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What’s up, everybody! Here are JETLAG RADIO 325 & BENKYO RADIO 325.

I think that by now, you have read the extensive coverage from The Guardian on “The Pegasus Project” which is Israel NSO’s illegal massive surveillance on the world. This included journalists, activists, world leaders, and more. I told you not to trust the “Mafia-Operating-Super-System-AD-vertising” (MOSSAD), and now, here we are. We cannot be Americans and say “let’s catch the bad guys!” and when we do find the bad guys (An Israeli Spyware/Malware company) not do anything about it. Biden might take his time to do something about this, but trust me, Emmanuel Macron will do something about this. And if you still think that French people are sissies who wear short shorts on military bases, I suggest you watch some GIGN videos. We/They don’t fuck around.

I want to especially thank the journalists from The Guardian and Le Monde and countless others for this report. It was very important to let it all out.

Until next time!