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“In late spring 2020, a source I knew to be reliable called me with a story,” writes Matthew Cole. “The Dutch government had hacked into Jared Kushner’s phone and monitored him as he accessed a Dubai-based bank account. What was odd, the source said, was that the money in the account—hundreds of millions of dollars—had come from a bank in Azerbaijan. Most importantly, Kushner appeared to have transferred significant amounts of money from the Dubai account to other individuals, including a warlord, a mercenary and a one-time hit man. The story sounded preposterous, I told my source. And yet.
Six months later, I found myself speaking with someone else about the UAE government and their use of mercenaries in conflicts around the Middle East and Africa when I asked, on a whim, whether they knew anything about Kushner and bank transfers from a UAE account. My acquaintance grew quiet. Then they replied, ‘Yes.’” Kushner’s lawyer denied the bank account existed.
Read an exclusive excerpt from Cole’s book, ‘Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East’: vanityfair.visitlink.me/Q5_W…
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People like Jared Kushner and Witkoff are absolutely overwhelmed by the capacity many intelligence agencies around the world have. Of course, they are target of surveillance, because they carry the water for Trump and his schemes, while operating completely outside the official channels which would require them to document each and every step they take.
Of course they are not doing that and of course they are using commercial products which can be hacked by almost any foreign intelligence agency. It shows vividly that corruption is equally destructive as it is dumb. They enrich themselves beyond imaginations, but it is all of us who foot the bill.
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The GRU hacked into Jared Kushner's iPhone. Dutch military intelligence (MIVD) then recruited a GRU spy who gave them access to the hacked phone. What MIVD discovered was that Kushner had access to two bank accounts --one Azerbaijani, the other Israeli --where Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Emirati ruler Mohammed bin Zayed deposited money. It sounds like a slightly far-fetched episode of "Slow Horses," but it's real. And it proves just how eye-poppingly corrupt this administration was and continues to be as its "special envoy" decides the fate of tens of millions in Europe in the Middle East. Simply incredible reporting by Matthew Cole, drawn from his new book on Kushner. vanityfair.com/story/jared-k…
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During WWI, most Belgian soldiers spoke Flemish (Dutch), while much of the officer corps spoke French. Many soldiers struggled to understand their own commanders. Imagine sending men to fight and die for their country, yet giving orders in a language they barely understood.
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Er is een rel uitgebroken over deze video! De RVD heeft Peter van der Meij gesommeerd om de reel offline te halen. Ze willen niet dat de Wassenaarse villa van de Vakantiekoning in beeld komt. Let vooral op de beroemde rode keuken van Máxima (0:26)
Met veertig journalisten verdring ik mij om een stukje koolstof waarmee de Franse staatsschuld afbetaald kan worden. Voor het eerst sinds decennia tentoongesteld.
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Just realized there is a unique word in Germanic languages that doesn't exist in English:
"Gunnen" in Dutch and “gönnen” in German - a verb, basically the opposite of envying or begrudging something.
It can be most accurately translated as "l wish for you to have this/I'm happy that you have this and I do not begrudge you this". It implies no value judgement on someone actually deserving something, and there is an emotional nuance to it that acknowledges that someone having something good does not diminish you, possibly even in spite of your own less favorable circumstances.
This is a fascinating word, as most languages have the opposite of it - "to envy" - and English comes closest with the antonym "to begrudge", yet how curious that most other languages don't have a one word equivalent for an action that is the opposite of envy.
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Ehhh… always “bet” against a man who thinks only on himself - and how to get more power.
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Liebe Genossinnen und Genossen,
ich glaube, die Jugendbrigaden des VEB Sachsenring Zwickau haben es mal wieder ein bisschen übertrieben.
Mit sozialistischem Gruß
Erich Honecker
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Hij kan heel goed zuigen.
Misschien een goed moment om in herinnering te brengen dat meneer Musk best wat kan, ongeacht wat veel mensen en media die zichzelf ‘progressief’ noemen plachten te beweren
nijmansnieuwsbriefje.nl/p/el…
