Something is rustling in the Deutsche Bank/Russian oligarch/money laundering/2008 Trump loans story. The media keeps forgetting that Steve Feinberg is inside Deutsche...and our intel apparatus as Chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board. wsj.com/articles/when-…
And Feinberg has a nice little secret squirrel training camp and makes the guns that mass shooters choose. Some weirdness here: newyorker.com/business/curre…
A great chart by @WendySiegelman on the loans from Deutsche Bank and an unusual company, Ladder Capital Finance with 31% growth. Don't overlook that little foot note about the Israeli "King of Diamonds" Lev Leviev. medium.com/@wsiegelman/tr…
Lev Leviev has his own world of troubles in money laundering via diamonds and . As do many of the Russian Israeli oligarchs and associates who hovered around Trump and the election. timesofisrael.com/diamond-smuggl…
As Steve Bannon said; it is all about money laundering but the nexus seems to hover around Russia, Israel and the Gulf, the standard spin cycle for money laundering that needs a US or European cleaner. reuters.com/article/us-eur…
The UAE has made trillions from Russians, Cyprus used to be their favorite "holiday" destination but Russians now like to visit their money in Dubai while staying in overpriced hotels or inside the labyrinths of million dollar condos. theamericanconservative.com/articles/ameri…
Israel along with Malta and Cyprus are favored second passport stops for the wealthy. This creates confusion in the narrative since many of Trump associates can be described as "Israeli" or "Russian" or by dual nationality leading to a confused narrative. haaretz.com/us-news/know-y…
Trump continues to make positive comments about dictators and or support world leaders accused or charged with corruption. Or attack their opponents. Donald knows money and safety is in politics and corruption. But is this a last resort or escape strategy? wbur.org/onpoint/2019/0…
There is no proof of illegal corruption, just the normal corruption that comes with donors and payoffs. But Donald is not really paying off for Russia, Israel or the UAE, he tries, but is blocked. So are we just making the tit for tat corruption story up? globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/c…
Or did "dirty" foreign money transform Trump from a dilettante serial bankrupt into a closely held cash rich family? The tax returns and the rationale for lending him money by these two institutions may be an important answer in telling that story. marketwatch.com/story/donald-t…
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Jamie Raskin takes 72 pages to explain exactly what political weaponization looks like. Few are going to read this, but the shitbags and Russian spies who falsely testified against the President and his family should enjoy some form of very cruel wrath. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subs…
There was also a sideshow where lawyers were dispatched to talk to Russian and FSB assets in Ukraine to invent evidence. This is part of an investigation related to contact with foreign agents. Perp walks, please. businessinsider.com/victoria-toens…
Much of this goes back to the Mueller investigation, where Russians and Russian assets were tasked to influence a pussy mad, broke-ass hick from Queens named Donald Trump. They won. We lost. justice.gov/archives/sco/f…
As I suggested last month, why not expand your reading list to include how people can be creative against oppressive dunces? drive.com.au/caradvice/citr…
"maskirovka" is the Russian term for organized deception. A concept woven into strategic, operational and tactical operations against an enemy. apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA…
Billionaire Peter Thiel starts laying out his plan to destroy social security at around 6 minutes. Keep in mind that people pay into SS throughout their career. At age 70, the maximum benefit is $4,873 per month.
Thiel equates Silicon Valley is to Wokeism as Saudi oil is to Wahhabism. He can't decide which country or state he wants to move to to get zero tax. The man is worth $14 billion. Instead of worrying about how to skint the system, he wants to destroy it. niskanencenter.org/peter-thiels-p…
As with most Libertarians he wants to huff taxpayer money while avoiding paying taxes. As with most tech bros he has the intellectual depth of a puddle but with the benefit of media coverage becomes an expert, insisting he can "fix" things. foundersfund.com
As I said before, America got Brexited. I encourage President Biden to lay bare the expenditures and media plans of both parties. disinfolklore.net/p/how-trump-an…
In Romania, "influencers" were paid by foreign operatives around $85 per post to add three hashtags for every 20,000 followers they had on Tik Tok. The same methodology can be used in the US to reverse engineer who was synced to paid messages.
The TTPs and Russian paid content are easy to track. Dissuading support for Ukraine, degrading social quality and promoting janky sites. Just like Elon has done. religiously since he bought this site. Inflammatory sites custom-tailored to Musk's lack of social intelligence.
Pete "Puddin" It in" Hegseth appeals to our sympathies but he should be feeling the leading edge of a growing insurgency in America. He was in Iraq. He should know how it goes.
Those of us who have spent time in Iraq can feel it. The initial attacks are usually designed to cause missteps in reactions, later ones to deal significant blows. Trump already has an armed circus complete with anti drone tech. Will it get worse come January?
The science of revolution and counter-revolution is well studied. I have posted details but this is the time to calm things down, listen to both sides, find ways to dampen friction..find a middle ground. That ain't happening. The government tends to overcomplicate rebellions.
Nixon demanded suitcases of cash from business backers and the mob. The ex-CIA "Plumbers" did numerous illegal tasks and their roots were in his old VP-era Operation 40 era Bay of Pigs program. Yes, he was our first crook-in-chief. Watergate was just the gig he got caught for.