#Republicans promote their only positive agenda item remaining for 2025.
#Corporate #tax cuts.
#election2026
#2026election

#Republicans continue to bet on "hope" for US #stockmarket recovery later this year, based on #corporate #tax cuts as welfare for the #oligarchy.

"#Trump loves the Gilded Age and its tariffs. It was a great time for the rich but not for the many."
#history
#tariff
#tarrifs
#recession
#inflation
#premarket
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-gilded-age-mckinley-grover-cleveland-1592dab80ad7159266db51b5baa774b6
@histodons

“Jeremy Corbyn speaks to the Canary about the corporate power grab taking place in politics”

by Ed Sykes in The Canary @thecanaryuk

“The question about the corporate power grab is the most fundamental question there is. What we have is global corporations, a very small number of them, have massive incredible power, far greater power than almost any national government anywhere”

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/03/05/jeremy-corbyn-interview/?__s=pw3ygmyxve9etudpqdrh

#Press #UK #Corbyn #Corporate #PowerGrab #Fascism #Starmer #Labour #Donations #Warmongers

If I was a major company and had the choice to invest earnings into
My company stock ?
Or
Price reduction or RnD ?

#Reagan allowed #corporate to use tax reduction as a way to "buy back" corporate stock.

This must end as the middle class economy has been destroyed.

From the convicted #felon who blamed the Capitol police for the #Jan6th violence, coming now to #CorporateMedia outlets near you: a new breathtaking special of unabashed lying, blaming #Ukraine for getting invaded by Russia. #Corporate #media is as usual focused on their profit margins and enabling the #oligarchy that its owners want, so they will faithfully repeat the lies enough times to give them the ring of familiarity.

#PutinsWar #UsefulIdiot #Trump

Major tragedy occurs in America on #Trump's watch. Trump turns to racism and misogyny using "DEI" as code. When asked, he admits that he has no evidence, just his bigotry that he labels "common sense."

Corporate Media parrot his statements without mentioning what is actually going on. #CorporateMedia is legitimizing racism, misogyny, xenophobia and other forms of bigotry in their ratings-obsessed coverage of this regime. #Corporate #Media works for the #oligarchs and furthers #oligarchy.

From Trans Army:

For #trans people in the #US.

The US is now under a #fascist #authoritarian #regime. Here's some #safety tips.

Avoid using a mobile #phone in #conservative states. Disable #location services. Always use a #VPN. Consider all #corporate #online service to be potential #security risk.

Stock up on #hormones and #medications. Keep a bag with everything you need to #survive at least 3-5 days.

In post-war #Japan, “Moderate prosperity and lifetime employment was guaranteed if you could tolerate the strictures of #corporate life. But the men in charge put it all on black, went bust and made up their losses selling off what remained to foreign capital; Japanese #socialism - the command economy responsible for public housing, employment for life and fast trains - was dismantled. Japan became hopeless, and the promised renewal has never come to pass. And so, everyone is looking backward.”

Meanwhile, the images sold to tourists commodify fantasy for profit.

Sobering reflections from Dylan Levi King

Tokyo drift: what happens when a city stops being the future? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/14/tokyo-drift-what-happens-when-a-city-stops-being-the-future?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

People naturally accept what the #corporate #media say as natural.

The thing about #NewYear is the effort people put into it.

If only they'd put that same effort into stopping genocide or ending homelessness instead of cheering on a calendar like a cretin.

When encouraged to do so, people will put great effort into something. The problem is our #corporate overlords will never tell you to put effort into threatening their profits and bringing an end to their rule.

#capitalism

Thanks for the great #ttrpg #media tips so far! I look forward to going through the suggestions. Interestingly, most replies come from #Mastodon. Of course, a moral guardian is a must! Imagine if there were people who find #Wotc #DnD #corporate #fantasy as well as revisionist #OSR repulsive. Thx.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xdjqpqlccq57rplc6ulr73rp/post/3lej6jbxkjc2i

Now, when it's too late, the #US #corporate #media shows concern about law-abiding undocumented #immigrants.
[gift link article]
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/us/trump-immigrant-deportations-rome-georgia.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hk4.nnNl.UUphAX6ArSQw

#CurrentEvents #US #Mexico #racism #TrumpRegime #deportation

#Republican's destruction of the #IRS , #ACA and #SocialSecurity can be considered slow death while #corporate dumps #tax loopholes into stock options.
#buybacks
#investing
#MAGA
#policy
#Premarket

@504DR My guess is the cops who were eating McDonald's got accidentally lucky and blamed it on the employees, because it serves the capitalist purpose ( and they probably weren't supposed to be hanging out eating lunch)
Good news is we can all boycott #mcdonalds as punishment making it plain that we blame #corporate for inviting in the cops.
Nobody should support mcds unless they have ZERO decent options

What if we make January the month where we all delete as many #corporate #apps as possible from our smartphones?

#FediSolidarityMonth or something.

Build a solidarity movement to encourage people to boycott corporate services.

#Fediverse #AskFedi #FediSolidarity

So much news is really niche accounts of something you might find interesting, emotive or engaging but isn't really all that important

Some of it is celebrity BS too

If we graded news, and class some as not-news, as something else, it would force our news outlets to concentrate more on the important things or else risk being demoted from being a 'news' outlet.

The S*n, for example, would not make the grade

It wouldn't do much about #corporate influence, however, but one thing at a time

#BreakingNews!

#EnergyTransfer's $300 Million Lawsuit Against #Greenpeace for #StandingRock #Resistance Delayed

By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews
July 29, 2024

STANDING ROCK, #NorthDakota -- "Energy Transfer's $300 million #SLAPP lawsuit against Greenpeace and Standing Rock #WaterProtectors for the resistance to #DakotaAccessPipeline has been delayed until February, due to a 'massive document dump' by Energy Transfer, Greenpeace told Censored News today.

"Originally, our trial was set for July 29th, 2024 – but due to a massive document dump by Energy Transfer in June, Greenpeace filed a request to have the trial date pushed back. The judge agreed, and moved our trial to February 24, 2025 through March 28, 2025," Lindsay Bigda, communication director, Democracy Resilience Program at Greenpeace USA told Censored News today.
Responding to questions, Greenpeace said #RedWarriorSociety and other water protectors are named in the lawsuit.

"'Red Warrior Society is still named in the lawsuit and last week our lawyers presented arguments for why it shouldn’t be (because it is not the sort of entity that can be sued). The two individuals, #CodyHall and #KrystalTwoBulls, are also still named, but were never served. (Greenpeace entities are the only ones that were served and are actively litigating),' Bigda told Censored News.

"'Very few jurisdictions have made steps to prevent the corporate legal warfare waged in SLAPPs to #SilenceDissent and freedom of expression. The United States has long failed to uphold #HumanRights and #Indigenous leaders have had no choice but to leave their precious homelands; and use international diplomacy to implore all those who will listen for an end to the #extractive industry violence.'

"'Europe played a key role in the #colonization of the planet. Now let's see if she, her people, and jurisdictions, can help in undoing and healing that historic wound. #IndigenousPeoples must continue to engage with Europe to seek justice and #corporate accountability.'

"Standing Rock water protectors have been served subpoenas in the case from Energy Transfer, as it seeks out information. #UnicornRiot fought the subpoena in #Minnesota and won its case to protect its internal media files. However, Energy Transfer has now asked the Minnesota Supreme Court to reconsider its case.

"Greenpeace clarified the reason for the subpoenas that water protectors and Unicorn Riot media were served with.
'Unicorn riot was never named in the lawsuit. They received a third party subpoena, along with many other activist groups and individuals (these folks are not parties to the case; rather, they are third parties that Energy Transfer wants info from in its case against Greenpeace,)' Bigda told Censored News.

"Mercenaries #TigerSwan Spied without a License, Provided Info to Law Enforcement

"Red Warrior Camp was a focus of the mercenaries hired by Energy Transfer at Standing Rock in September of 2016, as revealed in the court-ordered spy documents released.
TigerSwan was found working in North Dakota without a license from 2016 through 2017. As a result, the North Dakota regulatory board ordered that TigerSwan's spy files be released. The Intercept now has over 50,000 of TigerSwan's spy documents at Standing Rock, as a result of a lengthy court battle. Energy Transfer, employer of TigerSwan, fought the release of documents in North Dakota court, but the North Dakota Supreme Court upheld the decision to release TigerSwan's documents in 2022.

"The TigerSwan aerial photos included #OcetiSakowin Camp, Red Warrior Camp, and the other camps. The spy documents reveal that a U.S. Border Patrol drone was included in the aerial #surveillance and #infiltrators were placed in the water protector camps at Standing Rock and elsewhere.

"Meanwhile, after Standing Rock, TigerSwan's CEO formed a new company. Syria says they are stealing #Syria's oil. CNN reported about the secretive contract and the new company.

#Palestinians Targeted for Surveillance by TigerSwan at Standing Rock

"As soon as a single #Palestinian activist showed up at an anti-Dakota Access Pipeline camp on the edge of the Standing Rock reservation in 2016, intelligence analysts for the mercenary security firm TigerSwan were on alert," by Alleen Brown, Drilled and co-published with the Center for Media and Democracy."

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/07/energy-transfers-300-million-lawsuit.html

#ReaderSupportedNews #StandWithStandingRock #SLAPPs #NoDAPL #CorporateColonialism #EarthDefenders #CriminalizingDissent #BigOilAndGas #ErikPrince #Blackwater

Anyway, this is good:

#ChrisHedges | Come Ask me a Question on my Post-#Election Livestream Q&A

https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/come-ask-me-a-question-on-my-post

#USPol #Corporate #CorporatePower #Oligarchy #Trump

"#Fascism should rightly be called #Corporatism as it is a merge of state and #corporate power." - Benito Mussolini

#CorporateFascism #CorporatismIsFascism #Fascism #Mussolini #MussoliniQuote