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Dark money, lobbying, regulatory capture, state institutions hollowed by donor factions, foreign interference, and the financialisation of political power.
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Property, Finance, Hedge Funds, Lobbying, Media: a Guide to the Brexit Party’s Elite MEP Candidates
Byline Times provides a profile of twenty of Nigel “Man of the People” Farage’s candidates for this week’s Euro Elections, and they look very much like the elites he rails against.
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“Never Seen Anything like it”: The Funding of the Brexit Party Needs Urgent Investigation
After Byline Times’ exclusive investigation into Nigel Farage’s claims of unprecedented crowd funding and donations to his new party, we call for an urgent and thorough investigation from the Electoral Commission
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‘Dodgy Money and Dirty Data’: MP Looking to Future-Proof Elections Suspicious of ‘Brexit Cover-Up’
In an exclusive interview, Labour MP Stephen Kinnock questions why nothing has been done about allegations of electoral wrongdoing in the 2016 Referendum and speaks about how his new parliamentary inquiry will be on the case.
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Mueller Report – Assange Spread Seth Rich Conspiracy Theory to Cover for Russia
Assange and the “radical transparency” organisation he founded wittingly waged a disinformation campaign to provide cover for themselves — and they used a dead man’s name to do it.
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MUELLER REPORT: Trump and Campaign Officials Coordinated with WikiLeaks
The Trump campaign didn’t have to coordinate directly with the Russian government — because it had a middleman to do its dirty work.
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MUELLER REPORT – Attorney General Bill Barr’s Timeline of a Cover-Up
As the world awaits publication of the Mueller Report, Attorney General Bill Barr is readying himself for the final act of a slow-motion cover-up.
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How Farage’s Campaign Colluded with Putin to Weaponise Hate and Islamophobia
Following Channel 4’s revelations that Nigel Farage’s Leave EU campaign faked inflammatory photos of sexual attacks and staged videos about migrants, Byline Times has evidence of more racist propaganda sourced from the Kremlin.
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Democracy in Danger: ‘Online Harms’ plan fails to tackle threat posed by ‘Dark Ads’
As Whitehall publishes plans to tackle online abuse, Conservative and Labour big-hitters issue stark warning over UK elections
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Attorney General Barr’s new Letter lays out his latest Coverup Scheme
Attorney General Barr appears to be living up to his nickname of the “Coverup General,” this time by burying the substance of the Mueller report and selectively editing the information that will see the light of day.
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Democracy in Danger: What Happened to our Data after the EU Referendum?
In the light of multiple investigations into Brexit online campaigns, Byline Times asks whether our election data is secure or could be misused in future votes.
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Democracy in Danger: How Safe is Britain’s Next Election?
With the country on the edge of a snap general election or second referendum in an age of digital psyops, is our electoral system equipped for votes to be free and fair?
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Mueller Summary: the Obstruction Case Leaves a Cloud of Doubt Hanging over Trump’s Presidency
Attorney General Barr’s hasty decision to let Trump off the hook on obstruction of justice leaves a cloud of doubt that will linger for the remainder of Trump’s presidency.
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Mueller’s Report is Done — Here’s What to Expect Now
Caroline Orr explains how special counsel Mueller’s report represents the end of the beginning, not the beginning of the end.
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The Disaster Capitalism Club: Part 2 – Sir Paul Marshall and Michael Gove
He’s head of one of the biggest hedge funds in Europe, a major contributor to the official Vote Leave campaign, and – along with Crispin Odey – one of the largest beneficiaries of the post-Brexit chaos: but Sir Paul Marshall is more than that.
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New York Prosecutors Just Threw A Wrench In Trump’s Potential Plans to Pardon Paul Manafort
Trump’s former campaign chairman could face up to 25 years in state prison on the new charges. And Trump can’t pardon these crimes.
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The Disaster Capitalism Club: Part 1 – Vote Leave Backers who Made Billions from Brexit
While this elite group have profited from the last three years of economic uncertainty real household incomes have dropped almost £1,000 and the average household will lose between £2,519 to £5,573 over the next 15 years.
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Paul Manafort’s Sentencing Raises More Questions Than Answers
Caroline Orr explains how, when Manafort goes to prison, he will carry with him a slew of secrets about Super PACS, polling data and a possible Wikileaks Connection
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Trump’s Digital Operation Comes Under Scrutiny By House Judiciary Committee: THE ARGUMENT
Following the FACTS outlined by the congressional requests for documents, Caroline Orr sets out the road map ahead and argues a new era of accountability is on the way for Trump and his digital operation
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Trump’s Digital Operation Comes Under Scrutiny By House Judiciary Committee: THE FACTS
The expanded inquiry puts Cambridge Analytica, WikiLeaks, and the Trump campaign’s digital operation squarely in the cross-hairs of congressional investigators
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Cohen’s Testimony Could Prove Trump Lied To Mueller About WikiLeaks
Clearly, Mueller isn’t afraid to bring charges against those who lie to investigators — and based on Cohen’s testimony, that may even include the president.
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Cohen’s Explosive Testimony on Trump and Wikileaks puts Farage back in the Spotlight
Roger Stone’s speakerphone conversation with Trump about Wikileaks and hacked emails coincides with a secretive meeting between Stone and Nigel Farage at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland that year.
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Trump-Russia Axis Scores Major Victory in Battle over European Energy Autonomy
Trump allies join forces with Putin proxies to seize control through the Trojan horse of Russian gas.
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Explosive Report Exposes the Molten Core of the Brexit, Trump, Russia Scandal
The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s final report on disinformation and fake news reveals new evidence and calls for new investigations into dark data, dark money and Russian influence in British elections.
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Special Counsel Mueller’s Team just dropped a Huge Clue about the Russia Probe during a Closed-door Hearing
The revelation that the special counsel’s office is still unraveling mysteries at “the heart” of the Russia investigation seems to contradict the recent suggestion by acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker that the inquiry is “close to being completed.”
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Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson Adviser Steve Bannon Implicated in Mueller Investigation
As Steve Bannon is identified of the ‘High-Ranking’ Trump Campaign official in the Roger Stone indictment, the question of Russian collusion not only moves upwards to the President, but across the Atlantic
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Mueller Looks to London – How Roger Stone’s Arrest by the FBI spells Trouble for Nigel Farage and Brexit
The arrest of Trump’s long time political advisor for his contact with Wikileaks and Russian hacking of the Democratic Party has two key leads to the UK and Brexit
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Is Boris Johnson Betraying Britain with his Bannon-Style Paranoia about the Deep State?
There’s little doubt Boris Johnson was inspired in his deep state rhetoric by Steve Bannon…. The problem for Boris Johnson is that Steve Bannon is a key subject of the FBI investigation into Russian interference.
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‘Political Content Removed’ as UK Treasury Minister Met ‘Dark Money’ US Think Tanks
Unearthed reveal Treasury minister Liz Truss met with representatives of five US libertarian groups at the UK taxpayers cost. But her political remarks have been censored
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HYBRID WAR, DARK MONEY, RUSSIA, DATA: Making Sense of the Political Shocks of Brexit and Trump
The first in an occasional series to accompany the UNTOLD: Dial M for Mueller podcast with Carole Cadwalldr on why Britain needs an FBI-style investigation into Brexit.
