The Bag Men of Hollywood
As Hollywood pricks get the “step aside” vapors, a not so subtle reminder to follow the money
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“Joe Biden is such a badass, he can survive his own party.”—me on Twitter
Think back to the time before the Step Aside Operation and recall that we voted for Joe Biden in the primary based on the job he was doing to repair our fragile democracy after Russian military intelligence with the help of US traitors installed a fake rich guy who launders money for the Russian mob into the White House.
Without information warfare, we would have recovered organically from the debate due to Biden spending the next two weeks in the campaign trenches proving himself to his own party, rather than the fascist in the race having to prove anything.
We entered the upside down, but by last Friday — when Biden had a rousing rally in Detroit — But His Debate was fading from headlines and new scrutiny of Project 2025 — a recipe for ending democracy — had taken its rightful perch above the fold.
Then the uniquely criminal Bad Actor sucked all the airtime away from Biden due to a “high school shooting” at his rally in PA.
Once again, all eyes were on the fake rich guy who launders money for the Russian mob and not the decent guy, Old Joe.
As soon as it became clear that Trump was gonna live to sell tshirts and merch, Big News started in on But His Debate, again, and Biden’s own party started piling on.
It’s my party, too.
In the last 48 hours, I have received numerous phone calls from Democratic insiders telling me Joe is announcing he’s stepping down, and that the primary pressure is coming from Hollywood donors.
So I thought about that, at 2 am as I often do.
I thought I’d take a quick poke around and follow some money.
So I dashed off a Twitter thread from memory:
Next time a Hollywood prick gets the “step aside” vapors recall the funding shell game of Putin bag men and Saudi cash.—Heidi Cuda, 2:03 am, 7/20/2024
And then I added receipts:
Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev’s Secret Backing of Some of Hollywood’s Biggest Movies
Hollywood studios are actively pursuing Saudi funding to finance their projects
Ukranian NGO urges Hollywood to reject films funded by Russian oligarchs
Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich’s $100 Million Film Fund Launches
Amid the war in Ukraine, PR firms defend Russian-tied clients
Wealthy businessmen rely on the firms to avoid an “oligarch” label
For his part, Old Joe himself continues to say he is not going anywhere.
I think of Winston Churchill, still serving his country after stroking out in ‘53.
I think of how every Republican votes — getting behind even the shittiest human on the planet.
And I often think about Anne Nelson, who said:
“Here’s how I explain it — Republicans went to business school, and they make marketing, media, and business plans. Democrats went to journalism school and law school, and they fight among themselves.”—Anne Nelson, at the world premiere of Bad Faith, January 10, 2024
So as I wrote last week, Putin needs democracies to fail.
He can’t have a good and decent man who represents everything he is not at the helm of the US. So Idiocracy plays out in prime time — free advert for the fake rich guy and the criminals who launder his reputation.
And so it goes, the useful idiots and agents of influence stir up division in America, because divided we are weak.
And a weakened America makes it easier to reinstall a fake rich guy who launders money for the Russian mob and other foreign enemy states.
We are not engaged in a battle between two men — we are engaged in a battle for the continuation of democratic governance or aligning with the axis of authoritarian evil.
We have an incumbent who can win, but we have to believe that.
We have many rising Democratic stars, and I look forward to voting for them in 2028, after we save our country from authoritarian capture.
Joe Biden will defeat this fascist insurgency in November, and Putin knows it, which he why he’s reaching in with a long screwdriver to amplify our division.
If Old Joe should decide to change course, I will honor that decision.
But he says he’s all in. Are you?
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