its just Q decoders who believe they can discern specific dates or deadlines or key markers where significant and undeniable events will happen. This hardly ever pans out, probably by design.

That's what I understand too.

I'm not sure why everyone assumed that all of this would go down before the inauguration. It's a slow purge. Draining the swamp isn't a one day job.

There was never an actual date, everything is assumption. It's called "datefagging"