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Dan GillmorIt should be astonishing that after Trump publicly solicited a $1 billion bribe from Big Energy, Big Journalism just shrugged and moved on.
It is not astonishing.
LAUREN@dangillmor not surprising but also no one's talking about Bannon not being in jail yet!!!!
Smerks1109@dangillmor Not astonishing at all. But I understand Democrat leadership is convenong a meeting with big oil execs to discuss?
Grassroots Joe
Delric@joeinwynnewood @Smerks1109 @dangillmor yet that very article said legal experts conclude it doesn’t violate the law because it’s not specific, and is therefore like other promising fundraisers.
@delric @joeinwynnewood @dangillmor If Trump said basically "give me 1B and I'll dismantle the Biden regulations" it's a quid pro quo. If he said "I'm going to dismantle the Biden regs, support me with 1B," that's different. Whether there's enough to investigate, TBD.
@Smerks1109 @delric @dangillmor
Given recent SCOTUS rulings narrowing the scope of corruption laws, let's say I'm just a bit skeptical that any prosecutor will pursue this.
Jay@dangillmor Maybe if we trick him into asking for it over email we’d get somewhere, they’re always up for a good email scandal.
Ned Hamson@dangillmor Soliciting a bribe!
arceuthobium@dangillmor they think the $1 billion ends up in their pockets.
Big Kumera Energy@dangillmor have to keep a big gap between 'surprised' and 'shocked' these days
Adlangx@dangillmor It's not. We all know how things work.
Elfbiter@dangillmor If they would, they would lose advertisers.
Dianora (Diane Bruce)@dangillmor Those that own the media control the propaganda. No, it is has not been astonishing to me.
Naomi@dangillmor Because both Big Energy and Big Journalism are owned by the same small group of Big Investors, whose interests will always be leveraged to serve each other (including Big 'Defense' and Big Pharma too).
And never forget, most politicians are their investments too, by way of campaign funding and lobbying.
Nicklas Johnson 🏳️🌈@dangillmor
He told the truth one time, when he said he could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot people and not lose any support. That includes among the adoring media who love him because his antics get clicks.
Konrad@dangillmor Maybe because they know they couldn't really afford that, if he asked them?