It was nice knowing you all.

And if you believe that, I have a bridge in wonderful condition I would like to sell you, along with an introduction to my good friend, the Prince of Nigeria.

The Exxon-Russian deal was worth $500 billion. To say Exxon was a little annoyed would be the understatement of the century. The optics of appointing the CEO of Exxon to Secretary of State is phenomenally bad and is so bizarre I can’t really come up with a justification for it that doesn’t imply corruption. The job of…

This is like an editorial which is still journalism.

What issue do you have with the piece?

so many down-and-out people voted for Donald Trump with the idea he would help them.

Meanwhile his voters are still eating it up. People see themselves as temporarity displaced millionaires. I’m so fucking dejected and defeated that, even still, most Republicans - voters and elected officials - are just going right along with it and telling us it’s great. The law literally says that your financial…

They’re supposed to support the country, not the person in office.

So we’re these guys. Doesn’t look scary or fascist at all.

You fucking dumbass, no Navy unit serves a president (aside from that president being a US citizen like any other US citizen). We’re not in Chile or the Philippines or Thailand.

Why? Is the American flag not good enough for them anymore?

Because no Senator in a state with Pharma jobs and interests is going to give American citizens the chance to send money away from their state to another country without getting something for their constituents.