Manchin is the perfect example of how Big Oil works. He’s taken more money than any other senator from the fossil fuel industry...There was that sting videotape released a couple of weeks ago where Exxon’s chief lobbyist reported talking to him every week and calling him their “kingmaker.” There was a report yesterday that Manchin spent part of September huddled with all the leading coal barons at a golf resort someplace, where they played a Civil War - themed golf tournament in between speeches.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Manchin is the perfect example of how Big Oil works. He’s taken more money than any other senator from the fossil fuel industry...There was that sting videotape released a couple of weeks ago where Exxon’s chief lobbyist reported talking to him every week and calling him their “kingmaker.” There was a report yesterday that Manchin spent part of September huddled with all the leading coal barons at a golf resort someplace, where they played a Civil War - themed golf tournament in between speeches." in the context of "Bill McKibben in “Manchin’s Latest Hissy Fit” Threatens to Curb Biden Agenda at U.N. Climate Summit, Democracy Now! (2 November 2021)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.