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Mike Rube's avatar

After Trump, Bannon traveled the world organizing global fascism. Organizing fascism means organizing anti-Labor, anti-environmentalism, pro-corporatism, aligning propaganda, and pro-police & militarism, and of course the movement/ distribution of mass quantities of money! Basically Bannon, in what could be regarded as treason?, undermining democracy everywhere, organizing the destruction of Progressive, environmental, movements everywhere. Epstein was the money messenger boy. Global capital is the enemy.

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John alder's avatar

Should have thrown trump and Epstein into the same jail cell!

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George Leone's avatar

The Epstein files just confirmed what many suspected: this wasn’t some lone predator — it was a global power broker moving between Modi, Bannon, Israeli intelligence networks, and billionaire elites like it was nothing. The real scandal isn’t that Epstein tried to set up a meeting with Modi — it’s that world leaders and political operatives kept engaging with him after his conviction, fully aware of who he was.

This is the rot at the heart of geopolitics: unaccountable men cutting secret deals while democracies get fed PR. Until these networks are exposed, we’re all just watching the puppet show while the same dirty hands pull the strings.

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Fren's avatar

(a faithful translation of Drop Site into plain English)

Headline:

“Modi on board”

Translation: Epstein texted someone something vague, so we’re going to pretend the Prime Minister of India RSVP’d like this is a PTA bake sale.

“What did Jeffrey Epstein really do? And on whose behalf?”

Translation: We’re starting with the conclusion, because suspense is for people with editors.

“18,000 emails obtained by Drop Site News”

Translation: We opened a zip file from DDoSecrets and decided that counts as fact-checking.

“DDOS also obtained Ehud Barak’s correspondence… you can support their work here.”

Translation: Before we begin, please donate to the people who gave us the PDF we didn’t authenticate.

“Jeffrey Epstein offered to set up a meeting with Modi and Bannon.”

Translation: A billionaire sent a text. That’s it. That’s the scoop.

“The documents reveal previously unknown details about Epstein’s relationships with the Indian elite.”

Translation: We found some emails with Indian names in them. Therefore: geopolitics.

“Epstein had close ties with the Israeli intelligence establishment.”

Translation: We’re just saying it. No footnotes. Just vibes.

“Details match closely with the contemporaneous activities of Steve Bannon.”

Translation: Two things happened near each other in the timeline. Get your corkboard ready.

“The sender mentions working with Kobach and Kolfage.”

Translation: Remember these guys? No? Doesn’t matter. They make the paragraph look busy.

“(The project ended with Bannon pleading guilty to fraud.)”

Translation: Irrelevant detail added solely to generate boo-hiss energy.

“Bannon messaged Epstein saying…”

Translation: We can’t confirm it’s him, but wouldn’t it be cool if it were?

“Epstein responded, ‘his focus wants to be stopping China.’”

Translation: Nothing says “deep-state puppet master” quite like WhatsApp typos.

“Epstein pressed further… ‘you should meet with modi’”

Translation: This is the investigative equivalent of live-tweeting somebody’s autocorrect.

“Epstein wrote again, stating ‘modi on board.’”

Translation: Proof of nothing, used as proof of everything.

“Modi’s office did not respond to Drop Site’s requests for comment.”

Translation: Shocking that the government of 1.4 billion people didn’t reply to our Substack.

“Epstein died in a jail cell that August.”

Translation: Mood-setting sentence. Adds drama. Adds nothing else.

“An individual whose name was redacted…”

Translation: Insert your favorite suspect here — choose your own conspiracy adventure.

“Epstein responded, ‘India-Israel key—not for email.’”

Translation: This sounds dramatic, so we’re definitely printing it.

“Ambani had substantial business interests in Israel.”

Translation: Indian billionaire does capitalism. We pretend this is espionage.

“Drop Site has obtained thousands of emails…”

Translation: We printed them before checking if half are spam filters or password resets.

“Puri is featured on Epstein’s list of scheduled appointments…”

Translation: A calendar invite = a geopolitical relationship now.

“Public response assumed he was trafficking girls…”

Translation: Don’t worry, we’ll debunk it… immediately after we float it for clicks.

“Despite the misinterpretation, the emails do show Epstein engaging in backchannel communications…”

Translation: After 4,000 words, here is the only sentence with actual meaning, and it still proves nothing.

“Appears to have continued up until the final months of his life.”

Translation: We are ending on smoke because we have no fire.

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Charles Main's avatar

Translations of translations tend to produce cumulative error.

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Fren's avatar

Post-script:

And, naturally, the same person who co-wrote this Modi/Epstein opus also wrote the Columbia Journalism Review piece introducing Drop Site as a bold journalistic force. A self-review disguised as a media critique — the circle completes itself.

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rosinpotatoes's avatar

“It Is Part of Israel Strategy”

> DSN writes: “ties between the two nations reached an unprecedented high point in July 2017, with Modi becoming the first Indian prime minister to visit Israel.”

>”Epstein says: “my guy said to tell you that you are missing a great opportunity, look at your underwear. it either says made in china or made in india. . how is it possible that you guys don’t understand shared goals.”

Was the sale of Haifa Port in Israel the result of these meetings?

>"Oren Ravid, an entrepreneur and strategic business advisor in India/ Israel, told The Media Line that this deal represents huge income for Israel."

>"To begin with, he explained, “the price that was offered is far from being realistic and, in the beginning, there was even doubt that any buyer would agree to such a price tag.”

>”The deal reportedly was closed for 4.1 billion shekels, which is close to $1.2 billion, according to the Israeli business daily Calcalist. The move is a win-win situation for both Israel and India, which will see great benefits from the sale, experts say.”

>Indian Group Outbids Chinese Players for Stake in Haifa Port

https://themedialine.org/top-stories/haifa-port-sale-will-boost-india-israel-business-ties-israels-consul-in-mumbai-tells-tml/

DEBBIE MOHNBLATT

01/11/2023

“China already owns two ports in Israel; selling ports and national infrastructure to foreign companies always comes with a security risk, national security expert says

A partnership led by India’s Adani Group has completed the purchase of the original Port of Haifa on the Mediterranean Sea, Israel’s Ministry of Finance announced on Tuesday. The deal reportedly was closed for 4.1 billion shekels, which is close to $1.2 billion, according to the Israeli business daily Calcalist. The move is a win-win situation for both Israel and India, which will see great benefits from the sale, experts say.”

“The purchase has behind it strategic thought, which is to connect India to Europe and afterward to the United States. The Port of Haifa is a strategic point that will help them open a route to Europe passing through Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates,” he said.

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catfish rushdie's avatar

Way to go, guys! DropSite leads the REAL news industry, full stop. You are light-years ahead of the rest.

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Mark Ruffalo's avatar

MTG recently said Trump told her, “People would be hurt…”. This thing is turning out to have tentacles all over the place. We can only hope there is money and will to unravel it all. There is a new documentary out on Julian Assange. “The Six Billion Dollar Man”. Putting Epstein in the context of the way the media has buried Assange makes you question the willingness for our press to do the necessary “hurting people” that will be required for us to actually be free and our political parties to be honest.

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Jenus829's avatar

This is why Drop Site news and other indy media outlets are extremely important to keep us informed. We must spread the knowledge we obtain to every corner of the world. The American Empire's power is waning and the implication for us is dire therefore we must organize. The late Kwame Toure always said that "black people are not poor, but poorly organized well that goes for the American working class of all races.

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