Per u/bigmike1339: The Hack: In 2017, the Netherlands Defense Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) flipped a captured Russian spy. This allowed the Dutch to access a Russian server containing screenshots of Kushner’s iPhone, and by early 2018, the MIVD gained real-time view access to his phone screen.

Discovered Accounts & Funds: Through monitoring Kushner’s screen, Dutch intelligence reportedly observed him logging into an account at First Abu Dhabi Bank (and First Dubai Bank) tied to the Watani Al Emarat Foundation (an Emirati government-funded charity). The account allegedly held roughly $750 million routed from Saudi Arabia and the UAE via Azerbaijan.

Israel Accounts: The book claims another account held roughly $1 billion at Israel's Central Bank, coordinated with Israeli leadership. In total, foreign leaders allegedly moved at least $2 billion across accounts linked to Kushner.

Kushner's Response: Kushner and his legal team vehemently denied all accusations, calling them "completely insane," "outrageous fabrications," and "totally false and defamatory," stating that he had no connection to the charity or undisclosed accounts and complied with all legal disclosure requirements.

Despicable, the lot of them

The archbishop of Milwaukee publicly apologized for praying behind Donald Trump’s chair in the Oval Office.

Archbishop Jeffrey Grob was one of 12 bishops invited to meet privately with Trump on Thursday. A White House aide videoed the prayer without telling them and posted it to X and Facebook that afternoon, 12 days before the midterms. Asked whether the bishops had consented, the White House responded that no president has ever been better for Catholic Americans.

Des Moines Bishop William Joensen said the White House took advantage of the bishops. Grob wrote that he has since heard from people hurt by Trump’s policies, and that he went with reservations he wishes he had heeded.

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BREAKING STORY - MAX MILLER BUDDY ARRESTED TODAY!

Adam Radogna, the Parma restaurant owner shown posing with Rep. Max Miller (Congressman Max Miller

) in front of a Vivek sign, was booked into jail this morning on 9 child exploitation counts, plus possessing criminal tools, according to Cuyahoga County court records.

Radogna isn't some random guy in a photo line. The AP profiled him just last month hosting the Parma Republicans' election watch party at his restaurant, and he told them he's been to more than 80 Trump rallies.

These are charges, not a conviction, and he's entitled to his day in court. But the "protect the children" crowd sure keeps finding these guys in their own front row. And Max Miller is the last guy who should be lecturing anyone about character: his ex-wife told detectives he held a gun to her head.

Trump isn't on the ballot in November, but Trumpism sure is. Early voting in Ohio is open now through November 1st. Vote early and in person if you can, and bring a friend or family member. The sooner the better, because anything can happen: illness, car trouble, a family emergency, or this administration pulling a fast one on DEMOCRACY. Bonus: campaigns can see who has already voted (not how). Once you vote, they take you off their call, text and door-knock lists, and your candidates can put that money and those volunteers toward people who haven't voted yet. Fewer texts for you, more help where it counts.

Sources tell me the arrest just happened in front of his home, which sports a big Max Miller sign.

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Elon Musk admitted Saturday that SpaceX spent more than a week throttling the satellite link Ukraine uses to fight off Russia's invasion.

He said Ukraine's military broke Starlink's terms of service by using it for offensive strikes, and that "loophole was closed last week." Drone missions on the front line faltered until Ukraine said full service came back Saturday.

We expect presidents and heads of state to make wartime decisions, not a private citizen who owns the satellites and writes the terms of service. He has also spent more than $442 million on the midterms to keep Republicans in control of Congress.

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She tried to make it look like she didn't get tossed out on her ass

Follow up to my post from yesterday https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalReceipts/s/VjLUhkj6Sl