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In honor of @SenJohnMcCain, today I'm going to write about the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and its ties to the MOB.
wait wut?
yep.
John McCain was a champion FOR boxers.
latimes.com/sports/boxing/…
As a champion of boxers, not just the sport of boxing, McCain fought for financial transparency from promoters- this was TO PROTECT BOXERS.
mccain.senate.gov/public/index.c…
In 2016, @RepMullin, a former MMA fighter, introduced a bill to expand the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act from 2000 to Mixed Martial Arts.
TO PROTECT FIGHTERS.
espn.com/mma/story/_/id…
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New concept:
#FollowThePR
Public Relations firms are a nexus of some REALLY funky stuff in the swamp. Many of us have been paying attention to which lawyers represent whom, and I'm suggesting we pay attention to which PR/lobbying firms represent whom as well.
There has been a lot of consolidation in the PR/lobbying industry, so several firms that seem to be disparate are actually connected.
The behemoths are truly global, and I posit that they'd be a great way to launder dirty money into influence campaigns in various nations.
A perfect example of JUST HOW DISGUSTING some PR firms are can be found in Bell Pottinger:
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