dirty deal

“The contract that he did was a dirty deal,” Shaw said by phone from Germany, where he continues to perform with his group, the Classic Brothers.

The final geopolitical pivot in Russia’s recent maneuvering proved particularly controversial and so initially remained significantly covert: The Wagner Group was used to extend Russia’s influence country by country, deal by dirty deal, across the Sahel.

“Dirty deal, MVP, Manchin you are killing me!” the protesters recited.

Demonstrators quickly took over the stage where Mr. Manchin was answering questions from Semafor’s Editor-at-Large Steve Clemons to chant about the “dirty deal” the Senate Energy Committee chairman secured last week as part of the bipartisan agreement to let the government keep borrowing above the $31.4 trillion limit.

“The dirty deal does not work for our generation. Full stop. Our ‘climate president’ sold us out to a coal baron Senator,” Climate Defiance wrote on Twitter in a reference to Sen. Joe Manchin III, West Virginia Democrat.