In this V1SUT Vantage Point:
FTX crash provides more proof of Ukraine as longtime money launderer for DC.
The dark money was YOUR money.
Lankford, NATO and the longtime fanning of war flames in Ukraine.
With FTX bankrupt, Zelensky makes fake call for peace then promptly blames Russia for his bombs falling in Poland.
And now they want $38 billion more for Ukraine. Tell Senator Lankford NO.
The midterm votes are in, bringing three significant take-aways. First, Oklahomans are far less likely to fall for mass brainwashing than most of the country, despite being bombarded with dark money lies for a year. Secondly, the state’s election system remains far cleaner than most. And third, the greatest damage to the state came in the Republican primaries when Senator Lankford (R) was assured re-election and Attorney General John O’Connor (R) was effectively replaced by tribe and cannabis backed Gentner Drummond (R). It didn’t take long for the FTX scandal to reveal just how harmful Lankford’s actions are for the state and the nation.
FTX failure provides more proof of Ukraine as longtime money launderer for DC.
It’s long been known that, aside from being one of the most continually corrupt governments in the world, Ukraine has been a tool for global politicians and powerbrokers to trade monetary “aid” for personal gain. Who could forget Vice President Joe Biden’s classic, public boast about leveraging U.S. aid to ensure the termination of the Ukranian prosecutor looking into his son Hunter’s role at Burisma Holdings?
In the unlikely event that you haven’t heard about now strategically bankrupt FTX, a Bahamian based, crypto-currency transaction company operated by young Sam Bankman-Fried that exchanged U.S. aid to Ukraine and funneled it back to dirty US politicians and who knows else, The Gateway Pundit provides an easy-to-follow explanation of the entirely successful scheme and the extensive network of FTX companies, entities and investments involved.
The Dark Money Was Your Money
Just prior to approving the first $40 billion of a total $91 billion in 2022 U.S. aid to Ukraine, delegations from both houses of Congress made personal visits to Ukraine to grease the skids of this scheme. In early May of 2022, Speaker Pelosi, Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA.), and Rules Committee Chair Jim McGovern (D-MA) met with Zelensky in Kyiv.
Not to be left out of the grift, two weeks later, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and a group of Republican Senators made the same suspicious trip.
The FTX theft of taxpayer funds by the billions is only part of this crime. Equally concerning and overtly underreported are the activities of Sam Bankman-Fried’s brother Gabriel. Gabriel Bankman-Fried spent two years as a Legislative Correspondent for Congressman Sean Casten (D) of the House Financial Services Committee and related subcommittees involved in, of all things, investor and consumer protection.
Brother Gabriel now runs an organization called Guarding Against Pandemics which was bankrolled by his brother. The two worked in concert under various iterations of their names, organizations and shifting disclosures of employment to make hundreds of contributions of up to $10 million each to Democrat midterm campaigns… with your money.
And this criminal raking of the American taxpayer was not just for Democrats. Gabriel’s political contributions were frequently to Winred, a donation platform for GOP candidates, and involved Republican primaries. Some Republican elites, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, were also guilty on the taking end of this scheme.
McConnell’s Senate Leadership Fund took $2.5 million from Ryan D. Salame of FTX Digital Markets on August 16th, 2022, which he promptly used against solidly conservative candidates from his own party.
It’s clear that our elections are largely predetermined by those stealing, shuffling and stashing massive amounts of money for the purpose of overriding the populous completely. Criminals on both sides of the aisle are running our country, and it appears you likely paid for many of the attack ads you could not escape.
Lankford, NATO and the longtime fanning of war flames in Ukraine
Oklahoma is far from insulated from this global grift. The V1SUT Vantage has repeatedly reported on Senator Lankford’s obsession with providing aid to fund the war in Ukraine. From previous reporting:
US Taxpayer War Funding for Ukraine – Lankford has become a defacto warhawk by doing, you guessed it, the right thing for Ukraine. Again standing shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Senators Lindsey Graham (R) and Mitt Romney (R), Lankford pushed to arm Ukraine to the teeth on the American taxpayer’s dime, without a mention of the recent history of surreptitious US involvement in Ukraine during 2013-14, the role of the CIA and Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nulan, censorship and intolerance of opposing political parties by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s administration, the disastrous effect of the US push for NATO expansion, or the ongoing obsession with keeping the fighting going in Ukraine for years among his odd choice of senatorial bedfellows.
Perhaps Lankford is a committed fan and binge-watcher of actor-comedian Zelensky’s Servant of the People Nexflix series, which appears to have brainwashed the world into buying this entirely corrupt figure as a leader while The Pandora Papers unfortunately revealed he was, like a true oligarch, offshoring tens of millions for himself.
In March of this year, after one carefully staged Zoom meeting between Congress and former actor Zelensky, Lankford strapped on his ‘right thing’ cape and was in for billions of US taxpayer dollars:
Lankford’s self-published statement following Zelensky’s address:
“The US has provided javelins, stingers, intelligence information, food, water, and medical supplies to Ukraine already. If it’s within our power to do good, we should do good. The US has access to the MiG-29s jet fighter aircraft and we should not withhold them from Ukraine. We have an opportunity to assist Ukraine protect their nation and their people from Putin’s aggression. We can and we should step up.”
Again, Lankford was determined to do good, but not for the folks back home. Despite Lankford’s May 2022 assurances that the $40 billion in US taxpayer funds and weaponry he voted for sending to Ukraine would be subject to oversight through inspector generals, the Ukrainian parliament has recently voted itself a 70% pay raise and credible reports of Ukrainians selling US provided weapons on the black market are multiplying.
Lankford Made His Own Trip to Ukraine and Used it for Years to Justify Funding War
Prior to the current $91 billion of U.S. funding to Ukraine in 2022, much of which appears to have gone to funding corrupt U.S. politicians, enriching Ukrainian oligarchs and despots, and arming other, dangerous parts of the world, Lankford was way ahead of the trend. In mid-2017, Lankford made his own trip to Ukraine and, two years later, used his trip to push for $250 million in U.S. “security assistance” for the country.
Senator Lankford’s Statement on US Support to Ukraine - 06.18.19:
“WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today issued the following statement after the US Department of Defense (DOD) announced plans to provide $250 million in security assistance to Ukraine in order to help Ukraine’s armed forces:
“On a recent visit to Ukraine, I saw firsthand how Russia’s aggressiveness in the region has attempted to break down Ukraine’s Navy and military support,” said Lankford. “It is all too easy to forget that Russia currently occupies a large area of Ukraine and the war is raging every day. I’m pleased to see this announcement from DOD and believe the US should continue to engage with and support Ukraine to ensure they have the resources they need to defend themselves from Russian aggression. A free and prosperous Ukraine is a stabilizing force in the region, and it is in America’s best interest to ensure Ukraine remains free.”
As a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, Lankford visited Ukraine in May 2019 to conduct oversight on Russian aggression in the region. Lankford continues to push for resources to be provided to Ukraine such as minesweeping technology, natural gas development, and radar technology to help protect their interest in the Black Sea and the Kerch Strait.”
In February of 2022, Lankford, knowing Oklahomans are largely against U.S. aid or intervention in Ukraine, tried to emotionally tie the state to Ukraine by the thinnest of threads. From Channel 5 (OKC) reporting:
"Some Oklahomans know the names of Ukrainians that are currently on those front lines," Lankford, R-Oklahoma, said on the Senate floor. "They've served alongside each other. They've stayed in contact, calling them friends."
Lankford referred to the 500 Oklahoma National Guardsmen who went to Ukraine in 2016 and 2017 and helped train their Ukrainian counterparts.
With FTX bankrupt, Zelensky makes fake call for peace then promptly blames Russia for his bombs falling in Poland
US funding for the war in Ukraine is pushing the world closer to WWIII. During just the last 48 hours, Zelensky stated a desire for peace during a G20 speech and appears to have dropped two bombs on Poland which he, NATO and the media immediately blamed on Russia.
And now they want $38 billion more for Ukraine. Tell Senator Lankford NO.
Despite FTX being outed as the trafficker of US aid back to corrupt DC, on Tuesday, the Biden administration requested another $38 billion for Ukraine. Tell Senator Lankford NO by emailing your demand that he vote against any additional funding for Ukraine. You might also ask what he’ll be doing to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the FTX Ponzi scheme and the theft of YOUR money.