Pardon me for mentioning what may already be looming in everyone's minds, but I haven't seen it discussed yet and thought I would throw a seed crystal into the supercooled medium of this page.
I am not a Q fanatic, so I take no arrows for being imprecise in my reference, but I seem to recall that Q placed a specific emphasis on how the "First Arrest" would have galvanizing significance.
In light of recent events, I would float the speculation that the First Arrest will be of President Trump.
It has some interesting explanatory power. First of all, if Trump is in a state of "devolved" authority, being arrested by an occupying foreign power is probably a "red line" that would finally trigger military countermeasures. Secondly, it would fit exactly well with the entire document scenario (a tar-baby trap with the documents as bait) and Trump's seemingly strange ebullience over the whole subject, as though he is itching for the trap to spring. The "trap" in this case being his arrest and getting the Deep State to cross the Rubicon that his Presidential Executive Orders anticipated.
There may be more along the same theme, but I think fellow anons can grab this bone and chew on it. Please do so. I would love to see if I am on the right beam.
And Epstein's arrest did NOT shock the world...at least not for more than a moment. Who talks about Epstein today? No one. I certainly don't. Same thing with "mass popular awakening." Nope. Hasn't happened. The only thing most people know about Gislaine Maxwell is that she has an odd first name. The possible linkages to government officials is in the land of titillation, not of serious corruption concerns.
I'm just a realist. These events are publicly meaningless. The key events haven't happened---based on outcomes. We have to stop indulging our own wish fulfillment fantasies and see things for what they are. Right now, Trump and the Deep State are on the verge of personal combat---and Trump's favorite sport is boxing.