Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies is behind many of Trump’s judicial nominees, including Kavanaugh. Leonard Leo, Executive Vice President, served as an outside adviser to Trump on the Supreme Court and related judicial selection and confirmation issues.
Leo supported the confirmation of Neal Gorsuch to the Supreme Court and the Roberts and Alito U.S. Supreme Court confirmations in 2005–2006 & raised $15 mn+ from donors like Koch Industries, the Mercer Family Foundation.
Leo’ BH Group donated $1 million to the Trump inauguration in a form of a check, publicly described as anonymous. More here: medium.com/@ZarinaZabrisk…
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2/ 🔴 Rotten Herring propaganda technique prompts a direct association between a person, group or institution and a scandalous accusation.
A false accusation is circulated on SM; bots/trolls push it; the media reports it as a story; it is echoed by many outlets.
3/ A public discussion ensues. After a certain number of repetitions, a negative emotional response is formed about the person, group or institution being falsely accused.
Even if the fake is debunked, the negative association remain, just like the smell of rotten herring.
First TV interview: On the Edge, @IttnerPhilip 's Show (US), with some video interviews and discussions, Aug 5 2024. At this point, most editors didn't believe it exists: thank you, Phil and Byline Times.
⚡Trump’s presidency might put at risk Ukraine’s sovereignty and encourage Russian aggression. His administration’s ties to the Kremlin, history of transactional diplomacy, promises of isolationism might devastate Ukraine and the global community.
🧵+ article for Fresno Alliance
Russian officials celebrated Trump’s victory.
⚫Medvedev tied it to Russia’s war goals
⚫Putin hinted at “dialogue” but referenced an assassination attempt
⚫Patrushev warned of “obligations” Trump must fulfill, ⚫Dugin claimed a “globalist defeat”
“Deripaska has said that he does not separate himself from the Russian state. He has also acknowledged possessing a Russian diplomatic passport, and claims to have represented the Russian government in other countries."
Would #Trump’s new Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, pass a background check? Her daughter Caroline Wiles failed a security clearance in 2016.
🧵Alleged family ties to a Kremlin-linked lobbyist infamous for the Trump Tower “dirt” meeting and lobbying against the Magnitsky Act.
Rinat Akhmetshin, a Russian-born US citizen, a lobbyist with a two-decade relationship with Putin allies, is a longtime associate of Lanny Wiles, ex-husband of Susie Wiles, a known GOP operative and lobbyist.
Lanny Wiles and Akhmetshin worked to undo the Magnitsky Act, a law imposing sanctions on Russian officials.
“I think he works for us. I don’t think he works for them,” said Wiles... who has worked with Akhmetshin for more than 15 years. “But I don’t know what he really does.”