lindell ‘Election Summit’ DAY 2 begins @9AM

>>19372731 Mike Davis: "When Trump is back in the White House, and I'm his acting Attorney General, for my 3-week reign of terror, I'll be indicting all of these Democrats and fire a ton of people.

>>19372729, >>19372801, >>19372821 Some DEW speculation

>>19372730, >>19372790, >>19372828, >>19372825, >>19372848 Wasn't a 'Well Regulated Civilian Militia' supposed to be mandatory? - opines

>>19373331 Boston University Hires ‘Disinformation’ Expert Who Doubted Hunter Biden Laptop Story

>>19373409

The funny part is the number of people who’ve warned us we’d be dead if we kept at it.

And we shrug if off and that fucks w their head.

so we’ll simply make more of use by showing the world

what patriots do to stay alive and how much damage one simple meme can do a million times over.

Eat a warm turd doomfag.

>>19373501

sadelfnoises.jpeg

>>19373502

That's not how you build a deck

>>19373506

hillary didn't kill himself

>>19373409

anon has no plan, no weaps, and a penchant for adapting to surprising circumstances. That is the hardest, most difficult route, but if anon makes it, it'll be worth it.

>>19373440

Sleep w one eye open…

>>19373503

sam poster really started drinkin

kek

>>19373401

TYB

MAGA's Warpath To Today Of Securing Fair And Safe Elections | Election Crime Bureau Summit

https://rumble.com/v38817d-magas-warpath-to-today-of-securing-fair-and-safe-elections-election-crime-b.html

>>19372622

both temples died

and a david bowie song

>>19373487

Is like horror film Pinocchio. lol

>>19373516

no shit right

hillarydoesn'tknowheisaloser.jpeg

>>19373499

>>19373522

>>19373466

>>19373522

>c1601c

board destabilization schill

Filtered

Watch them respond anons.

Can't just accept it, shrug it off, and move on.

I'm just one anon, and do not represent the whole board of course.

Doesn't matter. Can't help themselves.

They always have respond to this because the demons that control them force them to.

>>19373542

hillarydoesn'tknowheisapillowbiter.jpeg

>>19373513

Youd be amazed what you can do with a ball point pen or pencil in soft tissue.

Go get a ham sometime and try a wolverine claw punch. You’ll be ok.

>>19373545

top kek

>>19372622

both temples died

and a david bowie song

>>19373551

>ball point pen, pencil

anon has noticed how handy those metal straws are, and how they can be sharpened on the rocks. Will use those until better equipment is looted from those unfortunate enough to tangle with anon in survival mode.

>>19373507

Anons have an extra million laying around you're not using?

Can I have it?

DEW you think the Maui fire was to grab all the land the natives wouldnt sell? DEW you?

>>19373570

Anon's got a million fucks lying around, but none to give.

>>19373570

>Anons have an extra million laying around you're not using?

Sperm?

>>19373549

A WEIRD GLITCH ANON

THIS CRASHMAIL BYPASSED FILTERS TO THE FRONTAL CORTEX NET

>>19373577

I jew

>>19373456

By "Panicking" he means that the dems bully and shakedown McCarthy the pussy for lunch money and cab fare.

Republicans are nothing more than GUTLESS WONDERS.

No balls. Full on soiboi pussies on display

PATHETIC!

SpaceX Starlink Mission

SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, August 16 at 11:36 p.m. ET (3:36 UTC on August 17) for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. If needed, an additional opportunity is available at 12:00 a.m. ET on August 17 (4:00 UTC). Four backup opportunities are also currently available on Thursday, August 17 starting at 7:49 p.m. ET (23:49 UTC) until 11:11 p.m. ET (3:11 UTC on August 18).

This is the 13th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, mPOWER-a, PSN SATRIA, and four Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl-6-10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmlRxzxYlyM

>>19372622

both temples died

and a david bowie song

>>19373217

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=fly+on+mike+pence%27s+head&docid=603492481931222204&mid=0CEE87EEFE8ED987C1AC0CEE87EEFE8ED987C1AC&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

>>19373409

Kek. The_ride_never_ends.png

>>19373475

>Wow…What triggered the gore?

Shills playbook has gotten so thin and threadbare there's literally nothing left. They've hardened us to the most egregious thing their think tanks had identified as our "weak spot", our empathy.

Well, we have a callous on that now and don't gaf. Bring the gore, bring it all, we don't care.

>>19373581

Fiat US dollars cash

>>19373529

Anon just returned from banging a red head normie. She had CNN on her TV in bedroom. They said Bidon is going to maui on Monday ( I think to cover Trumps Announcment) Also they were pushing that Trumps people said they dont think he will do the debate. Like he was afraid. NO POTUS SAID HE HAD NO REASON TO DO DEBATE.

This Is How They Cheat In Elections (Ep. 2068) - 08/16/2023

really good breakdown for normies

https://rumble.com/v386cth-this-is-how-they-cheat-in-elections-ep.-2068-08162023.html

>>19373514

I sleep with my blind eye open. Freaks 'em the fuck out!

>>19373591 Eco-Terrorism

Notable

>>19373609

Because she ate Them?

>>19373603

I bet there's several anons who would give you a few million sperm they've got laying around.

>>19372622

both temples died

and a david bowie song

>>19373617

In exchange for US fiat cash?

>>19373609

kek

>>19373575

Make sure you spoiler that shit!

Q's first ever post mentions HRC being arrested on Monday Oct 30…. In 2023, Oct 30 is a Monday

night time.

frequency of distraction lowers.

frequencies of the mind also lower.

opening the door to the possibility of

resonance, entanglement with equal and greater.

resonance with many paint brushes.

>>19373622

No I bet they're willing to give it for free.

howto flip houses in maui

Maui Fires

Mao He Fires

>>19373628

entanglement

sounds sexy

>>19373636

>sounds sexy

even better in zero g

>>19373621

I don't understand how men claiming to be of "good character" can ignore commie marxist socialist globalist terrorist nazi leninist maoist fascist eugenicist pedoist or identity fraud on the ballot as a choice.

National Security Background check failures to 1969 say 2024 election won't go to Trump.

>>19373635

nekid taillmud buttstuff candelschtick whine an cheese

>>19373642

Sauce?

>>19373642

How about BIG MIKE

>>19373643

qanon shaman still mad he not side pone no moar butt wurst pone

>>19373650

hillarydoesn;tknowhelostyet.jpeg

They indict Trump and all we get is some ugly chic’s tits?

>>19373642

Make since!

Kamala for President put her in the

HOT SEAT!!!!!

You think Joes gaffes are bad…she’ll be the laughing stock in no time!

Please, please, please

Impeach Joe and Let The Ho become President…

>>19373646

Namefag and

Filtered

Watch them respond anons.

Can't just accept it, shrug it off, and move on.

I'm just one anon, and do not represent the whole board of course.

Doesn't matter. Can't help themselves.

They always have to respond to this because the demons that control them force them to.

>>19373642

Would you rather see nudes of Kamala or Dani?

>>19373643

Wait JFK is supposed to come back, not JFK Jr?

Wouldn't he be 106? Kek

>19373667

gbld

>>19373670

kek'd

>>19373592

>starlink sats

Wonder what the positioning was around HI during the lasering…

>>19373681

I've said make the people that OWN LASERS PROVE THEY WERE NOT USED.

>>19373674

You are supposed to dispose of clothing this stuff gets on, imagine what it does to the lungs.

>>19373669

JFK born 5/29/1917

JFKJR born 11/25/1960

It’s definitely a manipulative operation, not sure which color/side/slide it’s manifesting from…it benefits multiple sources.

Kennedy anything generates revenue/views/likes/interest social media cash cow!

>>19373682

>Q-adjacent

they are learning, albeit slowly, to stop using 'qanon'. That was a loooong kek.

>>19373671

tyvm

>>19373685

Imagine what could happen to the human body, having touched Granny Nurgle.

>>19373683

JFK was a hack. His assassination was a hoax. He was in on it.

>>19373642

Yup

>>19373575

300 pounds of black passion.

Rates: 50¢ each, 3 for $1.

>>19373642

no table

In conclusion.

Just because I want USSF to strap me to a rocket and fire me at Tel-Aviv doesn't mean I'm un-waiverable.

…I'm willing to apply one last time while Brandon is in office. As a civilian if I have to. Heck, I'll even go to Jury Duty!

The only remaining option is to double down, which is funny when shills do it… Patriots, not so much.

At least not for old guard.

Miss ya Q.

>>19373642

>>19373678

Definitely not co-conspirators kek

>>19373643

>jewish guy no one here's ever heard of, dies

>had relationships with news wires, cia and Israel

>>19373696

If only you had facts, not feelings

>>19373696

idiot

>>19373694

instant gang greene infection from the site

>>19373703

You saw an edited video conveniently placed at the scene, square with the incident.

>>19373707

That's all anybody has on the subject. It was a MKUltra event. They played it on tv for years and years. It still pops up in movies.

Anons God Bless and Enjoy. But for now…..

>>19373714

you see The Plan.

is It not Glorious?

>>19373708

heh

>fact

>>jfk

>>19373707

<he fucked marilyn and had back trouble.

<<everything else it questionable

>>19373716

How do you know what I saw?

There was a car ride…

>>19373719

For some more then others, patience = the key.

" this stone was set to wittness"

>>19373704

you are not, in fact, winning.

your belief does not make reality.

you will be crucified alongside the monsters

for lack of discernment.

after the bad shit gets done by the bad men.

type harder

>>19373727

Actually Jackie was a very progressive woman and Marilyn vacationed with the entire family many times.

Palm Springs was a special location for them both with Marilyn… might try digging a bit more around The Legacy in Palm Springs.

Special Side entrances, doors to other rooms and maybe it was clothing optional?

>>19373731

the great psyOPPENHIEMER

>>19373682

There is no QAnon.

There is Q.

There are anons.

QAnon was created by the lazy ass Jewish media scumbags.

if you are lucky.

>>19373744

Yup.

That is how the jews disperse illegal alien niggers and their child bait around the USA.

Welcome to JEWMERICA, people!

>>19373629

Can't. They're anon.

Interesting

>>19373742

I read one of the first Roths, maybe Mayer, got his start under the Oppenheimers. But I don't know how big the Oppenheimer family is or if there are many or just one.

>>19373755

>Can't. They're anon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_hole

That awkward moment when you realize the war on drugs was actually a war on drugs, but it was the CIA waging this war, and this war was waged against rival drug smugglers and runners in order to squash competition