H.K.

H.K.

@ivotecb4.bsky.social

Demonstrably Anti-MAGA. 2 rescues + 1 abandoned 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐄(tuxedo).

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Freedom Writers Collaborative
@fwcollaborative.bsky.social

Yale dean warns corporate US 'cowards': Your 'dirty deals' will be exposed

dlvr.itYale dean warns corporate US 'cowards': Your 'dirty deals' will be exposedJeffrey Sonnenfeld, senior associate dean of the School of Management at Yale, sent a strong message to corporations about upcoming accountability. Sonnefeld spoke to MS NOW host Stephanie Ruhle on Monday about nationwide anger toward corporations. "Do you think corporate America, the corporate leaders that you speak with every day, are taking notice or in some way taking action around public sentiment really turning on the wealthiest of the wealthy?" she asked. "This administration, Donald Trump, will say, 'We don't have an affordability problem; that's made up.' That's absolutely not the case. And people across this country are frustrated and angry. Are business leaders are starting to pay attention?" She pointed to the income inequality protests in France and wondered if Americans were willing to rise up too. Sonnenfeld explained that over 60 major businesses in Minnesota came together to fight back against ICE after the protesters were shot in Minneapolis. "When there is a line that's crossed, they will respond," he said. "And they did in 2020. We got 100 major business leaders to come out and say that these elections were fair and free, and they were the ones who canonized it and certified it before anybody when Trump said the elections were rigged." He thinks that business leaders are prepared but that it must be a specific kind of business leaders. He cited the Business Roundtable, a group of CEOs of America's leading companies, who he said are useless. "Forgive me for saying this," he prefaced. Ruhle interrupted, "Not forgiving you. Just say it." "They're cowards," Sonnenfeld said of the Business Roundtable. "However, amazingly, the historically very conservative National Association of Manufacturers, which is, you know, over 2000 businesses — there are only 200 in the business roundtable. [It's] easy to organize them. They don't stand by each other. They all get attacked. Jamie Dimon gets attacked by banks, you know, of course, JP Morgan, the CEOs of Walmart and Coca-Cola. These iconic companies get attacked because they're not standing by each other. But the National Association of Manufacturers uses collective action to protect each other and push back on trade issues," explained Sonnefeld. It prompted Ruhle to note that small businesses don't have the power to lobby Congress or make major gifts like gold phones and private jets that they can give the White House to get a trade exemption. "It's 95 percent of the business leaders. They are. But certainly the oligarchs are the ones we have seen have done these Faustian deals, and they pay the price for it," Sonnenfeld added. Ruhle said that "in a quid pro quo presidency," they can offer something to him. "Small businesses can't," she added. That's why he urged collective action and called on business leaders and clergy to speak out. Ruhle then asked if all the corporations that wrote big checks for Trump's ballroom are ready to face Congress because investigations are coming. Sonnenfeld agreed that they're worried. "And some of these deals that look pretty dirty — are very worried people who've been tied in with family members. That's a whole other show. But I think that we can see that a great reporter for this network has come out with a list of all these dirty deals, and we're going to see that people are going to be held accountable," he closed.

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Allison Gill
@muellershewrote.com

GO BRAZIL!!!!

SlavaUkraini033@slavaukraini033.bsky.social

Breaking Lula has re-taken the lead in the Brasil Presidential Election. Expecting this to be called very soon, with Lula winning. 🟥Lula 50.03% (left-wing) [incumbent] 🟦Bolsonaro 49.97% (right-wing) 48.4% reporting

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸
@nothoodlum.bsky.social

Yes, Slob Job, Nicki Minaj would make the perfect press secretary. Her husband is a registered sex offender convicted of rape who also served about 7 years for manslaughter. Her brother was convicted of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old child and is serving 25 years to life.

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MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com

Anthony Davis on why some Trump supporters refuse to abandon him, even as his approval rating falls to record lows. “Admitting that a long-held political stance was mistaken requires accepting that years of defense, personal friction, and social conflict were based on a flawed premise.”

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Nathan Newman
@nathansnewman.bsky.social

This is literally the end of the rule of law. If a President can pardon people committing crimes on his behalf - and the Supreme Court says he himself can't be prosecuted for crimes committed as part of his job - then the government becomes a lawless entity able to violate our rights without limit.

The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com

New: White House attorneys are evaluating whether to issue mass pardons to junior staffers. https://www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/white-house-weighing-mass-pardons-for-junior-staff

washingtonsun.comWhite House Is Weighing Mass Pardons for Junior StaffConservative groups influential with the Trump administration have pressed for the preemptive acts of clemency.

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Trump on Camp Lejeune water contamination claims: "If we win the House and Senate, I am directing the Department of Justice to settle all remaining legitimate claims as soon as possible ... if we don't win, there's no money."

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Team Talarico
@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social

NEW AD: “Ken Paxton says I don't have his experience — and he's right. I’ve never been indicted for fraud. I’ve never been reported to the FBI for bribery. I’ve never been impeached by my own party. And I’ve never given a sweetheart deal to a pedophile.”

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emptywheel
@emptywheel.bsky.social

For you youngs who weren't alive for this: Understand that the Chicks were an early rollout of the far right intimidation that we see targeting judges, members of Congress, and ICE protestors now.

Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social

omg The Chicks just brought out James Talarico on stage 👀

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Jennifer
@jenwith1n.bsky.social

Here’s what’s going on. Baby boomers bought houses for cheap and then spent decades showing up to meetings demanding nothing else could be built in their neighborhoods so that their houses would see exponential increases in value, and now they don’t want that value taxed.

Politico@politico.com

“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.

politico.comDo You Really Own Your Home? A Tax Revolt Says No.The argument that property taxes make Americans renters in their own houses has fueled the biggest anti-tax uprising in half a century, and local governments are scrambling.

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Trump: "My decision on Russia is simple... Russia is doing very little, if anything, to help Iran, compared to what they could be doing ... Zelenskyy is using refineries as a target, knowing attacks are seriously hurting ... He could have made better deal 2 years ago. His country is in shambles ..."

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MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: No Kings organizer Ezra Levin SOUNDS ALARM after Meta suspended the movement’s Instagram during nationwide protests. LEVIN: “We might be seeing something similar from Meta in our country right now.” “We're not gonna stop organizing against this regime.”

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Marc Elias
@marcelias.bsky.social

The number of voting and election cases Democracy Docket is tracking has hit a record high for the cycle: Total Active Cases: 204 Active Voting Rights Cases: 167 Active Redistricting Cases:  37 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 77 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 90 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 30 www.democracydocket.com

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

She's always there, watching, waiting, smiling #TravelWithNatalie (Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty)

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸
@nothoodlum.bsky.social

Vivek Ramaswamy’s new Ohio governor ad about property taxes “accidentally” featured a registered sex offender in the background. Vernon Edwards, the husband of the woman featured in the ad, pleaded guilty to gross sexual imposition involving a child under 13 and served eight years in prison.

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Trump: "It's called a coganative [sic] test. It's a very standard test, but very tough. There are few people in this audience that can -- once you get past the first question. They show you a lion, a bear, a giraffe, and a snake and they say, 'Which one is the lion?' Biden was unable to answer that"

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Abdul El-Sayed
@abdulelsayed.bsky.social

My name is not the reason we're paying $5/gallon for gas. My name is not the reason you can't afford your groceries. My name is not the reason you can't afford your mortgage or rent. My name is not the reason you can't see a doctor. Their policies are the reason.

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The Intercept
@theintercept.com

After a woman obtained public records indicating a Google datacenter would cover only one-third of the cost of a new solar plant to power the facility — contradicting its promises that ratepayers would not be on the hook — her electricity company sued her.

theintercept.comAn Arkansas Mom Obtained Public Records About a New Data Center. Then She Got Sued.Cases in Arkansas and California show how desperately we need a federal law against lawsuits intended to chill free speech.

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Real America's Voice interviewed a guy at the Trump rally in Ohio who blasted Trump for peddling "lies and garbage." He went so hard on Trump and JD Vance that they cut the interview short.