Great point Casey….the other images
confirm that was a trend or
was it something more nefarious?

Like Red shoes it is a symbol.
Prescot Bush father of Bush Sr and Grandfather of Bush Jr were all NAZIs...nothing is innocent with them... always seeking to deceive.
Satan comes in an attractive package...they go after desires hook you and reel you in.

Nixon Watergate was really about the Pedo lists found.

Portrayed both often and famously in Hollywood, gangsters wearing fedoras was not merely a trope created for the screen. The hat was, in fact, a staple accessory in the closets of some of the most well-known mobsters of all time. The relevance of the fedora then was likely what originally made it appealing to the group.

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