A murder hornet snacking on a honeybee this week here in washington d. C. Afternoons of yet another scandal involving the brand name in chief u. S. President donald trump yes the scandal was revealed to us all late tuesday apparently and my friends what a scandal it is the New York Times reporting that the Justice Department has been investigating whether intermediaries for a federal convict offered white house officials a bribe in exchange for a pardon or commutation from President Trump yeah that is juicy the possibility that a sitting u. S. President or at least members of his team may be in the business of taking cold hard cash in exchange for Services Rendered in this case handing out a president ial pardon naturally the president respond to the news with a resounding fake news tweeting quote pardon investigation is fake news and while rumors of trading pardons for cash payoff this is actually. Actually rather old news here in the belly of the beast especially out here for those good folks at fox news that doesnt make it any less egregious but lets keep it 100. 00 shall we pay for play has become part of the very bedrock the very bedrock of washington politics since well probably the signing the declaration of independence from cheney and halliburton to 989. 00 as keating 5 to Warren Harding is teapot dome scandal back and maintain 21 the American People have had a front row seat to some of the biggest political swindles of all time and this isnt letting up anytime soon because frankly the lobbyists nod and wink along with a significant Campaign Contribution be a 3rd Party Fundraiser to the candidate or party has become the go to and tragically legal form of bribery that fuels this Nations Capital just ask the inaugural committee for president elect joe biden which is coming under fire parading millions in corporate sponsored cash for what will most likely be a virtual inauguration thanks to cope with 19 that will cost nothing and yet they wonder why 80 percent of americans both republican and democrat do not trust the federal government to do the right thing always or even most of the time according to pew research and that my friends is why we are always watching the hawks. Whats going on a city street you want to. See see the crisis release state see rolls royce gracie see this least systemic just says so which i will so youll. Welcome everyone to watching the hawks were opened and im a loyal boy image of the i love it i love it when news organizations fall over themselves to say oh. Oh my gosh look at those crazy crazy crime that were seeing the accusation of bribery and all that one like lets be honest washington is based on bribery and i like the historical reference you opened with because weve seen it time and time again in elections in these administrations some obviously got more Media Attention than others but i think that because of the character and the type of man donald trump presents himself as theres a lot more media click bait associated with anything he does in addition to the fact that hes still doing all of this mean while not fully accepting the results of the most recent election anyway you know when youve got rumors going that hes going to just pardon the whole family before they leave office to keep mole safe from the kind of the nixon ask right you know pardon you know but its interesting but when you when you look at i think the the real juice here in washington this is this is a democrat problem and a republican problem and thats the legalized bribery which is basically bribery its just its legal i mean look at the look at the inaugurated inaugural committee where theyre taking money by 20 months and money they will allow corporate donations of up to 1000000. 00 donations from corporations and from individuals up to 500000. 00 just upon the inauguration this is a this is a lobbyist and cooperate industry town and they feel like when youre in elected official no matter what side youre on there is a dual note to the fact that obviously there are different corporations that give you cash with the expect with the expectation that you know when things come across your table that have to do with their industry that you will turn a blind eye or that you wont you know press them very hard because hey i helped you and these are the same industries that give in many cases equally to both sides of the aisle because they never really know which way the coin is going to flip and they want to make sure theyre covered in their beds i mean what makes this really interesting with the with the inaugural committee kind of saying hey were going to take these big time donations from is a its its not new trump actually broke the record other 170000000 worth of corporate financing there obama did it in the 2nd term. So thats not new but whats interesting is bidens inaugural committee has barred fossil fuel companies and their executives impacts from donating to the inaugural committee and as journalist david dam for the american prospect ask if theres a problem with those particular firms giving money why isnt there a problem with the other ones that also rely on the actions of government you can to kind of havent both ways and say well hey this one is bad but you know what comcast or whoever oh you know we wont know until about 9 and they would later in life debate and conversation about the bidens role with fossil fuels and what was going to happen how harsh the democrats were going to you know basically put the clamp on them because of Environmental Issues it would look when you leave bad you to accept that cash now oh of course it would but like why dont you do it across the board but you say hey guess what its a virtual moderation were not go except in that cash period because its more than likely going to be done over whom well you make a great point and lets not forget i cant leave donald off of this he follows if this if this bribery for a pardon thing turns out to be true look theres plenty legalized bribery thats happened with pardons over the years i mean you have bill clinton last day in office pardon a billionaire who has a home we have most wanted list for a lot of crime marc rich who is accused of everything from tax evasion to illegal trading with a Foreign Government guess what riches wife donated thousands of dollars to the Clinton Library george w. Bush commuted perjury sentence for lewis Scooter Libby it was also dick cheney steve cheapest for revealing the identity of cia agent Valerie Plame and finally george h. W. Bush he pardoned Armand Hammer for making illegal contributions to the mix and campaign after hammer had contributed over 100000 to the Republican Party so im sorry contributions for pardons thats old news are just pardons are never free. For president elect joe biden the road to clinching the democratic primary and ultimately the 2020 president ial election with paint by black people. From the organizers across the south in places like georgia where former gubernatorial candidate and Voting Rights advocate stacy abrams Voting Rights activists and organizer Latasha Brown and countless others spent years building a base that had all too often been ignored while in 2020 they were heard regardless of where you get your news the story was the same black voters made all the difference though black voters only make up a level percent of the National Electorate 9 and 10 of them supported joe biden now with inauguration just around the corner on january 20th and the by the administration already appointing key positions legacies civil rights organizations and black leadership in congress are calling on biden to do more to date legacy organizations like the interval a. C. P. In the National Urban league say they have not been consulted about key cabinet picks and havent met with biden since the election. We are asking for some kind of veto were asking for some kind of consultation said marc morial head of the National Urban league we are still in a wait and see mode but we think that the Civil Rights Community should be more closely engaged. Kid bizer to buy representative Cedric Richmond a prominent black elected figure will be leaving his post to join the Administration Biden has a black woman Vice President as and has appointed black women to his Communications Team but that hasnt quell concern among Civil Rights Community. We havent had a meeting with them we have not had a conversation about the georgia Runoff Election we have not had direct conversations about key appointments that are going said Derrick Johnson head of and double a c. P. Civil rights leaders in this country should be on par if not more than other constituency groups he has met with. The biden team have a lot of work to do for sure and still thousands of positions have yet to be filled for those who did the work to get them elected those who showed up in droves the black community that broke records and never quivered in their faith in joe biden many are looking for what a Biden White House will do for them that is the big question let me ask you do you feel hes hes done enough so far within this transition to represent i mean is there or is there kind of claims coming out of family or representation wheres we did for you you really dont bring back do you feel it hold water when i think of the claims are valid because to whom much is given much is required when we talk about the Demographic Group that made the most right an effort for joe biden they were supportive of him even when it looked like his campaign was faltering in the primaries it was black people the argument from news media and other organizations even the d. N. C. About this well of suburban white women and what they were going to do when we saw what they did half of them voted very strongly in support of donald trump regardless of a lot of the things in the characteristics that they said they didnt like about him but black people stayed steadfast in the biden camp and i feel like at this point specifically for these legacy organizations the question is why havent we been brought in why arent we being consulted theyre not necessarily saying you need this many people who are of africanamerican descent on these different in different administrative positions but they are saying that people should come up for consideration we want to know what this process looks like we brought people out for you which they did they did a lot of organizing they did a lot of you know boots on the ground in states and in areas where in 2016 the black vote was suppressed and a lot of voters just didnt get enthusiastic or. To come out they were able to turn that around and 2020 so now the question is what do black people get off of this its interesting because i think weve seen that a lot over the years from a lot of different politicians you know will will use people to get elected but the moment they get into office its kind of like well you know youre over here and i might have a meeting every now and again but im not really going to listen to you im not really going to like you know. Make sure that youre taken care of especially in the day of corporate donations were talking about earlier suppression that they were they got to answer their corporate and banking animals 1st and maybe the American People 2nd 3rd 4th down on the list you know it to me. Look at the end of the day they are still building a coalition theyre still putting everything together so you know theres that theres that argument that says well maybe its just too soon wait till were actually get to january 20th before we start criticizing and thats kind of where i am on it i mean just today we found out that the mayor of atlanta last bottoms is under consideration for the Small Business administration. Obviously kareen jeanpierre shes there and communications so with the most sanders a lot of people are upset that they are not you know leaving communications that neither of them is actually the White House Press secretary but as you and i both know White House Press secretaries rarely last all 4 years so whoever you have now more than likely wont be there next year and it goes down the wrong and they elevate more people i think that theres much to be said about waiting a little bit and seeing how this goes the other thing that i think is interesting is that. You have legacy organizations that are all that always push democratic elected officials a lot more than they ever will republicans and i think that if you were the average black voter the people who actually turned out for him their issue isnt as much representation as it is are you going to do the things that you promised the black Community Whether that comes from somebody whos a black face in that office or not they want to make sure that you know hood is treated as it should be so that housing availability is where it needs to be that Student Loan Debt is answered that there is accessibility for not only Small Businesses but also people who want to start entrepreneurship ventures that housing availability is open for those who are trying to be 1st time homeowners i think that poor black people across this country the question is more of a policy one than it is the imperatives of who is in the position at any given point i think thats the most astute thing ive heard on this topic is what you just said is that the most important thing is what it what are the actual people whats the Community Getting because its very easy to kind of point token its very easy to say hey heres a win this person looks like you know they might answer to wall street or they might have sort of someone who doesnt whose lives nowhere and has nothing to do with their lives and go make your life better but oh look they look like you and weve seen it and weve seen in several administrations actually the administration that the most the most black people was that was president clintons 2nd only to what we saw with the george w. George w. Bush administration which actually had the most black people in high level positions but if you were to ask you know people who are adults back you know in the early 2000 what that vehicle to black community they would tell you they saw nothing so its not just having black faces in those positions you actually have to be there to put the proof in the putting to the policy you promise promise the black community most definitely all right everybody as we go to break remember that you can also start watching the hawks on the man brand new portable t. V. Which is available on all platforms definitely check it out all right coming up we sort through the real from the fake in the world of Artificial Intelligence created people yes intelligent artificial ai created for people with legal and media analyst mel stay tuned to watch in the office. Well the pandemic no certainly no borders just bought into nationalities. 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