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This week on A Midwest Conversation Podcast, we look at some fascinating and scary topics. Ohio has two races I am keeping a close eye on, one in the Senate and one in the House of Representatives. JD Vance is running to replace Rob Portman in the Senate, and Nina Turner is looking to win the special election in the 11th house district. Both of these races are interesting. We have the venture capitalist, author, Iraq war vet who claims to be a champion of the middle class while getting major campaign funding from billionaire venture capitalist Peter Theil - JD Vance. In the house, we have a true progressive voice in Nina Turner, who loudly supports Medicare for All and The Green New Deal and does not care what you think.
ExxonMobil is in some boiling water after a video leaked showing a lobbyist outright admit he fought against early climate science to benefit Exon’s bottom line. This lobbyist also name drops 11 senators who are “crucial” to his work — egregious political corruption out there in the open for all to see. That same lobbyist bosted how Exon uses “whipping boys” and shadow groups to avoid scrutiny from Congress.
Remember when I mentioned talking about “scary topics”? Here it comes. David Sirota at The Daily Poster is out with a new piece highlighting how private equity groups and hedge funds are using public pension funds to profit to the tune of millions of dollars. This piece is also tied to the pending infrastructure plans moving in Congress as we speak. There is a “pay for” called asset recycling in the plan, which basically means the federal government will sell old and unused public infrastructure to the private sector. Opening the door for the private equity and hedge fund billionaires to use the money they make from public pensions to purchase public infrastructure and profit even more.
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