1. Let's talk about what a cesspool of corruption the New York Times op-ed page has become under James Bennet.
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2. Yesterday, the Times published an op-ed headlined, “Trump is crude. But he’s right about Saudi Arabia.” This not only defended Trump's Saudi policy but also, crucially, argued Mohammed bin Salman was only legitimate ruler of Saudi Arabia.
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3. Op-ed was written by two think tankers, Michael Doran, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. What might those be, you ask?
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4. As it happened, earlier this year, New York Times news section (the good Times) did a great investigative report on how Saudi Arabia & UAE were lobbying in USA using American think tanks.
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5. The earlier Times report focused on 2 men, George Nader, an advisor to the ruler of the UAE and Elliott Broidy, a big GOP donor. Made clear that Nader was using Broidy as a front man https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/us/politics/george-nader-elliott-broidy-uae-saudi-arabia-white-house-influence.html …
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6. Hudson Institute & Foundation for Defense of Democracies (sic!) are not supposed to take foreign funding or funding from autocracis. But via Broidy, Nader got Saudi & UAE sway over them.pic.twitter.com/3Hm0lQs0UQ
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7. Tangentially, or maybe not tangentially, Nader & Broidy are both major league sleazeballs. Nader has served time for sexually abusing children. Broidy accused of coercing former mistress to have abortion & paying hush money (via Michael Cohen).
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Replying to @HeerJeet
nader served time? I was aware of charges that were dropped. do you have documentation?
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This indicates he served time: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/16/george-nader-child-porn-467776 …
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Replying to @HeerJeet
thank you! missed the '91 charges, knew that the '85 had been dropped...
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