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Shapeshifter

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2. Irony and greed

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Thu May 9, 2024, 11:25 AM

May 9

Big oil bitching about environmental regulations cutting into their profits and Trump attempting to grift them is comedy gold. It's hard to choose in this case who is more corrupt, Trump or Big Oil. We know Trump certainly is but in 2022 the worlds five largest oil companies reported a record $196 billion in profits while (wait for it) raising prices at the pump.

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What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign [View all] Passages May 9 OP

Anything and everything - including access to Stormy. Wonder Why May 9 #1

Irony and greed Shapeshifter May 9 #2

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote May 9 #7

Exxon with Trump as president was at 40$ Johonny May 9 #3

While the middle of our country is being destroyed by global warming as a result of oil companies having few kimbutgar May 9 #4

Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth was excellent. That was 2006. Passages May 9 #5

Oil CEOs don't need or deserve a damn thing. Initech May 9 #6

TFG is not being subtle LetMyPeopleVote May 9 #8

He's suggesting an outright bribe Hekate May 9 #9

Biden-Harris campaign statement on new report that TFG is asking oil executives to contribute $1 billion to his campaign LetMyPeopleVote May 10 #10

Perfect. Passages May 10 #11

Trump's pitch to Big Oil execs sparks Senate Democrats' attention LetMyPeopleVote May 13 #12

Don't hold back, Democrats, the time is now. Passages May 14 #13

But the CEO of Google said; "Politics has no place in the workspace" maxrandb May 14 #14