So should we all reaccess our opinion of Van Jones' years of balancing on the fence...

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by seeming to try to please republicans while also trying to be "down" with Black people and other Dems?

I don't know. Let's see what he does with the 100 million.

[SharonClark]

1. Did he win the lottery?

[Tanuki]

2. Sort of.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/07/20/media/van-jones-bezos-100-million/index.html

"Business)Jeff Bezos, the Amazon (AMZN) founder and world's wealthiest man, said Tuesday after flying to the edge of space that he planned to award $100 million each to CNN contributor Van Jones and chef José Andrés.

Bezos said that Jones and Andres were free to do "what they want" with the money.

"They can give it all to their own charity," Bezos said at a press conference after his trip to space. "Or they can share the wealth. It is up to them."...(more)

[onecaliberal]

4. I just deleted the amazon ap. I'm done.

How many hungry children could use that money. This makes me physically ill.

[spooky3]

6. Andres has done a lot to feed hungry children

and others. I don’t know about Jones.

We need to change tax laws so that the uber rich pay their fair share.

[malaise]

15. THIS

[spooky3]

21. What did you think of Gauff's having to withdraw from the Olympics?

[malaise]

23. The Olympics should have been cancelled

ages ago.

[spooky3]

24. I heard on the news that they may yet cancel it. Nt

[malaise]

26. Heard that too

Ah well

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29. Yes. Well, maybe push it back one more year to see where we are then.

If covid is still running wild then, just cancel until further notice as it might still be around in 2024, the next traditional Olympic year.

[miyazaki]

38. Beijing winter games are in six months

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40. That's gotta be postponed too.

[onecaliberal]

17. I agree the chef had done amazing things and will feed people

With the money. I mean in general. The whole thing. I can’t even say what I think about van jones here.

[Blue_true]

14. Andres has done some fucking awesome charity work.

He is already well off, so my guess is he spends the money on more charity activities that he is involved with.

[onecaliberal]

19. Agreed!

[hamsterjill]

3. I've never been a fan of Van Jones

I’ll take a wait and see attitude.

I am a huge fan of Chef Andres.

I don’t like the idea that Bezos has bought himself some good PR at a time when his abuse of wealth for entertainment occurred. Let Bezos fix the problems he has created on earth (pay his taxes, make Amazon jobs come up to standard) and THEN he can have his gadgets.

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5. Agree on Chef Andres. And I'm still on the fence about on-the-fence Jones.

[liberal_mama]

7. I'm still upset about Van's comments after Trump's first Joint Sessions of Congress speech

https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/01/politics/van-jones-trump-congress-speech-became-the-president-in-that-moment-cnntv/index.html

[hatrack]

8. Van Jones?

[pinkstarburst]

9. Van Jones?

Good grief. Chef Andres has a history of charitable works. That 100 million he gave to Van Jones should have been given to a charity. Not a political commentator. So many hungry kids who could have benefitted from 100 million and he gave it to Van Jones. I just can't even.

[Scrivener7]

10. I guess today was the day Van Jones .......... Nah. I got nothing.

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11. Good one. Didn't Jones once start off a sentence like that on the orange turd?

[Scrivener7]

12. Yes. He said, "Today is the day Donald Trump became President."

I might be remembering it wrong, but I think it was in response to TFG giving a speech where he didn't grope any women during the duration of the speech, didn't visibly wet himself.

Something like that.

[Cha]

35. lol... the only thing Van Jones could

do for me to give him a chance is..

Apologize for all the Toadying up to trump & his gd Fascist CULT.

[48656c6c6f20]

13. Outrage!

How dare they accept charity money from a man who rode a dick into not-space! They sully the good names of charities by doing so and we should shun them!
They should have refused but now we can go after them for taking the dirty money.

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25. Chef Andres should take the money and continue his good works...

100m can feed a lot of down and out people. As for Jones, who knows what he will do?

[ChrisF1961]

16. Remember $100 million is a rounding error for Bezos

[JI7]

18. It's his comments about Michelle Obama I can't get over

And which makes me see his positive comments about Trump and Republicans not just political strategy but his actual support for them.

[Cha]

37. VJ is not worthy to speak of former 1st

First Lady Michelle Obama.

Wonder if he had an opinion on Worst "lady" melania?

[xmas74]

22. Chef Andres

Food insecurity.

Van Jones was involved in Dream Corps. Maybe he could use it to push for criminal justice issues such as sentence reform, actual rehabilitation through real job training and expungement of non violent records upon completing the sentence? There's also the green/ environmental aspect of Dream Corps or the tech equity.

I'm curious what will be done. The public is watching. I don't see either man keeping a penny of the money.

[BannonsLiver]

27. Van Jones can go fuck himself.

[Hoyt]

28. Suspect Jones will do some good things with money, but hate will continue.

The Chef already has a history of charity. And Jones does too.

[SYFROYH]

33. I've always been good with Van Jones.

[TheProle]

34. As have I.

He’s that sort of pragmatic incrementalist who frustrates some, but is indispensable to getting to a more progressive society.

Jones is on the right side of history. He is not my enemy.

[Raine]

39. Me too 👍

I like him. 😊

[Cha]

36. Why the hell did Bezos give a $100 Million

to van jones?!

And, no "reaaccessing" from me.