I want to reread this every time I need to feel cozy...

I want to reread this every time I need to feel cozy and warm. Like, how many journalists out there can manage to get a politician to say "yeah I did it for the money" in basically any context?

Like 16 Mar 2023 at 15:57 | Open on friend.camp

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srdesantis

@darius I think that’s more about Frank than Chotiner. Barney Frank has always been this way.

16 Mar 2023 at 16:04 | Open on eldritch.cafe

Darius Kazemi

@srdesantis He was my congressman for a number of years and I have a lot of love for him but I still think this is pretty remarkable

16 Mar 2023 at 16:05 | Open on friend.camp

Ruth [☕️ 👩🏻‍💻📚✍🏻🧵🪡🍵]

@darius as like ... a human... I have so many questions about why he declined the pension system like... what?

16 Mar 2023 at 16:24 | Open on glammr.us

SlightlyCyberpunk

@darius This whole thing really bothers me...like what good is it to have someone who "believes in" strong regulation if they're explicitly saying they don't intend to actually regulate when they are one of the people in charge? If the board isn't ensuring compliance with those regulations, who the hell will? If the board has all the inside knowledge about how the regulations are enforced and how violations are found and isn't using that knowledge to ensure compliance...ya gotta wonder what they DO intend to use it for...his answer still seems pretty inconsistent to me.

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16 Mar 2023 at 16:52 | Open on mastodon.slightlycyberpunk.com

Darius Kazemi

@admin oh for sure, I think his answer is totally incoherent. the warm fuzzies are from a journalist laying that bare

16 Mar 2023 at 17:25 | Open on friend.camp

Barry Parr

@darius Well, that board seat pays an eff-ton more than the pension he refused would have provided. Also, he's playing dumb about the problem with regulators going to work in the industries they regulate.

And he was one of our better legislators.

16 Mar 2023 at 18:16 | Open on newsie.social