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Charles Johnson’s 15 minutes of infamy may not have run their course. It was enough that some critics — Dr. Harry Edwards and civil rights attorney John Burris among them — called for a boycott of the Giants. … I walked away thinking this is a pretty decent fellow,” he said, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Need I even describe Santorum's long record as a senator and in other roles attacking LGBTQ communities? Followed by: Johnson has contributed $ to James Inhofe's campaigns. pic.twitter.com/Oxgt0uWy7t 2014, Johnson contributed $2,600 to Bill Cassidy's campaign for U.S. Senate. Gianforte lobbied against a Bozeman city anti-discrimination law to protect LGBTQ people. He's given over $1 million to groups that are anti-LGBTQ, including some that peddle conversion "therapy." — Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha) December 4, 2018 In all, BondGraham cites 13 politicians (including one-time presidential candidate Michele Bachmann) and one PAC among Johnson’s political benefactors. “All of which is to say that Johnson’s recent campaign contributions to a candidate who joked about attending a lynching, and to a PAC that ran racist ads in Arkansas, is contextualized in a long history of his giving to anti-LGBTQ politicians,” BondGraham wrote.

Making money — not following political directives — is the top priority for Chinese state-owned train giant CRRC, its chairman claimed this week. "As an enterprise, CRRC seeks profits. Considerations about Chinese soft power and global political influence "do exist in our agenda, but our ultimate goal is always the benefit when adjusting ourselves to the market," Liu told CNBC at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The plan, which continues to evolve, at one point included 65 countries, which together accounted for one-third of global GDP and 60 percent of the world's population, or 4.5 billion people, according to Oxford Economics. It's all part of China's push to increase global clout — building modern infrastructure can attract more investment and trade along the route. The policy could also boost the domestic economy with demand abroad, and might soak up some of the overcapacity in China's industrial sector. "In the construction of the Belt and Road, we haven't really seen any projects where new markets are being explored entirely for political interest. Even though President Donald Trump approved controversial tariffs on imported washing machines and solar cells on Monday, Liu said he didn't think the U.S. leader was being anti-China. "I feel that he is seeking a new balance. —CNBC's Saheli Roy Choudhury contributed to this story.