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This comes after Trump promised the oil executives he'd end all decarbonization efforts in exchange for a billion dollars, and made it possible for Trump to start outraising Biden for the first time

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[–] dharwin@kbin.social 36 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Trump is literally selling our collective future for a few fucking dollars.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

Hey, if you think he - or anyone associated with him - gives a flying shit, you’ve already lost. We are so far past that.

[–] WhyDoYouPersist@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And it's money for him to spend in (hopefully) the last few years of his life. Like the guy has to be close to croaking and he wants to go out taking everyone with him.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

He could live another 30 fucking years! Look at how long Henry Kissinger lived.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

Something tells me Kissinger didn't eat McDonald's every meal

[–] DMCMNFIBFFF 1 points 6 months ago

If he loses in 2024, I kind of hope he runs again in 2028, and if he fails, again in 2032.

[–] bigschnitz@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Yes of course he is. This is the guy who has consistently chosen to sell out his marriages (and actively harm his family) for the sake of an orgasm. When presented with the choice to do the right thing, or do the thing that provides some immediate, fleeting gratification, he has chosen the latter every time with no regard for how damaging that may be.

[–] DMCMNFIBFFF 3 points 6 months ago

He and each of his many supporters.

[–] silence7 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'll note that the NYT changed the headline after I started writing this.

[–] bazus1@lemmy.world 29 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Pretty obvious they took a W for trump and made it an L for Biden.

edit: the new title is "Biden and Big Oil Had a Truce. Now, It’s Collapsing." so you don't have to give NYT a click.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

Fucking NYT. Goddamn would it kill them to do the right thing for once?

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

I personally don't really see that as a loss. There is no place for a truce with the fossil fuel industry, they need to be made completely unprofitable.

But I do have an issue with it not focusing as much on the corruption of Trump and the FF industry.

[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Boy, I bet the Democrats feel really good about how much of a good partner they were to the petroleum industry, slow-walking reasonable regulations, helping them with funding, etc.

I bet they feel great seeing this.

If they do manage to pull out a win in November, it needs to be no more Mr Nice Neoliberal. Bust the industry's collective balls.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 9 points 6 months ago

You have jokes

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If they do manage to pull out a win in November, it needs to be no more Mr Nice Neoliberal. Bust the industry’s collective balls.

Lmao... It's nice to dream, but even dreams need to have some basis in reality. We have a conservative party and a conservative party with like 6 "progressives" in it.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Look, Exxon isn’t indifferent to your concerns, okay? We’ve donated a generous $5000 to your personal fund, and all we’re asking for is some kind words in an internet forum, ok? Just to level out the vibe. Next week we can talk about a cool $10,000.

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Can we get a list of the names of these execs?

[–] badbytes@lemmy.world -3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Or start voting for the candidate you want and not the ones provided.

[–] HopeOfTheGunblade@kbin.social 5 points 6 months ago

That just gets you the candidate you want less from the ones provided.