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Botany

(70,291 posts)
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 09:24 PM Jan 2022

I have been a Browns fan since the 5th grade and now I hope they never win another game under the ..

...... current owner

Forbes: These Billionaires Kept Funding Legislators Who Refused To Certify The Election After Jan. 6

More than 50 billionaires donated in the second half of 2021 to legislators who voted against certifying the presidential election, according to an analysis of Federal Election Commission records.

Fifty-five billionaires and 19 spouses of billionaires contributed at least $665,000 to the committees of about one-third of the 147 senators and representatives who voted not to certify, between July and October 2021. Among the donors: Citadel hedge fund titan Ken Griffin, Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2022/01/06/these-billionaires-kept-funding-legislators-who-refused-to-certify-the-election-after-jan-6/?sh=fe63fcc61183

Fuck 'em.

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I have been a Browns fan since the 5th grade and now I hope they never win another game under the .. (Original Post) Botany Jan 2022 OP
Haslam owns Flying J truckstops underpants Jan 2022 #1
Isn't that the scam where the Pilot Flying J chain promised truckers that they would get money ... Botany Jan 2022 #2
Yes I believe so underpants Jan 2022 #3
In those situations owners should be forced to lose their business. LiberalFighter Jan 2022 #4
1%er's doubling down. The Have-Mores. czarjak Jan 2022 #5
this is their declaration of war against us. they are DONE with democracy TomDaisy Jan 2022 #6

underpants

(182,275 posts)
1. Haslam owns Flying J truckstops
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 09:27 PM
Jan 2022

In April 2013, the Federal Bureau of Investigation executed a search warrant and affidavit detailing a five-year fraud scheme by the Pilot Flying J chain. The company paid restitution to customers and agreed to pay a $92 million penalty pursuant to a Criminal Enforcement Agreement.[4]

Botany

(70,291 posts)
2. Isn't that the scam where the Pilot Flying J chain promised truckers that they would get money ...
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 09:32 PM
Jan 2022

... for buying gas from Pilot/Flying J and Jimmy and other execs @ the company kept the money?


underpants

(182,275 posts)
3. Yes I believe so
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 09:33 PM
Jan 2022

I thought it was more with fleets of trucks but I could be wrong.

Sen. Bob Corkers frat boy roommate in college.

TomDaisy

(1,828 posts)
6. this is their declaration of war against us. they are DONE with democracy
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 11:59 PM
Jan 2022

they believe they are the kings, we are the serfs, and we are going to abjectly accept their rule over us or they will grind us into the dirt

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