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Casey Michel 🇰🇿

@cjcmichel

11 Oct

The 1680 Pueblo Revolt should absolutely be more widely remembered in the US—greatest anti-colonial victory on the eventual territory of the US until the American Revolution:

Bit on how the Lakota in particular quashed French dreams of continent-wide empire in North America:

(These are from: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/978030021…)

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Casey Michel 🇰🇿

@cjcmichel

10 Oct

'Baker McKenzie has worked for a range of clients in other capacities that are not required to be disclosed in lobbying or FARA disclosures.

'Those clients include Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky and fugitive Malaysian financier Jho Low' opensecrets.org/news/2021/10/p…

"Baker McKenzie is an architect and pillar of a shadow economy, often called ‘offshore,’ that benefits the wealthy at the expense of nations’ treasuries and ordinary citizens’ wallets." abajournal.com/news/article/p…

Baker McKenzie 'did work for sanctioned Russian banks and arms makers, as well as the kingpins behind some of the world’s largest alleged heists' justsecurity.org/78506/closing-…

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Casey Michel 🇰🇿

@cjcmichel

5 Oct

NEW: The #PandoraPapers taught us plenty—especially about how South Dakota exploded into an offshore haven, and who’s behind some of the anonymous wealth that has flooded the state.

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

@TheAtlantic

(Huge shoutout to @TheAtlantic’s art team—never thought I’d see a day when I could have “scrilla” in a piece on offshoring and dirty money.)

South Dakota trusts are the gold standard for anyone looking to hide money—forever. They can:

—List you as both settlor and beneficiary
—Last for centuries (or longer)
—Never reveal who’s behind them to other governments
—Never reveal who’s moving the money

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Casey Michel 🇰🇿

@cjcmichel

3 Oct

‘The US emerges from the leak as a leading tax haven. The files suggest the state of South Dakota, in particular, is sheltering billions of dollars in wealth linked to individuals previously accused of serious financial crimes.’ theguardian.com/news/2021/oct/…

Want to know how the US transformed into the world’s biggest offshore haven? Or why Delaware, South Dakota, and other states became the go-to for anyone looking to hide dirty money?

Pre-order AMERICAN KLEPTOCRACY (out next month!) here: read.macmillan.com/lp/american-kl…

#pandorapapers

‘The #PandoraPapers expose how foreign political and corporate leaders or their relatives moved money and other assets in recent years from international tax havens to even more secretive American trust companies, including those in South Dakota.’ washingtonpost.com/business/2021/…

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Casey Michel 🇰🇿

@cjcmichel

25 Sep

@UrbanAchievr

This is nuts: Here’s former US VP Mike Pence shaking hands with Milorad Dodik, a figure directly sanctioned by the US for his ongoing efforts to break up Bosnia. ht @UrbanAchievr

https://twitter.com/poskokstweets/status/1441285717121015808

@VP45

This is either a monumental blunder by @VP45’s team—or a sign (or confirmation) that the GOP has completely given up on US policy in the Balkans. Either way, an awful, awful look.