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photon · 01-10-2017, 04:06 PM

SCOTUS stops special election in North Carolina that is a result of the illegal gerrymandering there until they can consider an appeal.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/u...-carolina.html

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Disagreement in the paperwork SoS nominee Tillerson filed with the SEC that's the deal that's supposed to separate him from ExxonMobil. One says what the media reported, that if he returns to the Oil and Gas industry within 10 years he forfeits money put into a trust. The other though says he only forfeits if he goes to an ExxonMobil competitor! So he could be SoS, get sanctions against Russia lifted so ExxonMobil gets $500B worth of new business, then return to work for ExxonMobil?

Hopefully just a wording error, I wonder if it'll be brought up during his confirmation hearing.

http://www.citizenvox.org/2017/01/06...erest-company/

Not a big fan of The Nation but will link this: https://www.thenation.com/article/do...om-exxonmobil/

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EDIT: EPA pick now closing down his PACs after initially intending to keep them running.

The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not usually channel money to political candidates. But that’s exactly what Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt (R) was planning to do, keeping his two political action committees (PACs) operational even as he approached Senate confirmation hearings to head the federal EPA.

But amid backlash over plans to raise money through the PACs, which have historically been heavily funded by the oil and gas industry, a lawyer for the two committees announced that they will be dismantled.

“The PACs missions are no longer relevant and we don’t want them to be a distraction during the confirmation hearings,” Charles Spies, counsel for both committees, told E&E News, which first reported that the PACs would be able to continue operating.

https://thinkprogress.org/pruitt-pac...e-af05e9928a5c

01-10-2017, 04:06 PM	#4586
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	SCOTUS stops special election in North Carolina that is a result of the illegal gerrymandering there until they can consider an appeal. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/u...-carolina.html --- Disagreement in the paperwork SoS nominee Tillerson filed with the SEC that's the deal that's supposed to separate him from ExxonMobil. One says what the media reported, that if he returns to the Oil and Gas industry within 10 years he forfeits money put into a trust. The other though says he only forfeits if he goes to an ExxonMobil competitor! So he could be SoS, get sanctions against Russia lifted so ExxonMobil gets $500B worth of new business, then return to work for ExxonMobil? Hopefully just a wording error, I wonder if it'll be brought up during his confirmation hearing. http://www.citizenvox.org/2017/01/06...erest-company/ Not a big fan of The Nation but will link this: https://www.thenation.com/article/do...om-exxonmobil/ --- EDIT: EPA pick now closing down his PACs after initially intending to keep them running. The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not usually channel money to political candidates. But that’s exactly what Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt (R) was planning to do, keeping his two political action committees (PACs) operational even as he approached Senate confirmation hearings to head the federal EPA. But amid backlash over plans to raise money through the PACs, which have historically been heavily funded by the oil and gas industry, a lawyer for the two committees announced that they will be dismantled. “The PACs missions are no longer relevant and we don’t want them to be a distraction during the confirmation hearings,” Charles Spies, counsel for both committees, told E&E News, which first reported that the PACs would be able to continue operating. https://thinkprogress.org/pruitt-pac...e-af05e9928a5c __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.