This p*zzagate thing smacks of the McMartin trial, a ref that’ll probably make sense to longtime LA residents. But I don’t think that’s my peculiar association, it points to (a) a longstanding subterranean mythology / metaphor and/or (b) just how deeply the Trumpian lizard brain is mired in the late ’70s / early ‘’80s. Fueled in part by low-budget/low-res horror flicks, where ‘basements’ are a staple because the sets are easy to construct / light / shoot.