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May 23, 4:51 AM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury Political CapitalElection 2016 By David Sirota @davidsirota 08/22/16 AT 7:03 PM Emails just released by the State Department appear to show Clinton Foundation officials brokering a meeting between then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a top military leader of Bahrain — a Middle Eastern country that is a major foundation donor. Soon after the correspondence about a meeting, Clinton’s State Department significantly increased arms export authorizations to the country’s autocratic government, even as that nation moved to crush pro-democracy protests.In a statement quoted by the Wall Street Journal, a Clinton spokesperson, Josh Schwerin, said of the newly released correspondence: “The fact remains that Hillary Clinton never took action as secretary of state because of donations to the Clinton Foundation.”The emails, which were … [Read more...] about Emails Show Clinton Foundation Donor Reached Out To Hillary Clinton Before Arms Export Boost

Dec 18, 1:45 PM EST Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Alex Perry 12/18/18 AT 1:13 PM The strange saga of a thief in the United Kingdom who looks a great deal like actor David Schwimmer continued this week. A judge in Blackpool, England issued an arrest warrant for the accused shoplifter after he missed court on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported.The alleged robbery went viral in October after Blackpool police released a blurry surveillance photo of the apparent thief. The man, a 36-year-old named Abdulah Husseni, bore a striking resemblance to the former “Friends” star, which turned a simple crime investigation into international news. David Schwimmer speaks onstage during The Rape Foundation's Annual Brunch on October 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. Photo: Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for The Rape Foundation He was charged with theft and fraud, but failed to appear in court this week, leading … [Read more...] about Arrest Warrant Issued For Alleged Thief Who Looks Like David Schwimmer Of ‘Friends’

Donald Trump, was elected President of the United States, Jared Kushner was already a public figure as the owner of the New York Observer, but the speculation about a role for him in the Trump presidency has him under the microscope even more. Case in point: Haaretz has pulled the tax records of the Charles and Seryl Kushner Foundation, which Jared sits on the board of with his siblings. They found some interesting donations. Most notably, the foundation has donated “tens of thousands of dollars” to groups in the West Bank settlements of Israel.Jason Greenblatt, a legal advisor for Trump’s campaign, told Army Radio shortly after Election Day that Trump disagreed with the United States’ official opposition to the settlements, saying that “Mr. Trump does not view the settlements as being an obstacle for peace.” Greenblatt added that “The two sides are going to have to decide how to deal with that … [Read more...] about Report: Kushner’s Family Foundation Donates to West Bank Settlement Groups

John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, contains a very serious allegation: Doug Band, the former head of the Clinton Foundation, appears to be accusing Chelsea Clinton of misappropriating resources from the charity, including for her wedding. Chelsea had reportedly been forcing Band out of the organization for a few months, suggesting that he was using the charity to boost his own consulting business, and this was seemingly his way of striking back.The January 4, 2012 email chain starts with this message from Band:I just received a call from a close friend of wjcs who said that cvc told one of the bush 43 kids that she is conducting an internal investigation of money within the foundation from cgi to the foundationThe bush kid then told someone else who then told an operative within the republican partyI have heard more and more chatter of cvc and bari talking about lots of what is going on internally to peopleNot smartPodesta replies with a quip: You … [Read more...] about Fmr Clinton Foundation Head’s Hacked Email Says Chelsea Spent Charity’s Resources on Wedding

In the summer of 2012, Hollie Toups got a disturbing call from a friend. Toups is from a small town near Beaumont, Texas, where nobody is that much of a stranger. Her friend had overheard some men talking about a pornographic website with local women on it—and they had mentioned Toups.Toups couldn’t imagine how a stranger could get naked pictures of her. But it was true: Her pictures were on Texxxan.com, a website she’d never heard of until that day. Some were self-portraits she had taken six years earlier for an ex-boyfriend; another was taken to track the progress of her weight loss efforts. The page also listed her real name, Facebook page and more personal information.Word got around quickly in her small community.“I felt like my life was over,” she says. “I was being harassed on Facebook; people were sending me messages of solicitation; in public, people were approaching me. They had seen me naked, so they felt like they knew me and assumed I … [Read more...] about Victims are taking on ‘revenge porn’ websites for posting photos they didn’t consent to