“Trump’s allegiance is to a transnational organized crime network in which the Kremlin is a key node. He has operated in this network for over half a century. His criminal ties are extensively documented… Trump is a Kremlin asset: his activity benefits Russian officials and oligarchs… This does not make him a secret agent or a spy. Trump is primarily a mafia associate, and it is through that lens that his rise should be examined.”
—Sarah Kendzior
#trump
“Despite a surfeit of documentation, most pundits and politicians have been reluctant to pursue Trump’s Kremlin ties seriously because: 1) they do not want to follow the money trail, which leads to donors to both parties 2) Trump’s network includes US allies like Israel and Saudi Arabia 3) and ties to cases like Epstein/Maxwell… 4) and exposes many US officials, especially in the FBI, as corrupt accomplices.”
—Sarah Kendzior
#trump
“There are many concrete examples of Trump’s illicit activity that were meticulously documented but played down by media and never investigated by officials… Nothing about this crisis is new. The most important question is why every administration, most recently Biden’s, enabled it.”
—Sarah Kendzior, Your Questions Answered: We're Already in the Aftermath
#trump #usa
“We lost our representative government: it was infiltrated by organized crime long ago. The last chance to fix it was surrendered by the Biden administration. …it just took Trump’s reinstallation for many to realize it. If that’s a new way of thinking, view this realization not with fear, but with defiant pride… And now you are joined by other good people who’ve shed their delusions. We may have driven past the point of no return…”
—Sarah Kendzior
#trump
“…you can’t vote out the mafia. US officials needed to hold Trump’s criminal network accountable for their crimes and admit to the American public the full extent of institutional failure. … But US officials had no interest in doing that because their loyalty lies elsewhere… There was a narrow window in which this crisis could have been remedied. Biden chose to defenestrate democracy while letting the burglars climb inside.”
—Sarah Kendzior
#trump #usa
“What citizens can do is know their values and have each other’s backs. You have been betrayed. None of you deserve it. You are all survivors of an abusive state. They will try to split this country into parts for resource extraction and they will encourage you to attack each other to make their job easier. Refuse them.”
—Sarah Kendzior, Your Questions Answered: We're Already in the Aftermath
#values #kindness
“Trump and his backers move very fast. … Right now, they are testing loyalty and purging possible opponents. There are no limits as to what he will do. When it comes to Trump, in any given scenario, think of the worst thing he could do and know it is the thing he likely will do. The reason: because he can. This is why it was essential to stop him early.”
—Sarah Kendzior, Your Questions Answered: We're Already in the Aftermath
#trump
There is no timeline on the truth. Unfortunately, there is a timeline on consequences.
—Sarah Kendzior, Your Questions Answered: We're Already in the Aftermath
(Sarah Kendzior’s Newsletter Feb 26, 2025)
#quote
“It is less important that people define this government as fascist (even though it is) than that they know they are being screwed, spied on, and denied a future. I do not believe that the way people should learn this is “the hard way”. I hope the mass firings of federal employees, including hard-working people like the stewards of our national parks, end that terrible logic. Innocent people should not have to suffer so that misguided people can “learn”.”
—Sarah Kendzior
#trump #usa
