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Roger Donaldson – „Thirteen Days“ (2000)Dieser Film ist heute vielleicht nur noch schwer zu vermitteln. Und das nicht nur, weil die Sowjetunion schon länger tot ist, als Fidel Castro, sondern vor allem, weil da kein JFK mehr im Weißen Haus residiert, sondern eben Donald Trump. Und was diesem noch einfallen wird, um die drohende Wahlniederlage im November abzuwenden, vermag ich nicht vorherzusagen. Kuba jedenfalls, ist quasi als nächstes Ziel prädestiniert, um von dem Debakel das diese Administration für die U.S.A. und die Welt ist, abzulenken. (3Sat, Wh.)
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I do not GAF who #KenGriffin is in real life or the fact that he made a ton of money through being a hedge fund manager. That's that job where basically you play with other people's money and come out stinking rich on the other side.
The editors at the #WashingtonPost have forgotten their journalistic past. They have mostly forgotten what it means to take a stand and call out assholes such as Donald Trump for being the greed monsters and terrible people that they are.
It was #BobWoodward and #CarlBernstein at the Post who helped expose the unethical and seedy side of #American politics. It was those two reporters along with several other writers at national newspapers during the seventies who helped in bringing about the downfall of President Richard #Nixon.
The new WaPo editors and owner have completely forgotten this history and why people today are tired of the ultra-rich behaving like extortionists. For the Post to come to the defense of Griffin as if unfettered capitalism always came first in every instance is really disingenuous and absolutely misleading.
Jeff Bezos' bold greed and his awful brand are really on display here. Bezos owns the Washington Post. Bezos always was a hack who drove a lot of independent American book publishers and also book stores out of business when Amazon was founded. The transition point started when Amazon started selling books and launched the online Kindle book selling service. The point of starting Kindle was to strategically and financially undercut all of the brick-and-mortar book stores. This was also billionaire Sam Walton's ruthless strategy: Walmart was single-handedly responsible for putting many smaller mom-and-pop retail stores across the Midwest and the rest of America out of business during the late 1980's and 1990's.
PS - See the blue backdrop in the photo of Ken Griffin? #MichaelMilken who founded Drexel Burnham Lambert was the low-life businessman who was *the* junk bond king during the 1980's. Gen X'ers: remember the Savings & Loan scandals that made their way to US Congress? That was Milken and his cronies (see the image in my comments that briefly explains how that occurred). The financier Michael Milken was PARDONED by Donald #Trump in 2020.
These people are all on the same payroll. They are avaricious beyond reproach. That just means people such as #Bezos are so greedy and that they've lost touch with reality to the point where they will run over everybody to procure even more money for their off-shore accounts.
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New York Mayor #Zohran #Mamdani has been scrambling to come up with money to fund a major expansion of city government, and he has put the politics of envy at the center of his effort. This is bound to be a fiscal failure, but it’s already a moral one.
The conversations animating the Editorial Board, delivered to your inbox every TuesdayLast month, the social-media-savvy socialist filmed a video outside the New York home of billionaire Ken Griffin. He told viewers who lived there and declared, “We’re taxing the rich.” Why pick on the hedge fund manager?
The mayor didn’t accuse Griffin of violating any laws or even dodging taxes. His only crime was owning a nice penthouse — that is, being a successful person. Griffin said Tuesday that the video was “creepy and weird.” It was also unethical.
“He seems to have forgotten that the CEO of another American company was assassinated just blocks from where I live in New York,” the Citadel chief executive noted, referencing the assassination of #UnitedHealthcare ’s #BrianThompson in December 2024.
Luigi Mangione, awaiting trial for that premeditated murder, has inspired copycat violence aimed at the affluent. New court filings allege that the Los Angeles man charged with starting last year’s deadly Palisades Fire was also motivated by Mangione. When investigators asked him why someone might commit arson, he “responded that it would be out of resentment of the rich enjoying their money,” prosecutors say.
Mamdani’s office said the mayor wants “all New Yorkers to succeed” and that this is about reforming the tax code. Yet such an egregious video isn’t about a good-faith debate over fiscal policy. It’s about vilifying Griffin.
To class warriors like Mamdani, success in a capitalist economy is akin to theft. Entrepreneurs don’t provide services for their customers; they steal from them and spend the money on themselves while others suffer. This is the opposite of reality...
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For over 30 years, the identity of Deep Throat was one of the biggest secrets in U.S. history. Bob Woodward finally tells all.
#Books #Bookreview #BobWoodward #Watergate #SecretSource #BookBlog
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Trust. Loyalty. Risk. The bond between Bob Woodward and Mark Felt changed the course of U.S. history. Read the full review.
#Books #BobWoodward #MarkFelt #DeepThroat #AmericanHistory #BookLovers
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/425546/ Bob Woodward, 89, Shares How His Dating Life Changed After Sex Symbol Robert Redford Played Him in “All the President’s Men” #AllThePresident'sMen #BobWoodward #CarlBernstein #Celebrities #DustinHoffman #Éire #Entertainment #IE #Ireland #RobertRedford #WoodwardAndBernstein
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Bob Woodward writes with honesty and clarity. His book about Deep Throat is a must-read for every history lover.
#Books #BobWoodward #DeepThroat #HistoryLovers #BookRecommendation #Watergate
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A parking garage. Late-night meetings. A secret that lasted decades. The story of Deep Throat is one you won't forget.
#DeepThroat #WatergateScandle #BobWoodward #HistoryBooks #BookReview #Books
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Bob Woodward kept a secret for over 30 years. That secret changed American history. Find out who Deep Throat really was.
#Watergate #DeepThroat #BookReview #BobWoodward #MarkFelt #books
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Bob Woodward says he is ‘crushed’ by Washington Post layoffs https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/06/bob-woodward-washington-post-layoffs #WashingtonPost #BobWoodward #Media #UsPressAndPublishing #UsPolitics #UsNews #WashingtonDc #WorldNews #Newspapers
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These people, and others at the #WashingtonPost, were heroes to me when I was 18 years old in 1974, watching their work bring down #Nixon and his cadre of thugs.
This was long before the movie, the accolades, and the judgement of history. I was still a teenager, but I knew right from wrong.
And I know Jeff #Bezos isn’t fit to scrub their toilets.
Which is a more honorable job than anything he has done, or ever will do.
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[Source: Variety]
Mark Ruffalo and Ethan Hawke on the relevance of their all-star live-read of “All the President’s Men”
TAGS: #MarkRuffalo #EthanHawke #Variety #AllThePresidentsMen #BobWoodward #CarlBernstein #Hollywood #Film #Movies #Cinema
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CBS News’ Robert Costa, Fourth Estate Honoree, Tells Crowd Of Covering Politics, Particularly In Trump Era: “You Never Know How The Story Will Turn”
#News #Politics #BobWoodward #ElectionLine #FourthEstateAward #NationalPressClub #RobertCostahttps://deadline.com/2025/12/cbs-news-robert-costa-national-press-club-1236644517/
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Making a Watergate cake today for someone’s birthday party and it is not a recipe name that has aged well…
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Robert Redford’s Activism Influenced The Environmental Movement, But He Pursued Politics His Own Way
#News #Politics #BobWoodward #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #RobertRedfordhttps://deadline.com/2025/09/robert-redford-politics-activism-1236545599/
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Bob Woodward Pays Tribute To Robert Redford, Shares Actor’s Thoughts On Politics In Recent Years: “We Don’t Have Nixon Anymore, We Have Trump”
#News #Obituaries #Politics #AllthePresident039sMen #BobWoodward #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #RobertRedfordhttps://deadline.com/2025/09/robert-redford-bob-woodward-trump-interview-1236545869/
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#OnThisDay in 2020, #DonaldTrump purposely downplays the pandemic in early 2020 to avoid panic according to #BobWoodward's new book "Rage".
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@mspopok.bsky.social reacts to a win this week for investigative journalist #BobWoodward and his publisher against Trump in NY in a money fight over the ownership of the #TrumpTapes. A Federal Judge just found Trump can't sue for $50 million because he is NOT the "co-author" youtu.be/6-QSkPfRsHI?...
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Judge Dismisses Donald Trump’s Lawsuit Against Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster And Paramount Global
#News #Politics #BobWoodward #DonaldTrump #ElectionLine #Paramountglobal #SimonSchusterhttps://deadline.com/2025/07/trump-bob-woodward-lawsuit-dismissed-1236463074/
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Judge Dismisses #Trump ’s $50M “#TrumpTapes” Lawsuit Against #BobWoodward - #LegalAF
A NY Federal Judge just found defective and dismissed for now Trump's suit against investigative journalist Bob Woodward and his publisher to try to shake them down for $50 million that they made selling Woodward's interviews with Trump as the "Trump Tapes"
https://michaelpopok.substack.com/p/judge-dismisses-trumps-50m-trump
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SOOOOO much losing.
Judge Tosses Trump Lawsuit Against Famed Watergate Reporter
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Of course it is!! If he dismissed his suit TODAY with #BobWoodward?! How TF is he going to "sue" #Newscorp? #RupertMuroch 's multi-national conglomerate and win? They learned ONE lesson from the 787 million dollar loss in the #Dominion lawsuit. So either the report is a red herring or the suit is!
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Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks – „Die Verlegerin“ (2017)
Im englischen Original heißt der Film „The Post“ und trifft damit den eigentlichen Kern der Geschichte viel mehr, als sein deutscher Titel. Doch konnte die Bedeutung der größten Lokalzeitung der Vereinigten Staaten eigentlich kaum besser personalisiert werden, als durch seine Verlegerin, Katharine Graham, die es verstand, aus dem Blatt einen nationalen Medienkonzern und eine globale Institution der freien Presse zu formen. Bis Jeff Bezos das Steuer übernahm. (ARTE)
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>Why #BobWoodward worries about Trump's America<
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#Authoritarianism#Coup vs
#EconomicJustice & #DemocracyEin Nachdenken auf der Ebene
#PolitischeKommunikation zum entstehenden #Autoritarismus in den USA unter Donald Trump -
MAD respect for reporting on this immediately as well rather than waiting 2 full years before telling the #American people about it in a book deal, ala #BobWoodward
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Bill Murray Defends John Belushi After Bob Woodward’s “Completely Inaccurate” Biography
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Now that you are grieving about #JeffBezos & the #WashingtonPost:
How about taking the opportunity to start a #reader-owned #newspaper #cooperative or an #audience-owned #media cooperative!?
Plenty of examples exist; several of them in #Germany alone.
I'd very much be interested to partake.
🏷️ #WaPo #Bezos #AllThePresidentsMen #JonathanCapeheart #BobWoodward #CarlBernstein #Watergate #Nixon #Trump #MAGA #HowFascismWorks #Amazon #ElonMusk #MarkZuckerberg #Musk #Zuckerberg #Distributism #Coop
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‘He is peddling stories’: Bob Woodward denies Republican’s claim he said Biden was corrupt
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jan/11/bob-woodward-james-comer-biden-corruption#JimComer #Kentucky #GOPLiar #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #BobWoodward #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
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Suite 2018 https://mastodon.social/@cobrate/113599903886758574
(2/27)
- UK : tentative d'assassinat empoisonnement de l’ex-agent double Sergueï Skripal et sa fille par le renseignement militaire russe : plusieurs civils anglais dommage collatéral via agent double Jan Marsalek.Wirecard (cf 2017 2020 2024).
- G20 Sommet d'Helsinki : Poutine tire avantage de Donald affaibli par les soupçons de collusion -> ...#livre Peur : Trump à la Maison-Blanche de #BobWoodward
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Is there any further information about what was said on these calls? Might be worth addressing before inauguration day
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-had-as-many-as-7-private-calls-with-putin-since-leaving-office-bob-woodward-writes-in-new-book #bobwoodward #trump #DonaldTrump #TrumpFascist #putin #PutinIsaWarCriminal #russia #UkraineWar -
Apparently, being truthful that #Trump really will try to arrest #NancyPelosi, #AdamSchiff, #MarkMilley, #LizCheney and others, is a "cheap shot" for #BobWoodward. He won't say so, just assures us that there will probably be strong institutions and people around him to stop him.
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What a disappointing old white male hack that guy is, shitting all over his Watergate legacy.
"I have a book out..."
Fuck off
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Finally finished Woodward's "War" and its worth noting how woodward closes his Epilogue on this, on the Biden administration.
We are / were fortunate to have President Biden and his Team in place during this time.
Thank you Joe Biden.
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“President Biden privately voiced fury at his attorney general, Merrick Garland, who had appointed a special counsel to investigate Hunter [Biden]. “Should never have picked Garland,” President Biden told an associate. But his inner circle had pushed hard for Garland’s appointment.”
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“Before Russia’s invasion, Putin had argued for a long time that overspending on defense was one of the great mistakes of the Soviet Union. It had destroyed Russia’s economy.
“Now he’s basically making that same move,” [DNI Avril] Haines said with bewilderment. “It is pretty extraordinary to watch.”Excerpt From
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>Truth and Trump: An Evening with #BobWoodward | TVO Today Live<
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In chapter 45, Woodward outlines an amazing story that, for me, demonstrates clearly the compentent seasoned leadership of Biden, Blinken, Sullivan, McGurk, Finer.. Their work avoided larger castrophe.
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“Secretary [Antony] Blinken was reminded of one of the central truths of foreign relations. Even with the closest ally, each country ultimately makes its own decisions.”
context, the post october 7 middle east crisis period, Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Gaza
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By the end of the meeting…, it appeared to Shipley & Lewis that #Bezos had reservations about The #WashingtonPost endorsing either candidate….But they thought he was open to persuasion.
Bezos’ ultimate decision, to end #WaPo’s decades-long practice of endorsing presidential candidates, exploded into public view on Friday, drawing criticism from #reporters, #editors & #readers, along w/an unusual rebuke from the legendary Post journalists #BobWoodward & #CarlBernstein.