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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Win for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> industry as <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> shutters scientific research office<br>After Trump took office, array of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/petrochemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>petrochemical</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a>, and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/farm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farm</span></a> industry coalitions ramped up campaign to limit use of EPA's assessments of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> risks of chemicals. <br>Industry <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists</span></a> didn’t ask for 100s of Office of Research and Development (<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ORD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ORD</span></a>) staff to be laid off or reassigned. But elimination of agency’s scientific research arm goes a long way toward achieving the goal they sought. <br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/win-for-chemical-industry-as-epa-shutters-scientific-research-office/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">7/win-for-chemical-industry-as-epa-shutters-scientific-research-office/</span></a></p>
Wordmark<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@MarkHoltom" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MarkHoltom</span></a></span> but <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> was (and still is for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Bundeskanzler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bundeskanzler</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FriedrichMerz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FriedrichMerz</span></a> ex <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BlackRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackRock</span></a>) the big role model how to fuck everything up :(</p><p>This system of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> paying 6% <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Luxemburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luxemburg</span></a> while all others are taxed 50% and ripped off wherever possible is clearly <a href="https://mas.to/tags/unsustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unsustainable</span></a> and almost everyone except <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CDU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDU</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CSU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CSU</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDP</span></a> realized that (or they clearly get paid by <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists</span></a> to do nuthin</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/solution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solution</span></a>: give young people a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a> for free</p><p>but all the elites can come up with is <a href="https://mas.to/tags/hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hitler</span></a> 2.0</p>
Max Gross<p>"Corporate and industry lobbyists are the real rulers in Washington, and their dollars are the real votes." That's right, folks, and there has been no improvement since a certain Mr Abramoff was sent to prison in 1996. <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lobbyists</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bribery</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/casino-jack-2010" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rogerebert.com/reviews/casino-</span><span class="invisible">jack-2010</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mk.moth.zone/@eri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eri</span></a></span> yes and the fact that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lobbyists</span></a> made it basically illegal to sell a System without OS in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> is infuriating me.</p><ul><li>Also I think it should be illegal to forcibly bundle <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> with a machine!</li></ul>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ohio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a>: </p><p>‘<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigBeautifulBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBeautifulBill</span></a>’ Makes <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> a Big Ugly Mess In Ohio and Across <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a></p><p>Ohio <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SenatorHusted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SenatorHusted</span></a> takes down post of him laughing with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists</span></a>, bragging about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpbill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpbill</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OhioHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OhioHouse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> will try to override <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GovernorDeWine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernorDeWine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propertytax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propertytax</span></a> vetoes</p><p>Local <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toystores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toystores</span></a> face pressure from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/risingcosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>risingcosts</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CentralOhio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CentralOhio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poison</span></a> Center reported 582 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/marijuana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marijuana</span></a> exposures to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> under six in 2024</p><p><a href="https://flipboard.com/@dustcircle/the-state-of-ohio-news-commentary-0a0eth61y" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flipboard.com/@dustcircle/the-</span><span class="invisible">state-of-ohio-news-commentary-0a0eth61y</span></a></p>
Nando161<p>The <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lobbyists</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Fighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fighting</span></a> To <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Defend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Defend</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Animal</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cruelty</span></a><br><a href="https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-lobbyists-fighting-to-defend-animal-cruelty" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">currentaffairs.org/news/the-lo</span><span class="invisible">bbyists-fighting-to-defend-animal-cruelty</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>Here, what folks call - <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbying</span></a> - is what our peoples overseas call - <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a>.<br>It always leads to increased <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/SpheresOfInfluence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpheresOfInfluence</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/BackroomDeals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackroomDeals</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/ShadyBusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShadyBusiness</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/Bribed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bribed</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/BackroomBribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackroomBribes</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politicians</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/BanCorporateLobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BanCorporateLobbyists</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/BanReligiousLobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BanReligiousLobbyists</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/BanZionistLobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BanZionistLobbyists</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/PublicTransparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransparency</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/PublicAccountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicAccountability</span></a></p>
O=C=O<p>Ursula von der Leyen amputates the Green Deal to save its life</p><p>Last year’s European election reshaped <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> politics. The Commission president must acknowledge a new alternative right-wing majority even as she fights to preserve her signature political achievement.<br>Europe’s <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GreenAgenda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenAgenda</span></a> is under attack from a motley coalition of corporate <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists</span></a>, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> rabble rousers and von der Leyen’s own political family, the center-right European People’s Party (<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/EPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPP</span></a>).</p><p>Von der Leyen, the top EU executive and a medical doctor before she entered politics, is adamant she wants to save the patient, even if that means removing some of its minor limbs.</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-green-deal-eu-politics-economy-policy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.eu/article/ursula-von</span><span class="invisible">-der-leyen-green-deal-eu-politics-economy-policy/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</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/TheLogicOfFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheLogicOfFailure</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GreenDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenDeal</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>"Currently, Europe lacks true European media: in Germany alone, more media outlets are devoted exclusively to <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/football" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>football</span></a> than news outlets specialising in Europe. The few newspapers with "Europe" in their name mainly focus on the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Brussels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brussels</span></a> bubble and report for <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists</span></a> and business people."</p><p>New European <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/newsroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newsroom</span></a> set up shop: <a href="https://www.europeancorrespondent.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europeancorrespondent.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/freepress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freepress</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofit</span></a></p>
Corporate Europe Observatory<p>Good news! The European Commission tightens firewall against <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tobacco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tobacco</span></a> lobbyists, enforcing Article 5.3 of the UN tobacco control treaty 👏 <br>It will meet tobacco industry <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists</span></a> "only if strictly necessary for the purpose of its activities" 🚭 </p><p><a href="https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2025/05/eu-commission-tightens-firewall-enforcement-against-tobacco-lobbyists" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">corporateeurope.org/en/2025/05</span><span class="invisible">/eu-commission-tightens-firewall-enforcement-against-tobacco-lobbyists</span></a></p>
Steve :verified:<p>Lowkey EXPOSES Who’s REALLY Trying to DESTROY Kneecap</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/m5qr4EFeFKw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/m5qr4EFeFKw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Lowkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lowkey</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DDN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DDN</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DoubleDownNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoubleDownNews</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/IsraeliWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lobbyists</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@jollysea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jollysea</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.uno/@Imprinted" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Imprinted</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@noybeu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>noybeu</span></a></span> that's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporate</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists</span></a> OFC...</p><ul><li>Not that it makes them less worse...</li></ul>
Ms. Que Banh<p><a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/BanCorporateLobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BanCorporateLobbyists</span></a><br><a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/StopCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopCorruption</span></a></p><p>Never trust any politician who spends more time in backrooms with shady corporate <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists</span></a> than they do dealing with/talking to &amp; working for the constituents who elected them. Hold them accountable! Demand an end to corrupt corporate lobbyists &amp; call out the dirty <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politicians</span></a> who protect corporate interests over <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/PublicInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicInterests</span></a> 📣✊️</p><p><a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCpoli</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/DirtyBackrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DirtyBackrooms</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/DirtyDeals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DirtyDeals</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/PublicMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicMoney</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/TaxpayersDeserveBetter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxpayersDeserveBetter</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/GreedKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreedKills</span></a></p>
BonaparteUS Attorney General Pam Bondi approved a $400M jet gift from Qatar last month. Fun fact about Pam Bondi: she used to work as a lobbyist for Qatar, and made $114 thousand a month doing it. <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/News?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/newsfeed?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newsfeed</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/newsfeeds?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newsfeeds</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/USA?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Qatar?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Qatar</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lobbyists?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lobbyists</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Trump2?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump2</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Trump?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/DonaldTrump?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/PamBondi?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PamBondi</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/liberals?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#liberals</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NeverTrump?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NeverTrump</a>
Thor A. Hopland<p>The <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> is finally killing the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a>... </p><p>The <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Isreali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Isreali</span></a> <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/zionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zionist</span></a> <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists</span></a> have bought <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a>, the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/RNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RNC</span></a>, the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNC</span></a>, both the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/rebublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rebublicans</span></a> AND the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> (<a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Schumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schumer</span></a> is helping to destroy <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a>), as they get to redefine what "<a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a>" means on a judicial level.</p><p>In short: anyone caught criticizing the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Isreali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Isreali</span></a> state for committing <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> will be detained and might get sent to a gulag.</p><p>It took so little for <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservatives</span></a> to throw away <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/FreedomOfSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfSpeech</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/FreeDumb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDumb</span></a></p>
ClareBear 💚 :tinoflag:<p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/558820/the-fuss-over-new-infant-formula-rules" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/55882</span><span class="invisible">0/the-fuss-over-new-infant-formula-rules</span></a> “It's sad to see that the industry or specific manufacturers have such a great influence on policy making or decision making at such a high level," says Toldi. <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/infantformula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infantformula</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists</span></a></p>
Thor A. Hopland<p>Let's not kid ourselves. The <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists</span></a> have been hard at work, making deals and targeting audiences. </p><p>When it comes to <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/ClimateDenial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDenial</span></a>, nothing beats shooting narratives straight into the living room, where the entire <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>family</span></a> can be <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/misinformed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misinformed</span></a>.</p><p>This is often why I say <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/parents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parents</span></a> should run their own <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/jellyfin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jellyfin</span></a> and curate the family's media diet regarding films and series.</p><p>Eight of the top 10 online shows are spreading climate misinformation&nbsp; » Yale Climate Connections<br><a href="https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/04/eight-of-the-top-10-online-shows-are-spreading-climate-misinformation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">yaleclimateconnections.org/202</span><span class="invisible">5/04/eight-of-the-top-10-online-shows-are-spreading-climate-misinformation/</span></a></p>
:rss: Hacker News<p>Intuit, Owner of TurboTax, Wins Battle Against America's Taxpayers<br><a href="https://prospect.org/power/2025-04-17-intuit-turbotax-wins-battle-against-taxpayers-irs-direct-file/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">prospect.org/power/2025-04-17-</span><span class="invisible">intuit-turbotax-wins-battle-against-taxpayers-irs-direct-file/</span></a><br><a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/ycombinator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ycombinator</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Economic_Policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economic_Policy</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/tax_policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tax_policy</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Internal_Revenue_Service" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Internal_Revenue_Service</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/corporate_power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporate_power</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Donald_Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Donald_Trump</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Trump_transition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump_transition</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Daniel_Boguslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Daniel_Boguslaw</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@hildeaustlid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hildeaustlid</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@thorsheim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thorsheim</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FunFact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FunFact</span></a>: There were some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SourcingRequirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SourcingRequirement</span></a> regulations on the table at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> demanding <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WorkersRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkersRights</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EnvoirmentalStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvoirmentalStandards</span></a> as well as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HealthcareStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthcareStandards</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WorkplaceSafetyStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorkplaceSafetyStandards</span></a> to make it legal to even import products.</p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lobbyists</span></a> canceled that!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SupplyChainLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupplyChainLaw</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Lieferkettengesetz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lieferkettengesetz</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>In an example that may demonstrate how Trump's tariff policy is about amassing influence and not economic policy, a fossil fuel industry that donated to Trump in record amounts and remains closely tied to the regime through the numerous folks with industry ties appointed to the US administration, received an exemption from the tariffs. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/trump-exempts-big-oil-donors-from-tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/04/trump-exempts-big-oil-donors-from-tariffs</span></a></p><p>‘Oligarchy’: Trump exempts big oil donors from tariffs package</p><p>"The exemption came after the fossil fuel industry poured $96m into Trump’s re-election campaign and affiliated political action committees, as he pledged to deregulate the sector and roll back environmental regulations. This was less than the $1bn Trump requested from the sector in an infamous meeting at his Mar-a-Lago club, but still constituted record levels of spending.</p><p>“Oil and gas billionaires just bought themselves an exemption from Trump’s tariffs,” Stevie O’Hanlon, spokesperson for youth-led environmental justice group the Sunrise Movement, said on Thursday. “While the rest of us have to deal with skyrocketing prices and rising temperatures, they’re sitting on their thrones and raking in billions. We need an end to this oligarchy now.”</p><p>In the first three months of his second term, Trump has made good on his promises to attack green policies. He has also maintained a cozy relationship with the industry, appointing an array of industry interests to his administration.</p><p>Last month, the president held a meeting with more than a dozen oil executives at the White House, where he floated an energy exemption from his tariff package, according to the Washington Post, with one source telling the outlet that it was unclear if Trump was making a joke or a serious policy pledge."</p><p>Because Trump's tariffs are effectively a regressive, compounding tax that therefore harms labor class people way more than it harms the wealthy, there's a valid argument that exempting fossil fuel products from the tariffs represents an effort to mitigate the increased costs of Trump's mafia-style shakedown on regular people. The problem with that idea of course, is that Trump himself is *directly* responsible for those increased costs due to these tariffs (again, which function as a regressive compounding tax on labor class people) as part of his destructive global trade war, and thus clearly does not give a fuck about consumers. What he does care about however, is an oil and gas industry that happily turned over vast sums of money to fuel his political career; who will now be exempt from the tariffs threatening to bankrupt other American businesses and millions of average people who don't benefit at all from fossil fuel lobby donations. </p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Tarrifs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tarrifs</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/CampaignFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CampaignFinance</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/TariffShakedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TariffShakedown</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/MafiaDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaDon</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lobbyists</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/RegressiveTaxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegressiveTaxation</span></a></p>
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