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Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Post by defrost »

ardit33 wrote: post #420
KennyBlanken wrote: post #359

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The NY Times coverage of him is abhorrently biased. Every time I see an article about him, the headline, summary, and article itself feel like the editors were desperate to paint him in as negative a light as possible. The man has almost overnight gotten the city to start doing things that benefit the general public, nto just the wealthy. Actions on bike lane projects that were stalled and actually taking action agai…

They are racist, and unfortunately hard core israel supporter, which makes anybody that doesn't go with that agenda as a target. The moment that Mandani said he will stay home and serve the people of NYC, what asked 'where are you going to make your first visit when elected' it made him a target. He showed he wasn't willing to bow down to a foreign power. NYT still tries to put a veneer of modicum. NY Post is the one…

Murdoch's News Corp, owner of the NY Post, has always hated political figures cut from the same "for the people" cloth as Mandani.

It's a pattern going back to humble origins in Australia, continued forward in the UK when they shredded Fleet Street norms, and exuberantly applied throughout their decades in the USofA.

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Post by thefz »

Simon_O_Rourke wrote: post #25
stuaxo wrote: post #7

"Lecornu said the French government had asked Israel for explanations of BlackCore's actions, and also for help in trying to find out who may have been behind the smear campaign." This is a very well executed bit of diplomacy.

Nonsense, it'll end up with merely some public head scratching and shrugs, and a "gee whiz monsieur, it sure is a mystery to us too". Interesting that whatever they wanted to do backfired in NYC.

At least the French demonstrated they hold other governments accountable. Israel is shrugging off the killing of some 70k civilians, for sure they will shrug off this one too, to no one's surprise (including the French government).

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ardit33 wrote: post #419
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #416

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I like and have come to, on certain policies and candidates, ally with Mamdani. But I’m struggling to find the relevance to New York City in this article beyond supposition. I went in ready to find a foreign attack on our homeland and come away grasping at straws.

French foreign services said they discovered this, but they haven't made all material they know public. They say the contacted the NY/US authorities with what they know. Do you think they are lying just for kicks?

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Re: Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

ardit33 wrote: post #419
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #416

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I like and have come to, on certain policies and candidates, ally with Mamdani. But I’m struggling to find the relevance to New York City in this article beyond supposition. I went in ready to find a foreign attack on our homeland and come away grasping at straws.

French foreign services said they discovered this, but they haven't made all material they know public. They say the contacted the NY/US authorities with what they know. Do you think they are lying just for kicks?

> they haven't made all material they know public

I want more than this! There is a lot of room between lying and fucking up. And if you're going to present a half-baked case on first impression, it's going to be a lot harder to regain everyone's attention when you get your shit together.

Maybe I'm just annoyed with this issue. But I came into this thread looking for anything actionable. I'm not finding it. Just the same old nonsese being flung across the same aisle.

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Post by nixon_why69 »

pjc50 wrote: post #409
bayarearefugee wrote: post #391

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They have to be kind of panicking that the smear tactics keep backfiring. Didn't stop Mamdani. Won't stop Platner. At this point it is amusing to see them pissing away so many millions of dollars to stop a public opinion tide that has no chance of being stopped.

I'm not sure in the Platner case why the supposed progressive cause can't find someone without a Nazi tattoo. I'm not sure what the alleged benefits of Platner are either. Mamdani has been amazing, but what is Platner for?

It's not like it's a swastika, it was a skull and crossbones that turns out to have been used by the SS (I think?). I had no idea that particular image was nazi-related and I don't think most other people would have either. As far as "mistakes made by marines on shore leave" go it's pretty mild. Honestly his more recent scandals are more concerning as far as character.

Platner's upside is being a senator that's not from the student senate -> Hill staffer -> party insider pipeline. We're all pretty much sick of that character, he sounds much more authentic by comparison.

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Post by amitport »

bulbar wrote: post #194
yieldcrv wrote: post #174

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IDF conscripts astroturf on social media all day, and a lot of people do the same for free on behalf of the concept of Israel Don’t worry about the deflections and karma flagging censorship as consensus, because its not Jewish and Jewish Israeli people are raised to be afraid of the entire world, and think losing a perception game will result in their eradication perpetuated by everyone around them. This is due to a…

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"parents and grandparents,"

You don't have to go into historical events. This is still happening now.

Jews are still fighting for their survival and the moment Israel stops fighting, millions of Jews will die.

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Post by warumdarum »

unselect5917 wrote: post #323
warumdarum wrote: post #313

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'islamo supremacists', but not jewish supremacists? The ones just spontaneously moved into a land where people already lived 75 years ago aren't responsible? Literally DARVO. is a reaction that perpetrators of wrongdoing, such as abusers, narcissists, or sexual offenders, may display in response to being held accountable for their behavior. Research indicates that it is a common manipulation strategy of psychological…

The jews regularly throw those settlers and supremacists to the wulfes in " land for peace deals" - ghaza, sinai, lebanon, they get papers and blue helmets and peace promises, and then again rockets, rape and suicide bombers. The later often subsidized with aid money. And the hypocrisy of europe, setting up barriers and checks near christmas markets, trainstations and then condemning israel for apartheid for doing the same.

Or inviting the proxxy-sponsors of the attacks : turkey,quatar, iran to be parts of "peace" talks. The same sort of peace talks they are now having with putin.

Want to see the real culprits? Offer the neighbors exchange deals. They send the druse and other minorities they were genociding anyway to israel and get their proxxies back in return..

They dont give a fuck about the people or who lifes how in the middle east as long as muslim lands are not ruled by unbelievers aka islamo supremacy. Just because your religion makes you powerless doesn't mean you cant dream of empires every day.

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Post by HWR_14 »

frm88 wrote: post #411
myth_drannon wrote: post #166

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From https://www.opensecrets.org/ Totals since 2016 Country Total Spending China $562,676,323 Japan $504,111,211 Liberia $432,968,270 Saudi Arabia $421,890,448 Marshall Islands $382,012,024 South Korea $363,237,700 Bahamas $293,205,139 United Arab Emirates $269,529,107 Qatar $269,260,794 Israel $215,168,616 So for small countries UAE and Qatar(no surprise here, they just gifted 1 billion airplane to Trump)

These numbers are wrong. There is no possible way Liberia has spent 10% of its GDP on lobbying the US for the past 10 years. They just signed (May 2026) a lobbying contract for $1.2 million with a lobbying company in the US, which seems vastly more in proportion https://liberianinvestigator.com/liberia-ballard-partners-lo... OpenSecrets laid off 30% of its staff due to financial problems [0] and I'm absolutely sure t…

Those numbers in no way indicate that Liberia spent 10% of its gdp lobbying the US. It looks like approximately 0.8%, which is still fantastically high

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

chadgpt3 wrote: post #412
generj wrote: post #384

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They don’t own the contest, an Israeli company sponsors Eurovision. I suspect the song on Israeli participation is not over yet, but that’s a side tangent.

A sponsored business is effectively owned by its sponsors

> A sponsored business is effectively owned by its sponsors

This is nonsese. The business is owned by its owners. Sponsors are the customers. For multinational staples like Eurovision, sponsors get limited say.

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