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Brad Rosenheim<p>A story about fascist aligned businesses and government cuts, coming soon to you too.</p><p>My wife is a scientist with a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Physics. She works in the insurance industry in Florida (U.S.A.) and is the director of risk management at a major insurer in Florida (a small insurer for the U.S.A., but major in Florida). She is a Black woman working in the white bro-sphere, and she has survived for a long time despite a constant current against her.</p><p>*edited to add hashtags - feel free to boost</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GovernmentCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentCuts</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CorporateWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateWelfare</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/intersectionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intersectionality</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateCollapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCollapse</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p>As I sit here offline in a nearly 24 hr internet fiber blackout from <a href="https://c.im/tags/ATT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ATT</span></a>, I recall that ATT was one of massive corps that publicly endorsed the craven carveouts in <a href="https://c.im/tags/DJT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DJT</span></a>'s <a href="https://c.im/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a> budget.</p><p> Many billion dollar interests and <a href="https://c.im/tags/CorporateWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateWelfare</span></a> recipients kowtowed &amp; praised <a href="https://c.im/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> budget ax to subsidized <a href="https://c.im/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a> for the working poor and chopping <a href="https://c.im/tags/edu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>edu</span></a> and other public funding programs including T-Mobile, Charter Communications, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Uber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Uber</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Verizon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Verizon</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dell</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/FedEx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FedEx</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/United" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>United</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://c.im/tags/Delta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Delta</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Southwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Southwest</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Airlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Airlines</span></a>. </p><p>Almost all these companies spend millions on <a href="https://c.im/tags/PR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PR</span></a> to herald their good deeds like helping <a href="https://c.im/tags/FeedThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FeedThePoor</span></a> while they support the cutting of the actual govt programs put in place to do just that ..</p><p>More at the link ...</p><p><a href="https://popular.info/p/these-companies-touted-their-efforts" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">popular.info/p/these-companies</span><span class="invisible">-touted-their-efforts</span></a></p>
OccuWorld<p>Join Heidi and <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/makepolluterspay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>makepolluterspay</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/--KrDx8LiOQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/--KrDx8LiOQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Homes burnt to the ground meanwhile, the oil corporations make billions.⁣ It’s time to make polluters pay: Join Heidi and sign the&nbsp;<a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/PollutersPayPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PollutersPayPact</span></a>&nbsp;today: <a href="https://act-int.greenpeace.org/polluters-pay-pact?utm_campaign=stop-drilling-start-paying&amp;utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">act-int.greenpeace.org/pollute</span><span class="invisible">rs-pay-pact?utm_campaign=stop-drilling-start-paying&amp;utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social</span></a></p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Polluters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polluters</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/CorporateWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateWelfare</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/TrueCosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrueCosts</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/ProfitMotive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProfitMotive</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/SocialDestruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialDestruction</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Malfeasance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Malfeasance</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/LegalViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalViolence</span></a></p>
RedwoodSec<p>Avelo Airlines took millions in subsidies from Oregon &amp; California—then ditched service to run ICE deportation flights for profit. This is corporate welfare turned human rights abuse. No more taxpayer money for companies aiding mass deportation. CEO: Andrew Levy <br>🔗 <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2025/07/budget-airline-that-took-ice-contract-pulls-out-of-oregon.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">oregonlive.com/business/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">7/budget-airline-that-took-ice-contract-pulls-out-of-oregon.html</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ice</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/iceblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iceblock</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/corporatewelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporatewelfare</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>Ultimately I feel like I could search high and low for hours without coming up with a worse use of my time than blow-by-blow coverage of the fascist GOP's attempts to pass a nightmare, class war theft and murder budget; while the GOP has experienced some setbacks, it seems extremely likely that Senate Republicans are going to successfully vote to negligently murder labor class Americans to enrich the wealthiest people and companies in our society, at some point very soon. We'll probably talk more about which horrifying parts of the absurdly-named "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" survived this process soon enough, but I think it's safe to say the final version of the bill the Senate sends back to the GOP-controlled House is still going to be a dystopian neofeudalist nightmare that will invariably rack up a huge body count so long as fascists (of various types) control the US government. </p><p>In the meantime, I'd like to offer up a hearty "fuck you" and "thanks for nothing, you absolute maggot" to Martin Heinrich, the Democratic Senator for New Mexico, and the lone non-Republican sponsor of the the ORPHAN Cures Act - a provision included in the GOP's class war reconciliation budget that blocks Medicaid from negotiating prices for any drugs that treat more than one rare disease. </p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/big-pharma-senate-budget-bill" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/big-phar</span><span class="invisible">ma-senate-budget-bill</span></a></p><p>'Heinrich Should Be Ashamed': Lone Senate Dem Helps GOP Deliver Big Pharma Win</p><p>"Among the bill's leading supporters is Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), whose spokesperson announced the parliamentarian's decision to allow the measure in the reconciliation package after previously advising that it be excluded. Heinrich is listed as the legislation's only co-sponsor in the Senate, alongside lead sponsor Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.).</p><p>"Sen. Heinrich should be ashamed of prioritizing drug corporation profits over lower medicine prices for seniors and people with disabilities," Steve Knievel, access to medicines advocate at Public Citizen, said in a statement Monday. "Patients and consumers breathed a sigh of relief when the Senate parliamentarian stripped the proposal from Republicans' Big Ugly Betrayal, so it comes as a gut punch to hear that Sen. Heinrich welcomed the reversal and continued to champion a proposal that will transfer billions from taxpayers to Big Pharma."</p><p>"People across the country are demanding lower drug prices and for Medicare drug price negotiations to be expanded, not restricted," Knievel added. "Sen. Heinrich should apologize to his constituents and start listening to them instead of drug corporation lobbyists."</p><p>Look, before any of my libbed-up readers start screaming at me about blaming Democrats for a Republican budget reconciliation bill the GOP technically has the power to force into law, please understand that Heinrich is by no means the only villain in this story; between fifty-three Senate Republicans and nonsensical ruling by the chamber's parliamentarian, this tragedy has plenty of authors. The reality however is that this is a Big Parma price support measure that is unquestionably bad for Americans and public healthcare programs that will have to pay more for vital medicines the government absolutely should be negotiating prices on. How big of a giveaway is it? Well, the Congressional Budget Office says passing this provision will cost Americans roughly $5 trillion (with a t) over the next decade. All of which is of course money that could be spent on providing better healthcare for more people otherwise. This is literally stealing healthcare funding from the American people under the guise of supporting "innovation" and any politician who supports it is absolutely helping some of the most evil corporations in our society rob you fucking blind. The fact that Heinrich co-sponsored this bullshit is really just the neoliberal corruption cherry on top of the fascist corpo-humping shitcake here. </p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/OBBBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OBBBA</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/USSenate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USSenate</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassWar</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/BigPharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigPharma</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theft</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/CorporateWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateWelfare</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Murder</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/MartinHeinrich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MartinHeinrich</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a></p>
Walt Baldwin<p>Big Rivers granted Nucor a $11 million a year discounted fuel cost. They are passing the cost on to ~121,000 ratepayers.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/EnergyTransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyTransition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/CorporateWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateWelfare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/EnergyMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyMastodon</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kentuckylantern.com/2025/06/30/kentuckians-paid-millions-in-electricity-costs-for-a-steel-mill-the-utility-says-it-was-justified/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kentuckylantern.com/2025/06/30</span><span class="invisible">/kentuckians-paid-millions-in-electricity-costs-for-a-steel-mill-the-utility-says-it-was-justified/</span></a></p>
readbeanicecream<p>So, it looks like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> is just another "synonym" (aka excuse for):</p><p>- <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Layoffs</span></a>, like "right-sizing" &amp; "RTO."<br>- <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a>, like "behavioral advertising" &amp; "Social Media."<br>- <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorporateWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateWelfare</span></a>, like banking &amp; airline "bailouts."</p><p>It's sad that AI's actual potential is dessimated by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> of wealthy politicians &amp; CEOs.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/policitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cynicalsunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cynicalsunday</span></a></p>
NOLIGARCHY.US<p>When billionaires feud, it’s taxpayers who pay the price. Trump and Musk’s petty squabble risking billions—welcome to the circus of corporate and political greed. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CorporateWelfare" target="_blank">#CorporateWelfare</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23PoorLeadership" target="_blank">#PoorLeadership</a> 🔗 Read more: <br><br><a href="https://f.mtr.cool/tlffctgcun" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">41K views · 1.7K reactions | T...</a></p>
SaanichGuy 🇨🇦🇨🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@dyckron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dyckron</span></a></span> <br>Didn’t <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ucp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ucp</span></a> pay attention - king coal is dead. Only by lowering standards and giving it away for “economic activity “ can the mine operate. Want to bet the remediation fund deposit is far too low? Just like orphan wells, this is a taxpayer funded subsidy which the company will profit, close it and then walk away. Leaving a devastated landscape <br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ucp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ucp</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/corporatewelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporatewelfare</span></a></p>
Alan Lewis<p>: <a href="https://c.im/tags/corporatewelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporatewelfare</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> :</p>
Strypey<p>Maybe Aotearoa needs a nonpartisan citizen's organisation that does what what the Taxpayer's Onion purports to do; evaluate spending by publicly-funded organisations against the public benefits it realistically creates. While also pointing out corporate welfare in its various forms, eg public entities paying rent to property "investors" instead of putting that money into publicly-owned buildings;</p><p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558659/wall-street-style-fit-out-on-the-ratepayer-tab-taxpayers-union-criticises-tauranga-city-council-s-new-office" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/national/558659</span><span class="invisible">/wall-street-style-fit-out-on-the-ratepayer-tab-taxpayers-union-criticises-tauranga-city-council-s-new-office</span></a></p><p>(1/?)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/TaxpayersUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxpayersUnion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/PublicSpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSpending</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/CorporateWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateWelfare</span></a></p>
Silkester<p>This Is Neoliberalism ▶︎ Introducing the Invisible Ideology (Part 1)<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myH3gg5o0t0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=myH3gg5o0t0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/predatoryCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>predatoryCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialContract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialContract</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hayek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hayek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JamesMcGillBuchanan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesMcGillBuchanan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MildredFridman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MildredFridman</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SchoolOfChicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolOfChicago</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeMarket</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorporateWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateWelfare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
Ben Franklin’s Ghost<p>How much is THAT contract worth? <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Collusion" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Collusion</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Corruption" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CorporateWelfare" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CorporateWelfare</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Resist" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Resist</a><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xgiwtxbtt6xc7low5vdz7dq4/post/3lmmsp5zxlk2y" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xgiwtxbtt6xc7low5vdz7dq4/post/3lmmsp5zxlk2y</a></p>
*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱<p>I’m sorry, but I can’t let this go: Canadian taxpayers gave GM over <strong>half a billion dollars</strong> for this plant that they’ve now shuttered, putting 1200 people out of work. How much did GM get from us during the Great Bailout?</p><p>But sure, poor people are the problem. Where’s Jagmeet Singh and the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NDP</span></a>’s comment on this?! Hello? Beuller?</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CDNPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDNPoli</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CDNElxn2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDNElxn2025</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CorporateWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateWelfare</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Crispius/114321146326146066" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@Crispius/114</span><span class="invisible">321146326146066</span></a></p>
Billykaren Beaufort 🎶<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> is using <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ICE</span></a> as his <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Gestapo</span></a> , while we <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TAXPAYERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TAXPAYERS</span></a> supplement the wealthy with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CorporateWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CorporateWelfare</span></a> while the rich call people on benefits or entitlements, the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PARASITE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PARASITE</span></a> class. They are not only coming for democracy, they are all here to destroy our republic from the inside. Trump’s cabinet is on board because they think they will get the seat at his table, when they will more likely find themselves in a guillotine as soon as he has finished using them! </p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/news/content/ar-AA1BUuun" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/news/conten</span><span class="invisible">t/ar-AA1BUuun</span></a></p>
Bernadette A. Lear<p>Sometimes, smaller stories give you deep understanding of an entity's attitudes. This week, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> canceled about 20% of the National Agricultural Library's subscriptions. Notably, it canceled everything that was published by a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> but kept all the publications by for-profit entities. DOGE/NAL did not consider that for-profit journals tend to cost more, or how respected each publication is for its topic. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorporateWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateWelfare</span></a> and another slap at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HIgherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HIgherEducation</span></a>. <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/doge-order-leads-journal-cancellations-u-s-agricultural-library" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/content/article/do</span><span class="invisible">ge-order-leads-journal-cancellations-u-s-agricultural-library</span></a></p>
Yonhap Infomax News<p>Lotte Department Store leads corporate welfare reform by extending automatic paternity leave to three months, setting a new standard for work-life balance in South Korea's retail sector.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YonhapInfomax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YonhapInfomax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LotteDepartmentStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LotteDepartmentStore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PaternityLeave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaternityLeave</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkLifeBalance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkLifeBalance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorporateWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateWelfare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetailSector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetailSector</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FinancialMarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialMarkets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Banking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Securities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Securities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bonds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <br><a href="https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=52767" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV</span><span class="invisible">iew.html?idxno=52767</span></a></p>
Dennis A<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorporateWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateWelfare</span></a> <br>"While his so-called Department of Government Efficiency is laying waste to the federal government, unelected White House advisor Elon Musk has massively benefited from government contracts propping up his business over more than 20 years."</p><p>Elon Musk Has Sucked Up $38 Billion in Aid From the Federal Government, and Now He's Slashing That Help for Others<br><a href="https://futurism.com/elon-musk-38-billion-federal-government" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/elon-musk-38-bill</span><span class="invisible">ion-federal-government</span></a></p>
Bongolian<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Musk</span></a> built his fascist empire with $38 billion in US <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>government</span></a> funds.</p><p>Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding: Government infusions at key moments helped <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tesla</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>twitter</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/corporatewelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corporatewelfare</span></a><br /><a href="https://archive.ph/gaiwq" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/gaiwq</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
<blockquote><p>“These guys have, both at the corporate level and at the individual level, been even better at avoiding taxes than in making good products,” Stiglitz said. “The level of taxes they pay as a share of their profits should be an embarrassment to them.” The 24 superbillionares declined to comment or didn’t respond to requests for comment.</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/meet-superbillionaires-worlds-ultra-rich-cb7a797c?st=7un8Cf&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/real-estate/meet-super</span><span class="invisible">billionaires-worlds-ultra-rich-cb7a797c?st=7un8Cf&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://convo.casa/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classwar</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/classwarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classwarfare</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/taxavoidance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxavoidance</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/capitalaccumulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalaccumulation</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/primitiveaccumulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>primitiveaccumulation</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/elonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/markzuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>markzuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/davidKoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>davidKoch</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/charlesKoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>charlesKoch</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/corporatewelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporatewelfare</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/usPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usPol</span></a></p>