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Is this what he meant

Exclusive: A group of billionaires and business titans working to shape U.S. public opinion of the war in Gaza privately pressed New York City’s mayor last month to send police to disperse pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, according to communications obtained by The Washington Post.

Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats showwww.washingtonpost.com A WhatsApp chat started by some wealthy Americans after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack reveals their focus on New York Mayor Eric Adams and their work with Israeli officials to shape U.S. opinion of the Gaza...

Last Kind bar I'll ever eat

Lost me at "Business Titans."

trader joe's is also evil but has a pretty good alternative one

Every accusation is a confession indeed.

Projection is a hell of a drug.

The billionaires are scared. They know public opinion is turning against them and they're scared.

yes it is. adams is the outside agitator along with those jackoffs

What a shocker! Not.

Adams is a chucklefuck.

Stop. No, do not go down this path, which can lead towards antisemitism as ugly as Soros conspiracymongering - your friendly ACLU member from AZ

What?

no one is going down that path but you here

talking about "the shadowy Jewish lobby" is antisemitic talking about actual billionaires verifiably engaging politicians to carry out suppression ops on their behalf is not hope this helps

explain how your argument here isn't identical to the one used by universities to justify sending riot police against their students

Are you saying the NYT is lying here? Because the fact that they’re saying something that progressives have been screaming probably means it’s true. Also, it’s probably even worse than what the NYT is willing to publish.

WaPo, but your point still stands

Damn - thanks!

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How much of a political stooge is Adams if he was able to be goaded into sending in those doughnut-eating sumbitches. You have to ask yourself who it is that he works for, the donor klass or the regular people

I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. The article conspicuously avoids mentioning any pressure that may have been applied to media outlets covering the protests, but it seems unlikely that nobody on the chat reached out to The Paper of Record.

checks out

haha, YEP

co-opting coopting copting coping... hmm

Anyone know of the Kind founder still owns or has stock?

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