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OccuWorld<p>Riot Folk! (Ryan Harvey) - Peace, Justice and Anarchy</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cuo0Hg0TGH4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=Cuo0Hg0TGH</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a></p><p>This country ain't nothin but a company's dream<br>A couple hundred thousand workers that's all that they see<br>Our hands on our tools, money writing the rules<br>From the sweatshop prisons to the cops in the schools</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/RyanHarvey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RyanHarvey</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/PeaceJusticeAndAnarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeaceJusticeAndAnarchy</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/FolkPunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FolkPunk</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Rules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rules</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Cops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cops</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schools</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Class" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Class</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Cash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cash</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/Ghettos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ghettos</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Decay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decay</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/DeathSquads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeathSquads</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Jails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jails</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Brainwashed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brainwashed</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Factory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Factory</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Laws</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Defeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Defeat</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Street" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Street</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a></p>
OccuWorld<p>E.P.A. Moves to Cancel $7 Billion in Grants for Solar Energy</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/climate/epa-cancels-solar-energy-grants.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/08/05/climate</span><span class="invisible">/epa-cancels-solar-energy-grants.html</span></a></p><p>If finalized, the move would escalate the Trump administration’s efforts to claw back billions of dollars in climate grants awarded under President Biden.</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/UtilityLobby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UtilityLobby</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/SolarGrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarGrants</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Clawback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clawback</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/EcocidePolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EcocidePolicy</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/PriceGouging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PriceGouging</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/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
CassandraVert<p>I just saw an ad for a gold Trump Commemorative Coin embossed with the scene at the staged shooting. The narrator was speaking from the passenger seat of a car. The ad didn't give the price; you had to click through to get that.<br><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/tawdry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tawdry</span></a></p>
Dave Fenichel<p>August 1, 2025 - by Heather Cox Richardson</p><p><a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-1-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heathercoxrichardson.substack.</span><span class="invisible">com/p/august-1-2025</span></a></p><p>&gt; Although U.S. statistics have been widely seen as the nonpartisan gold standard, Trump claimed that the commissioner of labor statistics, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, had manipulated the jobs report. “In my opinion, today’s Jobs Numbers were RIGGED in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad,” he wrote. He fired her.</p><p><a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/BLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLS</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/laborNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laborNews</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/USEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspoli</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/policyFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policyFailure</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>feudalism</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/demolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demolition</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/imposedChaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imposedChaos</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/impoverishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>impoverishment</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/rockbridgeNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rockbridgeNetwork</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/heritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/rebekahMercer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rebekahMercer</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/peterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peterThiel</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/dataScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataScience</span></a> <a href="https://hear-me.social/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statistics</span></a></p>
Miss Gayle<p>For-Profit "healthcare" at work...</p><p>For some odd reason this was not in the news here in Central Ky. </p><p>Wonder why?</p><p>Link: <a href="https://www.wcpo.com/news/state/state-kentucky/kentucky-man-suffers-from-ptsd-after-waking-up-during-organ-harvesting-procedure?ICID=ref_fark" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wcpo.com/news/state/state-kent</span><span class="invisible">ucky/kentucky-man-suffers-from-ptsd-after-waking-up-during-organ-harvesting-procedure?ICID=ref_fark</span></a></p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</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/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/PredatoryCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PredatoryCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/RedStateHellhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RedStateHellhole</span></a></p>
Craig Duncan<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@carnage4life" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>carnage4life</span></a></span> </p><p>"AI infrastructure wave" = selling resources for bloated computing up-selling. Like selling consumables for printers just on a larger scale. </p><p>This makes business sense for infrastructure capitalists in the short term: the hype train drives all this FOMO corporate upscaling. The simultaneous layoffs in the same period create a short term profit signal to drown out the disappointments.</p><p>In the meantime none of it is really necessary. Vapourware ? I raise you "Aerated Investment"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/consumermaniupulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumermaniupulation</span></a></p>
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>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>
N-gated Hacker News<p>🤑💣 Who knew <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> could be such a profitable gig? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hedges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hedges</span></a> spills the beans on the corporations cashing in on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tragedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tragedy</span></a> like it's a Black Friday sale. Maybe next they'll release a DIY genocide kit for aspiring <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> profiteers. 📈💀<br><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> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profits</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greed</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/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <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/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</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" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span></p><p>“Francesca <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Albanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<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="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>erasure</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a>”</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/chrishedges/p/starvation-and-profiteering-in-gaza" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><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="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WestBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WestBank</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starvation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Profiteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Profiteering</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Report" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<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>