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nanowiz<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://vmst.io/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a>'s catapulted <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> to a whole new space</p>
OccuWorld<p>A CEO Wanted to Run Healthcare Like Taco Bell. Here’s How His Patients Are Doing</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08eVXNsta4M" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=08eVXNsta4</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a></p><p>Two dialysis giants control the industry — and they're gaming the healthcare system. DaVita and Fresenius are pushing out and intimidating patients, and sometimes refusing to send them to the hospital.<br>It's all done to boost profits and make more off the dialysis business…</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Dialysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dialysis</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Injuries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Injuries</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/ShortStaffing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStaffing</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/RapidDialysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RapidDialysis</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/DaVita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DaVita</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Fresenius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fresenius</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/DeathPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeathPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Regulation</span></a></p>
OccuWorld<p>Tragedy of the Commons</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Tragedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tragedy</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Destruction</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Consequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consequences</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Commons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commons</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/CommonStruggle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommonStruggle</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Federal</span></a> officials are barred from making decisions that benefit the business holdings of themselves or their spouses, but that prohibition does not extend to assets held by their adult children, acc/to Richard Painter, who served as the chief White House <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> lawyer during Republican George W. Bush’s admin.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BudgetCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BudgetCuts</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassLayoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassLayoffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Privatizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privatizing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> agencies has long been an aim of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a>. During <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s first presidency, he signed a bill that utilized more private weather data. And <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a>, a proposed blueprint for Trump’s 2nd presidency that was co-authored by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OMB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMB</span></a> director <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a>, calls for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</span></a> to be broken up &amp; for the weather service to “fully commercialize its forecasting operations.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BudgetCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BudgetCuts</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassLayoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassLayoffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> appointees have ties to companies that stand to benefit from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privatizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatizing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> forecasts</p><p>As <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commerce</span></a> secy, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> oversees the US govt’s vast efforts to monitor &amp; predict the weather.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BudgetCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BudgetCuts</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassLayoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassLayoffs</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NWS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NaturalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalDisasters</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExtremeWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeWeather</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flooding</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-lutnick-weather-service-privatization-conflicts-9892de853c283468e6fb970cfd898d96" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-lutni</span><span class="invisible">ck-weather-service-privatization-conflicts-9892de853c283468e6fb970cfd898d96</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>Profiting from Genocide</p><p><a href="https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/profiting-from-genocide" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chrishedges.substack.com/p/pro</span><span class="invisible">fiting-from-genocide</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Profiting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Profiting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
Wen<p>Like Father like Son. Grifters and liars, both significantly enriched by it as well</p><p>'If there’s one family that hasn’t profited off politics, it’s the Trump family,’ president’s son says in an interview’</p><p>Even someone this thick can not belie the words that come out of his arse surely? The smirk gives him away.</p><p><a href="https://archive.is/20250627082728/https://www.ft.com/content/4fdac31f-e2ba-4635-ad9c-72299edce912#selection-1897.1-1897.118" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.is/20250627082728/http</span><span class="invisible">s://www.ft.com/content/4fdac31f-e2ba-4635-ad9c-72299edce912#selection-1897.1-1897.118</span></a> (archive)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Tump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Grifring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grifring</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Lying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lying</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PumpAndDump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PumpAndDump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IllGottenGains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IllGottenGains</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Interview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Interview</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“Starvation and Profiteering in Gaza (w/ Francesca Albanese) </p><p>by Chris Hedges in The Chris Hedges Report on Substack </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention">@<span>palestine</span></a></span><br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention">@<span>israel</span></a></span></p><p>“Francesca <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Albanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Albanese</span></a> joins Chris Hedges to break down the current starvation campaign in Gaza, and her upcoming report detailing the profiteering corporations capitalizing on the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/erasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>erasure</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Palestinians</span></a>”</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/chrishedges/p/starvation-and-profiteering-in-gaza" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/chrished</span><span class="invisible">ges/p/starvation-and-profiteering-in-gaza</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WestBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WestBank</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Starvation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Report" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Report</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The filing also discloses details of a *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a>* [personsal enrichment scheme] agreement inked w/the Trump admin, which gives <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> the personal authority to name a board member as well as a non-economic golden share.</p><p>The golden share gives the US govt veto authority over a raft of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporate</span></a> decisions, from idling plants to cutting production capacity &amp; moving jobs overseas, as previewed in a weekend social media post by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NipponSteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NipponSteel</span></a> acquisition of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USSteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USSteel</span></a> closed, with big role for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/securities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>securities</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ImpeachTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachTrump</span></a> </p><p>Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion acquisition of US Steel closed on Wed, the companies said, confirming an unusual degree of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> for the Trump admin after the Japanese company's 18-month struggle to close the purchase.</p><p>Under the deal terms, Nippon bought 100% of US Steel shares at $55 per share, as it first laid out in its Dec 2023….</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/nippon-steels-acquisition-us-steel-closes-with-big-role-trump-2025-06-18/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/sustainability/boa</span><span class="invisible">rds-policy-regulation/nippon-steels-acquisition-us-steel-closes-with-big-role-trump-2025-06-18/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>[<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> loosening of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a>] has coincided w/Trump’s family’s rapid expansion into the industry, which has made <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> into a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> dealer who stands to make huge sums of money from it.</p><p>In a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> stmnt released before the final vote, WH ofcls wrote that the bill “removes <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulatory</span></a> uncertainty that has hindered *innovation &amp; competitiveness* [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyLaundering</span></a>] in the digital assets sector.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
tultican<p>NM: Stride Caught Misbehaving Yet Again - Stride in the new criminal organization that used to be called K12. Corporate cheaters must change their names whenever too many people know about them. <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/curmudgucation/p/nm-stride-caught-misbehaving-yet?r=hcxf&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/curmudgu</span><span class="invisible">cation/p/nm-stride-caught-misbehaving-yet?r=hcxf&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Profiteering</span></a></p>
Wen<p>Debt is crushing the developing world</p><p>A reminder and something that has been ignore by many in the West, most governments willing to turn a blind eye to the plundering of already poor countries by the companies that they regulate.</p><p><a href="http://archive.today/2025.06.02-041422/https://www.ft.com/content/29a0f7fa-1871-4012-a730-48717fc61ecb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.today/2025.06.02-04142</span><span class="invisible">2/https://www.ft.com/content/29a0f7fa-1871-4012-a730-48717fc61ecb</span></a> (archive)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DevelopingWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopingWorld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Misery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Misery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Stiglitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stiglitz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FT</span></a></p>
StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎<p>Tonight, Trump is hosting an event being described as "unprecedented and corrupt"! What is happening and who is going to be there that is sounding the alarms? Is there no end to the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23scheming" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scheming</a> and <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23profiteering" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#profiteering</a> that is going on in Trump's <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WhiteHouse" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteHouse</a> and in plain sight?! <a href="https://youtu.be/IlXbrFAoaHQ?si=5tHI9_gpVeibC1sA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">youtu.be/IlXbrFAoaHQ?...</a><br><br><a href="https://youtu.be/IlXbrFAoaHQ?si=5tHI9_gpVeibC1sA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">🚨CBS Just Exposed Trump's "Whi...</a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s latest enterprise is being developed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dubai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dubai</span></a> real estate company <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DarGlobal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarGlobal</span></a> &amp; will be the first Trump International Hotel in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a>.</p><p>…The advertised “golden visa” does not specify which country it is for, but in Feb Trump announced the concept of selling a "<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GoldCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoldCard</span></a>" <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visa</span></a> for $5M potentially offering <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wealthy</span></a> buyers residency in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> &amp; granting them a pathway to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emoluments</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FARA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FARA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emoluments</span></a> Schlemoluments</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is set to expand his property <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/empire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>empire</span></a> into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dubai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dubai</span></a> - with a new 80 story skyscraper.</p><p>Plans have been unveiled for Trump Hotel &amp; Residences Dubai in the heart of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UAE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAE</span></a>, measuring almost 1,150 feet with a swimming pool at the top. Prices for 2-bed apartments start at $1M &amp; the website for the property offers free 10 year ‘golden visas’.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <br>h/t <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@maddad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>maddad</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/new-trump-tower-dubai-uae-b2743611.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/news/world/a</span><span class="invisible">mericas/us-politics/new-trump-tower-dubai-uae-b2743611.html</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>While <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s many merchandising opportunities have been difficult to keep up with, this endeavor was arguably the most outrageous—partly because of the rather obvious <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</span></a> related to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> &amp; partly because of the brazenness of Trump’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a>.</p><p>The CLC’s Adav Noti explained, “It is literally cashing in on the presidency—creating a financial instrument so people can transfer money to the president’s family in connection with his office. It is beyond unprecedented.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱<p>“If there’s one thing we learned from the pandemic supply-chain shocks, it’s that corporate CEOs never let an emergency go to waste. Bosses, knowing that you’d been warned to expect higher prices, went ahead and jacked up their prices way over inflation, blaming it on covid, on stimulus checks, on Biden, on the phase of the moon. Blaming it on anything — except greed. That’s why we called it “excuseflation””</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GreedFlation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreedFlation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Profiteering</span></a></p><p><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/21/trumpflation/#andrew-ferguson" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2025/04/21/tru</span><span class="invisible">mpflation/#andrew-ferguson</span></a></p>
Miss Gayle<p>"We have to change how we treat housing. It's not a speculative financial instrument but an essential piece of infrastructure for a healthy community. That means supporting policies and reforms that empower small-scale development, remove artificial barriers, and restore competition to local housing markets."</p><p>Link: <a href="https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025/4/16/the-rent-is-too-damn-artificial" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">strongtowns.org/journal/2025/4</span><span class="invisible">/16/the-rent-is-too-damn-artificial</span></a></p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Housing</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Affordability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Affordability</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Profiteering</span></a></p>