Thanks for doing such a good and thorough job explaining this. At first glance I thought it was a standard hypocritical outing but this is diabolical. I hope in my lifetime I get to see the Catholic Church completely implode
People like Steve Bannon are rotten to the core, yet they claim to be Catholic. They are hypocrites. All they care about is advancing their sick agenda as they fill their pockets with money. They are sanctimonious crooks.
Bannon is ‘tricky.’ He made a fortune while with Goldman Sachs, therefore it may be assumed that he is not focused on money, but fame and power. Catholic ? It is hard to envision a worst example.
Agree. He stole a million dollars from that organization to build Trump's wall, but Trump pardoned him. Greedy!!! Crooked, too. My mom, an Italian Catholic always said, "Beware of the person who sings loudest in the choir." Very true...The ones who act the holiest are the worst people.
Bannon is one of the prime movers of evil in this sad, sick country. Someday, those of us who stand against these monsters are going to have to deal with them - really deal with them - if we are going to save this country. It could begin by initiating the same covert, information-gathering smears against them. We have to go on the offensive with a vengeance.
It's not known if this is Bannon. Could be any one of a number of entities, but wouldn't be surprising if him -- fits the profile. Whoever it is, it's ugly.
Mike, my god. thank you so much for encapsulating this story so well. who is the "Pillar" editor specializing in data analytics? feel like that person's connections might lead us to the answer of who all is behind this. for the record: I'm knee-deep in a "Transnational Surveillance Dickhead" Twitter thread which you and your readers might be keen to read: https://twitter.com/bywillpollock/status/1416851816285884417?s=20
my take: if it doesn't directly relate to Israeli spyware some of the players likely do. Bannon is the Kevin Bacon of transnational spying: connected to everyone.
Some people have told me this information isn't as hard or expensive to get as one might think. But I still think there are deep pockets behind these guys.
thanks Mike! my intel source agrees with you and your sources: even Grindr's freely available data could be exploited to geolocate folks if you have the right brain power (which is a scary thought). also here's where my head's at: what/who are the forces hysterical over Pope Frank's "liberalizing" Catholic Church? it'd be the RW mafia inside the church and... Russia/Putin (among others): https://www.fairobserver.com/region/europe/pope-francis-vladimir-putin-meeting-liberalism-christianity-news-152712/
Thanks for doing such a good and thorough job explaining this. At first glance I thought it was a standard hypocritical outing but this is diabolical. I hope in my lifetime I get to see the Catholic Church completely implode
Thank you Dot!
If Bannon gains a stronger foothold, he'll rot them from the inside out. Where Trump is Radioactive graphite, Bannon is the reactor meltdown.
Goddamn Steve Bannon again...
Funny how the ‘morally’ righteous are anything but. The RC Church will decline from within.
People like Steve Bannon are rotten to the core, yet they claim to be Catholic. They are hypocrites. All they care about is advancing their sick agenda as they fill their pockets with money. They are sanctimonious crooks.
Bannon is ‘tricky.’ He made a fortune while with Goldman Sachs, therefore it may be assumed that he is not focused on money, but fame and power. Catholic ? It is hard to envision a worst example.
Agree. He stole a million dollars from that organization to build Trump's wall, but Trump pardoned him. Greedy!!! Crooked, too. My mom, an Italian Catholic always said, "Beware of the person who sings loudest in the choir." Very true...The ones who act the holiest are the worst people.
Agreed! Your Mother was prescient.
Yes, she could spot a phony.
Clearly, She would have had a field day with: Trump & Family, Pence, Barr, et al
Bannon is one of the prime movers of evil in this sad, sick country. Someday, those of us who stand against these monsters are going to have to deal with them - really deal with them - if we are going to save this country. It could begin by initiating the same covert, information-gathering smears against them. We have to go on the offensive with a vengeance.
It's not known if this is Bannon. Could be any one of a number of entities, but wouldn't be surprising if him -- fits the profile. Whoever it is, it's ugly.
Mike, my god. thank you so much for encapsulating this story so well. who is the "Pillar" editor specializing in data analytics? feel like that person's connections might lead us to the answer of who all is behind this. for the record: I'm knee-deep in a "Transnational Surveillance Dickhead" Twitter thread which you and your readers might be keen to read: https://twitter.com/bywillpollock/status/1416851816285884417?s=20
my take: if it doesn't directly relate to Israeli spyware some of the players likely do. Bannon is the Kevin Bacon of transnational spying: connected to everyone.
Thanks Will! His name is Brandon Hodges, and here's the About page for The Pillar where you can seen his bio. And very interesting thread!
https://www.pillarcatholic.com/about
Some people have told me this information isn't as hard or expensive to get as one might think. But I still think there are deep pockets behind these guys.
thanks Mike! my intel source agrees with you and your sources: even Grindr's freely available data could be exploited to geolocate folks if you have the right brain power (which is a scary thought). also here's where my head's at: what/who are the forces hysterical over Pope Frank's "liberalizing" Catholic Church? it'd be the RW mafia inside the church and... Russia/Putin (among others): https://www.fairobserver.com/region/europe/pope-francis-vladimir-putin-meeting-liberalism-christianity-news-152712/
Amazing how the cast of characters fills in.
I know -- it was a quite a story to get my head around, spent days reading on it, digging, and just thinking about it before writing.