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14. May I suggest

Fri May 15, 2026, 10:43 AM

May 15

Tom Burgis’s Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World

It goes into the connections between world financial centers and dictators and criminals.

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This international criminal web is huge. Merrick Garland and "The Octopus" [View all] Botany May 15 OP

who else is attacking Trump's prosecutors, and the man who convicted the rioters Trump pardoned, released bigtree May 15 #1

Where are Merrick Garland and Lisa Monaco Today? gab13by13 May 15 #2

Garland delayed in prosecuting Trump after GOP tried to delay his nomination for a huge loss of time. GreenWave May 15 #4

Money, Power, Fascism -- The Octopus Kid Berwyn May 15 #3

and the Supreme Court who not only enabled Trump back into office bigtree May 15 #7

Garland did not stop the traitor nor his conspiracy. Kid Berwyn May 15 #20

charges were brought some 17 months before the election bigtree May 15 #22

In truth, it goes back to Dealey Plaza on 22 November 1963. Kid Berwyn May 15 #24

The Berwyn Book Encyclopedia yellow dahlia May 15 #64

The OCTOPUS in Dallas: Poppy involved in JFK Assassination Kid Berwyn Saturday #77

Thanks, Kid! yellow dahlia Saturday #78

Garland fell short for whatever reason and on that basis given the ramifications, was a colossal failure. Defending him KPN May 15 #29

no, the courts fell short, then the American people followed bigtree May 15 #36

Thanks for all the good information. Minds may not be changed, but facts will be out there. Joinfortmill Saturday #68

This message was self-deleted by its author Joinfortmill May 15 #40

Agreed. The moment he knew of stolen state secrets he should arrested him... returnee May 15 #49

the courts failed us bigtree May 15 #50

As I understand it... returnee Saturday #66

The government brings the cases before the grand jury questionseverything Sunday #82

counterpunch was basically a Russian tool during the 2016 election bigtree May 15 #12

CounterPunch sucks most when they publish an article I don't agree with. Kid Berwyn May 15 #21

Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez is doing her courageous part with the Epstein horrors on her substack. Bumbles May 15 #5

If Merrick Garland is really "one of them" then why wasn't he approved for SCOTUS? FakeNoose May 15 #6

As Is Your Prerogative. But Don't Think You KNOW Garland...... ColoringFool May 15 #9

most people who pretend he's some double agent don't know anything about the actual prosecution bigtree May 15 #11

What became of those prosecutions? CivicGrief May 15 #30

instead of just being trifled with this bigtree May 15 #35

Ha! Future prosecutions. CivicGrief May 15 #41

what's sad is the literal surrender from people claiming to be so concerned with prosecuting Trump bigtree May 15 #47

If Jack Smith ever comes forward and says that Merrick Garland is actually "corrupt" and "in with them" FakeNoose May 15 #53

Garland hate guarantees clicks MorbidButterflyTat May 15 #33

Republicans prevented Garland Mad_Machine76 May 15 #62

That's because Garland is not (and never was) one of them FakeNoose Saturday #74

I HAVE SAID MOST OF THIS, EVEN BCCI. AND THEN THE "WOOO! TINHAT!" COMMENTS...... ColoringFool May 15 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author bigtree May 15 #10

To people like Thiel, Musk, and their employees manipulating the data to get their and the Powers That Be .. Botany May 15 #13

Don't forget the bomb threats karin_sj May 15 #52

I've been saying the same thing for years. Irish_Dem May 15 #18

The BCCI-CIA Connection: Just How Far Did It Go? Kid Berwyn 20 hrs ago #84

The Bush Crime Family had tentacles everywhere. Irish_Dem 20 hrs ago #85

May I suggest lonely bird May 15 #14

So glad that he prioritized avoiding the appearance of a political agenda Orrex May 15 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Saturday #67

The Garland Society folks don't like this one bit. BannonsLiver May 15 #16

Garland society folks are pro prosecution of Trump bigtree May 15 #17

Bahahaha BannonsLiver May 15 #25

no doubt the Anti-Trump Prosecution society exists bigtree May 15 #37

Epstein class oligarchs irisblue May 15 #19

😬 Floyd R. Turbo May 15 #23

Bookmarking for later reading. Epstein-town? CoopersDad May 15 #26

Maybe that's why it always seems like 1 step forward 2 steps back bucolic_frolic May 15 #27

Well, one thing cannot be denied, Garland was an Obama SCOTUS choice. Joinfortmill May 15 #28

True. My understanding was he selected Garland as someone the R Senate would surely approve -- part of his "team of KPN May 15 #31

Great post/thread Botany, even if in small or even large part it is theory. Theory is what leads to finding facts and KPN May 15 #32

All I know is, Trump never talks about Garland nor does he seek revenge against him thebigidea May 15 #34

you have to be kidding bigtree May 15 #38

I see you graduated to Trump Truth Social posts CivicGrief May 15 #42

this is specious bigtree May 15 #45

It's a false claim to imply Trump is going after Garland in the courts like he is everyone else thebigidea May 15 #57

not yet bigtree May 15 #59

It's possible that Donald is AFRAID of Garland, with good reason I might add. Joinfortmill Saturday #70

Is "Thiswillhold" the QAnon of the left? chowder66 May 15 #39

It is BlueAnon. It pushes CT crackpottery that repeatededly has been debunked, yet it persists. Celerity May 15 #43

Yes. mr715 May 15 #56

I love history. I love mysteries. I love taking things... littlemissmartypants May 15 #44

Knowledge is good Botany May 15 #46

This thing, I call it the evil of psychopaths, has existed for all time. ... littlemissmartypants May 15 #48

The best way out of our current predicament is arresting the evil doers questionseverything Sunday #83

by the way, the substack is conspiratorial claptrap bigtree May 15 #51

It appears there is a good chance This Will Hold is actually Russian state sponsored disinformation Wiz Imp Saturday #76

It is difficult to have useful discussions of this type of material, because... TygrBright May 15 #54

You mean we should be a.... reACTIONary May 15 #65

Untangling the Octopus Kid Berwyn May 15 #55

who is this new poster, and what expertise does he have for making these claims bigtree May 15 #60

To help explain how Epstein was protected since Reagan. Kid Berwyn Saturday #73

Duh , kid is octo... octo is kid , he's a long time duer and he is always sourced questionseverything Sunday #81

It's disgusting to see this kooky CT nonsense rise to the top of the Greatest Page Fiendish Thingy May 15 #58

Every bit of it is sourced and footnoted. Hardly kooky conspiracy theory. Botany Saturday #71

Thanks for sharing, Botany! That was an important read. It was jam packed. yellow dahlia May 15 #61

This is why I have become a misanthrope. BigmanPigman May 15 #63

Garland was blueknight73 Saturday #69

a tragic mistake themaguffin Saturday #75

Well, there's this. It seems that Merrick Garland was NOT popular with the Federalist Society Joinfortmill Saturday #72

Eaton Corporation LessAspin Saturday #79

And in 2021 Eaton bought Tripp Lite and that allowed the placement of firmware patches onto the Botany Sunday #80