Jeffrey Epstein: The Back Channel Operator

The Epstein Files place Epstein in active correspondence with key political, financial, and foreign state-adjacent operatives throughout the 2014–2018 period.

JE walked the halls of power — he was not banished.

open.substack.com/pub/karolcummi… Epstein was not commenting on events from the sidelines. He was communicating with figures positioned to shape, amplify, or exploit them.

He communicated with Steve Bannon, Peter Thiel, Russian operative Sergey Belyakov (FSB), Saudi officials among many others.

I am working on an assignment channeling Imogen Cunningham’s style and aesthetic.

What I love best about her work, is the way in which she highlights the simplicity of shape and form of her subjects.

Which images do you think best reflects her style & aesthetic?

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🧵Handing Putin the Crimea and the Donbas regions and lifting sanctions was the original Quid Pro Quo Trump owed Russia for their help in winning the 2016 and 2024 US election.

Let’s revisit a timeline and take a walk down memory lane. 2016: Manafort told Russian intel agent (GRU) Konstantin Kilimnik prior to March 2016 that he would be joining that Trump campaign. “Manafort used Kilimnik to send private messages to three Ukrainian oligarchs...”

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‼️The large, folding map summarizes Technocracy’s autarchic program.

It envisions much of the Americas and eastern Pacific basin as merged into a single “Technate of America”, to be ruled by a technically skilled, empirically-driven, non-partisan elite. search.app/S3cTLjWmAYqiPk… The “Technate” is shown in red on the map stretching from Greenland west to the International Date Line and south to encompass the Caribbean and parts of Columbia, Venezuela and the Guyanas.

I had an interesting “chat” w/ GROK re an analysis of Trumps narratives, actions & policies since 2017, that align with Putin (UKR) & whether he is a proxy. From there delved into historical parallels, election help/UKR quid pro quo & global reaction.

x.com/i/grok/share/h… The results (discussed above) paint a very clear picture — rarely does one find a smoking gun. However, “high confidence” is enough to ring alarm bells in my opinion.

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🧵Handing Putin Ukraine and lifting sanctions was the original Quid Pro Quo Trump owed Russia for their help in winning the 2016 and 2024 US election.

Let’s revisit a timeline and take a walk down memory lane. 2016: Manafort told Russian intelligence agent Konstantin Kilimnik prior to March 2016 that he would be joining that Trump campaign. “Manafort used Kilimnik to send private messages to Russia, Ukrainian oligarchs and to Deripaska.”

lawfaremedia.org/article/collus…

Trump crypto venture partners with a crypto platform known as Tron which is linked to Middle East militants

Tron is a vehicle for crypto transfers associated with groups designated as terror orgs by Israel and the US. reuters.com/technology/tru… Trump's new crypto venture partners with crypto platform linked to Hamas and Hezbollah

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Manipulation, greed and power: The untold story of Opus Dei english.elpais.com/international/… Opus Dei has devoted many resources towards increasing its influence in the United States.

It’s no coincidence that it has flourished in times of deep division and cultural wars.

Opus Dei feeds on all that and on misinformation.

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FBI raids defense contractor Carahsoft

Carahsoft provides IT services and software to the Pentagon and other public-sector clients.

It has secured billions of dollars in contracts with agencies like the SSA, SEC and the Department of Treasury nextgov.com/acquisition/20… US Investigating SAP, Carahsoft for Possible Price-Fixing

DOJ investigating billions in purchases from SAP over a decade
Other companies under scrutiny in civil False Claims Act probe

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