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Virginia Protestors Rock Racist Ralph Northam Over His Ties to Dominion Energy
Protestors want to sought Northam’s resignation, not just because of his racism, but because of his ties the state’s influential power company.
There’s an interesting subtext to the protests against Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, whom Big League Politics exposed for wearing blackface or a KKK hood during his days in medical school.
Monday, protestors gathered outside the State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia, not just to call for Northam’s resignation over his racist past, but also for his ties to Dominion Power, the state’s energy company. The power company wields a great deal of influence over Northam, and is the single largest political donor in the state of Virginia.
One of its plans is to build a 600 mile natural-gas pipeline through three states, including Virginia, which is a point of contention for environmentalist-type leftists.
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Dominion is one of the reasons for Northam’s staying power. The company donated a total of nearly $200,000 to his gubernatorial campaign in 2017. It was one of his largest single donors. Not only does the company want a return on its investment, but if Northam resigns he cedes power to Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax.
Fairfax, embattled in his own right due to multiple allegations of sexual assault, is not a friend of Dominion. The company did not donate a single penny to his campaign for lieutenant governor, despite the fact that he and Northam are both members of the Democratic Party. In fact, Fairfax very publicly denied Dominion’s cash. He is part of the environmentalist crowd seeking to deny Dominion influence over Virginia politics.
All three Democratic candidates for Virginia lieutenant governor have pledged not to take campaign contributions from utility giant Dominion Energy, another sign of how some politicians are distancing themselves from the state’s largest political donor.
The Democrats — former federal prosecutors Justin Fairfax and Gene Rossi and lobbyist Susan Platt — said Tuesday night that they were also skeptical about two planned natural-gas pipelines, one of which is a Dominion project and major priority for the utility.
Dominion’s proposed pipeline would run 600 miles from West Virginia through Virginia to North Carolina. While final approval of the project lies with federal regulators, state environmental officials appointed by the governor can deny permits for the project if they determine it would violate clean-water protections.
These facts were not lost on Monday’s protestors.
“F*** Ralph Northam, F*** Dominion,” was a popular chant among the leftist group of “environmental racism” protestors.
“Group of environmental racism/ justice advocates rally at Monroe Park over Union Hill pipeline, slated for African American community. They’re calling for Northam resignation,” said local news reporter Kelly Avellino.
Group of environmental racism/ justice advocates rally at Monroe Park over Union Hill pipeline, slated for African American community. They’re calling for Northam resignation. #Nbc12 pic.twitter.com/MyWjvFKqK7
— Kelly Avellino NBC12 (@KellyAvellino) February 18, 2019
Another popular chant, “I stand with Union Hill,” refers to a largely black neighborhood where Dominion wants to build a compressor station which protestors fear will pollute the community.
During the protest, the group did call for Fairfax’s resignation, too.
They also drew criticism for chanting “We got the guillotine, you better run!” in a menacing threat towards the elected officials.
Watch the full protest:
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Is Bernie Sanders the anti-war candidate that many non-interventionists are making him out to be?
Journalists Jacob Crosse and Barry Grey presented some interesting observations about Sanders’ foreign policy views.
Sanders criticized the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Suleimani in January and also stressed his opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
During the Iowa presidential debate, Sanders loudly boasted, “I not only voted against that war, I helped lead the effort against that war.”
However, Sanders changed his tune when chatting with the New York Times.
The answers the Sanders campaign gave the Times showed its flexibility when it comes to foreign policy.
In other words, the Sanders campaign signaled to the military and intelligence apparatus that Sanders won’t present a threat to their interests and may actually carry out their interventionist agenda.
One question in the survey that the Times sent the Sanders campaign stuck out above the rest.
The third survey question asked, “Would you consider military force to pre-empt an Iranian or North Korean nuclear or missile test?”
The Sanders campaign responded, “Yes.”
Based on this response, Sanders’ is signaling that he’s willing to continue Bush-era policies of “preemptive war.”
Like Obama, Sanders’ opposition to the Iraq War was a matter of politics rather than a principled opposition to regime change wars.
His campaign was also asked, “Would you consider military force for a humanitarian intervention?”
Sanders responded, “Yes.”
Some of the wars that the U.S. carried out in the name of “human rights” have been the Bosnian war and the bombing of Serbia in the 1990s along with the aerial campaign against Libya in 2011 and the Civil War launched in Syria.
All in all, Sanders’ pro-peace/non-interventionist image is at best window dressing.
Under a Sanders presidency, the interventionist status quo will likely stay in place.
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