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Jeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/jeffrey-epstein-israel-foreign-policy-elite/The prospect of chaos and war excited Jeffrey Epstein. The late New York financier and child abuser kept a keen eye on news about foreign conflicts that could be exploited for commercial gain. On February 21, 2014, Epstein sent an e-mail to Ehud Barak, the former Israeli prime minister, with whom he would partner the following year as investors in a security tech firm Reporty Homeland Security (later renamed Carbyne). Epstein wrote, “with civil unrest exploding in ukraine syria, somolia [sic], libya, and the desperation of those in power, isn’t this perfect for you.” Barak tried to tamp down his friend’s enthusiasm, noting, “You’re right [in] a way. But not simple to transform it into a cash flow.”This exchange, which was reported by Drop Site News, gets at the heart of one of the more hidden aspects of the Epstein scandal. Epstein’s name is inextricably linked with sexual predation, as it should be. But it should just as readily be linked to global militarism and authoritarianism. Epstein trafficked not just in the bodies of the children he abused but also in social connections that could bring elites together. He well understood that the “desperation of those in power” could make them eager to buy what he was selling: connections with other powerful figures and security systems to clamp down on dissent.The Epstein scandal has once again exploded thanks to the release this week by House Democrats of an immense cache of e-mails between Epstein and many of his famous associates. As my Nation colleagues Chris Lehmann and Joan Walsh have written, these e-mails are politically damaging to Donald Trump, adding yet more evidence that the president was close friends with Epstein for many years, aware of Epstein’s predations, and possibly a participant in some of Epstein’s crimes.Trump richly deserves whatever reputational harm and possible legal retribution may come to him as a result of his ties to Epstein. But, at its heart, this has always been a scandal about the ruling class as a whole, not one individual or political party.The Epstein e-mails document his ties to a wide swath of the US and global elite in ways that transcend partisan lines. Among those Epstein was on easy terms with were former treasury secretary Larry Summers (who held high office under both Bill Clinton and Barack Obama) as well as Trump adviser Steve Bannon and right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel. Even Noam Chomsky wrote glowingly of his “highly valued friend.”
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‘What we’re seeing, like, what we’re observing, is the war on terror and the war on drugs and the war on immigrants — it’s congealing into this jello fruit salad of death. … And Venezuela is a key part of that.’
— Van Jackson, talking with Jeet Heer
https://www.thenation.com/podcast/world/ttom-10272025/#VanJackson #JeetHeer #USImperialism #MonroeDoctrine #LatinAmerica #Venezuela #WarOnTerror #WarOnDrugs #immigration #migration
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How the #TechBillionaires Bought Radical #Journalists - #TheTimeOfMonsters with #JeetHeer | Lyssna här | Poddtoppen.se https://poddtoppen.se/podcast/1623865442/the-time-of-monsters-with-jeet-heer/how-the-tech-billionaires-bought-radical-journalists
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The #MajorityReport — 6/13 Trump Administration Thuggery & The Coopting of the Military w/ #JeetHeer
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#CanadianElection 🇨🇦 Debrief w/ #JeetHeer
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whither, under Trump, the programmatic ‘unwavering support’ the Israeli right in power has long been able to assume?
https://pdbowman.studio/briefs/25-mar-2025-yousef-munayyer-jeet-heer-netanyahu-shouldnt-rely-on-trump -
@rysiek Looks like you're not the only person to point to the #MuskCoup as relating to Soviet traditions. #JeetHeer describes it [1] as dual power [2]. Wikipedia gives the #PetrogradSoviet that led to a #Bolshevik uprising as the classical example of dual power [2]. So Secretary-General Stalin may have learnt from that.
Seems like #FührerMusk is combining the symbols/techniques of the two main totalitarian traditions of the XXth century.
[1] https://www.thenation.com/article/society/elon-musk-spending-data-coup
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“Outlets such as The New York Times and NPR are doing excellent reporting… but they remain narrowly focused on the ethical lapses of employees rather than the real story, which is the political corruption of employers.”
#JeetHeer asks, why is Jeff Bezos putting the Washington Post under the control of sleaze? https://www.thenation.com/article/society/jeff-bezos-rupert-murdoch-will-lewis-hacking/
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https://www.thenation.com/article/society/anti-defamation-league-musk-israel/
Why the #anti_defamation_league loves certain Bigots
From #ApartheidSouthAfrica to #ElonMusk, defending #Apartheidisrael overrides fighting antisemitism
by #JeetHeer
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"Israel’s poor propaganda is another indication of Israeli incompetence. Yet all these failures count for little as long as Israel benefits from the soft bigotry of low expectations by its supporters, including the president of the United States."
#Israel’s Ludicrous #Propaganda Wins Over the Only Audience That Counts
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/israel-gaza-propaganda-biden/
#Gaza #IsraelPalestine #Palestine #FakeNews #disinformation #USPol
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Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Sen. Josh Hawley Shares His Mindblowingly Stupid Thoughts on Juneteenth https://jezebel.com/sen-josh-hawley-shares-his-mindblowingly-stupid-though-1850553959 #Jezebel #slaveryintheunitedstates #africanamericanculture #africanamericanpeople #frederickdouglass #emancipationday #turningpointusa #americanculture #americanwriters #religionbelief #socialissues #abolitionism #charliekirk #joshhawley #juneteenth #jeetheer