Kick out Putin's best friend

A crazy conspiracy theory putting Russia in control of US policy is about to come true! But if we come together and stop the appointment of Putin's best friend as Secretary of State, we can stop it! [SIGN NOW] Dear friends, This is a crazy conspiracy theory, except it's about to come true! Russia and Exxon made a 500 BILLION dollar deal that was blocked by Obama's sanctions. Then Russia allegedly interferes to get Trump elected, Trump appoints Exxon's CEO as Secretary of State and the deal could be back on! You couldn't make this up. And we have a tiny window to stop it. If a hundred thousand of us call for Congress to block the Exxon appointment, Senators will deliver it right into the hearings and flip the already worried Republicans who are needed to get Putin's best friend in office: [Click to stop Exxon's appointment] The Exxon CEO who Trump wants to put in the White House has worked with the Russian government for years, and he’s so close to Putin the Kremlin even gave him a friendship medal! That “friendship” puts him at odds with America’s own foreign policy -- like when he argued against sanctions for Russia’s Crimean invasion. Putting Russia aside, Exxon is one of the biggest climate criminals on the planet, plowing millions into junk science to try to stop our governments from getting us off planet cooking oil and gas. CEO Rex Tillerson ran Exxon for a decade -- he is responsible all of that. But with a real life Russian conspiracy shaking up Washington, members of Trump’s own party are saying they could block this appointment. Let’s give them the cover of national public opinion they need to act: [Click to stop Exxon's appointment] In this topsy turvy political moment every day and every action counts. Exxon is licking their lips hoping their top guy gets this plum post -- but our movement has cut its teeth on battles much bigger than this, from taking on Monsanto to getting global governments signed on to the Paris climate accord. We can do this! With hope and determination, Emma, Joseph, Andrew, Dalia, Nick and the whole Avaaz team Behind the deep ties between Exxon's Rex Tillerson and Russia (CNN) [Link: In ExxonMobil's Rex Tillerson, Moscow Sees Trusted, Highly Regarded Figure (NPR) [Link: Rex Tillerson, from a corporate oil sovereign to the State Department (The New Yorker) [Link: Exxon's Chief as Secretary of State Puts Climate Diplomacy in Oil Magnate's Hands (Inside Climate News) [Link: Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson Faces Senate Dissent as Potential State Pick (Wall Street Journal) [Link: Avaaz is a 44-million-person global campaign network that works to ensure that the views and values of the world's people shape global decision-making. ("Avaaz" means "voice" or "song" in many languages.) Avaaz members live in every nation of the world; our team is spread across 18 countries on 6 continents and operates in 17 languages. Learn about some of Avaaz's biggest campaigns [here], or follow us on [Facebook] or [Twitter]. You became a member of the Avaaz movement and started receiving these emails when you signed "Join Avaaz!" on 2016-03-01 using the email address {EMAIL}. To ensure that Avaaz messages reach your inbox, please add avaaz@avaaz.org to your address book. To change your email address, language settings, or other personal information, [contact us], or simply [go here to unsubscribe]. To contact Avaaz, please do not reply to this email. Instead, write to us at [www.avaaz.org/en/contact] or call us at +1-888-922-8229 (US).