"Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, is leading U.S. diplomatic efforts with Iran while engaged in a lucrative, ongoing, multi-billion-dollar business relationship with the Saudi government.
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This might be an issue if conflict of interest or the rule of law mattered in the American autocracy
@the5thColumnist Though it appears not to matter to those with the power to make a difference right now, many of us who do not have that level of power are watching, chronicling, and when the winds change — as they will in time — many of us will act as aggressively as possible.
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@proscience I am hoping and feel confident that there are many who are creating very good documentation.
I fear that too few are doing it, and bizarrely, too few Dems are vocal about it as well.
I do hope I'm wrong.
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"Critics argue the situation creates potential conflicts of interest, suggesting foreign governments may feel pressure to do business with the president’s family. ...
Jared Kushner is seeking to raise billions for his private equity firm while also serving as a key Middle East envoy for Donald Trump."
#JaredKushner #DonaldTrumpJr #EricTrump #Trump #corruption #SaudiArabia #Iran #AffiinityPartners #media #ConflictofInterest
/7@wdlindsy oh if only those pesky interests wouldn't fight with each other, then "conflict of interest" wouldn't ever be a problem! I joke, but that really does seem to be the currently accepted approach to analyzing a person's conflicts of interest: if they're working for the government and doing business at the same time, it's fine so long as the obvious conflicts of interest are classified as "potential". Jared Kushner might be the Second Coming for all we know! then all of his interests would be harmonious, presumably
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"Of the six articles that covered the conflict, five appeared in the New York Times. The other article originally appeared in Foreign Policy and was republished by the Washington Post.
The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press, CNN Wire, The New York Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, and The Los Angeles Times collectively published dozens of articles about Kushner’s diplomatic role in the war with Iran but never mentioned the conflict."
@wdlindsy When the Times and Post are covering a political story better than you, you know you're doing something wrong.
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"The Financial Times had a bombshell report earlier this month that a broker for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tried to buy defense funds ahead of the war in Iran."
~ Garrett M. Graff
#Trump #Hegseth #war #Iran #profiteering #corruption #InsiderTrading
/10https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/five-trump-scandals-you-ve-probably-missed
"Trump’s message on Iran has shifted a multitude of times. Sometimes Trump says we've won the war and the Strait of Hormuz is open. Sometimes he demands help from our NATO allies and announces we’re sending a blockade to the critical waterway."
~ Amanda Litman, Susan J. Demas, and Sam Osterhout
#Trump #war #Iran #profiteering #InsiderTrading #markets #StockMarket
/11https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trumps-market-manipulation-and-the
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"Trump’s message on Iran has shifted a multitude of times. Sometimes Trump says we've won the war and the Strait of Hormuz is open. Sometimes he demands help from our NATO allies and announces we’re sending a blockade to the critical waterway."
~ Amanda Litman, Susan J. Demas, and Sam Osterhout
#Trump #war #Iran #profiteering #InsiderTrading #markets #StockMarket
/11https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trumps-market-manipulation-and-the
"But one thing has been constant: some people are making a killing off of these wild swings in the financial markets and bets with insider information in betting markets.
On The Weekly Assignment, Susan J. Demas and Sam Osterhout look at the corruption running rampant through this administration. And why we’re all losing with higher gas prices."
#Trump #war #Iran #profiteering #InsiderTrading #markets #StockMarket
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"But one thing has been constant: some people are making a killing off of these wild swings in the financial markets and bets with insider information in betting markets.
On The Weekly Assignment, Susan J. Demas and Sam Osterhout look at the corruption running rampant through this administration. And why we’re all losing with higher gas prices."
#Trump #war #Iran #profiteering #InsiderTrading #markets #StockMarket
/12@wdlindsy the problem with wildly destabilizing the markets in order to do insider trading is eventually you could break something you can't easily fix doing this
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"Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, is leading U.S. diplomatic efforts with Iran while engaged in a lucrative, ongoing, multi-billion-dollar business relationship with the Saudi government. This brazenly corrupt arrangement is being completely ignored by most major media outlets."
~ Judd Legum
#JaredKushner #Trump #corruption #SaudiArabia #Iran #AffiinityPartners #media #ConflictofInterest
/1@wdlindsy If he isn't in jail in a year or so no Canadian or European will ever again visit the US
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"But one thing has been constant: some people are making a killing off of these wild swings in the financial markets and bets with insider information in betting markets.
On The Weekly Assignment, Susan J. Demas and Sam Osterhout look at the corruption running rampant through this administration. And why we’re all losing with higher gas prices."
#Trump #war #Iran #profiteering #InsiderTrading #markets #StockMarket
/12@wdlindsy
Counterpoint : Higher dirty energy prices will speed the transition to clean energy ( cf. @pluralistic ) … -
@wdlindsy the problem with wildly destabilizing the markets in order to do insider trading is eventually you could break something you can't easily fix doing this
Forget the 'could'
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