Keystone ..... again? There have been numerous speculations on what Q meant by keystone. Some linked it to the pipeline, others linked it to the SES, the protected and elite management class of the civil service.  This post is not meant to divulge what Q meant, but rather add some food for thought.  Of course, by now, most of us are well aware of the significante of an actual keystone. It is the stone in an arch, that locks the arch up. Without it, the arch would collapse.  From nature there is an additional angle in the form of a keystone species.  I go from the supposition that the word: foodchain in nature is an understood concept. insects of all kinds are fed on by birds, frogs, etc, which in turn are eaten by bigger predators, which in turn are eaten by those at the top of the foodchain. And, when all these predators die, the maggots do the rest.  In her book: What we can learn from Wolves, Elli Radinger, writes quite fondly of this type of predator in an amazing and thoughtful way, especially reagarding the chances occurring since it's reintroduction in Yellowstone.  You can read another angle here What makes this concept of keystone species interesting is that it turns the foodchain idea completely upside down. Instead of looking up, the looking is downward. Without the keystone species, the natural habitat of many species changes. Imbalances occur, and ultimately decimating biodiversity, meaning, the environment in which other species live, is adversely impacted, leading to the disappearance of necessary species both in the animal kingdom, as well as in terms of plants and soil quality.  ........ You see where I am going with this?  So, instead of thinking of a deep state arch that needs to taken down, by removing the keystone, it is important, in order to change a dying and eroding environment to introduce a species that will bring balance back to a habitat, and change that particular habitat.  Wolves have done that for Yellowstone.  So ..... What if the keystone in "The Swamp", is a predator, hunting for certain current dominant swamp creatures, that make it impossible for other species to thrive, and turn it into a deadzone? ........ Hunters become the hunted .......