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1. If you want to understand why Trump ALWAYS defends the Saudi regime, no matter what, follow the $

Trump has spoken about how much money he has made from Saudis in the past

But, IMO, this is about THE FUTURE, where the payoffs could be much larger

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2. For example, Saudi Arabia is currently planning a new city from scratch called Neom.

Neom is billed as "the world's most ambitious project" with a budget of $500 BILLION

Saudi Arabia just hired Teneo, a consulting firm, to advocate for Neom

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3. Teneo's managing partner, Tony Sayegh, just took a leave of absence from the firm to work at the White House and assist with communications work

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4. At a time when his US properties are floundering, a few Trump-branded towers in Neom could be a MASSIVE payday for Trump and his family

It could really make him a billionaire

Trump has a huge financial incentive to stay on good terms with the Saudis

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1. There were 19 hijackers, not 12

2. There is no evidence tying Soleimani to 9/11

3. Soleimani is a Shiite & the hijackers were Sunnis

4. After 9/11, Soleimani cooperated w/US, providing intelligence against the Taliban

5. Soleimani was a bad guy; Pence's tweet is garbage
REMEMBER: Creating fake ties to 9/11 was the precise strategy used to justify the Iraq War

WE ARE STILL ON THE SAME BS 17 YEARS LATER

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Some of the eventual hijackers did travel through Iran. Here is what the 9/11 Commission said about that
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1. 2019 was my first year as an independent journalist and I learned that this work can still make a big difference

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2. The reporting in my newsletter, Popular Information, shut down online disinformation campaigns on Facebook, exposed fraud in the Trump campaign, and cut off Amazon's assistance to right-wing extremists.

The truth still matters.

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3. I've compiled some of the highlights from the last 12 months. I hope you'll check it out.

My work this year has focused on ACCOUNTABILITY for powerful people and institutions.

There is so much more to be done.

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1. How many Google employees know that, last month, their company contributed $5000 to Devin Nunes?

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2. My guess is very few

And this is part of a much larger problem

A new Harvard study found employees are almost completely unaware of their company's political activity

And this activity is often at odds to the company's stated values

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3. It's a missed opportunity because the same Harvard study found that most people working for large corporations believe the political activity of other companies is a big problem and favor reform.

But they believe THEIR company is an exception

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