I think I just answered my question
Politico posted at 1:30 PM EST
The photo was posted by “Q” at 1:16 PM EST
So Politico is now sourcing “Q” ;)
The picture has “POLITICO” written across it, so its origin appears to be Politico. Maybe Q swiped it before they made it public? If so, that would be a cool feat.
But it was their watermark on the pic. That means someone at Politico SHARED IT WITH Q (somehow) BEFORE Politico posted it.
Oh, I was not checking timestamps. Hmmmmm