Q: "Crumbs are being dropped and missed."
Why would someone have a numbered list with numbers purposefully removed?
Hypothesis:
Because they correspond to dates.
The 15th starts on the weekend.
State officials are busy, and can probably have one or two major meetings per day.
[-48] = 2 days
Today is March 5th.
What is Item 7 on the list?
What/Who has Q brought up the last few drops?
"The more you know…"
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