“We are all Russians now.”
Hopefully the democratic leadership will do a better job of opposition/conflicting research and push back on the more precarious candidates than they have done in the past months. It is disappointing to see the lacking pushback now on all of the major networks to the Russian hacking/leaks. I would have liked to see them flood the coverage…you know, like the Republicans do. Guess they haven’t figured out that the loudest voice gets the attention yet.
“Pleese help. Willing to drane swamp for fud.”
“He led Exxon to strike a deal with Russia in 2011 to explore oil resources in the Arctic, after which he received the Order of Friendship honor from Russian President Vladimir Putin.”
US Constitution, Article I, Section 8
No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
So does he have to give it back before he can become Secretary of State or is he just not permitted to wear it with his evening dress on state occasions? Or can Congress just allow him to keep it?
Exxon said it incorporated some subsidiaries in the Bahamas for “simplicity and predictability,” according to The Guardian.
“It is not done to reduce tax in the country where the company operates,” Exxon said, per The Guardian.
It is a totally selfless act of absolutely no benefit to the company and its shareholders done entirely for no reason at all. Right. Got it.
Alec Baldwin SNL
Depends on how many palms are greased.
To paraphrase Donald Trump “Only he can put the fix in”
Arctic Oil Exploration… First we get rid of all that pesky ice cap, eh, Comrade.
this guy has been a traitor much longer than his new boss.
to paraphrase Warren Zevon,"How was I to know he was with the Russians too?