My head is exploding - Here's WHY Republicans won't go after Russia [View all]

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The very long way around . . . but worth the trip. I put people and things (organizations) of interest in bold. Some of these explain or add context to other things. I pity Mueller & Team for all he has to figure out and keep track of.

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So, Kushner got a loan from Apollo Global Management, which also happens to be the current owner of Academi... aka Xe Services... formerly known as Blackwater - the Erik Prince variety.
Whee!
UNROLLED: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/969036130757865472.html

Here's some background on the transfer of ownership...

Apollo Global in talks to buy Constellis
Private equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC (APO.N) is in discussions to buy Constellis Holdings LLC, the owner of the U.S. military security services business formerly known as Blackwater, a sp…
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-constellis-m-a-apollo/apollo-global-in-talks-to-buy-constellis-idUSKCN10G26P
And here's something of interest about Apollo’s real estate trust:

One of the largest investors? Qatar.

And if you're bored by the lack of news today and want a deep rabbit hole to dive down, check out this thread:

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Now this is a rabbit hole I haven't been down myself, but.... Black was on the RDIF board [Ru Direct Investment Fund], along with Blackstone and TGF heads.

Before they were sanctioned, that is...

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But note the parent of RDIF: VneshEconomBank. VEB.

The same VEB that is also on the sanctions list - the VEB Kushner met with during the transition. You know, when they couldn't get the story straight if it was for govt or personal business?
And, now, I have to share this because
a) it's proximally relevant, and
b) Daily Beast categorized it as "Erotic." I don't know if I agree with that, but it made me laugh.

Blackwater Founder Erik Prince, Who Got Rich Off Of Iraq, Now Backs 'Anti-War' Donald Trump
Donald Trump may brag about how strong his dubious opposition to the Iraq War was, but one of its most famous villains loves him.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/blackwater-founder-erik-prince-who-got-rich-off-of-iraq-now-backs-anti-war-donald-trump?ref=scroll
And, 'ya know, the guy who Erik Prince met with in the Seychelles? Random guy that just happened to be a Russian fund manager?

He also just happened to be Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the RDIF.

Blackwater founder Prince details meeting with Russian in Seychelles
Erik Prince, founder of military contractor Blackwater and a supporter of President Donald Trump, told U.S. lawmakers he had discussed U.S.-Russia relations during a meeting in the Seychelles with a …
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-prince/blackwater-founder-prince-details-meeting-with-russian-in-seychelles-idUSKBN1E038M
And, of course, we've got these fun projects that Prince was working on....

1. A private war in Afghanistan, to extract phosphorus, uranium, talc, and rare earth metals (you know, the two weird rows on the periodic table, the lanthanides and actinides).

Private War: Erik Prince Has His Eye On Afghanistan's Rare Metals
BuzzFeed News is publishing the slide presentation by the founder of Blackwater to privatize the Afghan war and mine Afghanistan's valuable minerals. He pitched the proposal to the Trump administrati…
https://www.buzzfeed.com/aramroston/private-war-erik-prince-has-his-eye-on-afghanistans-rare?utm_term=.leEEVV9pP#.nyMJqqAPk
2. And of course, don't forget the Whitefish-based Stasi/Securitate he was trying to sell late 2017

Erik Prince and Oliver North are trying to sell Trump on a secret spy force
Official site of The Week Magazine, offering commentary and analysis of the day's breaking news and current events as well as arts, entertainment, people and gossip, and political cartoons.
https://theweek.com/speedreads/741481/erik-prince-oliver-north-are-trying-sell-trump-secret-spy-force
Please, make sure to read the leaked presentation embedded in the article posted above.

Then read this article that really explains the fuckery.
The Blackwater Founder’s Afghan War Plan Just Leaked, And It’s Terrifying
The slide presentation Blackwater founder Erik Prince pitches to Trump administration officials propose strip-mining Afghanistan to fund private contractors
https://taskandpurpose.com/blackwater-eric-prince-afghan-war-plan/
Sorry, those showed up out of order for some reason.
And then, dude, I'm going to go there... remember this thing that explains why the GOP is totally passive towards Trump's fuckery? The breach of SMARTech, the central GOP data infrastructure, by agents of the Russian government?
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THE FOLLOWING THREAD IS A COMPILATION OF SOME OF HER OTHER ASTOUNDING THREADS. I'LL POST SEVERAL OF THEM.

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A collection of threads : Why did Republican reps fall in line with the Trump administration? No, not just to push through an agenda. Russia's fingers were all over the GOP's data center, and that's…
https://twitter.com/i/moments/887752557761900544
Rumour is that the death of Mike Connell, the guy behind SMARTech, after deciding to testify to his role in the 2004 GOP Ohio election fraud via a man in the middle attack organized by Ken Blackwell (of Trump's voter fraud commission)....
after he received threats & detected 3 prior attempts at sabotage on his plane...
not only is the rumour that it was not an accident, but that it was orchestrated by one former resident of Holland, MI. Former BW employee swore in an affadavit.