Fearless Girl

The Magnitsky Act

Sergei Magnitsky was hedge fund manager Bill Browder's friend and lawyer. As part of both alerting the world to the dangers of Putin's Russia and to find some justice for Sergei, Browder has campaigned unceasingly for passage of laws - called Magnitsky Acts - that block travel to and use of the banks and other financial institutions in the countries where they have passed of the corrupt Russian oligarchs (aka mobsters) who both prop up and are indebted to Putin.

Being blocked from being able to launder and use the money they've stolen is a huge blow to these mobsters and their patron, Vladimir Putin. Which explains why Putin has expended so much energy on getting them repealed. That was most probably why he was all in on supporting Trump after the election. (Before the election, his support of Trump was primarily meant to undermine what he believed would be the Hillary Clinton administration. Once Trump was President, he realized that, unlike Hillary, Trump could be easily manipulated for his own ends. Like getting that crippling to those who need money laundered US Magnitsky Act.

Countries that have so far passed Magnitsky Acts:

Canada - Estonia - Gibralter - Jersey - Kosovo - Lithuania - Latvia - United Kingdom - United States.  

Magnitsky Acts pending in:

Australia - European Union - Moldova - Ukraine

Browder's book: 

Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

Finally, a blockbuster article about the role of US and other banks on the global money laundering network:

The Fincen Files, from BuzzFeed.

Daniel Dale Speed Fact Checking

 

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Kevin Cate

Guys, literally everything @realDonaldTrump does is fake. He hired models for his announcement. But, since we're talking about stock pictures & footage, allow me... 

Here is the last commercial I've seen in Florida — touting the "Great American Comeback." Watch it on mute. And then I'll show you how they made it. 

First. Good news. The Trump team found a scientist in a lab with Matrix-style computer screens who invented a COVID—19 vaccine. And it's being manufactured right now. 

All for less than $500! 

And here is a random store way before COVID. And then another store being cleaned because, well, @realDonaldTrump lied to everyone. 

This one irritates me to no end, because somewhere some Trump staffer or TV firm typed in "teacher and pre-school child during COVID wearing masks." 

And they are still working for Trump. 

Now come the random fake jobs with models.

That solar panel footage is used everywhere, BTW. It was filmed in Utah a LONG time ago. 

Then, and this is rich, this sweet Chicago time-lapse. The same city Trump insults daily, saying stuff like:

“It’s embarrassing to us as a nation."

But damn, that time-lapse is too good leave out. And it's only $60. 

Oh, let's add some diversity into this anti-Biden part, they say. How about "Asian woman sitting on sofa watching TV"?

Sure. They got that b-roll. 

All of this Biden talk is very upsetting to these models. This chef needs a "break." And this woman is "upset." 

And this "business executive" model is "working overtime" just thinking about all this stock footage. 

Here are some 1990s looking things. While you're there, pick up some of that Apple stock at $65, trust me. 

And if this commercial wasn't handsome enough, check out "mature aged black man, putting on his necktie."

Wow. $500 well spent. 
What a commercial. 

This commercial ends, of course, with the fakest of fake scenes. @realDonaldTrumppretending to be a president.

But I don't want to end this thread like that. Because that's too depressing. So... 

Remember our "tired" chef? He's not really a chef. And this was likely shot in Europe. Before @realDonaldTrump got fewer votes than @HillaryClinton in 2016.

And this is how that makes him feel. 

Remember, the lesson isn’t that all stock b-roll is bad. I use it when budget, location, or time doesn’t permit original footage.

The lesson is that it’s all he has— actors living in an alternative universe where his racism, selfishness, & stupidity hasn’t ruined the world yet. 

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