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From Barry Seal to Donald Trump II
Part II of a brief primer about Donald Trump’s connections in the U.S. with transnational organized crime. In addition to his casino deal with Donald Trump, Leslie Greyling— Donald Trump’s multi-million-dollar benefactor in the sale of a Palm Beach mansion to Trump for half its true value—was working on two other casino deals. On the off…
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Free press in U.S. vs Mexico: Que es mas macho?
Three Mexican journalists—each a woman who has spent years living with the real possibility that the death threats she regularly receives will one day result in a slow, gruesome death—heroically continue to report the truth about the drug war in their country that no mainstream American journalist has the balls to report about the drug war in ours:…
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True Detective: Chicago, El Chapo, & Vince Vaughn’s Mom
Actor Vince Vaughn, in the news for his starring role in HBO’s True Detective and recent controversial statements advocating more guns in schools, now has a new source of notoriety guaranteed to keep him in face time: his family. Vaughn’s mother, Sharon Vaughn, a sparkling and vivacious Chicagoland socialite, and his step-father, Stephen Ferrone, a…
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“Hollywood Head” Was Drug Cartel ‘Concierge’
The decapitated head found in a plastic bag on a hiking trail in the shadow of the Hollywood Sign four months ago belonged to a man known to local authorities as the former “concierge” in Los Angeles for the now-defunct Cali drug cartel, the Mad Cow MorningNews has learned exclusively. “His activities were legal; he…