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GottaLaff , to random
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Via Will Steakin:

NEW: Christina Bobb — the new RNC senior counsel for “election integrity” — has pleaded not guilty in fake electors case:

Mugshot obtained by
ABC News, via Maricopa County Sheriff office.

Npars01 ,
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@KatM @mastodonmigration @GottaLaff

Lawrence O'Donnell's guests last night pointed out how Trump's fans at his court case include thugs & brutish felons.

That's what a fascist movement looks like, thugs, criminals, opportunists, traitors, grifters, collaborators, and quislings.

GottaLaff , to random
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The administration said Tuesday that it is releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from a Northeast reserve established after Superstorm Sandy in a bid to lower prices at the pump this summer.

https://apnews.com/article/gas-prices-biden-northeast-reserve-6fa669ef3c963d212852513e4b312060?taid=664cd01a63b61f000160a7da&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

Npars01 ,
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@GottaLaff

OPEC and planned on manipulating gas prices in the prelude to the election. Just like they did in 2022.

https://www.rawstory.com/saudi-arabia-trump/

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/msnbc-host-saudis-russia-conspiring-on-high-gas-prices-to-hurt-biden-help-their-bestie-bestie-best-trump-win-election/

randahl , to random
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Today I saw a number, which I will never forget.

During this war, Russia has launched 5628 Shahed-136 drones towards Ukraine.

That is 5628 times, civilians have heard a buzzing moped engine in the sky, and seen the Shahed-136 strike a civilian home, a power plant, or a school with its 50 kilogram warhead.

For comparison, Hitler struck London with 2857 V1 and V2 rockets — half as many.

I simply do not know what to tell future generations when they ask, why we did not stop the Russian terror.

Npars01 ,
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@randahl

We didn't stop Putin because fossil fuel interests helped him evade sanctions & helped him finance his genocide.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/armstrong-russia-sanctions-ukraine-1.7198126

If we had started the phase out of fossil fuel two decades ago, Ukraine would still be sovereign nation within its borders.

Gaza would still exist.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/01/26/how-is-gaza-offshore-gas-development-tied-to-the-israeli-invasion/

The planet wouldn't be frying & a fossil fuel funded anti-democracy movement would not be thriving.
https://climateandcapitalism.com/2022/03/26/the-danger-of-fossil-fascism/
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/opinion/electricity-demand-surging.html

Npars01 ,
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@randahl

Fossil Fuel interests fund fascist movements.

https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/andreas-malm-interview/

https://ips-dc.org/fossil-fueled-fascism/

https://www.versobooks.com/en-ca/blogs/news/5089-towards-fossil-fascism

A Trump megadonor, Tim Dunn is funding his presidential bid and drafting fascist policies like Project 2025.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/05/15/trump-defendants-legal-fund/
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/11/tim-dunn-occidental-petroleum-sale/
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/04/tim-dunn-joe-straus-christian-texas/
https://baptistnews.com/article/sorry-tim-dunn-you-are-a-christian-nationalist/
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/06/politics/trump-donor-america-first-policy-institute-invs/index.html

lovelylovely , to random
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This is good, However I need Biden voters at the grassroots level to donate. 👇 💙

Npars01 ,
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@lovelylovely

More importantly, every American who wants to continue to live in a democracy must vote & get everyone they know to vote.

Daojoan , to random
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Social Darwinism twists the biological theory of natural selection into a blunt club to batter the less fortunate.

It ignores the complex environmental, social, and economic factors that shape outcomes in the modern world.

Most of all, it absolves us of any responsibility to help our fellow humans.

It’s the philosophy that drove the financial crisis. The same philosophy that drove the NSDAP.

https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/the-brain-rot-of-social-darwinism

Npars01 ,
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@jamesmarshall @Daojoan

Home sapiens has survived several population bottlenecks.

Each time, the evolutionary traits preserved in their descendents were ones that promoted co-operation & mutual aid.

Societies that failed to work together in a crisis don't last long.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_bottleneck

Meyerweb , to random
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OpenAI stealing Scarlett’s voice for their new product after being told “no” is so perfectly on-brand, it’s almost painful. https://www.npr.org/2024/05/20/1252495087/openai-pulls-ai-voice-that-was-compared-to-scarlett-johansson-in-the-movie-her

Npars01 ,
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@Meyerweb

Tech bros genuinely believe they live in a world where women aren't permitted to say no.

heidilifeldman , to random
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Though not serving as Trump’s attorney when he appeared as a witness today in Trump’s trial for criminally falsifying business records, Robert Costello is a lawyer, bound by New York’s Rules of Professional Conduct. Costello repeatedly showed his ethical unfitness, violating the most basic principles that inform the entire code. I’ve screenshot the very first paragraph of the entire code, highlighting the most pertinent phrases. 1/

PREAMBLE: A LAWYER'S RESPONSIBILITIES [1] A lawyer, as a member of the legal profession, is a representative of clients and an officer of the legal system with special responsibility for the quality of justice. As a representative of clients, a lawyer assumes many roles, including advisor, advocate, negotiator, and evalua-tor. As an officer of the legal system, each lawyer has a duty to uphold the legal process; to demonstrate respect for the legal system; to seek improvement of the law; and to promote access to the legal system and the administration of justice. In addition, a lawyer should further the public's understanding of and confidence in the rule of law and the justice system because, in a constitutional democracy, legal institutions depend on popular participation and support to maintain their authority.
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    Npars01 ,
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    @heidilifeldman

    What remains a mystery is how well funded Trump remains despite it all.

    Some very rich people want Trump to succeed in his mission of ending constitutional democracy in America.

    Identify those people please, a plea to the temporarily free press.
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/03/trump-media-es-family-trust-2022-loans

    https://www.rawstory.com/trump-merger-insider-trading-probe/

    https://www.trinitybugle.com/world/anton-postolnikov-a-nephew-of-russian-high-ranking-official-and-putins-friend-hides-in-florida.html

    https://www.alternet.org/trump-jr-2659601326/

    researchbuzz , to random
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    'Trump Media and Technology Group, the company affiliated with former U.S. president Donald Trump that operates Truth Social, reported $770,500 in revenue for the first quarter of 2024 and a net loss of $327.6 million.'

    https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/trump-truth-social-media-q1-2024-revenue-net-loss-1236010937/

    Npars01 ,
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    @researchbuzz

    Anton Postolnikov's Russian investments have already paid off.

    They got evangelicals like Mike Johnson to support the porn industry, using their elected public office.

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/03/trump-media-es-family-trust-2022-loans

    https://www.newsweek.com/postolnikov-putin-trump-kremlin-1886745

    https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2024/05/adult-webcam-platform-paid-2-6m-into-controversial-influencer-tristan-tates-bank-account-leaked-documents-show/

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/03/trump-social-dwac-investigation/

    https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article284580595.html

    https://www.rawstory.com/anton-postolnikov/

    https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-russia-scandal-anton-postolnikov-1863947

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/3/2233184/-Postolnikov-Smirnov-Chekov-s-pistol-and-an-offshore-bank

    GottaLaff , to random
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    ’s Social Media Company Posts Q1 Revenue of $770,500 and Net Loss of $327.6 Million https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/trump-truth-social-media-q1-2024-revenue-net-loss-1236010937/

    Npars01 ,
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    @GottaLaff

    Anton Postolnikov already got his payout.

    The destruction of American democracy using Trump as a pimp for a porn-linked bank.

    https://www.rawstory.com/trump-merger-insider-trading-probe/

    https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-truth-social-shows-signs-serious-troublemichael-cohen-1887617

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/13/trump-truth-social-loan-questions/

    tristanls , to random
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    I'm starting to think there will be business opportunities that are branded as "AI-free" much like food is branded Organic.

    I'm already starting to look for products like that.

    It's the same rationale for why my refrigerator doesn't need to be connected to the internet. Or why my hammer doesn't need to ask me about my day when I take ot out of the toolbox.

    Only Machine Inside™️

    Npars01 , (edited )
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    @tristanls

    If only such products were marketed truthfully.

    Organic food would be labeled as "food that doesn't use planet frying chemicals."

    Refrigerators would be labeled "household appliances that don't spy on you"

    Cars would be labeled as "vehicles that don't rat you out to traffic control or car insurance companies."

    Education systems would be labeled as "students & teachers who think for themselves."

    Democracies would be not be labeled as "backsliding".

    Free_Press , to random
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    "Guys, don't stand! F*cking push forward! What mines are there? There's a road, they should move!"

    Soviet methods in the Russian army, but instead of infantry, tanks are used for demining: part of the column of Russian armored vehicles enters the minefield.

    The conversations between drone operators, staff commanders, and tank crews are a special treat for the ears.

    The footage was taken in the village of Spirne, Donetsk region

    The Russian occupiers lost five tanks.

    video/mp4

    Npars01 ,
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    @Free_Press

    The Russians use civilians for mining fields & other tasks.
    https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/ukraine-war-landmines

    https://kyivindependent.com/police-russia-using-civilians-in-vovchansk-as-human-shields/

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/17/europe/russia-ukrainian-captives-human-shields-intl-hnk/index.html

    Then infantry ethnic conscripts from subject states.
    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/russias-ethnic-minorities-disproportionately-conscripted-to-fight-the-war-in-ukraine

    https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/09/23/russia-partial-military-mobilization-ethnic-minorities/
    It appears the Russians are running out of cannon fodder if they're using tanks for mine fields.

    Powerfromspace1 , to random
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    @igorsushko.bsky.social Russia: Gazprom stock price is crashing on the Stock Exchange right now.

    https://x.com/igorsushko/status/1792607791473115163?s=46

    Npars01 ,
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    @Powerfromspace1

    Freedom from fossil fuel use means freedom from Putin.

    Putin was financing his genocidal war in Ukraine using his fossil fuel sales...

    https://time.com/6310923/moldova-green-promise-europe/

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-17/russian-court-freezes-unicredit-assets-on-gazprom-venture-claim

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-02/russia-s-gazprom-group-reports-first-net-loss-in-23-years

    https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/moldova-will-no-longer-buy-gas-russias-gazprom-energy-minister-2023-10-02/

    https://www.rferl.org/a/moldova-russia-gazprom-debt-disproved/32576717.html

    https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/02/gazprom-first-annual-loss-in-20-years-trade-europe-gas-sales-russia-ukraine

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/05/02/ftse-100-markets-latest-news-shell-oil-results-sp-pmi-index/

    https://www.ft.com/content/f6ba327b-5200-4deb-ba95-fba3bbd6536a

    https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/15/gazprom-2023-results-budget-war-economy-russia-putin-europe-china/

    https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/5/2/gazprom-falls-to-first-annual-loss-in-20-years-as-trade-with-europe-hit

    https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/bulgaria-demands-e400-million-from-gazprom-for-suspended-gas-supplies/

    https://www.reuters.com/world/gazprom-ceo-miller-is-not-putins-trip-china-gazprom-says-2024-05-16/

    https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/we-dont-need-russian-gas-will-austria-finally-ditch-gazprom/

    rbreich , to random
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    The DOT regulated junk fees. Airlines are suing.

    The CFPB capped credit card fees. Banks are suing.

    Medicare is negotiating drug prices. Pharma is suing.

    The FTC banned noncompetes. Business groups are suing.

    Corporate America can't stand government working for the people.

    Npars01 ,
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    @rbreich

    American corporations fund an anti-democracy movement as a consequence of strengthening good government.

    https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/corporate-america-republican-minority-rule-1234959739/

    https://www.salon.com/2022/06/22/the-four-horsemen-of-the-21st-century-war-capitalism-fascism-and-mass/

    https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/08/corporate-america-has-been-shoving-fascism-down-our-throats-decades

    https://www.ft.com/content/df5f4d76-3a37-40f6-8bee-6161f56b6af7

    https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/fascism-threat-us-democracy

    https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/08/24/march-towards-us-fascism-began-corporate-hijacking-democracy

    https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/investing-in-fascism-the-corporations-backing-the-republican-coup-caucus/

    rbreich , to random
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    Trump's Mar-a-Lago trial should've started today, but the judge (whom he appointed) delayed it.

    The Jan 6 trial should've been in March, but the Supreme Court's MAGA justices delayed that too.

    If Trump was innocent, you'd think he'd want to clear his name before the election.

    Npars01 ,
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    @rbreich

    Republican megadonors see Trump as their last best hope at a second coup attempt.

    Eradicating American democracy means tax cuts for the rich, unfettered public corruption, a frying planet, and a theocratic fascist oligarchy running the federal government, permanently.
    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/top-50-families-political-donations_n_6643ac3be4b0f22a60f34c78

    Jeff Yass
    Ken Griffin
    Koch
    Ricketts
    Uihlein
    Tim Mellon
    Tim Dunn

    The RNC incentivizes an anti-democracy movement.
    https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/16/trump-rnc-top-donors.html

    Npars01 , (edited )
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    @allynkhine @rbreich

    Guillotines didn't solve the systemic issues of France.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon
    Shooting the Tsar & his family didn't solve the massive corruption of Russia.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin
    Deposing the inbred Spanish royals solved nothing for Spain.

    In all 3 cases, their revolutions bought them decades of murderous civil war followed by despotism. It dissolved their empires and regressed their economies. None of them regained their former glory.

    The best solutions are ...

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    Npars01 , (edited )
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    2/2

    ... progressive reforms like the New Deal, universal suffrage, bolstering democracy through social supports like public education & public health, protecting the environment, & most of all - taxing the rich.

    As Monbiot says, we thwarted a resurgence of fascism and chaos for 75 years after WW2 by taxing the rich & making a nation's taxes support "government for the people, by the people".

    It creates a world where most are housed, fed, educated, relatively happy, productive & not at war.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Lol.

    Via Republican Voters Against Trump:

    Even Fox is struggling to make this look good for them.

    Acyn:

    Fox is finally showing footage from the Trump surrogates speaking outside of the courthouse. It’s about 10 seconds, doesn’t show the surrogates, and focuses on a bootlickers banner

    Npars01 ,
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    @GottaLaff

    A scene in "Band of Brothers" where American soldiers shout at German soldiers after their surrender.

    The comment about servility to a fascist cult resonates.

    "As Easy Company heads deeper into Germany, they come across an entire battalion of surrendering German soldiers. It’s quite a sight to behold for the advancing American soldiers and the moment ignites Webster’s anger in a big way. All at once he is screaming at them, rebuking them for being “ignorant, servile scum."
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    Npars01 ,
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    2/2

    https://screenrant.com/band-of-brothers-webster-german-finale-change-explained/

    Atrocities feed future atrocities.
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/oct/21/secondworldwar-russia

    Of the 3 million German POW's the Russians marched off into forced labor as retaliation, over a million died.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_prisoners_of_war_in_the_Soviet_Union
    That's what servility to a Hitler means...

    That's the future that Republican megadonors are buying.
    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/who-are-mega-rich-donors-backing-trump-2024-04-26/

    knittingknots2 , to random
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    The Coming War Between DC and Silicon Valley - POLITICO

    https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/20/artificial-intelligence-tech-antitrust-dc-silicon-valley-00158479

    Npars01 ,
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    @knittingknots2

    John P. Coale appeared at Trump's trial today.

    Trump's handlers in Russia want to continue platforming an anti-democracy movement.

    https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/cable-news-star-greta-van-susterens-husband-john-p-coale-is-suing-big-tech-on-trumps-behalf/

    https://nypost.com/2021/08/30/top-trump-lawyer-predicts-big-tech-case-will-go-to-the-supreme-court/

    https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/from-big-tobacco-to-trump-coale-fights-for-free-speech-period

    Husband of Newsmax host Greta Van Susteren
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Van_Susteren

    A truly weird couple
    https://tonyortega.org/2021/07/08/john-p-coale-ot-6-scientologist-among-attorneys-suing-big-tech-for-trump/

    knittingknots2 , to random
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    WikiLeaks’ Assange wins UK court bid to appeal extradition to US - Raw Story

    https://www.rawstory.com/wikileaks-assange-wins-uk-court-bid-to-appeal-extradition-to-us/

    Npars01 ,
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    @knittingknots2

    "Asset of Russian Intelligence services wins appeal to forestall accountability for furthering Putin's goals"

    knittingknots2 , to random
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    Jan. 6 'Stop the Steal' rally organizer wins upset victory in Georgia RNC election - Raw Story

    https://www.rawstory.com/jan-6-stop-the-steal-rally-organizer-wins-upset-victory-in-ga-rnc-election-2668321033/

    Npars01 ,
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    @knittingknots2

    "Amy Kremer is a Jan 6 coup plotter praying that winning an election will thwart investigation and prosecution for her part in a seditious conspiracy.

    She is one of the links back to the GOP megadonors funding Trump's attack on democracy."

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    Red Lobster officially files for bankruptcy: What does it mean for the restaurants?

    Less than one week after Red Lobster announced the closure of dozens of restaurants across the nation, the company has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

    https://thehill.com/business/4674450-red-lobster-officially-files-for-bankruptcy-what-does-it-mean-for-the-restaurants/?utm_source=press.coop

    Npars01 ,
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    @thehill

    It means that the underpaid labor the industry relied upon is a thing of the past.

    Just as retail malls relied on underpaid female labor and malls are closing.

    Nonilex , to random
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    🧵 Monday 20 May 2024

    has a huge posse today, including ; , a party leader in NY; , fmr NYPD commissioner who was imprisoned for tax fraud & false statements; , lawyer who defended Trump during his first impeachment, & , legal adviser who was in AZ for attempts to keep Trump in power after the 2020 election.

    Npars01 ,
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    @Nonilex

    Each of the members of Congress attending today are shills.
    AG Alan Wilson - fossil fuel shill
    https://www.opensecrets.org/officeholders/michael-alan-wilson/contributors?cycle=2022&id=6687356

    Rep. Eric Burlison - shill
    https://www.opensecrets.org/officeholders/eric-burlison/contributors?cycle=2022&id=3693452&recs=100

    Rep. Andrew Clyde- shill
    https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/andrew-clyde/contributors?cid=N00046654&cycle=2024&recs=100&type=I

    Rep. Mary Miller - shill
    https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/mary-miller/contributors?cid=N00045703&cycle=CAREER&type=I

    Rep. Keith Self - shill
    https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/keith-self/contributors?cid=N00049337&cycle=2024&recs=100&type=I

    cdarwin , to random
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    Segregation Academies Still Operate Across the South.

    Now, 70 years after the Brown v Board of Education decision, ProPublica has found 👉about 300 schools that likely opened as
    ♦️segregation academies ♦️in the South are still operating.

    Some have flourished into pricey college-prep behemoths.
    Others, like Wilcox Academy, remain modest Christian schools.

    One Town Grapples With Its Divided Schools.

    A mile of Alabama country road,
    and a history of racism,
    separate the two schools.

    At the stop sign between them, even the road’s name changes.

    Threadgill Road, christened for a civil rights hero, becomes Whiskey Run.

    🔹Black students take Threadgill to one campus;

    🔹White students turn off Whiskey Run toward the other.

    Both schools are shrinking.

    Wilcox County, a notch in the swath of old plantation country known as the Black Belt, struggles with declining population
    — a common scenario across this part of the South.

    In such places, the existence of two separate school systems can isolate entire communities by race.

    💥The private school, Wilcox Academy, is what researchers call a “♦️segregation academy♦️” due to the historic whiteness of its student body and the timing of its opening.
    It’s down to 200 students across 12 grades. Housed in a single-story building with beige siding and brown brick veneer, the school offers chapel and core academic classes but not music, theater or band programs.

    💥Down the road, the county’s public high school has more students and course options. Wilcox Central High’s building, with a medical-training lab and competition-sized swimming pool, could house 1,000 students.
    Instead, it barely draws 400, virtually all of them Black, from across the entire 888-square-mile county.

    Divisions like this have long played out across the region.
    In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education, declaring public school segregation unconstitutional.

    As the federal courts repeatedly ruled against the South’s massive resistance, many white people pivoted to a new tactic, one that is lesser known and yet profoundly influences the Black Belt region today:
    They created a web of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of private schools to educate white children.

    But across Alabama’s 18 Black Belt counties, all of the remaining segregation academies ProPublica identified
    — about a dozen
    — are still vastly white, even though the region’s population is majority Black.

    And in the towns where these schools operate, they often persist as a dividing force

    https://themoderatevoice.com/segregation-academies-still-operate-across-the-south-one-town-grapples-with-its-divided-schools/

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @cdarwin

    "Christian Academies" also matriculate illiterates like Madison Cawthorn and ignoramuses like Lauren Boebert .

    https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/02/10/patrick-henry-cawthorn-conservative-gop-evangelism/

    https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2024/05/many-of-the-congresspeople-like-boebert-who-opposed-aid-to-ukraine-and-israel-are-supported-by-christian-pro-family-groups/61846/

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/27/making-madison-cawthorn-how-falsehoods-helped-propel-career-new-pro-trump-star-far-right/

    Both are morally bankrupt, just like their anti-democracy movement.
    https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/09/13/lauren-boebert-escorted-musical-beetlejuice-vaping-disruption/70845026007/
    https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article287726010.html
    https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/01/politics/madison-cawthorn-sexual-misconduct-allegations/index.html
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/16/lauren-boebert-apology-beetlejuice-video
    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/2/2238649/-Republican-Sexual-Predators-Abusers-and-Enablers-Pt-51

    cdarwin , to random
    @cdarwin@c.im avatar

    The Supreme Court had severely limited the honest services doctrine in v. United States, by deciding that the “intangible” right to honest services required a very
    👉tangible exchange of money or property from a person to an official for some precise action as part of a bribery or kickback scheme.

    And in United States v. - ,
    a case with facts eerily reminiscent of those uncovered in recent Supreme Court ethics scandals,
    the justices significantly limited the reach of another public corruption law,
    the illegal gratuities statute, 18 USC § 201(c), in similar fashion.

    In Sun-Diamond Growers, the Court overturned a conviction against a trade association for giving then-Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy $5,900 in illegal gratuities–including items such as tickets to the 1993 U.S. Open Tennis Tournament and thousands of dollars of luggage and meals.

    The unanimous Court interpreted that statute to apply only to situations where officials accept or are given gifts “for or because of some particular official act.”

    ♦️Until Sun-Diamond, the government could establish an illegal gratuities violation by showing that a gift was based on the official’s position;
    ♦️but after Sun-Diamond, prosecutors were required to establish a “link between a thing of value conferred upon a federal official and a specific ‘official act’ for or because of which it was given.”
    Based on this analysis, gifts or money,
    -- even when they’re given by an advocacy organization to an official explicitly in charge of regulating that advocacy group,
    -- are not problems in themselves; rather, they only become problematic when they are linked to a very specific set of actions.
    @panamared27401

    https://www.justsecurity.org/94515/supreme-court-public-corruption-ethics/

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @cdarwin @panamared27401

    has worked very hard to make public corruption, fraud, and bribery legal.
    https://www.citizen.org/news/twelve-years-since-citizens-united-big-money-corruption-keeps-getting-worse/

    https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/citizens-united-campaign-finance-legalized-bribery-102366/

    At a minimum, they've made enforcement of existing laws against bribery nearly impossible.
    https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/supreme-court-signals-another-corruption-law-to-be-pared-back

    https://jacobin.com/2024/03/supreme-court-anti-corruption-snyder

    https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/supreme-court-anti-corruption-snyder-case-rcna147929

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_prosecution_of_public_corruption_in_the_United_States

    https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/these-criminal-prosecutions-show-what-citizens-united-got-wrong-about-corruption/

    petergleick , to random
    @petergleick@fediscience.org avatar

    I'm so old I remember when Trump solicited a billion-dollar-bribe from oil company executives to roll back our environmental protections, and nobody did a thing.
    Oh, that was last week.

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @petergleick

    "The fossil fuel has been funding anti-democracy movements around the globe for decades.

    They're prepared to buy the presidency of the United States of America to obtain the dubious right to keep frying the planet."
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/16/donald-trump-big-oil-executives-alleged-deal-explained

    https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/09/trump-asks-oil-executives-campaign-finance-00157131

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/16/donald-trump-big-oil-executives-alleged-deal-explained

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/climate/trump-oil-gas-mar-a-lago.html

    https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/donald-trump-quid-pro-quo/

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/17/newsletter-oil-bribe-israel/

    https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-05-19/big-oil-mar-a-lago-trump-campaing-finance-climate-change

    https://newrepublic.com/article/181493/trump-big-oil-campaign

    https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-big-oil-1-billion

    TonyStark , to random
    @TonyStark@progressivecafe.social avatar

    Climate change is going to bankrupt the U.S. and make large parts of the world unlivable including places in the U.S. if our progress isn’t at the very least upheld.

    Trump is the biggest threat in the U.S. to the health of the planet and life on it. Anyone who doubts it now won’t in 2025.

    For dealing with climate change it’ll be game over. We are already out of second chances

    A Trump presidency would risk $1 trillion in clean energy investment, WoodMac says | Reuters:
    https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/trump-presidency-would-risk-1-trillion-clean-energy-investment-woodmac-says-2024-05-16/

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @TonyStark

    The fossil fuel industry plans on abandoning their contaminated super-sites on to the taxpayer to clean up.
    https://www.propublica.org/article/welcome-to-cancer-alley-where-toxic-air-is-about-to-get-worse
    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/magazine/pollution-philadelphia-black-americans.html
    https://projects.propublica.org/toxmap/

    All while recording historic all-time highs in their profit levels.
    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/21/revealed-oil-sectors-staggering-profits-last-50-years

    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/01/oil-companies-shareholders-payouts-bp-shell-chevron-exxonmobil-totalenergies

    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/19/worlds-largest-oil-companies-have-made-281bn-profit-since-invasion-of-ukraine

    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/12/saudi-aramco-161bn-profit-is-largest-recorded-by-an-oil-and-gas-firm

    And funding a war on Europe.
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-06/russia-s-budget-is-getting-twice-as-much-oil-money-as-a-year-ago

    DemocracyMattersALot , to random
    @DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social avatar

    Because the GOP is planning to steal the 2024 election.

    Sen. Marco Rubio won't commit to accepting 2024 election results https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/marco-rubio-2024-election-results-rcna152954

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @DemocracyMattersALot

    "GOP megadonors are funding an anti-democracy movement.

    Buying election-denying twits like Rubio has become a dime-a-dozen system of public corruption."

    Anything to evade taxes.
    Anything to thwart investigation into the Jan 6 funding.
    Anything to keep frying the planet.
    Anything to keep Xi and Putin satisfied.

    Jacob Helberg
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/14/trump-donors-tech-jacob-helberg/

    Bill Ackman, Ken Griffin, Marc Rowan, Tim Dunn, Marc Andreessen
    https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4661479-tim-scott-event-major-republican-donors/

    knittingknots2 , to random
    @knittingknots2@mstdn.social avatar

    Trump floats idea of three-term presidency at NRA convention | US elections 2024 | The Guardian

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/19/trump-nra-convention-dallas

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @knittingknots2

    The NRA takes its ideas and its money from Putin.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68964677

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/07/putin-sworn-in-for-fifth-term-russian-president-ceremony-boycotted-by-us-and-uk

    https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/conviction-upheld-operative-funneled-russian-money-team-trump-rcna148833

    https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/the-nra-spent-dollar30-million-to-elect-trump-was-it-russian-money

    So does Trump.
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/03/trump-media-es-family-trust-2022-loans

    GottaLaff , to random
    @GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

    Donald 's 'Glitch' During NRA Speech Raises Questions

    “Trump sparked commentary on social media after he stopped speaking for more than 30 seconds during a speech.”
    https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-glitch-nra-speech-1902257

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @GottaLaff

    The "long pause mid-speech" syndrome of a stroke or dementia seems to be contagious within the GOP.

    https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/07/mitch-mcconnell-health-issues-senate-gop

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/26/mitch-mcconnell-press-conference

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/sen-mitch-mcconnell-appears-freeze-kentucky-event-rcna102583

    After the 2nd occurrence for McConnell, he resigned as Senate Minority Leader.

    I guess it's very stressful when an election will determine whether investigations into your Russian funding proceed or not.

    https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a27259438/oleg-deripaska-kentucky-aluminum-mitch-mcconnell-rand-paul/

    Fingers crossed the same happens for Trump.
    https://www.salon.com/2021/10/19/fbi-raids-home-of-oleg-deripaska-russian-oligarch-worked-with-campaign/

    dworkin , to random
    @dworkin@mstdn.social avatar

    I’ll never forget. Never.
    Don’t forget to subscribe: https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/subscribe

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @dworkin

    I'm going to remember the names of the billionaires who funded Trump.

    Over 133 of them, that we know of, funded an attack on American democracy.
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2021/02/25/these-billionaire-donors-spent-the-most-money-on-the-2020-election/?sh=31f61a0214ce

    That attack continues

    Adelson
    Uihlein
    Tim Dunn
    Kelcy Warren
    Ken Griffin
    Steve Schwarzman
    Bernie Marcus
    Charles Koch
    Barre Seid
    Farris Wilks
    Jeff Yass
    Ike Perlmutter
    JJ Ricketts
    Jacob Helberg
    Charles Schwab
    Linda McMahon
    Warren Stephens
    Paul Singer
    Ron Lauder
    Patrick Ryan
    Steve Wynn
    Omeed Malik
    Jeffrey Sprecher

    Nonilex , to random
    @Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

    pledges to 'roll back' Democratic President Joe ’s put in place by Democratic President Joe & to fire the chief during a lengthy rally speech to the on Sat, during which he accepted the influential group's .


    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/donald-trump-fire-up-supporters-nras-annual-us-gathering-2024-05-18/

    Npars01 , (edited )
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @Nonilex

    The NRA, Putin's favorite straw donor.

    https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/the-nra-spent-dollar30-million-to-elect-trump-was-it-russian-money

    https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/republicans-block-fec-probe-of-nra-s-russia-money-and-trump-66332741974

    https://www.propublica.org/article/russian-politician-who-reportedly-sent-millions-to-nra-has-long-history-in-spain

    https://www.npr.org/2019/09/27/764879242/nra-was-foreign-asset-to-russia-ahead-of-2016-new-senate-report-reveals

    https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/15/nra-russia-and-trump-money-laundering-poisoning-us-democracy-commentary.html

    https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/inside-the-decade-long-russian-campaign-to-infiltrate-the-nra-and-help-elect-trump-630054/

    https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/11/nra-russia-money-guns-516804

    https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/senate-report-nra-russia-gun-foreign-asset-891859/

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/27/politics/nra-russians-ties-president-2016-election/index.html

    cstross , to random
    @cstross@wandering.shop avatar

    I'm going to stick my neck out and suggest that the extremist settler movement in Israel is rooted in the USA and culturally has a lot in common with US white supremacist/settler ideology—there's a reason Netanyahu is so comfortable with Republicans who dine at the Christian Nationalist table.
    https://mastodon.social/@cmonagle/112462865808610948

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @cstross

    Every fascist movement begins with manipulation of public sentiment to hype up antisemitism, misogyny, xenophobia, & homophobia.

    The wealthy backers of such malign influence campaigns rely on "Divide & Conquer" blameshifting narratives as distraction

    Netanyahu is comfortable with Republicans because the fossil fuel industry funds GOP fascist candidates & those industry interests want Gaza Marine for themselves
    https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/01/26/how-is-gaza-offshore-gas-development-tied-to-the-israeli-invasion/

    https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/gop-america-first-isolationism/

    Oil vs the indigenous

    DemocracyMattersALot , to random
    @DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social avatar

    Rudy Giuliani is a putz. LOL.
    Happy 80th birthday, Rudy!

    #FakeElectors #Arizona #RudyGiuliani #RudyForPrison #GOP

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @DemocracyMattersALot

    Guiliani is in the pay of corrupt oligarchs.

    Oleg Deripaska

    https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/10/rudy-giuliani-mueller-report-corruption.html
    https://investigaterussia.org/players/oleg-deripaska

    Sam Kislin
    https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-and-rudy-giuliani-connections-to-sam-kislin-and-ukraine-corruption-go-back-decades

    Andrii Derkach
    https://www.ft.com/content/ebec65bd-ae43-48db-8e81-1119d540420f

    Konstantin Kilimnik
    https://www.justsecurity.org/72148/manaforts-reward-sen-ron-johnson-and-the-ukraine-conspiracy-investigation-part-ii/

    Oleksandr Dubinsky & Kostiantyn Kulych
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/14/ukraine-mp-linked-to-giuliani-charged-with-colluding-with-russia
    https://www.politico.eu/article/oleksandr-dubinsky-ukraine-treason-russia-rudy-giuliani-joe-hunter-biden/

    https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/09/a-new-rudy-scandal-fbi-agent-says-giuliani-was-co-opted-by-russian-intelligence/

    Guiliani is a traitor amongst many
    https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/former-giuliani-associate-ron-johnson-was-guy-senate-rcna144412

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @lin11c @DemocracyMattersALot

    Guiliani is walking free for the same reasons Ken Paxton is walking free.

    Powerful friends shielding Republicans from the consequences of their actions.

    The obvious depth & breadth of this seditious conspiracy against democracy continues to astonish.

    It took $3 million in bribes to thwart Paxton's impeachment.
    https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/18/ken-paxton-impeachment-dan-patrick/

    Who knows what astronomical sums are keeping the Jan 6 co-conspirators out of jail.

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @pyperkub @lin11c @DemocracyMattersALot

    Republicans & evangelicals are very comfortable with public corruption, as long as it's by members of their team.

    They pay a very high price for that complicit collusion.

    1. The Jan 6 attackers are jailed while the plotters, funders, & inciters like Larry Ellison, Uihlein, & Trump remain free.

    2..Far more Republicans died of covid because of GOP antivaxxer disinformation.
    https://www.npr.org/2023/07/25/1189939229/covid-deaths-democrats-republicans-gap-study

    1. The opioid crisis has decimated the ranks...
      1/2
    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    2/2

    ...of young white conservatives, as GOP donors like Purdue escape with their cash intact, thanks to GOP judges.
    https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/04/03/fact-sheet-house-republicans-propose-severely-undermining-fight-against-opioid-crisis-in-latest-extreme-budget-proposal/
    https://newrepublic.com/article/174116/ohio-republicans-rotten-scheme-spend-opioid-settlement-money-secret
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65764307

    1. Far more conservatives die from a lack of a social safety net in red states.
      https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-hates-the-social-safety-net-but-their-voters-need-it

    2. Their campaign donations are going to a known fraudster.
      https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/21/politics/save-america-pac-rnc-trump-donations/index.html
      https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/year-election-rnc-spending-hundreds-thousands-cover-trumps/story?id=82114367

    petergleick , to random
    @petergleick@fediscience.org avatar

    Map of US train system in 1890 and today.

    image/png

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @petergleick

    Why did a world leader in rail technology abandon that lead?

    Robber barons killed off the US railway system by not investing in innovation and by sucking profits out of the business. Vulture capitalism.

    Timothy Mellon is too busy funding a fascist movement instead of focusing on his businesses.
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/timothy-mellon-top-donor-to-trump-super-pac-used-racial-stereotypes-to-describe-african-americans-in-his-autobiography/2020/06/18/89206c5a-a742-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html

    https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2024/05/01/railroad-owned-by-rfk-jr-s-megadonor-repeatedly-violated-environmental-and-safety-laws/

    https://whowhatwhy.org/politics/us-politics/timothy-mellon-and-the-political-peril-of-dynastic-wealth/
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Railways

    https://www.notus.org/2024-election/timothy-mellon-rfk-trump-donor

    https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/06/timothy-mellon-texas-border-wall/

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1981/10/07/timothy-mellon-rushes-to-build-rail-network/f6e66c63-50c4-4a00-8a25-75aa40b6292f/

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @petergleick

    A history of how incompetent heirs of dynastic wealth drive businesses into the ground.
    Tim Mellon would rather fund an anti-democracy movement than run a business successfully.
    https://www.rawstory.com/timothy-mellon/

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Railways

    https://www.trains.com/ctr/railroads/timelines-book-reviews/delaware-hudson-the-final-years-1968-to-1991-book-review/

    https://www.trains.com/ctr/railroad-stories/railfan/guilfords-dave-fink-cast-a-long-shadow/

    cbctop_mirror Bot , to random
    @cbctop_mirror@mastodon.hongkongers.net avatar

    New head of Alberta oilsands group wants clarity from Poilievre on industrial carbon pricing
    Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre needs to clarify where he stands on industrial carbon pricing, says the new head of major oilsands group that aims to bring the industry's emissions to net-zero largely through the construction of a massive carbon-capture project that relies on carbon credits.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/pathways-alliance-derek-evans-we...

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @cbctop_mirror

    Carbon capture schemes are all frauds on the taxpayers.

    "If we fund your fascist movement & get you elected, what will you give us in exchange?"

    This is just a public forum for negotiations of the terms of a bribe.

    Extortion & donor maintenance disguised as "policy development" that fries the planet.

    It's the Poilievre version of this:
    https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/corruption-deal-donald-trump-offered-oil-executives-mar-lago-billion/

    https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-05-19/big-oil-mar-a-lago-trump-campaing-finance-climate-change

    And it "only" causes this:
    https://www.voanews.com/a/fire-threat-eases-near-canada-s-oil-sands-hub-/7614212.html

    gemelliz , to random
    @gemelliz@mstdn.ca avatar

    🇨🇦
    "Some things people need to understand about Pierre 's approach to scrums. First, it takes enormous ego & boundless disdain to confidently pursue his approach.
    Most people would wither under the stress of playing the game he is playing. They would worry about looking the fool. They would worry about getting caught out. Choking. Ruining their good name, forever. Not him. He pushes into these scenarios with relish.
    👉 PP enjoys the obvious confusion and discomfort it causes." /1

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @gemelliz

    Nixon, Trump, and Hitler all enjoyed discomfiting the press. It was a test to identify compliant adherents within the press corps.

    Nixon had a habit of obnoxious comments just before David Frost would start recording their interviews. Nixon enjoyed seeing the shocked look on their faces.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_interviews

    Being deliberately awful is a manipulative media strategy to garner attention & publicity.

    arstechnica , to random
    @arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar

    California rebuffs AT&T, says it must keep offering landline phone service

    AT&T submitted "flawed and erroneous assertions," California agency judge says.

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/california-rebuffs-att-says-it-must-keep-offering-landline-phone-service/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @arstechnica

    AT&T funds the campaigns of the worst MAGA Republicans, including the servile quislings parading their sedition for the press corps at Trump's trial today.

    https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/10/atandt-bankrolling-trumps-big-lie

    It's a company funding attacks on democracy on multiple fronts, communications being the first target of any fascist movement.

    Data breaches being the easiest to implement.
    https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/atandt-confirms-73m-customer-data/

    Outages being next easiest
    https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/what-we-know-about-the-at-and-t-outage.html

    Disenfranchisement schemes
    https://msmagazine.com/2022/07/20/dark-money-abortion-bans-corporations-business-amazon-att/

    peterdutoit , to random
    @peterdutoit@mastodon.green avatar

    "I don't say this lightly - but the floods in
    , , are looking comparable to what Katrina did to New Orleans in 2005 -- massive evacuations, water & power outages, key infrastructure damaged, parts of city, possible long-term consequences."—Brian Winter

    Background heating +1.3ºC

    1/

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @cindyyusa @peterdutoit

    The price gouging and price fixing isn't accidental. The wage suppression and anti-unionism is also deliberate.

    https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/02/shell-unveils-new-35bn-share-buy-back-after-higher-profits-than-expected

    https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20240502206/shell-launches-35-billion-buyback-after-earning-77-billion

    https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/02/shell-q1-earnings-2024.html

    https://www.investopedia.com/shell-announces-usd3-5-billion-share-buyback-better-than-expected-profit-8557300

    How does any democracy convince such an irresponsible company to stop frying the planet, when such profits are to be made?
    https://hbr.org/2020/01/why-stock-buybacks-are-dangerous-for-the-economy

    https://www.marketwatch.com/story/shell-launches-3-5-billion-buyback-after-earnings-beat-forecasts-2nd-update-a183086f

    Step 1: Make stock buybacks illegal again.

    https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a60097096/senator-elizabeth-warren-protests-stock-buybacks/

    RainbowStardiver , to random
    @RainbowStardiver@octodon.social avatar

    In so much of the US, life without a car is unimaginable to local residents. Most American coming-of-age media centers on becoming able to drive legally, because mobility is denied to the young here and driving a car is seen as a prerequisite for participation in our society. I think you all know where this is going. When the 17 year cicadas emerge from the ground this summer, they should be given drivers’ licenses.

    Npars01 , (edited )
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @RainbowStardiver

    Teens with access to a car are more economically advantaged earlier in their careers.
    https://www.brookings.edu/articles/why-are-young-people-driving-less-evidence-points-to-economics-not-preferences/
    https://www.economist.com/international/2023/02/16/throughout-the-rich-world-the-young-are-falling-out-of-love-with-cars
    Insurance restrictions that make driving prohibitively expensive until 25 are part of a wage suppression scheme for the young

    Well intentioned efforts to encourage safer driving in the young are having unintended economic consequences.
    https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/jan/27/young-drivers-car-insurance-price-rises

    https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-13429473/Young-drivers-afford-insure-cars-convictions-double.html

    The politics of immiseration of the young takes many forms

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @RainbowStardiver

    Affordable EV's and properly funded public transit would help the young advance economically. And provide improvements in public safety.

    Both electric cars & public transit initiatives are under attack by the fossil fuel industry.
    https://jacobin.com/2019/08/uber-koch-brothers-david-charles-rideshare-public-transit

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/26/koch-activists-phoenix-ban-light-rail

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/climate/koch-brothers-public-transit.html

    https://inthesetimes.com/article/uber-koch-brothers-public-transit-privatization

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @RainbowStardiver

    Remember a few weeks ago when the national guard was deployed to the New York subway system?

    That was used in a disinformation narrative to make public transit appear "dangerous".

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68508331

    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/03/nyc-subway-national-guard-bratton/677700/

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/nyregion/new-york-subway-national-guard.html

    It's also why terrorists were stochastically induced to attack the London and Tokyo subway systems.

    To give a false impression.

    The way to solve crime is to solve the underlying issues, not deploy soldiers.

    Npars01 ,
    @Npars01@mstdn.social avatar

    @danneau @RainbowStardiver

    "Between 1938 & 1950, one company purchased & took over the transit systems of more than 25 American cities. Their name, National City Lines, sounded innocuous enough, but the list of their investors included General Motors, the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Standard Oil of California, Phillips Petroleum, Mack Trucks, & other companies who stood to benefit much more from a future running on gasoline & rubber than on electricity & rails."

    https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/apr/25/story-cities-los-angeles-great-american-streetcar-scandal

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