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Yet, she registered four and a half years late, long after starting that she belatedly disclosed her paid relationship with the foreign principal Mikheil Saakashvili, the now-imprisoned former President of Georgia.


I remember when they threw the book at Tony Podesta for not registering his lobbying activities.
Oh, wait. He's famously connected, so he just 'stepped away for a while':

High-powered Democratic lobbyist and political operative Tony Podesta has returned to currying influence under President Joe Biden’s administration and is growing his slate of lobbying clients, most recently registering as a foreign agent working to further the interests of Libya’s government. The move comes after Podesta stepped back from politics amid controversy over being named in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.

Doing business as Podesta.com, Podesta contracted with Tala Elemary Consulting, a Dubai-based consulting firm paid and directed by the Libyan government. The contract, signed by Podesta on April 13, notes that “fees will be negotiated within 30 days.”

Foreign agent registration records indicate that Podesta’s services will “include lobbying US Government Officials in the White House, Congress, as well as the US Media, to maintain political gains in Libya on behalf of Client, promoting a constitutional basis for elections in 2022.”

Justice Department and Federal Election Commission records show Podesta has also started pouring money into political giving in February of this year, his first federal contributions since 2020.

Senate Foreign Relations chair Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) received $500 from Podesta while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) Victory Fund received $5,000.

Podesta, brother of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign chairman and firm co-founder John Podesta, has a long history of lobbying and foreign entanglements. He previously helmed the Podesta Group, a lobbying powerhouse boasting over 100 clients and millions of dollars in annual revenue.

But Podesta’s eponymous firm closed in 2017 after Mueller’s indictment charging Rick Gates and former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign chief, Paul Manafort, alleged that Manafort enlisted the Podesta Group as part of his controversial work helping sanitize the reputation of Ukraine’s Russia-friendly president Viktor Yanukovyc.

Though Podesta was not charged with wrongdoing, his firm shut down and he stepped away from lobbying. After years of other pursuits, Podesta told the New York Times in July 2021 that he would be reentering the world of politics.

Last year, Podesta signed his first lobbying clients of the Biden administration.

In August, Huawei Technologies hired Podesta’s firm for lobbying as the embattled Chinese telecom company ramps up efforts pushing back against Biden administration pressure to keep Huawei on the blacklist, which restricts the company’s access to semiconductors. Huawei paid Podesta $1 million for lobbying targeting Biden’s White House and the Executive Office of the President.





If anyone was concerned about DeSantis' neocon bona fides, this is what you needed to know.

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Saw a guy wearing a white DeSantis hat the other day.
Going with the white hat to battle the red hats it seems.
I wouldn’t mind watching Trump and DeSantis destroy each other.

Ideal scenario:

- Ugly, ugly, primary between Orange Jesus and DeSatan
- Mango Mussolini receives the most votes but party insiders pull a page out of the democrats playbook and give the nomination to Tallahassee Mussolini
- Agent Orange and his cult followers throw a fit and he runs as a third party candidate
- Democrats talk Joe into retiring and one of the governors runs as the nominee

More likely is that Cheeto destroys Ruble Ron as quickly as he did Jeb, Lady G and Little Marco
 
Ideal scenario:

- Ugly, ugly, primary between Orange Jesus and DeSatan
- Mango Mussolini receives the most votes but party insiders pull a page out of the democrats playbook and give the nomination to Tallahassee Mussolini
- Agent Orange and his cult followers throw a fit and he runs as a third party candidate
- Democrats talk Joe into retiring and one of the governors runs as the nominee

More likely is that Cheeto destroys Ruble Ron as quickly as he did Jeb, Lady G and Little Marco
I literally laughed out loud reading all of these great nicknames. Well done.
 
Weird...

7. Florida

Florida is the seventh-fastest growing state in the U.S., with a growth percentage of 1.12%. Florida’s population grew by 478,386, from 21,254,926 to 21,733,312. Florida is the third-largest state by population in the United States; however, even the large net migration to the state has not been enough to raise housing values back to their pre-recession values. Florida has no state income tax; the cost of living is relatively lower than other East Coast states and has warm weather year-round.

 
Weird...

7. Florida

Florida is the seventh-fastest growing state in the U.S., with a growth percentage of 1.12%. Florida’s population grew by 478,386, from 21,254,926 to 21,733,312. Florida is the third-largest state by population in the United States; however, even the large net migration to the state has not been enough to raise housing values back to their pre-recession values. Florida has no state income tax; the cost of living is relatively lower than other East Coast states and has warm weather year-round.

That information is outdated regarding cost of living: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-least-affordable-state-us-miami-tampa-orlando-naples-rent/

Housing affordability is arguably the biggest issue in the state currently.
 
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7. Florida

Florida is the seventh-fastest growing state in the U.S., with a growth percentage of 1.12%. Florida’s population grew by 478,386, from 21,254,926 to 21,733,312. Florida is the third-largest state by population in the United States; however, even the large net migration to the state has not been enough to raise housing values back to their pre-recession values. Florida has no state income tax; the cost of living is relatively lower than other East Coast states and has warm weather year-round.

LOL. Yeah, up until DeSantis was elected nobody was moving to Florida and we had massive state income taxes. Thank god he was elected and ended state income tax and got people to start moving to Florida. He is amazing! .
 
2 plus years out and the lefties already are panicked about DeSantis. If he was the exact same guy, governing the same way with a D behind his name you'd all be jizzing in your high pants daily.
 
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Death doesn't govern, just picks fights.
Florida under DeSantis leadership had the 19th highest death rate via covid despite having the 2nd highest % of population over 65 and highest average age per resident.
Decisions made by him regarding vaccine rollout and antibody treatments made a real difference but Chis proving once again mindless partisanship knows no bounds.
 
I welcome a lawsuit on DeSantis, however, given the lack of anyone else saying anything about this, I'm not going to cancel any plans right now. Smells much more of clickbait right now.
 
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I welcome a lawsuit on DeSantis, however, given the lack of anyone else saying anything about this, I'm not going to cancel any plans right now. Smells much more of clickbait right now.
That account has been on top of a lot of things over the years I agree with you but there's something brewing.
 
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