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Huawei hiring former Democratic super lobbyist Tony Podesta
- underseacables 5y agoDon’t forget this is the guy who came under investigation in 2018 and his entire lobbying firm imploded. He’s lucky he’s not in jail.
- BitwiseFool 5y ago>"He’s lucky he’s not in jail." A wealthy Washington DC insider and power-broker... I assure you his freedom has nothing to do with luck.
- adamiscool8 5y agoHe plays for the right team, too.
- phkahler 5y agoGenerally neither team wants any players going to jail, not even those on the other team. Once you start that the game itself gets disrupted.
- epicureanideal 5y agoIt seems like the gloves are coming off lately with the Michael Flynn prosecution, Giuliani losing his license to practice, and so on.
- neither_color 5y agoAll that says is which side is losing.
- PicassoCTs 5y agoLuck got nothing to do with it. He is just that good and he has just those goods.
- Hokusai 5y ago> Podesta will work to advance a variety of the company’s goals in Washington, according to one of the people. He declined to comment. A spokesperson for Huawei also declined to comment. Very transparent for some one that is going to work with the country representatives. Corruption: dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery. China has realized what Russia knows so well. You don't compete with the USA, it's cheaper and more effective to buy its politicians.
- underseacables 5y agoBe thankful for your government, it’s the best that money can buy.
- tkinom 5y agoBig Money can buy.
- adolph 5y agoBe thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for. Will Rogers
- maest 5y agoWhat I don't get about this is that the US govt is the sole issuer or dollars - the govt issues currency and uses it to provision itself with the resources it needs to build bridges, operate its bureaucracy, pay the army etc. So, theoretically, the govt can issue as much coin as it needs to grow to arbitrary sizes. The citizens aren't paying for the govt to run - not with money anyway.
- dna_polymerase 5y agoThe first time I heard that name (as a non US citizen) was in a documentary about breitbart.com founder Andrew Breitbart, who apparently did not like the guy. I found this article about Podesta (on breitbart, so take that with a grain of salt, or an entire salt mine): https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2016/11/04/remembering-andrew-breitbart-fck-john-podesta/ https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2016/11/04/remembering-an... Looks like Podesta is everything the 'Drain-the-swamp' Trump supporters hate. This deal is probably fueling a lot of debate on their social platforms right now.
- belltaco 5y ago>Looks like Podesta is everything the 'Drain-the-swamp' Trump supporters hate. Yet not a peep from the same people about swamp creatures Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn.
- zohch 5y agohttps://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/12/24/ben-sasse-criticizes-president-trumps-pardons-this-is-rotten-core/ https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/12/24/ben-sasse-crit...
- furgooswft13 5y ago> Looks like Podesta is everything the 'Drain-the-swamp' Trump supporters hate. This deal is probably fueling a lot of comments on their social platforms right now. lol Podesta is pretty much ground zero of the Pizzagate conspiracy. Only thing that would be juicier to Trump supporters would be Huawei also hiring Hillary Clinton and Jeffery Epstein.
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y agoPizzagate was a crafted phenomenon. Whoever prepared this, they managed to collate pieces of genuine information with fake ones, inaccuracies, planted images and so on. It could be 4chan, but it could be Russians as well. And while the Internet was buzzing about it, mainstream media felt it's too ridiculous to discuss, so the debunking arrived too late.
- hourislate 5y agoWith his deep ties through out the Biden Administration, it's a brilliant move. Meng should sigh a breath of relief, she will be free soon to return to China and all US Gov charges will be dropped. Look to also see Huawei sanctions removed. Hard to buy the Chinese and Russians but American Politicians will whore themselves out for the cost of a hooker, golf game and dinner, plus a couple of points on the deal. It's so nice to know your elected officials work for foreign powers and themselves and they say the folks who stormed the capital were the terrorists.
- belltaco 5y ago>It's so nice to know your elected officials work for foreign powers and themselves and they say the folks who stormed the capital were the terrorists. Why can't it be both? What would you call folks that violently and successfully interrupted a core democratic process of tabulating the votes from different states?
- hourislate 5y ago>What would you call folks that violently and successfully interrupted a core democratic process of tabulating the votes from different states? Are you referring to the Politicians you vote for that violently spread war and interrupt core democratic process all over the world? It's not both because the folks in power (and their supporters) are the ones who are exaggerating everything to obfuscate their own criminal behavior.
- sremani 5y agoA permanent war among plebs - well, I do not want any part of it. I might as well hang-out with Tony and collect some Fentanyl money.
- a_conservative 5y agoif they "violently and successfully interrupted a core democratic process", why do you think the charges being levied against these terrorists are so light? Why no charges of insurrection?
- swader999 5y agoWelcome to the power grid CCP!
- marsven_422 5y agoSounds needlessly complex, just buy Hunter Bidens "art" for 200 million dollars.
- the_optimist 5y agoThis looks a lot like a legalized form of bribery. Is there any way to account for this or distinguish it from more transparent bribery? Is there any way to identify the effects of this? For example, if we see that Huawei is suddenly acceptable in infrastructure contracts where there would have otherwise been major national security concerns, is there any way to even identify who is responsible for undermining national security from inside?
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- the_optimist 5y agoAnd if this results in horrific consequences because we've fundamentally undermined security, who's accountable for that? No one (and everyone)?
- grumblenum 5y ago>And if this results in horrific consequences because we've fundamentally undermined security, who's accountable for that? No one (and everyone)? It will be quite the moot point then, won't it? May I add for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's record that I, for one, welcome our new Chinese overlords.
- willcipriano 5y agoWhen you break a law, say speeding it is sufficient to prove that you were going above the speed limit. Pretty simple. Bribery laws aren't written like speeding laws, it is insufficient to prove that a official took money or favors and then acted in a manner beneficial to the payer, you must prove that they did so due to the payment specifically. This is virtually impossible so long as they aren't idiots and write the agreement down. One way to enforce this would be to do sting operations from time to time. This was done during the 70's, it was called ABSCAM and they hooked twelve high ranking public officials. Congress got real mad when the FBI did that and it was never attempted again. Must be nice to make the laws.
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- throwaway4good 5y agoI would really appreciate if HiSilicon once again was allowed to fab via TSMC. Fine if the US doesn't want to buy any of Huawei's products, but for us in the rest of the world. Please allow us.
- 908B64B197 5y agoThat's TSMC's decision to stop activity with a sanctioned entity. Since they aren't under US jurisdiction they are free to resume it at any time.
- russli1993 5y agoNo, current US sanctions against huawei says, any entity using US origin technology cannot fabricate Hisilicon chips. While TSMC is not headquartered in the US, they use US origin technology. For example, ASML EUV machines contain US origin tech, or they use Applied Materials, LAM research machines heavily on their production line. I am not sure how deep it goes, maybe even if the manufacturing line uses Intel CPUs also counts. That is for the legal experts to explain. As result, TSMC is under US jurisdiction with respect to this particular ruling. Maybe TSMC can risk it and supply Huawei, but US could retaliate by sanctioning them. At the end of the day, TSMC can't operate without US origin tech; if they can't get EUV machines or LAM machines, they are dead as well. So the choice is clear. And I am sure TSMC wants to be on good record with the US anyway.
- ChuckNorris89 5y agoYou're mistaken. TSMC has no choice but to stop manufacturing for Huawei as TSMC's EUV tech is using US R&D that they and ASML have licenses from US research labs many years ago.
- iratic0 5y agoIs anyone here a Biden voter and is surprised by this news? Not a single Trump voter is.
- TurkishPoptart 5y agoYes. With the collaboration on Facebook to flag "misinformation", the heavy-handed coercion over vaccines, lack of pressure on China (didn't expect this though), and now this news, I can safely say that I am very not thrilled with this administration.
- 0xy 5y agoI don't know why you're surprised, considering Biden's son was literally given diamonds and a stake in a Chinese entity worth millions which was under investigation by the DoJ. [1] [2] This kind of influence peddling is common on both sides of the aisle. [1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/hunter-bidens-family-name-aided-deals-with-foreign-tycoons-11608682462 https://www.wsj.com/articles/hunter-bidens-family-name-aided... [2] https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-federal-tax-investigation-87c200c919aa61396b5d43077bc5b0ff https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-federal-tax-investig...
- idownvoted 5y agoOh wait, so when Trump was using the Podesta Emails for making a point, Podesta was a saint. Now with Trump gone, Podesta is an un-sainty "lobbyist" when hired by Huawei. That can only mean one thing: Others want a cut, Huawei needs to pay up.
- king_magic 5y agoI guess everyone has a price.
- oliv__ 5y agoSpeak for yourself
- king_magic 5y agoMy point was more that the trope about people having a price seems to be pretty true.
- adolph 5y ago. . . Hillary Clinton campaign Chairman John Podesta . . . is a long-term associate of the Clintons and was President Bill Clinton's Chief of Staff from 1998 until 2001. Mr Podesta also owns the Podesta Group with his brother Tony, a major lobbying firm and is the Chair of the Center for American Progress (CAP), a Washington DC-based think tank. https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/ https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/
- RickJWagner 5y agoHmmm. Mega-lobbyist. Brother worked for both Obama and Bill Clinton. Takes job with Huawei. Nope, nothing going on here. At least not in comparison to Hunter Biden's art sales and Ukranian petro job.
- machinehermiter 5y agoHonestly, Hunter Biden's art is quite good. I think that attack is foolish really. There are all kinds of crazy prices being paid for collectables right now.
- RickJWagner 5y agoAllowing the buyers to remain anonymous is problematic. The Ukranian no-skills job was suspicious, now allowing people to basically give the president's son gobs of money without being identified is beyond the pale.
- Proven 5y agoWhy not cut out the middlemen and go directly to Hunter, that has worked well for CCP-backed businesses before.
- crawsome 5y agocomcast lobbyist, too