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Eli Clifton

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Top Republican donor and TikTok investor Jeff Yass is connected to over $16 MILLION in funding to anti-Muslim and pro-Israel groups that have advocated for a U.S. war with Iran and other militaristic policies in the Middle East.

TikTok investor Jeff Yass wants to shape US foreign policy too

The GOP mega-donor has been quietly sending millions to anti-Muslim orgs and hawkish pro-Israel groups

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3 years

Nice.

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This photo by @MarthaRaddatz at the Lincoln Memorial is deeply disturbing.

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Deleted after bombing of hospital in Gaza killed more than 500 people.

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" @Elonmusk is right that if things in Ukraine continue along their present course, the US & Russia are headed toward a collision that could have catastrophic consequences for all parties to the conflict and for the world," warns George Beebe.

Why Elon Musk is right

Don't kill the messenger, but listen: America’s approach to this tragic war in Ukraine requires an urgent if not creative adjustment.

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Bret Stephens published a Friday NYT column quoting “Iranian journalist” Masih Alinejad saying “Suleimani’s death could bring a sense of realism to [Iran’s] thinking.” Fox News had her on the air all weekend. Neither disclosed she’s a US govt contractor

U.S. media outlets fail to disclose U.S. government ties of 'Iranian journalist' echoing Trump...

Masih Alinejad isn't just an Iranian journalist and activist. She's on the U.S. government payroll and works for the increasingly "rabidly pro-Trump" Voice of America.

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Missing context: Fetterman is elected by and expected to represent the interests of the people of Pennsylvania.

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Fetterman said Israelis "want a senator standing with them and their right to destroy Hamas [and not] somebody that would splinter or peel away..." He called Biden's approach to the Israel-Hamas war a "real masterclass of diplomacy."

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Not a word of concern about Palestinian lives. No solidarity with civilians living under occupation in Gaza and the West Bank, it would seem. Odd choice from president of a country under attack by a foreign occupying force.

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Horrible news from Israel. My condolences go out to everyone who lost relatives or close ones in the terrorist attack. We have faith that order will be restored and terrorists will be defeated. Terror should have no place in the world, because it is always a crime, not just…

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REMINDER: Man who might be dragging US into a war with Iran received $165k from a shady group with links to UAE and Saudi Arabia and $40K from the MEK, an Iranian dissident cult, immediately before he joined the Trump WH.

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Elliott Abrams just experienced his own worst nightmare today. He was questioned about his abysmal track record by a woman of color who came to this country as a refugee, who wears a hijab, and doesn't respect the blob's rules about never holding foreign policy elites accountable

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“The owner of the Japanese tanker attacked on Thursday said US reports have provided ‘false’ information about what happened in the Gulf of Oman.”

Japanese tanker owner contradicts US on Gulf of Oman attack

Chief executive of Japanese company operating Kokuka Courageous says 'flying objects' were cause of damage to vessel

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Arkansas GDP - $135 billion Washington DC GDP - $148 billion

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Sen. Tom Cotton: "The main thing [DC] contributes to our national economy is influence peddling, regulations, and -- no offense -- tweeting by reporters."

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As Israel invades Gaza, a territory with a population that is half children under 18, AIPAC starts running paid Facebook ads seeking to undermine the Gaza Health Ministry’s reports on Palestinian deaths.

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Shot. Chaser.

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The UN “has received disturbing information alleging that Israeli Defence Forces summarily killed at least 11 unarmed Palestinian men in front of their family members in […] Gaza City, which raises alarm about the possible commission of a war crime.”

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Bret Stephens took a sidegig at a pro-Israel advocacy group earlier this year. That fact wasn't disclosed when he published a NYT column saying "the goal of U.S. policy is to support Israel’s efforts to defang, deflate and ultimately disempower Hamas.”

NYT fails to disclose columnist’s side gig at pro-Israel advocacy group

Bret Stephens promised to disclose the affiliation if there was any 'overlap' with subjects he writes about for the Times.

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Journalist Masih Alinejad received over $305k in US government contracts. That important context is missing when she is regularly quoted and interviewed in the mainstream media parroting Trump admin talking points about the Soleimani assassination.

U.S. media outlets fail to disclose U.S. government ties of 'Iranian journalist' echoing Trump...

Masih Alinejad isn't just an Iranian journalist and activist. She's on the U.S. government payroll and works for the increasingly "rabidly pro-Trump" Voice of America.

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Lots of discussion about “beating” Putin. Not a lot of discussion about what an off-ramp might look like for a superpower with the world’s largest nuclear arsenal. Former may FEEL satisfying. But latter is vitally important for ALL of our safety and security.

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Your periodic reminder that Mark’s ACTUAL job description, as described by his employer to the IRS, is to “enhance Israel’s image in North America.”

Mark Dubowitz

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Let’s be clear: Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad is responsible for the death of Shireen Abu Akleh. Terrorists murdered 19 Israeli civilians and committed war crimes by using Palestinian civilians as human shields.

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A Ukrainian Embassy reception was sponsored by Northrop, Lockheed and Raytheon, reports @mideastXmidwest . (Not The Onion)

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Antony Blinken yesterday: Let’s commemorate the journalists who have lost their lives in wars this year. Antony Blinken today: Let’s fast track artillery to Israel so they can continue the bombardment of Gaza that’s killed 105+ journalists and 20k+ civilians.

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3 years

200,000 dead Iraqi civilians could not be reached for comment.

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Reaction to Rumsfeld's death is deeply divided

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During the war in Afghanistan, the top 5 weapons firms spent $1 billion lobbying Congress and received $2 trillion in Pentagon contracts. That's $1,813 in Pentagon contracts for every dollar spent on lobbying, a 181,214% return on investment.

How the defense industry helped prolong the war in Afghanistan

CACI is a well-known company with a $907 million contract in Afghanistan — it also has undisclosed ties to think tanks opposed to withdrawal.

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Correction: 90% of Ukraine aid money was handed to private or publicly owned firms* whose fiduciaries are obligated to generate returns for their shareholders and investors, not the American or Ukrainian public. *Blinken consulted for some of these companies at his past job.

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 90% of Ukraine aid money spent in US – Blinken

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Two-thirds of the Afghanistan Study Group, which advised Biden to extend US troop presence in Afghanistan, have financial ties to the weapons industry.

Weapons biz bankrolls experts pushing to extend Afghan War

We found that the majority of members on a panel advising the president about withdrawal have ties to the defense industry.

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Trump effectively SOLD Sheldon Adelson the sensitive foreign policy decision to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in exchange for a $20 million super PAC donation, reports @maggieNYT . 58 Palestinians were killed & 2700 injured in the aftermath.

Trump tell-all cites Adelson's bankrolled Israel embassy move

Another 'Confidence Man' emerges from New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman's new book.

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3 years

No disclosure or acknowledgment of the potential conflict of interest. 🤦‍♂️

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Pretty shocking how the US response to 9/11 is being held up as a model of what Israel can/should do and what the US should support. ICYMI, nearly a million people died in a two decade campaign that included invading Iraq, a country that had nothing to do with 9/11.

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Stephen Miller's uncle thanked immigrant healthcare workers for helping take care of his mother, Miller's grandmother, in her final years. She died from COVID-19. "Without them there would be no one to take care of our elderly."

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On the same day the US was the sole country blocking UN recognition of Palestinian statehood, Israel defied Biden & launched air strikes on Iran. What sort of dysfunctional relationship is this? What US interests are served by providing Israel with this unconditional support?

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SURPRISE! An outspoken advocate for putting NATO boots on the ground in Ukraine and downplaying the risk of nuclear war moonlights as a consultant for weapons firms. (No media outlets disclosed this potential conflict of interest when interviewing him.)

Surprise: Ex-general pushing for NATO troops in Ukraine has weapons industry ties

Ret. US Gen. Philip Breedlove wants to escalate the military conflict with Russia but media outlets don't disclose he works for defense firms.

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Here are some of the mainstream donor advised funds who contributed to Turning Point USA, a cosponsor of the protest that preceded the deadly attack on the Capitol. They helped anonymize contributions for donors. These numbers are just from each group's most recent tax filing.

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CNN’s refusal to answer basic questions about its PR work for Dubai poses a challenge for efforts to distinguish independently produced journalism from state-sponsored content promoting a sanitized image of an undemocratic nation.

Why is CNN doing PR for a Middle Eastern dictatorship?

The cable news giant is an ‘official broadcaster’ of an upcoming UAE state-run, six-month ‘expo’ that is seemingly meant to burnish its global image.

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"I Alone Can Fix It" reports Mark Milley urged Trump to kill Soleimani, warning Trump that he's be "held criminally negligible" if he didn't go through with the assassination.

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A DoD contractor w 3 yrs left on a $900m Afghanistan War contract had an undisclosed board member on the Afghanistan Study Group & funded think tanks opposing withdrawal & promoting anti-Muslim clash-of-civilizations conspiracy theories.

How the defense industry helped prolong the war in Afghanistan

CACI is a well-known company with a $907 million contract in Afghanistan — it also has undisclosed ties to think tanks opposed to withdrawal.

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SCOOP: A branch of Epoch Media empire, a pro-Trump/anti-Beijing outlet, was funded and led for many years by a longtime employee of Renaissance Technologies, Trump mega donor Robert Mercer’s hedge fund.

The hedge fund man behind pro-Trump media's new war on China

Huayi Zhang didn’t just work for top Trump donor Robert Mercer. He bankrolled Trumpist media like his old boss, too.

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“Iran Likely Was Behind Tanker Attacks, U.S. Official Says in Initial Assessment” Article goes on to explain all the reasons Iran is unlikely to be behind the attacks. This is how the WSJ helps start a war.

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WATCH @SenSanders call out the hypocrisy of so-called "deficit hawks" who oppose relatively minor spending on social programs but rubber stamp a $778 BILLION defense bill (over half of which goes to defense contractors). 👇

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As a nation, we need to get our priorities right. I wanted to take a minute to tell you why I’m voting against the defense spending bill.

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I wonder if MBS feared a “breach with a key ally” when he ordered Khashoggi’s murder. If not, why?

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Iraq War cheerleader Bill Kristol calling for political leaders to be held responsible for “death and destruction” is really something.

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When historians write about Donald Trump's presidency, his impeachment will be the second most important item. His abject failure in dealing with the challenge of the coronavirus, his complicity in the scope of its death and destruction, will be the first.

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The oligarchs' yachts worth hundreds of millions of $, mansions, apartments & airplanes didn't just appear overnight in the West. The US & Europe welcomed their assets into "tax havens" & didn't care about ties to kleptocracy and authoritarianism.

Biden can go to South Dakota if he wants to take on Russian oligarchs

The president’s plan to crack down on Putin’s cronies could have started years ago right here in the US.

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Trump’s SINGLE BIGGEST DONOR flew Jonathan Pollard, who spied on the US for Israel and was sentenced to 35 year in prison for espionage, from Newark to Tel Aviv on a private 737 following the lifting of Pollard’s travel restrictions.

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Finally, a screencap of Pollard arriving in Tel Aviv and a photo of one of Adelson’s 737s. One of, if not THE, biggest American political donors gave a VERY expensive ride to a man convicted of espionage against the United States. This seems like a big deal.

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The moment when Trump realizes that being president might be kinda boring and not fun like in the movies.

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Poll: 73% of potential Dem primary voters say they’d be more likely to support a pro-cease-fire candidate. (Source: ) Pelosi: They’re Russian stooges.

Americans Are More Likely to Back Candidates Who Support a Cease-Fire, a New Poll Shows

The survey finds high levels of enthusiasm for a Gaza cease-fire, especially among young voters and key Democratic constituencies.

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Nancy Pelosi: Protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza "is Mr. Putin's message... Make no mistake, this is directly connected to what he would like to see... "I think some of these protesters are spontaneous and organic and sincere. Some I think are connected to Russia."

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On 9/11, the NYTs published an essay urging the U.S. to provide "security guarantees" to Saudi Arabia. The Times didn't inform readers that the author's work is funded by Aramco, a law firm registered as a foreign agent of Saudi Arabia & Raytheon.

NYT op-ed page obscures author's Saudi funding

The Times ran an 'essay' without disclosing that the contributor's employer received donations from the Gulf kingdom and other corporate interests

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Saudi lobbyist Norm Coleman oversees the flow of $94 MILLION OF DARK $ into GOP House races. The origins of that $ is unknown. Filings shows Coleman is in regular contact w/ GOP congressional staffers, making requests on behalf of his clients in Riyadh.🤨

Saudi lobbyist oversees millions in dark money GOP campaign donations

Experts question former Sen. Norm Coleman's role as both foreign agent for Riyadh and Republican fundraiser.

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Politico published a letter “by 46 foreign policy experts” urging Ukraine’s membership into NATO and increasing the supply of Western weapons to Kyiv. Readers weren’t informed that NEARLY HALF of the signatories have ties to the weapons business.

Ukraine in NATO? War Inc. knows a great deal when it sees one

Politico published a letter calling for sending more weapons to Kyiv without disclosing the potential financial interests of its signatories.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene purchased up to $15,000 in Lockheed Martin stock two days before Russia invaded Ukraine. "War is big business to our leaders," the congresswoman tweeted two days later. @metzgov

Ilhan Omar dings Marjorie Taylor Greene for buying thousands in Lockheed Martin stock 2 days before...

Defending her oddly-timed trade, Greene told Insider that an independent financial advisor has "full discretionary authority" over her account.

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NYT headline and lede doesn’t tell readers who may have killed the WCK team in Gaza.

World Central Kitchen

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We are aware of reports that members of the World Central Kitchen team have been killed in an IDF attack while working to support our humanitarian food delivery efforts in Gaza. This is a tragedy. Humanitarian aid workers and civilians should NEVER be a target. EVER.

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Having a visiting US Senator hold a sign saying “more for Israel” during a photo op is certainly a look.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met today, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, with US Senator @LindseyGrahamSC .

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Missing words: “Saudi Arabia” and “MBS.”

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We honor Jamal Khashoggi and again condemn his heinous murder. We stand with advocates working to protect human rights globally and will use the "Khashoggi Ban" and other tools to deter transnational repression anywhere to prevent such a terrible crime from happening again.

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Gorka changes story from "I have never been a member of Vitezi Rend" to "I never swore allegiance formally."

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Black Christian faith leaders calling for a ceasefire in Gaza took out a full page ad in today’s New York Times

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John Bolton announces he will run for president on Good Morning Britain (?!)

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Court docs reveal planes used to shuttle Khashoggi's assassins to and from Istanbul were owned by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund courted by much of Silicon Valley, Hollywood and Wall St. One of the planes was flying inside the US last October.

Saudi sovereign wealth fund planes transported Khashoggi kill team

The same Kingdom-connected aircraft that ferried the murderers was also spotted recently in the US.

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The recently indicted Steve Bannon also operates a foundation called "Rule of Law Society" financed by the also-under-investigation Guo Wengui. Also, irony is dead.

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Washington Post Runs Op-Ed Criticizing Afghanistan Withdrawal, Doesn’t Disclose Author Is On...

The Washington Post ran a piece critical of President Joe Biden's planned withdrawal from Afghanistan and did not disclose the author is on the Raytheon board

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“The evidence, however, suggests that throughout the summer and into the fall of 2016, Israel illegally interfered in the US presidential election.”

The Trump Campaign's Collusion With Israel

While US media fixated on Russian interference in the 2016 election, an Israeli secret agent's campaign to influence the outcome went unreported.

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Politico is erasing evidence of their sponsorship from Lockheed Martin but won't answer questions about whether their Sunday puff piece about Lockheed's Skunk Works was advertorial or editorial content. Why should that be a hard question to answer?

Politico runs Lockheed Martin puff piece amid sponsorship questions

A recent article on the company's secret weapons facility read more like promotional content.

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Trump’s biggest donors want him to bomb Iran. As the 2020 election draws closer, Trump must reckon with a $259 million investment made by four billionaire Iran hawks.

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President of @BnaiBrith - a group whose mission includes "the cause of human rights" and "making the world a safer and more tolerant place" - stating that Gaza, home to 2 million people, "will not exist in a matter of weeks."

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NEW POLL by @ConcernedVets : Americans strongly support Afghanistan withdrawal. A majority of Americans (51%) believe the United States should be less militarily engaged in conflicts around the world. Only 7% think we should be more engaged. [THREAD]

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Kristol had no qualms about smearing DOJ attorneys as “the al Qaeda 7” and referring to DOJ as “Department of Jihad” in 2010.

Bill Kristol

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If the president is going personally to attack career civil servants at the FBI, maybe its director should defend the bureau's integrity and tell the president to knock it off? What's the worst that can happen? You get fired. But you will have behaved honorably and admirably.

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MSNBC took three of its Muslim hosts out of the anchor’s chair since last Saturday amid "a wave of sympathy for Israeli terror victims." This is terrible. Now, more than ever, @MSNBC needs the expertise of @mehdirhasan , @AliVelshi & @AymanM on the air.

Inside MSNBC’s Middle East conflict

Three of the most prominent Muslim broadcasters on MSNBC have, for various reasons, been moved out of the anchor’s chair since Hamas’s attack on Israel.

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@kenklippenstein Bummer ken.klippenstein. You had a good run at company. Best of luck with your search for a new company.

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The Heritage Foundation quietly received over $5.8 million from a South Korean weapons company. Then Heritage produced a flood of research defending the legality of the company’s landmines, cluster munitions and killer robots.

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Richard Grenell, Trump’s acting Director of National Intelligence, conducted undisclosed work for Hungary’s far-right government. Did not file under FARA.

Trump's new acting Director of National Intelligence conducted undisclosed work for Hungary's...

We all know Richard Grenell as a Twitter troll and Trump loyalist, but his work for foreign entities and governments has largely gone unreported.

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Finally, a screencap of Pollard arriving in Tel Aviv and a photo of one of Adelson’s 737s. One of, if not THE, biggest American political donors gave a VERY expensive ride to a man convicted of espionage against the United States. This seems like a big deal.

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BREAKING: Brookings president John Allen resigned today following allegations he illegally lobbied for Qatar. Qatar contributed tens of millions of dollars to Brookings before the funding relationship ended last year. Read his resignation letter here 👇

Brookings president resigns after being accused of secretly lobbying for Qatar

Federal authorities said retired four-star general John Allen used his work email in efforts to influence US policy on behalf of Doha.

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With the possibility of a military strike on Iran looming, here’s a reminder that the president’s national security adviser was paid at least $165k from a group that appears to have received undisclosed funding from Saudi Arabia and UAE.

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The Likud charter says: “Judea and Samaria will not be handed to any foreign administration; between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty.” “From the river to the sea” is OK when Netanyahu’s political party says it?

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“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to dispatch Mossad chief Yossi Cohen to Washington in the coming weeks to lay out Israel’s demands of the Biden administration.” “Demands”???

TV: Mossad chief to meet Biden, set out terms for overhaul of Iran nuclear deal

Key Netanyahu colleague will be 1st top Israeli to meet US president, report says; will specify what Israel believes are core commitments Iran must make if US to reenter accord

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Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard’s trip from EWR to TLV on a private plane is interesting. The plane appears to have a Las Vegas Sands livery, the corporation controlled by the GOP’s and Trump’s biggest donor, Sheldon Adelson. The photos appeared in Israel Hayom, owned by Adelson.

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@EliClifton

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“Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza is quite explicit, open, and unashamed,” writes Raz Segal, associate professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Stockton University. “Perpetrators of genocide usually do not express their intentions so clearly...”

A Textbook Case of Genocide

Israel has been explicit about what it’s carrying out in Gaza. Why isn’t the world listening?

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Eli Clifton

@EliClifton

1 year

Don't look now but @FDD and @AIPAC appear to have removed evidence of their institutional roles in pushing false Iraq-WMD and Iraq-9/11 connections. They aren't responding to requests for comment about the sanitizing of their websites. Why?

AIPAC, FDD websites erase all evidence of their Iraq War cheerleading

They aren’t alone in trying to memory-hole their roles in pushing false WMD and Iraq-9/11 connections.

responsiblestatecraft.org

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Eli Clifton

@EliClifton

5 years

How is it “weird” to leave an institution you discover is corrupt and not living up to its values? I worked alongside those staffers at CAP and I also left when I experienced TP’s lack of editorial independence and saw how CAP bent to the will of corporate and foreign donors.

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@EliClifton

5 months

The Biden WH repeatedly expresses concern about the overwhelming civilian death toll in Israel's Gaza war. The good news is that Biden has considerable leverage to stop the carnage. The bad news is he hasn't used it. LEVERAGE ONLY WORKS IF YOU USE IT.

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@EliClifton

8 months

Mike Pence was paid $430,000 by the Mojahedin-e Khalq, an Iranian dissident group that killed six Americans in the 1970s, planned an attack in New York City in 1992 and was listed as a terrorist group by the U.S. government until 2012.

Foreign money helps these GOP candidates pay the bills

Some of these Republicans are making six- or seven-figure paydays from entities, some with serious policy agendas.

responsiblestatecraft.org

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@EliClifton

4 years

EXCLUSIVE: Saudi-government linked Twitter account network targeted messages at Trump, urged regime change in Iran, whitewashed Saudi human rights abuses in Yemen & deflected responsibility for Khashoggi's murder.

Purged Saudi Government-backed Twitter Accounts Urged U.S.-Led Regime Change in Iran, Deflected...

Twitter recently removed thousands of accounts it attributed to "a significant state-backed information operation on Twitter originating in Saudi Arabia."

responsiblestatecraft.org

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@EliClifton

5 years

Self-described "liberal Democrat" Alan Dershowitz was the third highest paid contractor to the anti-Muslim Gatestone Institute, right after the group's accounting firm and JOHN BOLTON.

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@EliClifton

2 years

The CEO of Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest weapons firm, told @sarahleah1 that their products create “freedom from war and freedom from pain.” Let’s check out some of Lockheed’s products that free us from war and pain.

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@EliClifton

4 years

The new defense budget imposes a $4,711.11 cost on each tax filer. The average coronavirus stimulus check was $1,809. #NationalPriorities

Tax burden from the Pentagon budget authorized by the NDAA wipes out COVID stimulus payments

Despite widespread calls to modestly reduce the Pentagon's overflowing coffers to confront other priorities during a pandemic, Congress carries on with business as usual.

responsiblestatecraft.org

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@EliClifton

5 years

To understand Trump's obsession with @RashidaTlaib and @IlhanMN , look to the campaign funded by Sheldon and Miriam Adelson, Trump and the GOP's biggest donors, to smear and demonize the two freshmen member of Congress.

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@EliClifton

5 years

Document shows "liberal Democrat" Alan Dershowitz received $120K from anti-Muslim, Robert Mercer funded, Gatestone Institute

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@EliClifton

2 years

Meanwhile, American veterans are LITERALLY recruited at US Air Force bases to service the Saudi war planes bombing Yemen.

Quincy Institute

@QuincyInst

2 years

NEW #QIVideo : Why aren’t Americans as loud in our denunciation of Saudi Arabia’s bombing in Yemen as we are about Russia’s aggression against Ukraine?

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@EliClifton

1 month

Israel’s decision to strike an Iranian embassy facility in Damascus is putting US troops and assets in the region in danger. How does providing Israel unconditional aid and diplomatic cover advance American interests or national security?

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@EliClifton

2 years

Facebook is quietly teaming up with the weapons industry to capitalize on the Russian invasion of Ukraine & Americans’ fears of China. Together, they built an astroturf campaign fighting anti-trust & regulatory action against big tech & the weapons biz.

How Facebook and weapons industry are profiting from the Ukraine war

A big-tech/arms makers coalition is hyping the threat from Russia and China to stave off government regulation, and more.

responsiblestatecraft.org

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@EliClifton

5 years

Are @NeeraTanden & @katulis , still planning to speak at the @aipac policy conference? AIPAC gave $60K to Frank Gaffney, an anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist who promotes the Muslim birthrate and mass migration theories that Christchurch shooter embraced. …

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@EliClifton

3 years

EXCLUSIVE: The biggest umbrella group for US Jewish & pro-Israel groups is welcoming Reza Pahlavi, the last heir apparent to the Imperial State of Iran for an off-the-record briefing. Other pro-Israel & Iranian American groups have serious concerns.

Would-be monarch of Iran to brief umbrella org for US Jewish groups

The Conference of Presidents noted Reza Pahlavi’s ‘calls for regime change’ on the event invite.

responsiblestatecraft.org

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Eli Clifton

@EliClifton

4 years

Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) authored an oped making "The Case for Robust Defense Spending." MISSING CONTEXT: The defense industry spent a robust $1,234,420 on Wittman in campaign contributions.

Congressman funded by arms manufacturers defends ‘robust’ Pentagon spending

Why should defense industry CEOs promote their business in America's op-ed pages when they have members of Congress to do it for them?

responsiblestatecraft.org

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@EliClifton

4 years

Bennet’s legacy includes bringing in neoconservative pundits Bret Stephens, who had made racist statements about “disease of the Arab mind,” and Bari Weiss, whose qualifications included leading a campaign smearing Arab professors.

NYTimes Communications

@NYTimesPR

4 years

The @nytimes announced today that James Bennet, Editorial Page Editor since May 2016, is resigning effective immediately. Katie Kingsbury, who joined The Times in 2017, has been named as acting Editorial Page Editor through the November election.

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@EliClifton

4 years

This is how you write a lede.

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@EliClifton

7 years

Controversial Trump Aide Katharine Gorka Helped End Funding For Group That Fights White Supremacy

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@EliClifton

3 years

“Is there an Erik Prince connection to the alleged coup plot in Jordan?” you ask. Yes. Of course there’s an Erik Prince connection.

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@EliClifton

2 years

Among MANY problems with this moronic plan: Won’t the Russians find it suspicious that the Chinese are flying F-22s?

Josh Dawsey

@jdawsey1

2 years

Trump mused to donors that we should take our F-22 planes, "put the Chinese flag on them and bomb the shit out" out of Russia. "And then we say, China did it, we didn't do, China did it, and then they start fighting with each other and we sit back and watch."

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Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund ( @FidelityChrtbl ) contributed $557,411 to Turning Point USA in 2019.

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