In light of Ron Watkins' announcement that he's running for Congress, there are a LOT of folks -- including analysts I like and respect -- saying he's Q.

I'm not so sure! Ron as *sole author* of the Q drops -- even from January 2018 forward -- seems almost impossible.

Why? 1/6
The photos above are a comparison of times we *know* Q was behind a keyboard -- because they were interacting with other users in 8chan or 8kun threads -- and Ron's tweets (he was EXTREMELY online, though who among us isn't?).

The big gaps are *probably* when each author sleeps.
Ron appears to be sleeping during the late morning to mid-afternoon, Pacific time.

Q appears to be sleeping midnight-ish to 8-ish, Pacific time.

And Q is often active during Ron's (most likely) sleep schedule.

So this strongly suggests Ron and Q are different people, BUT...
There *is* a wealth of circumstantial evidence pointing to Ron having *some* sort of involvement with Q.

There are a few possible solutions to that.

One is that Q was a team of people and Ron was a part of the team, thus generating all those circumstantial connections.
Another is that Ron may have taken over as the exclusive Q author when 8chan went down and came back as 8kun.

8kun Q *was* often lazy and uninspired, posting drops that (for instance) urged people to watch "Hannity."

A third: Ron really isn't Q.

Which is right? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

BUT...
It is exceedingly unlikely that Ron is *the only author* of the Q drops.

P.S. As always, if you have any questions, please feel VERY free to ask.

P.P.S. I know I said it's a 6-post thread but I maaaay come back to add additional evidence & explain some stuff for normies.
UPDATE: OK, yes, I cannot keep my big mouth shut. :D

EXTRA EVIDENCE: my team found metadata attached to 27 of Q's images. 68% of these appeared to be from the West Coast, which is not consistent with Ron's location in Japan.

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POINT TO CLARIFY: You may wonder why the graphs at the top of this thread start in January 2018, when Q's first post was in October of '17.

The reason: most "Ron is Q" arguments suggest that he hijacked the Q account in early January '18.
Also: holy moly, I forgot to add that @kunstderfuge1 made the graphs above. All credit to him, none to me on that.

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“what’s the *most* hygienic, least water-contaminating place to poop if the sewer system breaks down?”

or

“How will I get medication for my loved ones w/no supply chain?”
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That’s diabetes and cancer and a whole host of other conditions. But there’s more!
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once the “writ of mandamus” campaign fails, Tore will shift to a “quo warranto” campaign —

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Trump's enemies were its enemies, and Trump's antipathy towards McCain is well documented. Also, McCain had recently been the critical vote to scuttle Obamacare repeal...
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When you add in the VERY conspiracy-friendly nature of 4/pol/, you start getting into... how shall I put it... the natural consequences of thinking everything's a false flag:

your brain falls the fuck outta your head bc you're so credulous.
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The latest QAA mentioned this — that generating social media content *is* part of the goal for a lot of the school-board harassers.

“It’s a lot like posting,” they said in what I thought was a joke.

And yet…
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We focus mostly on the intimidation side of why these people go to scream at schoolboards — that they…
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UPDATE ON AMERICA’S LARGEST PROTESTANT DENOMINATION:

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It’s a much more general, broad-scope investigation that’s supposed to yield info
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But that would be a “woke” conclusion…
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BEHOLD, A NEW LOST DROP -- our 14th! This one was discovered by @kunstderfuge1.

And THIS one strongly suggests Q was using Tor! How? More on that in a moment, but first: what's the lost drop, and what is Tor?

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Very few people could access it.
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