NEW The Biden administration secretly permitted Chevron Corp. to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the Venezuelan government despite a license that explicitly prohibited such disbursements. (We are capable of doing two things at once so please save your “but Trump” replies) - ThreadSky

yasharali.bsky.social • 1 day ago

NEW

The Biden administration secretly permitted Chevron Corp. to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the Venezuelan government despite a license that explicitly prohibited such disbursements.

(We are capable of doing two things at once so please save your “but Trump” replies)

Comments

ofhuman.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don't care about that, it sounds like the good old days, like when the gov't was not paying for a private concentration camp in El Salvador

sheonabelle.bsky.social•1 day ago

You should probably care about government transparency & integrity then.

wedidwhat.bsky.social•1 day ago

Way to keep your eye on the ball.

vivshere.bsky.social•1 day ago

I dunno but the maneuver doesn’t seem so corrupt and nefarious given some of details being reported…

randowoman.bsky.social•1 day ago

It should be investigated and people should be held accountable. The sad and scary thing is that I don’t trust Trump’s people to do anything in an honest or fair way

emmgld.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think many have much more to worry abt under Trump such as whether they're going to get their next social security check, finding another job, paying for health ins., getting necessary medical care, not getting deported etc.

emmgld.bsky.social•1 day ago

We can do two things at once but why do you want ppl to do that? Do they not already have enough on their plates?

orchidlover.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm sure if we dug back far enough, even good old George did some shady shit. Frankly, right now, I'm more concerned about holding on to our democracy.

adangghost.bsky.social•1 day ago

This reasoning is probably how we got here to begin with.

orchidlover.bsky.social•1 day ago

You can go back and analyze history anytime you want, but right now, there's other priorities and not enough bandwidth. People have been talking about how we got here since time immemorial. If you figure it out, let me know, but it's more complicated than a deal with Chevron.

worfwworfington.bsky.social•1 day ago

Well, sounds like neither one should be President.

dagenheim.bsky.social•1 day ago

The entire government, the election system, and congress needs to be overhauled before we'll ever match up with the ideals we've pretended this country has.

dlcaf.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ask me if I care.

znk11.bsky.social•1 day ago

Well, there it is. The Biden administration, whoever was involved with this, will be going to jail. He talked nonstop about retribution and revenge and you don’t think he’ll pounce on this shit?

gtzajc.bsky.social•1 day ago

There are allegations but no proof.

gtzajc.bsky.social•1 day ago

Secretly permitted? The license explicitly prohibited direct payments to the Venezuelan government, aligning with ongoing U.S. sanctions against President Nicolás Maduro’s regime.

thisisjoylps.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you. And is a word too.

cdingil.bsky.social•1 day ago

our leaders are ALL failing us

fringolingo.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wrong is wrong. I'm tired of people making excuses and not holding our leaders accountable.

naenaeperez.bsky.social•12 hours ago

It’s paywalled but I remember Biden publicly negotiating with Venezuela to lower oil prices. We do business with bad people (see Saudi Arabia) for oil all the time. This isn’t shocking.

quasithere.bsky.social•1 day ago

Good point. Two wrongs don't make it right.

trashpandabee.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for the "We're capable of doing two things" acknowledgment. We SHOULD be pointing out the bad behavior on our own side. Otherwise, it's just hypocrisy.

katiefrommi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Agree and is the one thing MAGA can’t or won’t ever do, not even on the smallest things!

sheonabelle.bsky.social•1 day ago

As someone with a politically balanced media diet I can comfirm to you that this is 100% percent false.

maximumeffort433.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don't know, Republicans already do a pretty good job attacking Democrats for everything under the sun, I'm not sure we need to help them.

haroldhg1.bsky.social•1 day ago

Titanic Deck Chair De[Ar]rangement Syndrome (TDCDS)

ascotrose.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'd be more interested in how Chevron represented this deal to their investors.

we-are-toast.bsky.social•1 day ago

So while people were screaming INFLATION, Biden was trying to import more oil to lower the price of gas. How dare he!

eddyrobinson.bsky.social•1 day ago

Reasonable, but it should be done transparently and not secretly.

we-are-toast.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don't think it was all that secret.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/07/biden-venezuela-oil-russia/

atlanticjetstream.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yep: "Revoking the Chevron license only serves to drive oil sales back toward China on the black market..," said Juan Gonzalez, who led President Joe Biden's administration's policy toward Venezuela . "It helps Maduro and prevents a US company from recouping what it is owed. So dumb."

atlanticjetstream.bsky.social•1 day ago

Allowing Chevron to do so and maintain a relationship with Venezuela hurts Russia- ending Chevron’s presence there opens up doors for China and Russia

rwarrin.bsky.social•1 day ago

We need a fresh start.
We are where we are because of our entire political system, not just Republicans or Donald Trump.

We have that opportunity staring us in the face.