Democracy Now! reports via AlterNet
Ken Salazar is a former U.S. Senator from Colorado who now works at WilmerHale, one of the most influential lobbying firms in Washington. Some groups have criticized Salazar's selection due to his vocal support of fracking, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and the Keystone XL pipeline.
In addition to Ken Salazar, other leaders of the transition team include former Obama National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, Center for American Progress head Neera Tanden, former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, and Maggie Williams, the director of Harvard's Institute of Politics.
[...] WilmerHale [represents] corporate clients across the board--Cigna, for instance. Cigna is a healthcare giant that is fighting for a merger with Anthem. WilmerHale represents them, Delta Airlines, Verizon, investment firms, a mining company. So, WilmerHale is a major law and lobbying firm.
Ken Salazar is not a registered lobbyist at WilmerHale; he is a partner there. Interestingly enough, Hillary Clinton had published a year ago an op-ed deriding the revolving door where lawmakers leave office and become lobbyists or help special interests. And she had specifically said that she was concerned about lawmakers who go into that line of work, public policy work, for corporate clients, but do not register as a lobbyist, which seems to fit the description of Ken Salazar.
(Score: 1) by Francis on Friday August 19 2016, @03:17AM
Does that really matter? I don't think anybody really thought that Clinton was going to do the right thing. This is more or less just the final nail in the coffin as far as whether or not she's serious about what she's been saying.
The answer is, yes she is serious, just not about any of the things that are good for the country. She's serious about not taking climate change seriously, and she serious about letting corporate interests continue to run amok.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 19 2016, @08:38PM
Does that really matter? I don't think anybody really thought . . .
Francis, not thinking again. Will it ever end?