Enron, Again
The new Enron folks ran their second full-page ad in today’s hard copy Chron. Here is from a Chron story today on the new Enron:
It’s hard to say exactly what the new Enron’s intentions are, but public filings indicate the new company is likely entirely unaffiliated with the Enron that has become synonymous with the 2001 financial scandal. That being said, a company spokesperson promised the Enron Corporation would have “more to share soon,” including a major announcement in the energy space.
The company’s website also states its content is for “entertainment purposes only,” and is protected parody under the First Amendment.
Here is the entire Chron read: Is Enron back? Here’s what we know about the company’s return.
It looks like some sort of expensive joke to Commentary. The featured photo is the Enron Field lid they gave away at The Yard in 2000. The lid is sitting on the two full-page ads from the Chron.
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The Chron E-Board has a take today on President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son. Here is how the take begins:
It isn’t hard to put yourself in President Biden’s shoes — if you’re at all inclined to try.
Most parents would do whatever we could to keep our own child out of prison. In that sense, the president’s decision to pardon his son on gun and tax evasion charges is consistent with the family man Americans have come to know over more than 50 years of public service. The grief he endured, losing his first wife and daughter in a car crash, and then his elder son to cancer, allowed him to connect with the pain of others.
Joe Biden’s unconditional love for his son, through drug addiction and recovery, made the president’s resignation to his son’s fate all the more powerful. His reputation as a man of integrity was tested, and he appeared to have stood firm. It was a clear rebuke to former President Donald Trump’s governing philosophy that respected few norms or ethical bounds.
Now, the president who claimed to value the rule of law and attacked Trump for flouting it has acted hypocritically at a time when the country needs an affirmation of its principles.
Here is the entire take: Joe Biden’s pardon of Hunter Biden will embolden Donald Trump.
I get that he wants to protect his son. It is disappointing. It just makes it more difficult for Democrats to criticize the expected lawlessness of Donald Trump and his crooked cronies. President Biden gave away a lot of our high ground. At this point, I would hope that the Biden family just go away after January 20. I would prefer not to hear from them after that day.
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Speaking of lawlessness, I saw this today online:
Conservative lawyer Mike Davis is warning Senate Republicans that they will feel his “political wrath” if they dare to block the confirmation of Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominee for FBI director.
Patel, a staunch Trump loyalist who served in multiple roles during the president-elect’s first administration, was controversially nominated over the weekend to replace current Trump-appointed FBI Director Christopher Wray. While Republicans will have a 53-to-47 seat Senate majority in January, Patel’s confirmation is anything but certain.
Criticism of Patel ranges from a lack of qualifications to past comments that suggest he would use federal law enforcement to target Trump’s enemies, including supposed “deep state” and media “conspirators” involved in a plot to “rig” the 2020 election, which was legitimately won by President Joe Biden.
In a recent interview with MAGA media figure Benny Johnson, Davis argued that Patel is “clearly qualified” to serve as FBI director and demanded that GOP senators back his selection. Davis then threatened to use the Article III Project, his right-wing judicial advocacy group, to punish any senators who defy the president-elect.
“You need to vote to confirm all qualified executive branch top officials, including Kash, unless you can point to clear and convincing evidence that they’re disqualified because of their personal misconduct,” Davis said in the interview, which was shared on Monday to X, formerly Twitter. “You’re not going to be able to do that with Kash.”
“I hope these 53 Senate Republicans understand that this is a red line,” he added. “If they don’t vote to confirm this highly qualified FBI director nominee, they’re gonna face the political wrath of the Article III Project.”
Davis went on to suggest that voting against Patel would be “a political death wish” for Senate Republicans, warning that those who oppose the nominee will “get primaried” or provoke MAGA world to “make [their] political lives living hell.”
Here is the story: Trump Ally Issues New Warning to Senators After Kash Patel Nomination.
I think I mentioned lawlessness and crooked cronies.
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There is nothing new to report from The Yard.
