Sheldon has been whining about ‘climate change’ for quite some time, while refusing to end his use of fossil fueled airplanes and take Amtrak to DC. He’s also been on a roll about “dark money” while accepting lots of it. And whining about Justice Thomas. But, um
Green Energy: Whitehouse Pushes Legislation that Helps Wife’s Climate Change Firm
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.) has introduced several bills that could provide a windfall for a firm that employs his wife, raising potential conflict of interest concerns for the liberal Democrat.
Whitehouse’s wife, Sandra Whitehouse, has since 2022 served as ocean policy adviser for Running Tide Technology, a startup that works to remove carbon dioxide from the ocean. Whitehouse, who serves on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and chairs the Senate Budget Committee, has introduced legislation that would steer taxpayer funds to companies in the carbon dioxide removal industry.
Sandra Whitehouse’s work for Running Tide could open her husband to the same kinds of criticisms he has levied against Republicans. The senator has proposed a bill to beef up transparency for Supreme Court justices and attacked Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, over her consulting work. Whitehouse cited Ginni Thomas’s text messages regarding the 2020 election in calling for “significant ethics reform at the Supreme Court.”
The Sustaining Healthy Ecosystems, Livelihoods, and Local Seafood Act, which Whitehouse introduced in June, would form an office for “aquaculture” in the U.S. Department of Agriculture in order to bolster seaweed farmers and “promote blue carbon ecosystems.” Running Tide uses kelp, a type of seaweed, to capture carbon dioxide in the ocean.
Sheldon has introduced a bunch of bills that would see his wife pocket a lot of moola, meaning he would get a lot of moola. Sadly, you can bet quite a few, if not most, of elected representatives and appointed administrators in the Executive Branch use this scam. Funny, though, how the people pushing the climate scam the hardest are attempting to profit off of government passing laws and pushing regulations and mandates.
https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1694067127085322418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1694067127085322418%7Ctwgr%5E2e3ca20efbd87e86d29c336de358cb05460b54ed%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fgordon-kushner%2F2023%2F08%2F22%2Fdeputy-secretary-of-defense-wants-our-armed-forces-to-be-prepared-for-climate-change-n2386500
We’ll lose a minor war. If our military that’s worried about everything but being able to break things and kill people even shows up.
Teach’s military expertise comes mostly from watching Rambo movies as a teen and later being a fervent cheerleader in our misbeghotten adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan.
We did a pretty good job of breaking things up but failed to achieve national security goals in either war
Yeah, baby!! Break things and kill people!!
The US military is the best, most effective in history. We understand that the nuRight has to hate every institution in America because Trump, but knock it off, traitors!
A recent poll of MAGAts showed 52% feel Putin is a better President than Biden.
Rather than destroy institutions, work to improve them.
Dear Elwood:
Your comment has nothing to do with the post.
And saying that another politician and/or team or car is better than its opposite is just an opinion.
Yawn…
Maybe it’s less of a question of whether we’re going to lose a major or minor war than why so many people want to get us in one in the first place?
Hey Sheldon, how are things at your whites only yacht club this year?
Congresspersons, federal judges, and high-ranking Executive Branch officials should be prohibited from buying and selling stocks except in a managed blind trust. This includes Sen Whitehouse. Congresspersons have made over 40,000 transactions in the last 3 years, and often have access to insider information. They argue that it will discourage stock crooks from running for Congress. Good!!