I’ve written about the FBI’s campaign against sex trafficking, Operation Cross-Country, in some earlier Storm threads.

Well, it appears the FBI is ratcheting it up even more.

Members of the NXIVM cult have been arrested in the past few days. And there is some seriously disturbing stuff being alleged, including the literal branding of women by cult leader Keith Raniere, sexual blackmail, and this little gem about a foundation (with a decidedly Orwellian/Lewisian name) created by cult co-founder, Nancy Salzman:

A Vancouver woman filed a complaint in August saying she was recruited by Salzman to take part in one of the experiments in 2016, where she was hooked up to a brain activity monitor and shown disturbing footage of murder and rape.

I won’t do more here now than to give some links to articles on the subject because it is so sprawling. But take the time to read them all.

Raniere arrested.

The complaint alleges that many of the victims had Raniere’s initials “branded in their pubic regions” with a cauterizing pen in a “tribute” that could last 30 minutes. “During the branding ceremonies, slaves were required to be fully naked, and the master would order one slave to film while the other held down the slave being branded,” the complaint said.

Salzman’s home is raided.

Smallville actress Allison Mack might be a key recruiter for the sex cult.

There have been Weinsteinesque intimidation tactics used to silence reporters digging too deep into NXIVM.

Now for some random thoughts:

Recall in the earliest storm threads that I mentioned that Hollywood, big money, and the Deep State are inexorably linked. This is all part of the storm. And it appears Hollywood is going to be blowing up verrrrry soon.

There are also ties between these cult members and the Clinton Global Initiative that bears further investigation. Salzman, for one, is a dues-paying member. Clinton lawyer (and now judge) Richard Mays, Roger Stone, and the father of the sleazy, corrupt Kirsten Gillibrand were all on the NXIVM payroll.

Speaking of Ms. Gillibrand, remember this tweet from President Trump?

Lightweight Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a total flunky for Chuck Schumer and someone who would come to my office “begging” for campaign contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them), is now in the ring fighting against Trump. Very disloyal to Bill & Crooked-USED! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 12, 2017

“and would do anything for them”…hmm….

Read all the above links and follow me down this rabbit hole which is pure speculation and just thinking out loud. But judge for yourselves:

Perhaps M.I.A. saw a lot of bad shit when she was with Bronfman and gave some dirt to Assange.

Assange is relatively tight with The Donald.

Was Assange’s tweet a shot above the bow of the H.M.S. Hollyweird?

The Donald is quite familiar with the ways of Hollywood movers-and-shakers and he also appointed Christopher Wray as the head of an FBI that just raided these folks…

I think when this is all over, years from now, we’re going to find out that elements of the Pizzagate theory really aren’t so far from the mark after all…