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@ItIsIMack @loonyberg @gapadroroh @ninaandtito @DirkSchwenk @MichaellMeister @lovetogive2 @YDanasmithdutra @Stephaniefishm4 @kelly2277 @RighteousBabe4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @Ex67T20 @MsMariaT @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @brazencapital 1/ Grateful to @YDanasmithdutra for this gobsmacking article (recap thread⤵️). Billions in USmilitary contracts, corrupt Pentagon bidding process, money laundering for Pakistan🇵🇰, Syria🇸🇾, Russia🇷🇺, 13 US lobbying firms happy to take blood money: (more...)
@ItIsIMack @loonyberg @gapadroroh @ninaandtito @DirkSchwenk @MichaellMeister @lovetogive2 @YDanasmithdutra @Stephaniefishm4 @kelly2277 @RighteousBabe4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @Ex67T20 @MsMariaT @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @brazencapital 3/ Paul Behrends, currently a lobbyist for KG via Crowell & Moring (Victoria Toensing's firm [and wherever Toensing hangs out, Erik Prince can't be far behind🙄 ... the very definition of the DC swamp (more...)
@ItIsIMack @loonyberg @gapadroroh @ninaandtito @DirkSchwenk @MichaellMeister @lovetogive2 @YDanasmithdutra @Stephaniefishm4 @kelly2277 @RighteousBabe4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @Ex67T20 @MsMariaT @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @brazencapital 4/ Behrends' CV in a single paragraph from this comprehensive Jul 20 2017 article:
~Afghan mujahideen
~Got Erik Prince internship
~Chief lobbyist at Jack Abramoff firm
~Now Peter Thiel confidant
~Chief Capitol Hill contact for Veselnitskaya/Akhmetshin...
@ItIsIMack @loonyberg @gapadroroh @ninaandtito @DirkSchwenk @MichaellMeister @lovetogive2 @YDanasmithdutra @Stephaniefishm4 @kelly2277 @RighteousBabe4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @Ex67T20 @MsMariaT @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @brazencapital @SchreckReports 7/
Communications/Staffing:
Steve Bannon ⛪️
The Congressman:
Dana Rohrabacher (2nd marriage in Catholic⛪️)
The Lobbyist:
Paul Behrends⛪️
Military Industrial Complex:
Peter Thiel⛪️
The Opportunist:
Erik Prince (not Catholic, but IMOH he's opportunist, not leader)
@ItIsIMack @loonyberg @gapadroroh @ninaandtito @DirkSchwenk @MichaellMeister @lovetogive2 @YDanasmithdutra @Stephaniefishm4 @kelly2277 @RighteousBabe4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @Ex67T20 @MsMariaT @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @brazencapital @SchreckReports 8/ ⛪️= Catholic in previous tweet
Behrends graduated from Xavier (Jesuit College/Cincinnati) in 1981, joined USMC and met Rohrabacher (DR henceforward) in Afghanistan🇦🇫 while fighting w/the mujahideen. DR was Reagan speechwriter who became Cali Congressman in 1988. (more...)
@ItIsIMack @loonyberg @gapadroroh @ninaandtito @DirkSchwenk @MichaellMeister @lovetogive2 @YDanasmithdutra @Stephaniefishm4 @kelly2277 @RighteousBabe4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @Ex67T20 @MsMariaT @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @brazencapital @SchreckReports 9/ "Behrends then went to work for Rohrabacher’s office for most of the ’90s, helping a college-age Erik Prince score a job as the California Republican’s 👉first 👈 congressional intern." [Per Wikipedia entry for Erik Prince, this happened in 1990.]
📷DR w/RR 1986 (Wikipedia):
@ItIsIMack @loonyberg @gapadroroh @ninaandtito @DirkSchwenk @MichaellMeister @lovetogive2 @YDanasmithdutra @Stephaniefishm4 @kelly2277 @RighteousBabe4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @Ex67T20 @MsMariaT @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @brazencapital @SchreckReports 10/ In 1997, Erik Prince (henceforward EDP] founds Blackwater USA after leaving USN SEAL program in 1995 upon the death of his father; in 1996 his mother sells the family business for $1.35 billion. Behrends is Blackwater's lobbyist. (more...)
@ItIsIMack @loonyberg @gapadroroh @ninaandtito @DirkSchwenk @MichaellMeister @lovetogive2 @YDanasmithdutra @Stephaniefishm4 @kelly2277 @RighteousBabe4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @Ex67T20 @MsMariaT @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @brazencapital @SchreckReports 12/ Attending DR's 1997 wedding in France🇫🇷 is this fella, a board member of the Steamboat (Springs Colorado🏞️) Institute (a Koch institute):
"Hofmeister remarried fourteen years ago to JoAnne Carmony, a realtor from Fullerton, California. (con't)
@ItIsIMack @loonyberg @gapadroroh @ninaandtito @DirkSchwenk @MichaellMeister @lovetogive2 @YDanasmithdutra @Stephaniefishm4 @kelly2277 @RighteousBabe4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @Ex67T20 @MsMariaT @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @brazencapital @SchreckReports 13/...The two met at a wedding in France. Hofmeister was a friend of the groom, California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, and Carmony was the mother of the bride. And after a 3-year courtship, the two were married and now split their time between California and Indiana." (more...)
@ItIsIMack @loonyberg @gapadroroh @ninaandtito @DirkSchwenk @MichaellMeister @lovetogive2 @YDanasmithdutra @Stephaniefishm4 @kelly2277 @RighteousBabe4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @Ex67T20 @MsMariaT @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @brazencapital @SchreckReports 15/ "In 2004, he [Behrends] became chief lobbyist for Alexander Strategy Group, a firm with close ties to former House Majority Leader Tom Delay that has been described as “ground zero” in the Abramoff scandal because of its entanglements with the disgraced lobbyist." (more...)
@ItIsIMack @loonyberg @gapadroroh @ninaandtito @DirkSchwenk @MichaellMeister @lovetogive2 @YDanasmithdutra @Stephaniefishm4 @kelly2277 @RighteousBabe4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @Ex67T20 @MsMariaT @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @brazencapital @SchreckReports 16/ (Previous quote and this one⤵️ from Politico Jul 2017.)
"Ties between the four men run deep: Abramoff, Behrends and Prince all gave generously to a fund Rohrabacher created to pay for expenses related to the 2004 birth of his triplets, according to a report in OC Weekly."
@ItIsIMack @loonyberg @gapadroroh @ninaandtito @DirkSchwenk @MichaellMeister @lovetogive2 @YDanasmithdutra @Stephaniefishm4 @kelly2277 @RighteousBabe4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @Ex67T20 @MsMariaT @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @brazencapital @SchreckReports 17/ "At least 5 months before the April 2004 birth of his triplets, Rohrabacher launched a fund-raising campaign...to help to cover his personal expenses related to raising his kids." (more...)
Jan 30 2014:
ocweekly.com/how-dana-rohra…
@ItIsIMack @loonyberg @gapadroroh @ninaandtito @DirkSchwenk @MichaellMeister @lovetogive2 @YDanasmithdutra @Stephaniefishm4 @kelly2277 @RighteousBabe4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @Ex67T20 @MsMariaT @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @brazencapital @SchreckReports 18/ Behrends has experience lobbying for Kuwait🇰🇼:
"In addition to Blackwater...lobbying disclosures show Behrends also performed highly lucrative work for 👉various defense contractors and mining interests, as well as Kuwaiti🇰🇼 industrial firms👈..." (more...)
@ItIsIMack @loonyberg @gapadroroh @ninaandtito @DirkSchwenk @MichaellMeister @lovetogive2 @YDanasmithdutra @Stephaniefishm4 @kelly2277 @RighteousBabe4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @Ex67T20 @MsMariaT @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @brazencapital @SchreckReports 19/ Funny how all these RWNJs found each other after President Obama's inauguration🤔: "In 2009, Behrends first became acquainted w/[Peter] Thiel." During the 2016 RNC in Cleveland, "Behrends arranged a meeting between Thiel and Jeno Megyesy, a senior adviser to Hungarian🇭🇺...
@ItIsIMack @loonyberg @gapadroroh @ninaandtito @DirkSchwenk @MichaellMeister @lovetogive2 @YDanasmithdutra @Stephaniefishm4 @kelly2277 @RighteousBabe4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @Ex67T20 @MsMariaT @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @brazencapital @SchreckReports 20/ ...Prime Minister Orban🇭🇺... when Thiel was holed up at a house in nearby Shaker Heights, Ohio, according to a person briefed on the meeting. More recently, Behrends facilitated meetings on the Hill in June to give Megyesy a chance to lobby against... (con't)
@ItIsIMack @loonyberg @gapadroroh @ninaandtito @DirkSchwenk @MichaellMeister @lovetogive2 @YDanasmithdutra @Stephaniefishm4 @kelly2277 @RighteousBabe4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @Ex67T20 @MsMariaT @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @brazencapital @SchreckReports 21/ ...a proposed congressional resolution condemning Orban for his harsh treatment of migrants and his efforts to 'stifle any opposition to his rule, including by suppressing free speech and assembly, from universities, civil society groups, and independent think tanks.'” (more)
@ItIsIMack @loonyberg @gapadroroh @ninaandtito @DirkSchwenk @MichaellMeister @lovetogive2 @YDanasmithdutra @Stephaniefishm4 @kelly2277 @RighteousBabe4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @Ex67T20 @MsMariaT @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @brazencapital @SchreckReports 22/ "Behrends also became involved with the Institute of World Politics, a graduate school in DuPont Circle w/close ties to the Europe right, doing a stint on the school’s board that ended in 2013, and forming a relationship w/👉Sebastian Gorka👈, a Hungarian-American prof...
@ItIsIMack @loonyberg @gapadroroh @ninaandtito @DirkSchwenk @MichaellMeister @lovetogive2 @YDanasmithdutra @Stephaniefishm4 @kelly2277 @RighteousBabe4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @Ex67T20 @MsMariaT @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @brazencapital @SchreckReports 23/...at the school who now works at the WH as a national security adviser to Trump [but who left in Aug 2017 when Bannon exited]." "From 2014 to 2016, Gorka was an editor for national security affairs for Breitbart News, where he worked for Steve Bannon."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian…
@ItIsIMack @loonyberg @gapadroroh @ninaandtito @DirkSchwenk @MichaellMeister @lovetogive2 @YDanasmithdutra @Stephaniefishm4 @kelly2277 @RighteousBabe4 @ThomasS4217 @MountainsStars @Ex67T20 @MsMariaT @MelissaJPeltier @DerWouter @MingGao26 @gregolear @craigunger @911CORLEBRA777 @ellyn_gesell @brazencapital @SchreckReports 24/ Here's why I gave Bannon the Communications/Staffing role: Mercer began his political donations in 2010 (CitizensUnited upheld in Jan 2010), w/this campaign, whose treasurer was 👉Jason Miller👈(who became DJT's campaign spox). more...
Sep 24, 2010:
huffpost.com/entry/peter-de…
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