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President Donald #Trump’s nominee 2 lead the Department of #HomelandSecurity is facing heavy scrutiny after a report revealed he made thousands of dollars #trading stocks tied 2 military action overseas

Per exclusive report frm #DailyBeast, #MarkwayneMullin bought “substantial positions” in defense contractor #RTX Corp. & #oil giants #Chevron & #ConocoPhillips just b4 U.S. military operations in #Venezuela, #Iran

#DHS

https://www.rawstory.com/stocks-venezuela/

Trump’s DHS pick caught cashing in on war-linked stocks before military strike

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security is facing heavy scrutiny after a report revealed he made thousands of dollars trading stocks tied to military action overseas. According to an exclusive report from the Daily Beast, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) purchased “s...

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@iuculano i hate to be 'nameist' but ffs, markwayne? surely that's a cruel joke played on him by his parents ?

@jamez_2_point_0

Interestingly, my sons and I had a discussion regarding his name and concluded that one parent must have wanted to call him Mark, while the other parent insisted on Wayne. So they came to a compromise :)