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  Jeffrey Epstein, the Russian Mob, & the Hidden Assets of the Maxwells (w/ Moe Tkacik) | The Chris Hedges Report Chris Hedges The release of the Epstein Files has shocked the public with unimaginable stories of the pedophilia, exploitation of women and brash depravity of the ruling class. While these stories have been the major source of public outrage, a deeper dive into the Epstein Files reveals the inside world of how the billionaire class operates to control information and collude with each other – hide their crimes and gain massive wealth at the expense of the working class. In this episode, Chris Hedges speaks with Maureen Tkacik, an investigative journalist who has studied and written about the Epstein Files for The American Prospect and The Nation . Tkacik exposes the players behind the looting of the Soviet Union after its collapse, the truth about Larry Summers’ abrupt resignation from Harvard, the controversy around the death of the media magnate Robert Maxwell an...

  The Unseen Israeli Election Fix in 2016 While the media chased shadows in Moscow, Israeli agents operated in plain sight at Trump Tower. José Alberto Niño For years, American media fixated relentlessly on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, yet  FBI documents  reveal a parallel story of Israeli contacts with the Trump campaign that received virtually no scrutiny despite evidence of attempted foreign intervention. This operation involved high-ranking Israeli officials, secret agents, and a sustained effort to provide Donald Trump’s campaign with what one participant called “critical intel” to defeat Hillary Clinton. The story only emerged through heavily redacted FBI search warrant documents released in 2020, more than four years after the events occurred. According to these documents,  examined  extensively by intelligence expert James Bamford in  The Nation , Israeli officials conducted a months-long operation attempting to establish ...