Also, get this: the @WorldBank approved Blackstone's Amazon deforestation project. The Bank has a lot to answer for here. Thus far, to my knowledge, they have made no comment.
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This story is a real bombshell. Reporter Ryan Grim reveals that one of the biggest culprits of Amazon destruction is a US company, Blackstone, whose CEO is close friends with Trump and bankrolls the US Senate leader Republican Mitch McConnell.https://theintercept.com/2019/08/27/amazon-rainforest-fire-blackstone/ …
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MIT now feels bad about taking money from Epstein, I wonder how long it will take for them to realize Blackstone is at least as badhttps://fortune.com/2019/02/19/mit-stephen-schwarzman-college/ …
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Hard to imagine there could be a good corporation in these times if you believe that power corrupts.
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SCHWARZMAN, A FOUNDER of Blackstone, owns roughly a fifth of the company, making him one of the world’s richest men.’
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‘He has been generous toward McConnell and Trump with that wealth. In 2016, he gave $2.5 million to the Senate Leadership Fund, McConnell’s Super PAC and put Jim Breyer, McConnell’s billionaire brother-in-law, on the board of Blackstone.’
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There's a few more dirty players involved too.... https://news.littlesis.org/2019/05/03/major-u-s-banks-hedge-funds-sponsoring-gala-to-honor-brazils-jair-bolsonaro/ …pic.twitter.com/9XGgRb5Dg2
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“Blackstone” has “evil corporation from an 80’s B-movie” written all over it.
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The hypocrisy is epic. These corporations who get in bed with heads of state and other power brokers, who destroy natural resources for profit align with Republicans who fight tooth and nail against globalization.
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They’re only against globalization if it doesn’t benefit them personally
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Want lowdown on Blackstone Stephen Schwarzman, his control (IPO) of Glencore His total involvement in Rosneft oil deal? Follow back and DM
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wat dis?
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