Seven Issues that Could Have Rex on the Ropes
Later today, there could be fireworks on Capital Hill when Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee finally grill Rex Tillerson on his potential nomination as Secretary of State.
Andy Rowell
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Conflicts of interest “could significantly curtail Tillerson’s work as the nation’s top diplomat”
Oh Rex, what a tangled, convoluted web you weave. You have so many investments that you cannot possibly operate without a conflict of interest, if you become Secretary of State. You will be a walking disaster zone waiting to happen.
#RejectExxon and Trump’s other Climate Deniers on January 9th
As Washington gets back to work after the Christmas break and it begins the process of Congressional hearings for nominations over Trump’s cabinet, so the resistance to those appointments is increasing too.
A New Year Message: “US Bank DIVEST, #NoDAPL”
If those attempting to build the Dakota Access pipeline hoped that the protests against the pipeline and those funding it would fizzle out in 2017, they would have watched in despair at the events which unfolded at the US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Sunday.
Support the Water Protectors by Asking Banks to #DefundDAPL
As people head home for the Christmas vacation to be with their loved ones, spare a thought for the one thousand or so water protectors that are braving bitterly freezing cold temperatures and blizzards in North Dakota to continue what has become the iconic protest of 2016 against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
New Questions Raised Over Rex’s Russian Links
Later today, the 538 members of the Electoral College will meet to determine who will be the next President of the US.