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41 " total domination is the outcome "
― Sarah Kendzior , Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America
42 " In 1987, the FCC repealed the Fairness Doctrine, a 1949 policy that had required broadcast networks to present controversial issues of public importance in a manner that was—in the FCC’s view—fair and balanced. Republicans successfully argued "
43 " Today is November 18, 2016. I want you to write about who you are, what you have experienced, and what you have endured.Write down what you value; what standards you hold for yourself and for others. Write about your dreams for the future and your hopes for your children. Write about the struggle of your ancestors and how the hardship they overcame shaped the person you are today.Write your biography, write down your memories. Because if you do not do it now, you may forget.Write a list of things you would never do. Because it is possible that in the next year, you will do them.Write a list of things you would never believe. Because it is possible that in the next year, you will either believe them or be forced to say you believe them. "
44 " you find yourself doing something that feels questionable or wrong a few months or years from now, find that essay you wrote on who you are and read it. Ask if that version of yourself would have done the same thing. And if the answer is no? Don’t do it. "
45 " We are living in Roy Cohn’s America, directed by his apt pupil, with the aid of a crime syndicate that does not recognize law, freedom, or the sanctity of human life. "
46 " Barrett’s claim in his 1992 Trump biography—which was not rereleased until 2016—is in direct contrast to the “Trump is a political neophyte” myth often spread by a credulous mainstream media. "
47 " have been answered well before the election. In June 2016, an anonymous plaintiff, using the pseudonym Katie Johnson and later Jane Doe, filed a lawsuit accusing Trump of raping her when she was thirteen years old—the same age that Ivanka was that year. Jane Doe’s claim was consistent with verifiable facts from the court case against convicted billionaire underage sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, for whom Jane Doe was forced to work. In 2002, Trump told New York magazine that he had known Epstein, a financier with a mysterious past, for fifteen years and thought he was a “terrific guy.”5 "
48 " am updating this chapter one week after Epstein’s mysterious death, with new "
49 " Epstein’s life in the underworld of the global elite begins and ends with the family of William Barr, Trump’s attorney general. As "
50 " Wexner is a dedicated Zionist activist who has spent a great deal of money seeking to shape global policy toward Israel through what he describes as philanthropic initiatives. "
51 " A media makeover is a peculiar wound. It is a terrible feeling to be in pain and to be ignored—as a place, as a person. It is worse to be given a mask and told it’s your face. "
52 " In 2019, it was revealed that the main bank Epstein used was Deutsche Bank—the only bank that would lend to Trump after his bankruptcies, the same bank implicated in the Trump Russia scandal.15 "
53 " first arrest was in 2006, "
54 " Epstein’s first arrest was in 2006, when over forty women came forward with allegations of abuse, many claiming that they were part of a 1990s international underage sex crime ring to service the most rich and powerful men in the world.16 "
55 " many of the assaults allegedly took place include Ehud Barak, Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, and Alan Dershowitz, a close friend of Epstein who also served as his attorney. Dershowitz was accused in 2015 of raping a teenage girl procured by Epstein in the 1990s, and in 2019 he was sued by a victim who claimed he aided in "
56 " why did the FBI and other law enforcement agencies not stop such an obvious threat to national security as Trump running for president? "
57 " New York Times reporter gushed about Epstein’s private jet, neglecting to mention it was literally a vehicle of rape. "
58 " he chose the same publicist as the Trump and Kushner families: Howard Rubenstein. "
59 " (In fall 2018, Khashoggi’s nephew, Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi, was hacked into pieces with a bone saw by aides of the Saudi government in their Turkish embassy, allegedly under the orders of MBS with information supplied by MBS’s friend, Kushner, after Khashoggi had criticized Trump.35 Adnan Khashoggi is also dead, having passed on in 2017 due to unknown "
60 " pioneered by Roy Cohn and polished by Rubenstein, who had represented other Trump and Epstein colleagues like Rupert Murdoch and Adnan Khashoggi. "