Can Netanyahu survive ‘Qatargate’ and the spy chief row?

#Netanyahu - hold my beer (so it doesn’t get shit into it) . The man who can hold his head up high in any contest between corrupt politicians for the lowest of the low.

‘Last month, Nadav Argaman, the former director of the Shin Bet, told Israel’s main broadcaster that he would “put to use” his great deal of knowledge about Netanyahu’

http://archive.today/2025.04.05-171927/https://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/israel-hamas-war/article/israel-netanyahu-quatari-payments-shin-bet-rf3hglmx9 (archive)

"[Senator Chris] Murphy put it perfectly:

Everything Trump and his cronies are doing is about empowering oligarchs and silencing the rest of us. That’s why we need a mass mobilization…."

~ Ben Meiselas

#Trump #tariffs #oligarchy #power #corruption #resistance
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https://www.meidasplus.com/p/senators-chris-murphy-and-tim-kaine

So much winning!

#Russian historian Irina #Scherbakowa thinks that #Trump wants to sell #Ukraine to #Putin. (Source: https://orf.at/stories/3389357/ in German)

So far, her arguments do reflect Trump's actions quite well. He's not demanding anything from Putin but he puts much pressure on #Selensky.

So yes, this deal would make him even more rich at the cost of much human sacrifice.

And this is even independent from the question whether or not Tump is a Russian spy with the name #Krasnov which is not confirmed yet: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/03/13/fact-checking-online-claims-that-donald-trump-was-recruited-by-the-kgb-as-krasnov

Donald Trump's tariffs hit Russia hard

This is a completely unintended consequence. By tanking stocks all over the globe, Trump may have unintentionally done more damage to Russia than previous sanctions.

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-tariffs-trump-moex-2055779

Donald Trump to skip US soldier memorial, White House confirms

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-skip-us-soldier-memorial-white-house-confirms-2055449

The third James Bond novel was published this day in 1955. The thriller Moonraker is from a long-ago era with a villain that makes no sense today - A rocket-building technocrat who is actually a secret Nazi working for the Russians

For decades, Marine Le Pen has called for stricter laws to tackle corruption in public life. Now, the law has caught up with her, unleashing an earthquake that could transform France's political landscape.

https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/marine-le-pens-reckoning/ #France #MarineLePen #Corruption #Crime #Democracy

Huawei corruption probe: eight charged.

The Belgian prosecutor has charged eight people with active corruption, money laundering and criminal organisation in an investigation into Huawei’s suspected illegal payments to secure support from European lawmakers in the company’s interests.

Three suspects are now under electronic surveillance, two were released under conditions and three remain in prison.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250404-huawei-corruption-probe-eight-charged?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

Penalising foreign co's for #palmoil and #timber #deforestation in #Indonesia and #Malaysia has been hampered by #cronyism and #corruption at the highest levels of government. #TheAirWeShare #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

http://palmoildetectives.com/2024/03/03/air-pollution-from-palm-oil-deforestation-is-a-human-rights-issue-affecting-everyone-in-s-e-asia/

Financial Times: “If it endures, #Trump decision to enact sweeping #tariffs on US #trade partners will go down as one of the greatest acts of self-harm in #American #economic #history. They will wreak untold #damage on households, businesses and #financial markets across the world, upending a #global #economic order that America benefited from and helped to create.” #maga #fascism #corruption #democracy #economy #politics #government

#kleptocracy & #corruption on full display:

Exclusive: #SpaceX, #ULA to clinch multibillion-dollar #Pentagon launch contract

#ElonMusk's SpaceX & United Launch Alliance are expected to each win a #US #SpaceForce rocket launch contract on Friday worth billions of dollars over the next several years to send some of the Pentagon's most sensitive #satellites into #space, acc/to 2 people familiar w/the procurement decision.

#law #Trump #broligarchy #plutocracy #USpol
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-ula-expected-clinch-multibillion-dollar-contract-key-pentagon-launch-2025-04-04/

Euro jumps over 2% against dollar after hefty US tariffs announced

https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/dollar-slides-traders-rush-into-safe-havens-after-us-tariffs-2025-04-03/

Just idly musing:

If, purely hypothetically, you knew in advance what The Rapist was going to do about tariffs and shorted a whole bunch of equities, you could make a killing.

And then if, purely hypothetically, you knew in advance if he was going to reverse those tariffs and then bought a whole bunch of equities, you could make another killing.

But I'm sure that's all purely hypothetical, right?

#Deforestation occurs against a background of #crime and #corruption as exposed in the #PanamaPapers @ICIJorg. Brands #Colgate #Danone #Nestle and others buy tainted #palmoil while lying to that it is "sustainable" #BoycottPalmOil

http://palmoildetectives.com/2022/06/26/treespiracy/

so, when Marine Le Pen got smacked down, decided to catch up with my French politics reading and, those were the days (less than a week ago) when only la gauche were calling for a boycott of États-Unis over #Gaza #Ukraine #Greenland and shameless #fascism & #corruption, especially the Tesla shmuck.

then the orange fuckwad turned tariffs into extortion.

so now, Macron has said, in so many words, it’s time to #Boycott #Divest & #Sanction USA:

https://www.lexpress.fr/economie/guerre-commerciale-de-donald-trump-la-reponse-demmanuel-macron-6Q334DJQTFDXPJ3SSNM3ZYQGCQ/

#corruption
Per CREW: "Vietnamese media is reporting that Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh recently met with a Trump Organization representative and is supporting expediting approval for a Trump Organization development.

This came at the same time that the Vietnamese government was trying to avoid being subject to Trump administration tariffs."