So in 20 minutes Rachel Maddow gifted up with the following FACTS:
Remember Deepwater Horizon? Worst oil spill in the Gulf, EVER? BP's fault. Well BP just got approval to drill in essentially the same place, only DEEPER. Any logic here to be found? BP had a contingency plan in place back then. It included a plan to rescue WALRUSES. And in fact none died. It also included a corporate phone tree, where important people get called STAT when a disaster occurs. Of course some of the people in the plan were DEAD.
And Trump wants to open a pipeline in California shut down for 10 years. Why shut down? Well it dumped more oil than any other spill on the West Coast. Sadly, it's near Santa Barbara. The Channel Islands there are very environmentally sensitive. Some have been closed to all visitors. They are also sacred Native American lands.
Well that's the domestic disaster.
And globally there's this: the Energy Sect'y told the news that the SoH was closed. Presto, oil prices skyrocket and the Dow plummets. Then he said that American naval vessels would open the SoH. Presto/chango, Dow up, oil down. But damn, the Navy can't do that; so Dow down, oil up. Does anyone with an IQ higher than today's temperature (here, not Arizona) think that there was a LOT of money made off these swings?
Need more? Russia has made a buck or two (billion) off the Iran "incursion". What do they do with their dollars? Well, they share intelligence with Iran, helping them attack us and various Mideast nations. Oh, and Trump has lessened sanctions on Russia.....TWICE. Can't we just see the pee tape already?
And, (yes there's an "and"), Jared Kushner has already cadged $2billion from Saudi Arabia and is asking for more. So what? Well, he is a point person on Mideast policy. And S.A. really likes it when we bomb Iran. So they throw money at J.K. and he whispers in Trump's ear- bomb, bomb, bomb,....bomb, bomb Iran.
Also note that Trump is allowing some IRANIAN oil to be shipped through the SoH to India and China.
This admin is bereft of any sense. They are motivated by greed, corruption, and quest for power. All this was made clear in 20 minutes. Imagine what could be made clear in an hour or two.
And Epstein is relegated to page 6 or worse.