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Is Politico Red or Blue? Owned by Axel Springer since October 2021 which is controlled by the US Firm KKR. Deep state owned?
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Posted on 05/08/2022 5:42:15 PM PDT by tired&retired

Axel Springer’s business is divided into three segments: paid models, marketing models, and classified ad models. Since 2020, it is majority-owned by the US private equity firm KKR.

KKR names former CIA head Petraeus as chairman of new institute.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kkr-petraeus-idUSBRE94T0D820130530

Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co KKR.N said it appointed former CIA Director David Petraeus as chairman of the newly created KKR Global Institute, which will study the investment implications of global macroeconomic, social and geopolitical issues.

Petraeus was credited with helping pull Iraq from the brink of an all-out civil war as commander there and President Barack Obama turned to him to lead U.S. forces in Afghanistan before moving to him to the CIA in 2011.


TOPICS: Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: axelspringer; cia; davidpetraeus; kkr; politico; pollutico; vanity
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My question is:

"Is Politico a Deep State Tool?"

Is that why the published the leaked opinion?

"The CIA’s least covert mission The country’s premier intelligence agency is looking to showcase “a softer side” via social media."

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/08/cia-least-covert-mission-510043

1 posted on 05/08/2022 5:42:15 PM PDT by tired&retired
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To: tired&retired
Former director of the CIA George Tenet (1997-2004), who was John Brennan’s former superior, holds the reigns of Allen & Co. The cast of characters involves a lot of the usual suspects. Indeed as shown to the right, the marriage between government and mainstream media is often literal. It’s the same know-who-rules-over-you cesspool. Allen & Co operate like inside made men in most of the financial grand slams in the social and mainstream media tech world. The company was one of 10 underwriters for the Google initial public offering in 2004. In 2007, Allen was sole adviser to Activision in its $18 billion merger with Vivendi Games. In November 2013, Allen & Co was one of seven underwriters on the initial public offering of Twitter. Allen & Co. was the adviser of Facebook in its $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp in February 2014. In 2015, Allen & Co. was the adviser to Time Warner in its $80 billion 2015 merger with Charter Communications; AOL in its acquisition by Verizon; Centene Corporation in its $6.8 billion acquisition of Health Net; and eBay in its separation from PayPal. In 2016, Allen & Co was the lead adviser to Time Warner in its $108 billion acquisition by AT&T; LinkedIn for its merger talks with Microsoft; Walmart in its $3.3 billion purchase of Jet.com; and Verizon in its $4.8 billion acquisition of Yahoo!. Psyops is big money. A prime example is Allen & Co, benignly self-described as a “boutique investment firm.” The firm managed the merger between Disney and Fox. https://www.winterwatch.net/2020/09/web-of-slime-the-cia-as-a-political-action-group/
2 posted on 05/08/2022 5:44:01 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: tired&retired

I have always found it an interesting read, whether I agree with them or not. It’s a good publication.


3 posted on 05/08/2022 5:44:08 PM PDT by theoilpainter
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To: tired&retired

Is Politico red or blue?

That’s a joke question, right?


4 posted on 05/08/2022 5:45:21 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: tired&retired

Blue. Just glance over the articles and it is VERY CLEAR.


5 posted on 05/08/2022 5:46:06 PM PDT by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: tired&retired

Politico is a far left, deep blue, Dem Party propaganda outfit.
I am surprised you still don’t know that.


6 posted on 05/08/2022 5:46:26 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: tired&retired

Sorry. I had it formatted and it disappeared.


7 posted on 05/08/2022 5:47:25 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: tired&retired

Is Politico CIA run?


8 posted on 05/08/2022 5:48:46 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: jjotto

They are far left, just like The Hill. They are seeking cover for the leak.


9 posted on 05/08/2022 5:48:57 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: tired&retired

Just like the NYT, Politico may have some well written articles from time to time, but there is no doubt they are Democrat Centric except for the most generic data.


10 posted on 05/08/2022 5:49:46 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: tired&retired

“Is Politico a Deep State Tool?”

Is the sky blue?

Is water wet?


11 posted on 05/08/2022 5:54:04 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: tired&retired

The “news media” do not exist to deliver news.
They exist to make money from advertising.
Such as it ever was.


12 posted on 05/08/2022 5:56:01 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: tired&retired

Politico? Isn’t it just part of the Dmoecrat Party like most of the so-called “news” media?


13 posted on 05/08/2022 5:57:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: tired&retired
KKR appeared as a ‘White Knight’ to my long term employer back in the early 90s I think, give or take a few years. My company was in danger of a hostile takeover and sought help. The White Knight brought hemlock, poisoned and broke the company up. This ultimately lead to hundreds of people losing their long time jobs in a company that had long been successful. Sure they went public and surrendered too much, but those original big owners made a ton in the process.

Business is complex and there are predators in every direction. My company messed up. The deal never hurt me and I even made a few Bucks, but I hated the new intergalactic ownership. In time I left and it was the best thing that I ever did in terms of my work life.

KKR is the dark side of the Force. If they own Politico then beware as they have a filthy agenda.

14 posted on 05/08/2022 5:59:35 PM PDT by Radix (His Fraudulency Joe Biden…)
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To: SmokingJoe

“Politico is a far left, deep blue, Dem Party propaganda outfit.”

Yes, and the easy way to confirm that is their reaction to Musk taking over Twitter. If there were already major independent media in the US, there would be little concern over Twitter also going independent.


15 posted on 05/08/2022 6:01:57 PM PDT by BobL (Putin isn't sending gays into our schools to groom my children, but anti-Putin people are)
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To: tired&retired

In my opinion, Politico is first of all an Establishment publication.

Some of the Establishment (like McConnell, or Romney) is on the right. But most of it is on the left.

Politico primarily favors Dems, particularly as the GOP is now heavily MAGA.

They are Establishment trash.


16 posted on 05/08/2022 6:03:09 PM PDT by AmericaFirst101
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To: tired&retired

Politico was bought last year by German publisher Axel Springer for a price reported to be around $1 billion.

Axel Springer SE is a German digital and popular periodical publishing house which is the largest in Europe.

Since 2020, it is majority-owned by the US private equity firm KKR.

KKR & Co. Inc., also known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., is an American global investment company that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, credit, and, through its strategic partners, hedge funds.


17 posted on 05/08/2022 6:03:37 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: jjotto

It is like asking “Is water wet?”


18 posted on 05/08/2022 6:05:09 PM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftists are the same species of vicious rat.)
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To: tired&retired

I’m trying to follow the money and power to see the bigger picture.

Any help is welcome. I appreciate the comments, especially those with insight.


19 posted on 05/08/2022 6:07:21 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: theoilpainter
It’s a good publication.

No, it's a leftest rag. It spews all the same lies of the coordinated media.
20 posted on 05/08/2022 6:20:56 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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