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A group of Russian nationals were able to donate to newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson's campaign in 2018 by funneling the money through a U.S. company.

The Texas-based American Ethane company previously donated tens of thousands of dollars to the campaigns of Louisiana Republicans including Johnson, who was voted by the House to replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy as Speaker on Wednesday following three weeks of GOP chaos in the lower chamber.

While American Ethane was run in 2018 by American John Houghtaling, 88 percent of the firm was owned by three Russian nationals—Konstantin Nikolaev, Mikhail Yuriev, and Andrey Kunatbaev.

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[–] WuTang@lemmy.ninja 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What could we say about the massive unilateral view of our politics and media about Israel?

Here you come with that shy, fishy donation to a nobody politician while our government give blank checks, weapon and approval to that racist entity in the middle east.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What could we say about the impeding calamity that will be climate change in the next decade?

Here you come with a tiny little conflict that only effects millions of people when there are billions of lives under threat.

Talk about your priorities!

[–] WuTang@lemmy.ninja 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

so people living now (rather dying now) is less important to you than this. Why not, We could totally just stop Israel to go wild, and move on the so called priorities. Or we could stop support Israel and even palestinians (they get nothing anyway), and focus on climate emergency.

By the way, this Israeli offensives has also incredible ecological cost, if you are just interested by this metric so if you don't care about "arabs" (should I dare call them human?), why not just show your outrage about this..

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spoken like someone who thinks Covid-19 is over. Millions of vulnerable and elderly people have had to totally adjust their lifestyle because people like you found wearing a mask and distancing too difficult.

[–] WuTang@lemmy.ninja -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

you lost me after your covid couplet... have a nice day.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

Take the L and go