Everyone knows Leon Black's financial ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Did you know he's been friendly with the Trump family since at least 1996? Steve Bannon? Oleg Deripaska, whose company was identified as a source for Putin to funnel money to U.S. politicians? From the Senate report:
The screenshot in the tweet above is from this post on Trump File, but the section in the screenshot is from the Senate Intelligence Committee report. trumpfile.org/donald-trump-m…
In 2019, the House overwhelmingly voted to sanction Rusal, the Oleg Deripaska company used by Putin to influence politicians. When the vote reached the Senate, Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul blocked it. Why? Because Rusal was investing in their state. trumpfile.org/mcconnell-lead…
Deripaska's name also shows up in 2016 between Paul Manafort and the Trump campaign. Manafort owed Deripaska a lot of money and offered intel on the campaign as payment. trumpfile.org/paul-manafort-…
Call me crazy, but even if Manafort wasn't a Russian asset, maybe political campaigns shouldn't be allowed to employ people who owe a debt to a foreign operative. And maybe lawmakers who vote to do business with one of Putin's puppets should be immediately investigated.
"Jeffrey Epstein had ties to Putin/Russia through Leon Black? It could be a coincidence."
Epstein's partner: Ghislaine Maxwell.
Ghislaine's father: Robert Maxwell.
One of Robert's crime partners: Semion Mogilevich.
THREAD: I'm going to read this article on 17 disinformation techniques used by Russia and see how they relate to what we're seeing in the U.S. today. bylinetimes.com/2020/03/04/big…
#1 - Creating a narrative that the West is losing power and influence, because of other countries and global organizations.
We see this in the U.S. with many Trump narratives. It's especially clear in the Trump/GOP lie that Democrats are owned by China and only they can save us.
#2 - Normalizing extremist voices.
This one's obvious with the GOP normalization of people like Alex Jones, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mike Lindell, Lin Wood. But even look at Fox News right now and you'll hear them defending white extremist militia members and "Cue"Anon believers.
Three years ago today, Alex Jones told his audience that he shares "Q" conspiracies because THE WHITE HOUSE asked him to. trumpfile.org/alex-jones-cla…
Jones told his viewers that Q must be legit because the White House wants him and others like Jerome Corsi to cover it. He also said Pentagon officials told him that Q is "forecasting what they'd like to see happen." Now he says it was fake from the start. trumpfile.org/alex-jones-cla…
I've just updated the post with more info. On the SAME DAY that Jones told viewers the White House wants him to cover Q, he was issued a business visa in Russia. trumpfile.org/alex-jones-cla…
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"The Trump administration is no longer a transnational crime syndicate masquerading as a government, but... there is still a transnational crime syndicate." - @sarahkendzior
This is the first Gaslit Nation without Trump in office, & I am stoked! I'm making a drink to celebrate.
"Putin and his cronies love to scare Russians into submission by saying 'If you overthrow us, you're going to go back to the chaos and poverty and instability of the 1990s.'" - Andrea
Does anyone else think that sounds like the GOP? "We protect you from communist horrors!" 🙃
(THREAD) Last week, Donald Trump Jr. joined Telegram, the app that conservatives are treating like Parler. He is one of many verified members of "Conservatives on Telegram (COT)," a network of GOP accounts managed by one group or person. But who is really behind the movement?
I've been trying to answer that question, and I can't find a simple answer. COT isn't a huge project like Parler. The outlet (Telegram) already existed without the GOP's involvement. All they have to pay for is the COT website and someone to manage the network of accounts.
Since there's not a money trail to follow or a CEO to research, I looked into the people in the COT network. What I uncovered is an interesting relationship between Turning Point USA, newly elected Republicans, and a political consulting firm called X Strategies.
Donald Trump Jr. has surpassed his father for the first time in his life. Unfortunately, Telegram subscribers don't matter much.
If you consider Don Jr. a politician, then consider the other politicians who have verified Telegram accounts managed by the same people as Don Jr. Those would be Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene. (Madison Cawthorn's has been set up, but he hasn't claimed it).
To make sure you know it's him, Don Jr. filmed a special video just for Telegram... and then he didn't stop. After the intro video (below), he's basically been campaigning through other videos exclusively on Telegram.
1. Trump Taj Mahal opened on April 2, 1990, and it was already tied to transnational organized crime. trumpfile.org/trump-taj-maha…
2. Trump told supporters that moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem was to fulfill a biblical prophecy. In reality, he was just returning a favor. trumpfile.org/trump-announce…
3. Just 24 hours after announcing William Barr's resignation, Trump tells Jeffrey Rosen to use the DOJ to support election conspiracies. - 12/15/2020 trumpfile.org/trump-pressure…