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Wasn't Murdoch married to Wendy Deng before she (Original Post) malaise Dec 2018 OP
it would not surprise me if Murdoch was a Russian Oligarch put in play to push propaganda in USA lancelyons Dec 2018 #1
I Don't know about Blair but Wendy Deng is currently KCDebbie Dec 2018 #2
The divorce was over BLIAR malaise Dec 2018 #11
Holy crap, her Wiki is like a 19th Century French novel!1 - and *Saint* Tony BLAIR?!1 UTUSN Dec 2018 #3
That reads like a treatment for a bad novel. MineralMan Dec 2018 #8
Unfuckingbelievable malaise Dec 2018 #12
Here they are together at the US Open UpInArms Dec 2018 #4
Oh My! malaise Dec 2018 #14
this one is Ivanka and a very Russian looking guy UpInArms Dec 2018 #15
Leon Black of Apollo Global Management dalton99a Dec 2018 #17
Thank you UpInArms Dec 2018 #18
Yep, he owns The Scream dalton99a Dec 2018 #19
Murdoch is the immigrant they should have built the wall around. nt Snotcicles Dec 2018 #5
Related to Whoopty Doo? Sneederbunk Dec 2018 #6
Fox pattern here? marble falls Dec 2018 #7
we're living a spy novel written by meth-heads Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #9
They're Literally All in Bed Together dlk Dec 2018 #10
Precisely malaise Dec 2018 #13
It's not just a can of worms, or even a barrel of worms. panader0 Dec 2018 #16
Great link malaise Dec 2018 #20
 

lancelyons

(988 posts)
1. it would not surprise me if Murdoch was a Russian Oligarch put in play to push propaganda in USA
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 12:01 PM
Dec 2018

It sure seems like something Russia would do.

malaise

(268,715 posts)
11. The divorce was over BLIAR
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 02:22 PM
Dec 2018

that vile scumbag who was also known as Bush's poodle and who also committed war crimes.

UTUSN

(70,649 posts)
3. Holy crap, her Wiki is like a 19th Century French novel!1 - and *Saint* Tony BLAIR?!1
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 12:37 PM
Dec 2018

When he was P.M. my elderly relative, who is so devout that she is practically a nun, was waiting breathlessly for him to fulfill the rumors that he was on the verge of converting to Catholicism.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendi_Deng_Murdoch

.... When Deng was living with Jake and Joyce Cherry during Deng's studies in the United States, Joyce Cherry discovered her husband, Jake, was having an affair with Deng, who was 30 years his junior, and demanded Deng leave the house. Jake Cherry soon followed and moved in with Deng,[9] and the two married in 1990.[19] Their marriage lasted 2 years 7 months before they were legally divorced,[9] but Jake would later explain they stayed together for only four or five months, when he learned that Deng was spending time with David Wolf, a man closer to her age.[19] Nonetheless, she had been able to secure a green card through her marriage to Cherry.[19][9]

In 1997 she met Rupert Murdoch, who is 37 years her senior, while working as an executive at the Murdoch-owned Star TV in Hong Kong.[20] They married in 1999[citation needed] on board his yacht "Morning Glory",[21] less than three weeks after the finalisation of his divorce from his second wife, Anna Murdoch. Following the marriage, she was branded a "gold digger" by sources close to Murdoch, including family members.[22][23] The couple had two children, Grace (born 2001) and Chloe (born 2003). Tony Blair is Grace Murdoch's godfather.[24] In June 2013, Murdoch filed for divorce from Deng, citing irreconcilable differences.[4]

On February 5, 2014, The Daily Telegraph published a report claiming Deng had a crush on Tony Blair, leading to her divorce from Murdoch. The report stated that Murdoch began to hear rumours about his wife in 2012 and is said to have interviewed staff members at his various homes to ask them what they had seen. According to the newspaper, Murdoch learned that Blair had visited Deng at Murdoch's Carmel ranch on more than one occasion. Blair allegedly spent the weekend of April 27, 2013, with Deng at the property. Other sources are quoted as placing Blair and Deng at The Carlyle in New York, on a private yacht, and at Murdoch's home in London.[25] An article in The Economist claimed that as a result of Murdoch's suspicion that Blair had an affair with Deng, he ended his long-standing association with Blair in 2014.[26]

In early 2018 The Wall Street Journal, a newspaper owned by Murdoch's News Corp, published a story suggesting that Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump[27], close acquaintances of Deng, were warned by US intelligence agencies that Deng may be working as a Chinese spy.[28][29]

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MineralMan

(146,262 posts)
8. That reads like a treatment for a bad novel.
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 01:08 PM
Dec 2018

It would be unbelievable, though, so it must be true. What a cluster****!

UpInArms

(51,280 posts)
4. Here they are together at the US Open
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 12:37 PM
Dec 2018


Ivanka Trump sits with wife of Russian oligarch as she and husband Jared join Wendi Deng

Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner took some time off from the campaign trail on Sunday to enjoy the Men's Singles Final at the US Open, joining a group of similarly high-profiled names in a private box at Flushing Meadows.

The couple watched the match alongside their close friend Wendi Deng, billionaire David Geffen, Princess Beatrice and Dasha Zhukova, the wife of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.

Ivanka was seen chatting with Zhukova at one point, who attended the final with her good friend Karlie Kloss. The 24-year-old supermodel dates Jared's younger brother, venture capitalist Josh Kushner.


Lots more pics at link

UpInArms

(51,280 posts)
15. this one is Ivanka and a very Russian looking guy
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 02:38 PM
Dec 2018

Would be interesting to know who he is ... not identified in the article

UpInArms

(51,280 posts)
18. Thank you
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 03:01 PM
Dec 2018

This is interesting

Black was regarded as "junk bond king" Michael Milken's right-hand man at Drexel.[7] In 1990, he co-founded, on the heels of the collapse of Drexel Burnham Lambert, the private equity firm Apollo Global Management.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Black

panader0

(25,816 posts)
16. It's not just a can of worms, or even a barrel of worms.
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 02:49 PM
Dec 2018

it's a swimming pool, a swamp of worms.
I tried to keep up with all of the characters, but there are too many.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/08/ivanka-trump-wendi-deng-vacation

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