#revolvingdoor — Public Fediverse posts
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BlackRock is embedded in every government:
🇩🇪 Merz: BlackRock supervisory board chair 2016–2020, lobbied Scholz & Gabriel — now Chancellor
🇬🇧 Osborne: ex-Chancellor, $850K/year for one day's work
🇺🇸 Biden Treasury, Harris adviser — both sides
Since 2004: 84 former officials & regulators hired.Party colour is irrelevant.
https://www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/recherchen/lobbyismus/die-lobby-akte-der-regierung-merz
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BlackRock is embedded in every government:
🇩🇪 Merz: BlackRock supervisory board chair 2016–2020, lobbied Scholz & Gabriel — now Chancellor
🇬🇧 Osborne: ex-Chancellor, $850K/year for one day's work
🇺🇸 Biden Treasury, Harris adviser — both sides
Since 2004: 84 former officials & regulators hired.Party colour is irrelevant.
https://www.abgeordnetenwatch.de/recherchen/lobbyismus/die-lobby-akte-der-regierung-merz
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@GeofCox @RejoinEU Thanks for that. I made a mental note to research his board memberships yesterday but didn't get around to it.
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@GeofCox @RejoinEU Thanks for that. I made a mental note to research his board memberships yesterday but didn't get around to it.
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@GeofCox @RejoinEU Thanks for that. I made a mental note to research his board memberships yesterday but didn't get around to it.
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@GeofCox @RejoinEU Thanks for that. I made a mental note to research his board memberships yesterday but didn't get around to it.
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@GeofCox @RejoinEU Thanks for that. I made a mental note to research his board memberships yesterday but didn't get around to it.
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Not Reporting A War Part 2
Pete Hegseth is the Peter Principle applied to the largest weapons arsenal in human history. Pine Gap guides the missiles. Australian-made F-35 parts are in the payload. And our media calls it a partnership. Part Two of Urban Wronski’s investigation into what Australia’s press is not reporting, and what our silence is costing.https://urbanwronski.com/2026/04/12/not-reporting-a-war-part-2/
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Kevin Warsh’s Nomination Solidifies Wall Street’s Grip on the Federal Reserve
If confirmed, Kevin Warsh would be the latest Federal Reserve chair whose career took place primarily on Wall…
#Economy #FederalReserve #FederalReserveSystem #KevinWarsh #regulatorycapture #revolvingdoor #wallstreet
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What Happens to the Appeal in Twin Metals v. US if the Senate Passes HJR 140?
Forbes Magazine has excerpted and posted the same moment from the Rules Committee hearing on House Joint Resolution 140 that I did the other day: Pete Stauber’s embarrassing concession that he brings HJR 140 on behalf of a Chilean conglomerate, a foreign company that will ship Minnesota’s ore to China for processing. This was just minutes after the congressman gravely warned that “China, our adversary,” has a “stranglehold” over critical and rare earth minerals.
A publication like Forbes has a lot more reach than I could ever hope to have, so it’s too bad they didn’t offer a little context and commentary to help people understand some of what’s at stake in this exchange, the anti-scientific posture Stauber’s resolution takes, and the abuse of legislative process it represents. I don’t believe that’s well or widely understood.
(I also think there could be a lot more reporting on the various ways that the play for the mineral resources of the Duluth Complex intersect with what’s happening in Minneapolis right now, but that’s a another story, one I started to grapple with here.)
The House passed HJR 140 on Wednesday. Should the resolution of disapproval pass in the Senate, HJR 140 will improve Twin Metals’ North American prospects. By how much is hard to say. This resolution does not permit the mine. As Stauber reminded everyone at the hearing, Antofagasta will still have to take its Twin Metals project through the normal channels of review. (In the hearing, Democrats rightly balked at this suggestion, noting that those channels and the agencies that run them are now captured or seriously compromised.) Advocacy groups, too, have tried to assure supporters that this doesn’t mean that Twin Metals can start building its mine on the edge of the Boundary Waters. It doesn’t. But the legislation will knock down some formidable barriers, most immediately at the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.
A little refresher. In September of 2023, Judge Christoper Cooper dismissed Twin Metals v. US on two grounds: the mining company had come to the wrong court, and it had no claim. HJR 140 could solve one of these issues for Antofagasta — the lack of a claim — and it might just render the case moot.
It seemed pretty clear that the mining company was going to lose its appeal of Cooper’s decision. They tried to delay oral argument, to no avail. Argument at the DC Circuit was held in January of 2025, and the outlook did not change. But what the mining company could not accomplish at law they could now accomplish by other means. Trump was inaugurated just one week after oral argument. Then the federal government did an about-face, took the mining company’s side in the dispute, and won a motion for abeyance. That put the case on hold until October. In October, the Chilean conglomerate and the US government went back to the court and asked for more time. Now the whole matter is on hold until April of this year.
So Stauber’s resolution comes at an incredibly opportune moment, just months before the mining company has to go back to court. How its passage will play into Twin Metals v. US is clear. In the 2023 case that is now on appeal, Judge Cooper ruled that the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to deny Antofagasta’s Preference Right Lease Applications and to reject its Mine Plan of Operations was lawful because the Biden administration had withdrawn the lands in question. If the Senate now joins the House to disapprove the Public Land Order authorizing the 20-year mineral withdrawal, voila: the agencies’ hands are now untied. The Bureau of Land Management will have new legal basis, or at least legal cover, for reviewing and approving the Lease Applications and the Mine Plan of Operations.
This is not just serendipity. It looks like a fairly well-coordinated scheme, one that I suspect was put together by the Bernhardt Group, but I don’t have the records to make that case persuasively. Watch for Antofagasta’s motion to dismiss their appeal at the DC Circuit once the agencies start to deliver.
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House GOP Bill Would Roll Back Key Protections in US Chemical Safety Law
“This bill is a chemical lobby wish list,” said one critic. -
House GOP Bill Would Roll Back Key Protections in US Chemical Safety Law
“This bill is a chemical lobby wish list,” said one critic. -
House GOP Bill Would Roll Back Key Protections in US Chemical Safety Law
“This bill is a chemical lobby wish list,” said one critic. -
House GOP Bill Would Roll Back Key Protections in US Chemical Safety Law
“This bill is a chemical lobby wish list,” said one critic. -
House GOP Bill Would Roll Back Key Protections in US Chemical Safety Law
“This bill is a chemical lobby wish list,” said one critic. -
Bulls rumors: Coby White trade buzz has Timberwolves leading the way among many https://www.rawchili.com/nba/506660/ #AnthonyEdwards #AtlantaHawks #Basketball #ChicagoBulls #CobyWhite #MinnesotaTimberwolves #NBA #OrlandoMagic #RevolvingDoor #RobDillingham
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Brendan Carr Says Destroying Consumer Protection, Media Consolidation Rules, And Corporate Oversight Will Be Great For Everyone
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Brendan Carr Says Destroying Consumer Protection, Media Consolidation Rules, And Corporate Oversight Will Be Great For Everyone
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Brendan Carr Says Destroying Consumer Protection, Media Consolidation Rules, And Corporate Oversight Will Be Great For Everyone
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Brendan Carr Says Destroying Consumer Protection, Media Consolidation Rules, And Corporate Oversight Will Be Great For Everyone
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Brendan Carr Says Destroying Consumer Protection, Media Consolidation Rules, And Corporate Oversight Will Be Great For Everyone
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"A 2024 analysis by climate watchdog Floodlight identified a “generational resurgence of fraud and corruption in the utility sector” costing electricity consumers at least $6.6 billion over the past five years.
Over that same time period, utilities’ shareholders have claimed losses of over $12 billion after alleging corruption or fraud, and electric companies have paid out half a billion in related settlements. Since 2019, seven power industry executives have been federally indicted or pleaded guilty to crimes
A standout example is the FirstEnergy nuclear bailout scandal. In 2020, Ohio’s House speaker and Public Utilities Commission chairman were indicted on federal racketeering charges after accepting $61 million in bribes from grid operator FirstEnergy in exchange for $1.3 billion in taxpayer-funded nuclear power subsidies.
The cause of all this graft? Deregulation. In 2005, Congress repealed the 1935 Public Utility Holding Company Act, which barred electric utilities from donating treasury funds to political campaigns. Since then, public utilities commissions, by approving rate hikes, have delivered roughly $4 million in additional annual profits to the industry.
Meanwhile, watchdogs describe a “revolving door” in which executives hop between utility commissions and the private-sector firms they regulate with few restrictions or oversight. One study of 473 public utility commissions found that 50 percent of commissioners went on to take a job within or adjacent to an industry they oversaw."
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"A 2024 analysis by climate watchdog Floodlight identified a “generational resurgence of fraud and corruption in the utility sector” costing electricity consumers at least $6.6 billion over the past five years.
Over that same time period, utilities’ shareholders have claimed losses of over $12 billion after alleging corruption or fraud, and electric companies have paid out half a billion in related settlements. Since 2019, seven power industry executives have been federally indicted or pleaded guilty to crimes
A standout example is the FirstEnergy nuclear bailout scandal. In 2020, Ohio’s House speaker and Public Utilities Commission chairman were indicted on federal racketeering charges after accepting $61 million in bribes from grid operator FirstEnergy in exchange for $1.3 billion in taxpayer-funded nuclear power subsidies.
The cause of all this graft? Deregulation. In 2005, Congress repealed the 1935 Public Utility Holding Company Act, which barred electric utilities from donating treasury funds to political campaigns. Since then, public utilities commissions, by approving rate hikes, have delivered roughly $4 million in additional annual profits to the industry.
Meanwhile, watchdogs describe a “revolving door” in which executives hop between utility commissions and the private-sector firms they regulate with few restrictions or oversight. One study of 473 public utility commissions found that 50 percent of commissioners went on to take a job within or adjacent to an industry they oversaw."
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"A 2024 analysis by climate watchdog Floodlight identified a “generational resurgence of fraud and corruption in the utility sector” costing electricity consumers at least $6.6 billion over the past five years.
Over that same time period, utilities’ shareholders have claimed losses of over $12 billion after alleging corruption or fraud, and electric companies have paid out half a billion in related settlements. Since 2019, seven power industry executives have been federally indicted or pleaded guilty to crimes
A standout example is the FirstEnergy nuclear bailout scandal. In 2020, Ohio’s House speaker and Public Utilities Commission chairman were indicted on federal racketeering charges after accepting $61 million in bribes from grid operator FirstEnergy in exchange for $1.3 billion in taxpayer-funded nuclear power subsidies.
The cause of all this graft? Deregulation. In 2005, Congress repealed the 1935 Public Utility Holding Company Act, which barred electric utilities from donating treasury funds to political campaigns. Since then, public utilities commissions, by approving rate hikes, have delivered roughly $4 million in additional annual profits to the industry.
Meanwhile, watchdogs describe a “revolving door” in which executives hop between utility commissions and the private-sector firms they regulate with few restrictions or oversight. One study of 473 public utility commissions found that 50 percent of commissioners went on to take a job within or adjacent to an industry they oversaw."
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"A 2024 analysis by climate watchdog Floodlight identified a “generational resurgence of fraud and corruption in the utility sector” costing electricity consumers at least $6.6 billion over the past five years.
Over that same time period, utilities’ shareholders have claimed losses of over $12 billion after alleging corruption or fraud, and electric companies have paid out half a billion in related settlements. Since 2019, seven power industry executives have been federally indicted or pleaded guilty to crimes
A standout example is the FirstEnergy nuclear bailout scandal. In 2020, Ohio’s House speaker and Public Utilities Commission chairman were indicted on federal racketeering charges after accepting $61 million in bribes from grid operator FirstEnergy in exchange for $1.3 billion in taxpayer-funded nuclear power subsidies.
The cause of all this graft? Deregulation. In 2005, Congress repealed the 1935 Public Utility Holding Company Act, which barred electric utilities from donating treasury funds to political campaigns. Since then, public utilities commissions, by approving rate hikes, have delivered roughly $4 million in additional annual profits to the industry.
Meanwhile, watchdogs describe a “revolving door” in which executives hop between utility commissions and the private-sector firms they regulate with few restrictions or oversight. One study of 473 public utility commissions found that 50 percent of commissioners went on to take a job within or adjacent to an industry they oversaw."
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"A 2024 analysis by climate watchdog Floodlight identified a “generational resurgence of fraud and corruption in the utility sector” costing electricity consumers at least $6.6 billion over the past five years.
Over that same time period, utilities’ shareholders have claimed losses of over $12 billion after alleging corruption or fraud, and electric companies have paid out half a billion in related settlements. Since 2019, seven power industry executives have been federally indicted or pleaded guilty to crimes
A standout example is the FirstEnergy nuclear bailout scandal. In 2020, Ohio’s House speaker and Public Utilities Commission chairman were indicted on federal racketeering charges after accepting $61 million in bribes from grid operator FirstEnergy in exchange for $1.3 billion in taxpayer-funded nuclear power subsidies.
The cause of all this graft? Deregulation. In 2005, Congress repealed the 1935 Public Utility Holding Company Act, which barred electric utilities from donating treasury funds to political campaigns. Since then, public utilities commissions, by approving rate hikes, have delivered roughly $4 million in additional annual profits to the industry.
Meanwhile, watchdogs describe a “revolving door” in which executives hop between utility commissions and the private-sector firms they regulate with few restrictions or oversight. One study of 473 public utility commissions found that 50 percent of commissioners went on to take a job within or adjacent to an industry they oversaw."
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"Niamh Sweeney was announced in September as the pick for third commissioner for Ireland's already highly-controversial Data Protection Commission (DPC), rounding out its three-person leadership team.
However her work at Meta from 2015 to 2021 raises concerns from civil society.
In an open letter to the Irish government on Thursday (23 October), signed by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, noyb, ARTICLE 19, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, plus 40 others, highlights the conflict of interest Sweeney brings to a position that is supposed to police the same firms in which she used to work.
This appointment “raises serious questions about the DPC’s independence at a time when its impartiality is of critical importance for the entire Union, and when public trust is already fragile,” the letter states."
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"Niamh Sweeney was announced in September as the pick for third commissioner for Ireland's already highly-controversial Data Protection Commission (DPC), rounding out its three-person leadership team.
However her work at Meta from 2015 to 2021 raises concerns from civil society.
In an open letter to the Irish government on Thursday (23 October), signed by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, noyb, ARTICLE 19, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, plus 40 others, highlights the conflict of interest Sweeney brings to a position that is supposed to police the same firms in which she used to work.
This appointment “raises serious questions about the DPC’s independence at a time when its impartiality is of critical importance for the entire Union, and when public trust is already fragile,” the letter states."
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"Niamh Sweeney was announced in September as the pick for third commissioner for Ireland's already highly-controversial Data Protection Commission (DPC), rounding out its three-person leadership team.
However her work at Meta from 2015 to 2021 raises concerns from civil society.
In an open letter to the Irish government on Thursday (23 October), signed by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, noyb, ARTICLE 19, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, plus 40 others, highlights the conflict of interest Sweeney brings to a position that is supposed to police the same firms in which she used to work.
This appointment “raises serious questions about the DPC’s independence at a time when its impartiality is of critical importance for the entire Union, and when public trust is already fragile,” the letter states."
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"Niamh Sweeney was announced in September as the pick for third commissioner for Ireland's already highly-controversial Data Protection Commission (DPC), rounding out its three-person leadership team.
However her work at Meta from 2015 to 2021 raises concerns from civil society.
In an open letter to the Irish government on Thursday (23 October), signed by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, noyb, ARTICLE 19, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, plus 40 others, highlights the conflict of interest Sweeney brings to a position that is supposed to police the same firms in which she used to work.
This appointment “raises serious questions about the DPC’s independence at a time when its impartiality is of critical importance for the entire Union, and when public trust is already fragile,” the letter states."
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"Niamh Sweeney was announced in September as the pick for third commissioner for Ireland's already highly-controversial Data Protection Commission (DPC), rounding out its three-person leadership team.
However her work at Meta from 2015 to 2021 raises concerns from civil society.
In an open letter to the Irish government on Thursday (23 October), signed by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, noyb, ARTICLE 19, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, plus 40 others, highlights the conflict of interest Sweeney brings to a position that is supposed to police the same firms in which she used to work.
This appointment “raises serious questions about the DPC’s independence at a time when its impartiality is of critical importance for the entire Union, and when public trust is already fragile,” the letter states."
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Kent Dybvig dares to redefine "brevity" by cramming a Scheme machine into 400 lines of C, presumably to make programmers feel inadequate. 🤯 Meanwhile, #GitHub practices its impression of a revolving door—sign in, sign out, repeat ad nauseam. 🔄💻
https://gist.github.com/swatson555/8cc36d8d022d7e5cc44a5edb2c4f7d0b #KentDybvig #Brevity #Challenge #RevolvingDoor #Programming #Humor #HackerNews #ngated -
Kent Dybvig dares to redefine "brevity" by cramming a Scheme machine into 400 lines of C, presumably to make programmers feel inadequate. 🤯 Meanwhile, #GitHub practices its impression of a revolving door—sign in, sign out, repeat ad nauseam. 🔄💻
https://gist.github.com/swatson555/8cc36d8d022d7e5cc44a5edb2c4f7d0b #KentDybvig #Brevity #Challenge #RevolvingDoor #Programming #Humor #HackerNews #ngated -
Kent Dybvig dares to redefine "brevity" by cramming a Scheme machine into 400 lines of C, presumably to make programmers feel inadequate. 🤯 Meanwhile, #GitHub practices its impression of a revolving door—sign in, sign out, repeat ad nauseam. 🔄💻
https://gist.github.com/swatson555/8cc36d8d022d7e5cc44a5edb2c4f7d0b #KentDybvig #Brevity #Challenge #RevolvingDoor #Programming #Humor #HackerNews #ngated -
Kent Dybvig dares to redefine "brevity" by cramming a Scheme machine into 400 lines of C, presumably to make programmers feel inadequate. 🤯 Meanwhile, #GitHub practices its impression of a revolving door—sign in, sign out, repeat ad nauseam. 🔄💻
https://gist.github.com/swatson555/8cc36d8d022d7e5cc44a5edb2c4f7d0b #KentDybvig #Brevity #Challenge #RevolvingDoor #Programming #Humor #HackerNews #ngated -
Igor Shesterkin Admires Mike Sullivan’s Blunt Attitude https://www.rawchili.com/nhl/200526/ #Hockey #MikeSullivan #NHL #penguins #Pittsburgh #PittsburghPenguins #PittsburghPenguins #RevolvingDoor
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Fox has been named Head of the Hen House in #Ireland.
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/09/17/ex-tech-lobbyist-named-to-data-protection-commission/
#DataProtection #privacy #GDPR #Meta #lobbying #facebook #RevolvingDoor cc @lobbyctrl_tech @corporateeurope
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Fox has been named Head of the Hen House in #Ireland.
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/09/17/ex-tech-lobbyist-named-to-data-protection-commission/
#DataProtection #privacy #GDPR #Meta #lobbying #facebook #RevolvingDoor cc @lobbyctrl_tech @corporateeurope
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Fox has been named Head of the Hen House in #Ireland.
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/09/17/ex-tech-lobbyist-named-to-data-protection-commission/
#DataProtection #privacy #GDPR #Meta #lobbying #facebook #RevolvingDoor cc @lobbyctrl_tech @corporateeurope
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Fox has been named Head of the Hen House in #Ireland.
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/09/17/ex-tech-lobbyist-named-to-data-protection-commission/
#DataProtection #privacy #GDPR #Meta #lobbying #facebook #RevolvingDoor cc @lobbyctrl_tech @corporateeurope
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Fox has been named Head of the Hen House in #Ireland.
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/09/17/ex-tech-lobbyist-named-to-data-protection-commission/
#DataProtection #privacy #GDPR #Meta #lobbying #facebook #RevolvingDoor cc @lobbyctrl_tech @corporateeurope
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Trump looks to buy stakes in military corps raising concerns about private contractors and war conflicts | The Independent
With a semi-nationalized military-industrial complex, the revolving door won't be needed.
#defenseContractors #nationalization #revolvingDoor #TrumpRegime
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Trump looks to buy stakes in military corps raising concerns about private contractors and war conflicts | The Independent
With a semi-nationalized military-industrial complex, the revolving door won't be needed.
#defenseContractors #nationalization #revolvingDoor #TrumpRegime
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Trump looks to buy stakes in military corps raising concerns about private contractors and war conflicts | The Independent
With a semi-nationalized military-industrial complex, the revolving door won't be needed.
#defenseContractors #nationalization #revolvingDoor #TrumpRegime
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While I was remembering #FDotM scribblings from last November, Primus Canis himself was making new ones:
Key line: "Did you know that since 2001 almost every federal resources minister has gone to work for the fossil fuel industry shortly after leaving parliament?"
#RegulativeCapture #DirtyEnergyDirtyPolitics #RevolvingDoor #corruption #auspol #ALP #Coalition #NetZero #FossilFuelExports #CarbonAccounting #ClimateDisruption -
While I was remembering #FDotM scribblings from last November, Primus Canis himself was making new ones:
Key line: "Did you know that since 2001 almost every federal resources minister has gone to work for the fossil fuel industry shortly after leaving parliament?"
#RegulativeCapture #DirtyEnergyDirtyPolitics #RevolvingDoor #corruption #auspol #ALP #Coalition #NetZero #FossilFuelExports #CarbonAccounting #ClimateDisruption -
While I was remembering #FDotM scribblings from last November, Primus Canis himself was making new ones:
Key line: "Did you know that since 2001 almost every federal resources minister has gone to work for the fossil fuel industry shortly after leaving parliament?"
#RegulativeCapture #DirtyEnergyDirtyPolitics #RevolvingDoor #corruption #auspol #ALP #Coalition #NetZero #FossilFuelExports #CarbonAccounting #ClimateDisruption -
While I was remembering #FDotM scribblings from last November, Primus Canis himself was making new ones:
Key line: "Did you know that since 2001 almost every federal resources minister has gone to work for the fossil fuel industry shortly after leaving parliament?"
#RegulativeCapture #DirtyEnergyDirtyPolitics #RevolvingDoor #corruption #auspol #ALP #Coalition #NetZero #FossilFuelExports #CarbonAccounting #ClimateDisruption -
While I was remembering #FDotM scribblings from last November, Primus Canis himself was making new ones:
Key line: "Did you know that since 2001 almost every federal resources minister has gone to work for the fossil fuel industry shortly after leaving parliament?"
#RegulativeCapture #DirtyEnergyDirtyPolitics #RevolvingDoor #corruption #auspol #ALP #Coalition #NetZero #FossilFuelExports #CarbonAccounting #ClimateDisruption -
Mariners predicted to trade for 334-HR slugger to solve first base problem https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/158584/ #Baseball #CarlosSantana #ClevelandGuardians #Mariners #MLB #PaulSkenes #pirates #RevolvingDoor #Seattle #SeattleMariners #SeattleMariners