A reminder that less than two weeks ago, it was revealed that Trump solicited a $1 billion bribe from the energy industry, offering in return the gutting of environmental regulations.
A week ago, Big Journalism had already consigned this epic scandal to the memory bin.
Had Biden done anything remotely like that, I guarantee that it would still be among the top stories of the day -- and Congress, including Democrats, would be moving toward impeachment.
@dangillmor you can be mad about it and call it a bribe, but that exact behavior is part of how us elections worked for decades.
They get campaign money from big companies. Ofcourse those companies want something in return.
If you as Americans want a government that cares about it's people, then reform that by (drastically) limiting money flows from companies to politicians (in cash or stock)
@aaron @dangillmor well some foreign advice then: (which i guess you allready know).
The democratic party gives you a slightly better chance to change stuff, but mostly you got to do this on the more local levels.
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