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“What do you do?” I take another swig of water, a pause to cue up my backstory. “I’m an import analyst for Europa Global Logistics.” “Europa? As in Jupiter’s moon?” “Very good. Most people don’t know that.”
Tess Gerritsen • The Spy Coast
Sérgio Moro, the one-time star judge of the Lava Jato investigation, was one minister whose allegiance looked likely to come into question. Moro had controversially joined Bolsonaro’s team in 2018 to take over the justice portfolio. He had argued that his presence in the administration was the best guarantee that the clean-up of political corruptio
... See moreRichard Lapper • Beef, Bible and bullets: Brazil in the age of Bolsonaro
Russert, like Cramer, when exposed as complicit in the dissemination of misinformation, attempted to portray himself as an innocent victim, as did New York Times reporter Judy Miller, who, along with her colleague Michael Gordon, worked largely as stenographers for the Bush White House during the propaganda campaign to invade Iraq. Once the adminis
... See moreChris Hedges • Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
Dilanian’s interactions with the CIA include him “explicitly promising positive news coverage and sometimes sending the press office entire story drafts for review prior to publication.”
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
Morgan’s famous testimony to Congress that character came before money or property.
Frank Partnoy • The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals
Moro’s decision to accept the job of justice minister in the new Bolsonaro government badly damaged his credibility. But it was perhaps not a surprising one. Certainly not to Janot, the chief federal prosecutor and the man who had set up the Curitiba task force in the first place. In his memoir, Janot said that he had been sceptical of the Curitiba
... See moreRichard Lapper • Beef, Bible and bullets: Brazil in the age of Bolsonaro
This is Seth Godin.
Moi Jamri • 13 cards
Manuel Valls n’est pas loin de s’en étrangler. « Quand il a, avec son téléphone non crypté, une conversation avec un chef d’État étranger, je le sais, nous confie-t-il. Je lui dis : “Heureusement que c’est moi ton ministre de l’Intérieur, toute la conversation a été captée.” Il me répond : “Ah bon…” »