Mike Ritland
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Well, it's not technically insider trading in the sense that it's directly at the portfolio company with advanced knowledge of their business line and some 10B5 securities violation. It is the great unstated insider trading reason that there is this blob-to-banker pipeline. Mark Milley, for example, I believe is at J.P. Morgan or another one of those banks.
Well, it's not technically insider trading in the sense that it's directly at the portfolio company with advanced knowledge of their business line and some 10B5 securities violation. It is the great unstated insider trading reason that there is this blob-to-banker pipeline. Mark Milley, for example, I believe is at J.P. Morgan or another one of those banks.
Well, it's not technically insider trading in the sense that it's directly at the portfolio company with advanced knowledge of their business line and some 10B5 securities violation. It is the great unstated insider trading reason that there is this blob-to-banker pipeline. Mark Milley, for example, I believe is at J.P. Morgan or another one of those banks.
Another great example of this is the Joe Biden White House blobber-to-banker pipeline. So Joe Biden's closest political... advisor in the White House and has been since was since the 1980s was a guy named Mike Donilon.
Another great example of this is the Joe Biden White House blobber-to-banker pipeline. So Joe Biden's closest political... advisor in the White House and has been since was since the 1980s was a guy named Mike Donilon.
Another great example of this is the Joe Biden White House blobber-to-banker pipeline. So Joe Biden's closest political... advisor in the White House and has been since was since the 1980s was a guy named Mike Donilon.
Mike Donilon was this sort of shadow advisor figure who, you know, according to media reports, basically, you know, sits over Biden's shoulder with everything he does and and helps advise on, you know, political and other strategy. Well, Mike. So Mike Donilon's brother is a guy named Tom Donilon.
Mike Donilon was this sort of shadow advisor figure who, you know, according to media reports, basically, you know, sits over Biden's shoulder with everything he does and and helps advise on, you know, political and other strategy. Well, Mike. So Mike Donilon's brother is a guy named Tom Donilon.
Mike Donilon was this sort of shadow advisor figure who, you know, according to media reports, basically, you know, sits over Biden's shoulder with everything he does and and helps advise on, you know, political and other strategy. Well, Mike. So Mike Donilon's brother is a guy named Tom Donilon.
Tom Donilon basically hit the hat trick of everything you can possibly do as an apex predator of the U.S. national security state. National security advisor, State Department, coordinated the military, the intelligence, and the statecraft world for years and years, decades. Apex predator of the national security state at the highest level of military intelligence and statecraft.
Tom Donilon basically hit the hat trick of everything you can possibly do as an apex predator of the U.S. national security state. National security advisor, State Department, coordinated the military, the intelligence, and the statecraft world for years and years, decades. Apex predator of the national security state at the highest level of military intelligence and statecraft.
Tom Donilon basically hit the hat trick of everything you can possibly do as an apex predator of the U.S. national security state. National security advisor, State Department, coordinated the military, the intelligence, and the statecraft world for years and years, decades. Apex predator of the national security state at the highest level of military intelligence and statecraft.
What was he doing during the entirety of the Biden White House? He was the chairman of the BlackRock Investment Institute. So this is basically overseeing, administrating the investment arm of BlackRock, which has $10 trillion of assets under management. I know that a lot of those are donor-advised funds and pass-throughs.
What was he doing during the entirety of the Biden White House? He was the chairman of the BlackRock Investment Institute. So this is basically overseeing, administrating the investment arm of BlackRock, which has $10 trillion of assets under management. I know that a lot of those are donor-advised funds and pass-throughs.
What was he doing during the entirety of the Biden White House? He was the chairman of the BlackRock Investment Institute. So this is basically overseeing, administrating the investment arm of BlackRock, which has $10 trillion of assets under management. I know that a lot of those are donor-advised funds and pass-throughs.
But this is, at the end of the day, a $10 trillion juggernaut of portfolio investments. And his brother is the closest advisor to the President of the United States who commands the Pentagon, the CIA, and Macron. the State Department.
But this is, at the end of the day, a $10 trillion juggernaut of portfolio investments. And his brother is the closest advisor to the President of the United States who commands the Pentagon, the CIA, and Macron. the State Department.
But this is, at the end of the day, a $10 trillion juggernaut of portfolio investments. And his brother is the closest advisor to the President of the United States who commands the Pentagon, the CIA, and Macron. the State Department.
So all that would need to be done, I mean, you can imagine why, you know, BlackRock might want to pick up someone like Tom Donilon, who, you know, even if he had zero experience whatsoever as a banker or as a finance mogul, maybe, you know, Who knows if Mark Milley can even read a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet or can even have a conversation with any of the quants who crunch the numbers.
So all that would need to be done, I mean, you can imagine why, you know, BlackRock might want to pick up someone like Tom Donilon, who, you know, even if he had zero experience whatsoever as a banker or as a finance mogul, maybe, you know, Who knows if Mark Milley can even read a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet or can even have a conversation with any of the quants who crunch the numbers.