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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Glad PoS Cory Mills getting reamed in right-wing media but maybe the 3 "investigative reporters" @theblaze who flat out plagiarized my story could have worked in credit. Fucking lowlifes, they're as bad as Mills. @petergietl, @Jill_Savage, @HanneBlaze64. www.theblaze.com/news/stolen-...
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Stolen valor? Veterans dispute Cory Mills’ record: 'He fooled a lot of us' | Blaze Media
'He has a monstrous gift of bulls**t,' former colleague says.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Well she was close anyway.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
I’m back at the helm after briefly taking time off to complete a few unrelated assignments. Here’s Part II of the Hunter Biden laptop investigation by Matt Bernardini.The concluding installment will run shortly. www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/exclusive-...
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EXCLUSIVE: How Trump's 2020 Reelection Campaign Planned and Implemented the Hunter Biden Laptop Op
Part II: The Trump team of dirty tricks specialists behind the op was extremely top-heavy with fraudsters, liars, and cranks.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I couldn't include all the sleaze on this dirtbag even in a 4-part series, ie soon after Mills voted to protect "American women" by deporting more “illegals" his mistress retracted a report of assault after he demanded she lie to cops about what happened. www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/gop-congre...
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GOP Congressman Cory Mills' Epic Saga of Fighting America's Most Dangerous Enemies Toe-to-Toe During His Military Service Launched His Political Career. But Is It True?
Part IV: In February, Mills' mistress called the police to report he'd assaulted her. He denies it, but if proven true it would be the first time it's been confirmed Mills ever had a role in combat.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
This important story is the first I’m running at Washington Babylon by an outside writer. A 6-month investigation by Matt Bernardini finds smoking gun evidence that unravels the truth behind the most sordid, salacious political dirty trick of modern times. www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/exclusive-...
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EXCLUSIVE: How Trump's 2020 Reelection Campaign Planned and Implemented the Hunter Biden Laptop Op
Part I: New evidence indicates Hunter Biden didn't drop off his now infamous laptop at a small computer repair store in Wilmington, Delaware. So who did?
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Are you open to the idea of starring in Deep Throat II? Because I've never seen anyone more dedicated than you are to mastering the art of the blow job. Jesus Christ, senator, have some goddamn self-respect.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
The King of Bed-Stuy.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
I mean, come the fuck on.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Part IV finished, as is the series on one of the biggest lowlifes in congress, and that says a lot. www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/gop-congre...
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GOP Congressman Cory Mills' Epic Saga of Fighting America's Most Dangerous Enemies Toe-to-Toe During His Military Service Launched His Political Career. But Is It True?
Part IV: In February, Mills' mistress called the police to report he'd assaulted her. He denies it, but if proven true it would be the first time it's been confirmed Mills ever had a role in combat.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
OK, here’s all of Part III & Part IV will run by Friday barring a nuclear holocaust. I genuinely believe this is an important story because it’s so repugnant & Mills is a key player in the national security arena, but I need to move the fuck on. www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/gop-congre...
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GOP Congressman Cory Mills' Epic Saga of Fighting America's Most Dangerous Enemies Toe-to-Toe During His Military Service Launched His Political Career. But Is It True?
Part III: The incredible true story of how a Florida man fabricated a decade of combat heroism and parlayed a brazen tale of Stolen Valor into a seat in the House of Representatives.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Meet Congressman Cory Mills, who fought Al Qaeda & the Taliban and isn’t afraid of domestic terror chieftains Sheikh Joe bin Biden, Mullah Nancy al-Pelosi or anything else — other than answering questions about fabricating his entire military career. www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/gop-congre...
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GOP Congressman Cory Mills' Incredible Saga of Hunting Terrorists and Fighting America's Enemies Toe-to-Toe in the World's Most Hellish War Zones Launched His Political Career. But Is It True?
Part III: Cory’s Adventures in Wonderland: The Incredible Story of How a Disgraced Congressman Fabricated His Epic Tale of Stolen Valor
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Congrats, Bari! I didn't think it was possible but you found a way to push the Free Press before naming your new columnist down to the No. 2 Most Putrid Neocon Rag in History right behind the new No. 1 Most Putrid Neocon Rag in History, the Free Press after you appointed her.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This is the 1st of 4 sections on the outlandish lies a congressman - a real congressman, not Charles Manson desperately trying to frame Tex as the sole killer at 10050 Cielo Drive - made to cash in on his fraudulent tale of Stolen Valor. www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/gop-congre...
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GOP Congressman Cory Mills' Incredible Saga of Hunting Terrorists and Fighting America's Enemies Toe-to-Toe in the World's Most Hellish War Zones Launched His Political Career. But Is It True?
Part III: Cory’s Adventures in Wonderland: The Incredible Story of How a Disgraced Congressman Fabricated His Epic Tale of Stolen Valor
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Finished up the final interviews for Part III of story on Congressman Cory Mills & hope to post it tomorrow. Mills, who portrays himself as a battle-tested combat veteran, is a flat-out fraud. The Wizard of Oz is more tethered to reality than his war stories.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Apropos of nothing, maybe I’ll just repost this interview with military analyst @vanidan about Pete Hegseth, or as he’s generally known (when not referred to as the “Drunk Misogynist & Wife-Beater”) the “walking, talking pile of hair gel.” www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/six-questi...
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Six Questions for National Security Analyst David Isenberg on Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth and the Questions He Should Have Been Asked During His Confirmation Hearings
"Hegseth would be the most grossly unqualified defense secretary to hold the job" since the Pentagon was established in 1947. He's a walking, talking pile of hair gel."
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Why the NYT tells headline writers not to work after being roofied at a bar, Exhibit 1:
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Self-professed War Hero & GOP Rep. Cory Mills says he narrowly survived a 2006 bombing in Iraq. Army vet Scott Kempkens, who was with him that day, says Mills is “a lying sack of shit: "If he was wounded in Iraq, it happened when he cut himself shaving.” www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/gop-congre...
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GOP Congressman Cory Mills' Incredible Saga of Hunting Terrorists and Fighting America's Enemies Toe-to-Toe in the World's Most Hellish War Zones Launched His Political Career. But Is It True?
Part II: The charge of Stolen Valor.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Congressman Cory Mills berates critics of his war stories for their shameless indecency, so why does it look like he’s the one standing naked with his dick in his hands? www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/gop-congre...
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GOP Congressman Cory Mills' Incredible Saga of Hunting Terrorists and Fighting America's Enemies Toe-to-Toe in the World's Most Hellish War Zones Launched His Political Career. But Is It True?
Part II: The charge of Stolen Valor.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Glenn Greenwald: "The Deep State made him do it."
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Reposting from late last night: Have no fear, Rep. Cory Mills, the one-man scourge of America’s enemies, is working 24/7 to keep you safe according to his autobiography, which is based on a true story, just not his, according to his actual Army records. www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/congressma...
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GOP Congressman Cory Mills' Incredible Saga of Hunting Terrorists and Fighting America's Enemies Toe-to-Toe in the World's Most Hellish War Zones Launched His Political Career. But Is It True?
Part I: Mills account is disputed by former military officials and veterans. One skeptic obtained his Army records, which Mills hasn't released - apparently for very good reasons.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
To judge from his account of the harrowing years he spent defending America from the planet’s most evil evildoers, Cory Mills’ battlefield heroics rival the exploits of cartoon superheroes. His critics see that’s not a coincidence. www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/congressma...
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GOP Congressman Cory Mills' Incredible Saga of Hunting Terrorists and Fighting America's Enemies Toe-to-Toe in the World's Most Hellish War Zones Launched His Political Career. But Is It True?
Part I: Mills account is disputed by former military officials and veterans. One skeptic obtained his Army records, which Mills hasn't released - apparently for very good reasons.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
This is probably too good to be true, but I just tried to post this to Twitter & can’t access site. Is it possible its headquarters was destroyed by a nuclear blast & no one was on the premises except Musk, whose ashy remains are currently drifting somewhere over the US Southwest?
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Well, you don’t get news this good every day. Tesla’s market cap has plunged to $725 billion, down 34% over since a month ago, when it was well over $1 trillion. A round of applause for Dork MAGA overlord Elon Musk!
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Siri, find me one single pic that perfectly captures the US in the year 2025.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
I asked an AI site for an image of Matt Taibbi & Trump in a romantic pose & I got this. AI's better than I thought, it captured Taibbi's current core essence as a humanoid who's got his lips so tightly planted on the Great Leader's ass that it's no longer possible to tell them apart.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Do you morons ever get tired of jerking yourselves off with political porn? I know almost nothing about her but that's her latest disclosure filed last August, if you have "evidence" - & I know that's a crazy high standard for y'all - let's see it.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Well, anybody who said the Democrats didn’t have the backbone to take on Trump has been proven wrong! He’s only been in office for two months & the Dems already rolled out the most terrifying weapon in their arsenal: matching outfits.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Jesus apparently told Matt Gaetz to pay teens for sex & traffic them across state lines. “The Bible, the gospel – these are our instructions from God. We are to follow faithfully.” www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/matt-gaetz...
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Matt Gaetz: The King of the Trump Hotel, the Bawdy Headquarters for Barely Legal, Booze-Fueled Sexscapades During the President’s First Term
Part II: After emerging as a rising star in MAGA World, Gaetz made the Trump Hotel the main base of operations in Washington for his nighttime exploits. His secrets were safe at the president's proper
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Let JD enjoy his time on the slopes. I arranged for him to hve a special ski instructor today, Sonny Bono will be arriving momentarily. ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
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JD Vance receives ice-cold reception as family arrives for Vermont skiing vacation
Vice President JD Vance finds Vermont resort to be hostile territory as he arrives for family skiing vacation
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
MAGA’s ruthless assault on the DC Swamp continues tonight & all weekend at the Ritz-Carlton in Key Biscayne where House Speaker Mike Johnson & numerous GOP House members will literally & metaphorically be shacked up with dozens of lobbyists. Take that Deep State! (Via Politico)
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Never question Lindsay Graham's courage. He barely flinched during the live broadcast of the ball removal operation Trump demanded he undergo as a sign of his unwavering loyalty.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
And the winner of Most Pathetic Corporate News Toady of all time goes to Washington Post publisher William Lewis.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Meet RFK Jr's new co-deputy secretaries of Health and Human Services.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Hmm. This FBI memo post-Epstein's death shows a confidential informant who worked for Dersh when he repped the pedo said "Maxwell & Epstein were Israell sples" & Dersh had contacts with Mossad. More later this week, here's recent story on Epstein & Mossad. www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/resolving-...
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Condy was a first ballot choice for the Enemies of the Deep State Hall of Fame. She shilled for every war that came across her desk (Iraq 2003: "We don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud") & was a Chevron board member & the company named an oil tanker after her.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Meet Shaun Maguire, hedge fund billionaire & self-appointed head of the Trump administration's Jewish Ghetto Police. Hey Shaun, have you thought about getting a reverse circumcision so you can try to pass as a real Nazi as opposed to a lowly collaborator? Fucking piece of shit.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Did Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry violate 4 of the 10 Commandments during a visit to DC that ended at a squalid den of depravity? This story led to a secret ethics probe of Landry - or is Gov. Marquis de Kama Sutra more apt? You'll know Tuesday. www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/an-evidenc...
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An Evidence-Based but Speculative Theory on the Campaign Finances of Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry That, if True, Shows He Violated Four of the Ten Commandments He Recently Ordered State Schools to Post
Landry’s disclosure reports indicate his personal commitment to biblical principles could be weaker than advertised or he may need to replace his brother as treasurer of his campaign committees.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Either married with kids rightwing Rep. Cory Mills assaulted his mistress or another GOP lawmaker did, called him to help murder her & cops arrived before they killed her & dismembered the corpse. Innocent until proven guilty but that's just science. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...
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Florida congressman investigated for alleged DC assault as police probe their own handling
D.C. police confirm they are investigating an alleged assault by Florida Rep. Cory Mills, a Republican representing a district northeast of Orlando, calling it an active criminal investigation.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
French Nazis to US Nazis: "Guys, please, you're giving Nazis a bad name."
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Matt Gaetz in 2016, during his successful run for a seat in the House: “The Bible, the gospel -- these are our instructions from God. We are to follow faithfully.” I'll be updating this story today on Gaetz’s touching devotion to biblicalvalues. www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/matt-gaetz...
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Matt Gaetz: The King of the Trump Hotel, the Bawdy Headquarters for Barely Legal, Booze-Fueled Sexscapades During the President’s First Term
What the House Ethics Committee left out of its report on the former congressman, failed attorney general nominee, and now, after hitting rock bottom, the nation's premiere ivermectin peddler.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
“I saw Gaetz drinking with girls not long out of high school who he plied with booze. He was a sitting member of congress buying drinks for girls who were too young to drink & going home to have sex with them when they were barely over the age of consent.” www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/matt-gaetz...
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Matt Gaetz: The King of the Trump Hotel, the Bawdy Headquarters for Barely Legal, Booze-Fueled Sexscapades During the President’s First Term
What the House Ethics Committee left out of its report on the former congressman, failed attorney general nominee, and now, after hitting rock bottom, the nation's premiere ivermectin peddler.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
On Friday I ran this interview with Amy Booth. A day later Milei's outed for pimping a crypto grift & now there are calls to impeach him (link below) Coincidence? Clearly not, it’s what political insiders call “The Washington Babylon Regime Change Effect.” www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/six-questi...
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Six Questions for Amy Booth of the Buenos Aires Herald on President Javier Milei of Argentina, the Political and Ideological Mentor of Recently Inaugurated US Leader Elon Musk
Donald Trump, Musk’s craven underling, calls Milei his “favorite president.” Our interview offers an exclusive sneak preview on where the US may be heading under the nation’s new administration.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
All roads lead to the Mossad. The Maxwell family connection. www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/the-jeffre...
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The Jeffrey Epstein Mystery: Case Closed
Part III: Ghislaine Maxwell's family connections to Israel and Epstein's relationship with her father, publishing magnate Robert Maxwell, a long and esteemed Mossad collaborator.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
The nation’s new President Elon Musk & his craven toady, figurehead US leader Donald Trump, are both huge fans of Argentina’s Javier Milei. Check out this interview for an exclusive sneak preview on where the US may be heading under Musk's administration. www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/six-questi...
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Six Questions for Amy Booth of the Buenos Aires Herald on President Javier Milei of Argentina, the Political and Ideological Mentor of Recently Inaugurated US Leader Elon Musk
Donald Trump, Musk’s craven underling, calls Milei his “favorite president.” Our interview offers an exclusive sneak preview on where the US may be heading under the nation’s new administration.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Many stories today rightfully denouncing Trump for using Gitmo to cage immigrants but Biden did the same, as I reported last October. This is not a Trump-Biden split, it’s a display of the bipartisanship that unites the 2 major parties on most key issues. www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/corporate-...
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Corporate Contractor That Backed CIA and FBI During “Global War on Terror” Strikes Gold Expelling Migrants, Many Children, for DHS
The Trump and Biden administrations awarded MVM lavish immigration enforcement contracts, including a deal to guard detainees at a grim facility in Guantánamo Bay.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I had insomnia & only slept 1 hour. The forecast is snow & ice. We’re out of the 2 basic food groups, coffee & bacon. Kicking sand in the face of a scrawny New York Times columnist always cheers me up so I’m republishing this little pill of happiness. www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/bret-steph...
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Bret Stephens: A Real Upper Class Asshole - and Journalism Fraud and Liar Too
Bret Stephens in 2008 photo, when he’d worked his way up from the ranks of the Mexican peasantry to become an esteemed Wall Street Journal columnist.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
“Donald Trump is burning America’s rule book. If he carries on like this, Democrats will have no choice but to send him a strongly worded letter.” www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/lazy-frida...
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Lazy Friday: Random Paraphernalia Heading Into the Weekend
Democrats meeting to draft stern letter to Trump administration, if 100 percent consensus can be reached; Israel, the media & the G-Word; and Matthew Yglesias' pathetic Iraq War apology.
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Ken Silverstein @kensilverstein1.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Erik Prince’s secret group chat achieved the seemingly impossible by making a private discussion between black bag operators, mercenaries & arms traffickers more boring than the dinner table conversation at a retirement home for life insurance salesmen. www.washingtonbabylondc.com/p/an-open-le...
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An Open Letter to Erik Prince and the Off Leash Group Chat: You're the Most Boring Fucking Crew of Black Bag Operators, Mercenaries, and Undercover Operatives I've Ever Encountered
I was vaguely keeping tabs on Off Leash until December, but I lost interest. Even the private musings of members of a far-right global network becomes tedious when the lunacy quota gets too high.
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