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48. James Mattis is linked to a massive corporate fraud and nobody wants to talk about it

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 12:08 PM

Dec 2018

Secretary of Defense James Mattis is implicated in one of the largest business scandals of the past decades, described by the Securities and Exchange Commission as an “elaborate, years-long fraud” through which Theranos, led by CEO Elizabeth Holmes and president Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, “exaggerated or made false statements about the company’s technology, business, and financial performance.”

https://www.vox.com/2018/3/16/17124288/mattis-theranos-board-trump

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Reminder: Mattis is awful [View all] oberliner Dec 2018 OP

And Skidmore Dec 2018 #1

Trump is awful / Mattis is awful oberliner Dec 2018 #4

Hmmm. If a equals b, and b' equals c then a equals c............... still_one Dec 2018 #7

Frustrates me to hear people singing the Mattis praises on MSNBC / CNN oberliner Dec 2018 #11

You should have put this in your OP, it would have helped buttress your position Celerity Dec 2018 #37

Ironic isn't it still_one Dec 2018 #44

I agreed with a "Sorry, he shouldn't get to play martyr or victim or principled opponent now." Autumn Dec 2018 #86

measure of degrees of awful-ness. Javaman Dec 2018 #25

Which has nothing to do with his abrupt resignation. MineralMan Dec 2018 #2

It has to do with people who are praising him as "the adult in the room" oberliner Dec 2018 #5

He's a conservative military guy. No surprise there. MineralMan Dec 2018 #16

WOW DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2018 #22

Is that a good WOW or a bad WOW? MineralMan Dec 2018 #27

It's a good WOW. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2018 #31

Whew! MineralMan Dec 2018 #34

Another very good wow headed your way. saidsimplesimon Dec 2018 #45

+1 nt Skidmore Dec 2018 #49

That was a masterful takedown, MineralMan. bearsfootball516 Dec 2018 #32

Indeed it was oberliner Dec 2018 #63

+1000 ismnotwasm Dec 2018 #102

+1. n/t obnoxiousdrunk Dec 2018 #57

Mattis defends border deployment, likens it to 1916 effort against Pancho Villa oberliner Dec 2018 #60

So? What point do you think you're making here, oberliner? MineralMan Dec 2018 #64

Mattis is awful oberliner Dec 2018 #65

Uh, no. That's not the point you're trying to make. MineralMan Dec 2018 #68

Yes, it is oberliner Dec 2018 #117

To what end? Adrahil Dec 2018 #96

Agree 100%. Kingofalldems Dec 2018 #112

your posts have been spot on. +++ JHan Dec 2018 #119

Well said n/t emulatorloo Dec 2018 #87

Wow this is a truth bomb. SPOT ON. BannonsLiver Dec 2018 #104

Well spotted, well said. Maybe someone needs a new stir-stick for Yule. Hekate Dec 2018 #106

Thanks! MineralMan Dec 2018 #108

Contrarians. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2018 #18

No, actually I don't gotta love 'em. MineralMan Dec 2018 #20

I think loving contrarians drives them crazy. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2018 #29

Contrarian? No way. Kingofalldems Dec 2018 #83

+1000 smirkymonkey Dec 2018 #61

You are wide awake today Hekate Dec 2018 #109

I completely disagree oberliner Dec 2018 #67

LOL, the Translation is "Leave Trumpy Alone..." FSogol Dec 2018 #3

Translation: Neocons like Bolton, Mattis, et al are also 100 percent awful oberliner Dec 2018 #6

Having one competent person in the WH does not equal "everyone likes him." FSogol Dec 2018 #36

I'm hearing a lot of praise for him on MSNBC/CNN oberliner Dec 2018 #69

Cool story, bro FSogol Dec 2018 #78

"It's like Deja vu all over again." DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2018 #30

Bingo! Kingofalldems Dec 2018 #85

Pretty much. Let Trump off the hook emulatorloo Dec 2018 #92

Stupid OP YessirAtsaFact Dec 2018 #8

It is a fact that Mattis is awful oberliner Dec 2018 #9

Given the situation, it's a fact that the OP is stupid YessirAtsaFact Dec 2018 #15

I respectfully disagree oberliner Dec 2018 #59

Respectfully disagree. In these Orwellian times, G_j Dec 2018 #105

Shades of grey. Awful vs maniacally insane. uppityperson Dec 2018 #10

Fair enough - but the anti-Trump wing of the Republican party is also very bad and dangerous oberliner Dec 2018 #14

Running with scissors in your hand is also very bad and dangerous. uppityperson Dec 2018 #21

Can we just set our relationship status with Mattis to "It's Complicated"? Anon-C Dec 2018 #12

There is value in not losing sight of the awfulness of "normal Republicans" oberliner Dec 2018 #17

Point well taken. And it's good that you did! Anon-C Dec 2018 #41

It was all fun and games while campaigning and kissing up to this goddamn lunatic. What exactly Guy Whitey Corngood Dec 2018 #13

Mattis never campaigned for Chump. That was Flynn. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2018 #26

Oh that's right. The Moron just kept dropping his supposed nickname in campaign rallies. So Guy Whitey Corngood Dec 2018 #47

Not to be argumentative but Mattis made no endorsement. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2018 #51

Never said "endorsement". But I can't imagine anyone arguing that he did not support him. Given Guy Whitey Corngood Dec 2018 #58

Who on DU is arguing his angelic and divine praises? LanternWaste Dec 2018 #19

It's that Duer "StrawMan" MineralMan Dec 2018 #43

There is a "Jim Mattis appreciation thread" oberliner Dec 2018 #71

Yeah. No appreciation from here. Autumn Dec 2018 #98

It's why I will not join in on the "appreciation" threads. WeekiWater Dec 2018 #23

Reminder: Most Democratic leaders, like Joe Biden, disagree with you. highplainsdem Dec 2018 #24

He was approved by the Senate, 98-1. A lot of Democrats even liberal ones voted for him. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2018 #28

Not Gillibrand! oberliner Dec 2018 #33

Is she the benchmark ? DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2018 #39

She has voted against Trump's Cabinet appointees more times than any other senator oberliner Dec 2018 #55

Take a look at some of those past DU threads about Mattis if you have a chance oberliner Dec 2018 #35

Agreed melman Dec 2018 #38

Well said oberliner Dec 2018 #54

Hate him all you want... ADX Dec 2018 #40

This! +1 Docreed2003 Dec 2018 #52

Mattis is back to his Iran obsession.. (DU post from last Feb) oberliner Dec 2018 #53

Awful, yes Bettie Dec 2018 #42

Fair enough oberliner Dec 2018 #50

Mattis is a patriot, Trump is a traitor. shockey80 Dec 2018 #46

James Mattis is linked to a massive corporate fraud and nobody wants to talk about it oberliner Dec 2018 #48

That deserves a thread of its own. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2018 #56

Here ya go oberliner Dec 2018 #62

Today. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2018 #70

If you start one I will post a supportive reply! oberliner Dec 2018 #73

I like and admire the general DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2018 #76

"Iran, Iran, Iran," Mattis told me. oberliner Dec 2018 #79

Do you think it's good for Israel to have an Iranian puppet on its border? DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2018 #80

So you're for war in Iran? melman Dec 2018 #91

If that is the inference you drew there is nothing I can do to disabuse you of that notion. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2018 #94

Yeah it is melman Dec 2018 #95

Are there or are there not ways of deterring unwanted actions other than war? DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2018 #97

Context melman Dec 2018 #99

Mattis supported the Iran nuclear deal and tried to convince Trump not to abrogate it. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2018 #100

"If you think Roy Moore won't win, you're delusional..." Quoted from you. LanternWaste Dec 2018 #84

Elizabeth Holmes managed to charm a whole lot of people MineralMan Dec 2018 #81

If it was so well-designed, why didn't you fall for it? maxsolomon Dec 2018 #113

Actually, I do, but that's a different issue. MineralMan Dec 2018 #114

my hope for Trump's con has been the same. maxsolomon Dec 2018 #118

Well said... ADX Dec 2018 #66

Mattis was still an important check on trump Gothmog Dec 2018 #72

An adult in the room a la Donald Rumsfeld oberliner Dec 2018 #74

Ecological fallacy DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2018 #89

In many ways he is like some of the leading Never Trumpers Tom Rinaldo Dec 2018 #75

Mattis is basically Rumsfeld oberliner Dec 2018 #77

+1 DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2018 #103

People need to quit making Mattis into a saint. He's not. Cousin Dupree Dec 2018 #82

Nobody here said he was a saint emulatorloo Dec 2018 #90

Mattis did a good thing by resigning Progressive dog Dec 2018 #88

Mattis was a battlefield commander. Adrahil Dec 2018 #93

I think Trump picked him primarily because of his nickname. klook Dec 2018 #107

Likely. He HATED that nickname. Adrahil Dec 2018 #116

Nearly everyone looks good against I-1 ananda Dec 2018 #101

I respectfully disagree with this one-word "description". nt TwistOneUp Dec 2018 #110

His nickname was Colonel C.H.A.O.S. donkeypoofed Dec 2018 #111

Agree with you on all points, donk... tavernier Dec 2018 #115