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Kim Perales"He's already pocketed 100s of $Ms from shitcoins, trading fees, & payoffs from Justin Sun et al. If the rule of law existed, his <a href="https://toad.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crypto</a> ventures would be the biggest FIN scandal in presidential history." -J Silverman"Pres Trump offers a private dinner to top 220 investors of his <a href="https://toad.social/tags/memecoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memecoin</a>Everything🚨is pay-to-play with a Trump Admin -NOT about improved health, safety, education, & affordability outcomes for the greater community." -S Bordson <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://t.co/pADS2giB4H" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://t.co/pADS2giB4H</a>

Steve Dallape ☑️ 🌎“If swindling pays, then it will not stop. The definition of the good society is one in which virtue pays. I can now add a slight variation on this; you cannot have a good society unless virtue pays.” — Abraham Maslow <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maga</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotes</a>

Frankie ✅Tesla’s Remarkably Bad Quarter Is Even Worse Than It LooksReality is catching up with Elon Musk. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/04/tesla-earnings-elon-musk-doge/682551/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/04/tesla-earnings-elon-musk-doge/682551/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tesla</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elonmusk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nazi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doge</a>

Trina CoreyCalifornia people:from Common CauseThere's a bill in committee that "would gut California’s anti-corruption protections by tripling the contribution limit for when politicians have to recuse themselves for conflicts of interest under the Levine Act from $500 to $1,500. This would open the door to more pay-to-play politics, weakening trust in our democracy and rolling back hard-fought reforms enacted just last year."Write to the Elections Committee here:<a href="https://act.commoncause.org/letters/tell-lawmakers-to-vote-no-on-ab-351-2?link_id=1&can_id=bea74cf512270ab45b1ff84b6cac2560&source=email-protect-californias-anti-corruption-safeguards-2&email_referrer=email_2707259&email_subject=re-protect-californias-anti-corruption-safeguards&&" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://act.commoncause.org/letters/tell-lawmakers-to-vote-no-on-ab-351-2?link_id=1&can_id=bea74cf512270ab45b1ff84b6cac2560&source=email-protect-californias-anti-corruption-safeguards-2&email_referrer=email_2707259&email_subject=re-protect-californias-anti-corruption-safeguards&&</a><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/anticorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anticorruption</a>

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯Excellent explanation of Howard Lutnick's kids' new "bitcoin acquisition SPAC" partnership with <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Softbank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Softbank</a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tether</a> headed up by <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JackMallers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JackMallers</a> AKA "the crypto bro who cried on stage about El Salvador's bright new bitcoin future."The venture is basically just another version of the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Microstrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microstrategy</a> pyramid scheme, brought to you by the children of Trump's cabinet members. <a href="https://x.com/OccamiCrypto/status/1915069879532806583" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://x.com/OccamiCrypto/status/1915069879532806583</a>p.s. the CFO of this new venture was formerly head of UBS <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a>.<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HowardLutnick</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SPAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SPAC</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bitcoin</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElSalvador</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NayibBukele" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NayibBukele</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Moneylaundering</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MasayoshiSon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MasayoshiSon</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nepotism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nepotism</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MSTR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSTR</a>

NonilexRead resignation letter from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SDNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SDNY</a> prosecutors asked to admit ‘wrongdoing’  “We will not confess wrongdoing when there was none,” wrote prosecutors involved in the bribery case against New York Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EricAdams</a>. “We resign.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Justice</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QuidProQuo</a>

Frankie ✅Too late to opt-out: Supreme Court ultimately can't save the religious right's futile book bansEven if SCOTUS allows LGBTQ books to get pushed out of classrooms, the right is still losing the larger culture war <a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/04/23/too-late-to-opt-out-ultimately-cant-save-the-religious-rights-futile-book-bans/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.salon.com/2025/04/23/too-late-to-opt-out-ultimately-cant-save-the-religious-rights-futile-book-bans/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOPCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOPCult</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scotus</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maga</a>

DrALJONESJuice Media on the Australien electionPeter Dutton, the Australian leader of the opposition, has made a new election ad, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euE8eZTyQQg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euE8eZTyQQg</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dutton</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/auselection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auselection</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/islamophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#islamophobia</a> .

Clyde 🦣La France de Macron, meilleure amie assumée des grands patrons – Regards.fr. « Le ministre de l’économie fait la Une du dernier numéro de La Tribune Dimanche. Éric Lombard évoque notamment la « discussion de vieux couple » que le gouvernement entretient avec les chefs d’entreprises. Lunaire ». <a href="https://regards.fr/la-france-de-macron-meilleure-amie-assumee-des-grands-patrons/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://regards.fr/la-france-de-macron-meilleure-amie-assumee-des-grands-patrons/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a>

Karthikeyan A K<a href="https://yu7.in/vFBQoZ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://yu7.in/vFBQoZ</a>PTR says DMK is shit. Time for him to die like Vijaykanth.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DMK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DMK</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tamilnadu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tamilnadu</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a>

R. Scott PertWife of former US Sen. Bob Menendez convicted in bribery scheme> The jury returned a verdict of guilty on all counts in the same federal courthouse in Manhattan where a different jury convicted <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/BobMenendez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BobMenendez</a> of many of the same charges last year. The Democrat is supposed to begin serving an 11-year prison term in June. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nadine-menendez-bribery-verdict-bf8d928577906b854fc09d62d29bd841" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/nadine-menendez-bribery-verdict-bf8d928577906b854fc09d62d29bd841</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a>

R. Scott PertBusted: Report paints vivid picture of Trump corruption <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=3WwsyD_eztut0bFk&v=q1eABg1ORl4&feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=3WwsyD_eztut0bFk&v=q1eABg1ORl4&feature=youtu.be</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a>

StanceOfMindDeSantis’ administration took $10M of state Medicaid money and steered it to Hope Florida. The money eventually ended up in a political committee controlled by DeSantis’ chief of staff.<a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article304665166.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article304665166.html</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/DeSantis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeSantis</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Theft</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Florida</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Scandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scandal</a>

⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯A handy list of large crypto donors to Trump’s inauguration fund, which is basically an unregulated pot of money the president can do whatever he wants with. A few translations are in order:* Circle = world’s 2nd largest stablecoin after Tether (USDC), closely linked to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Coinbase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coinbase</a> * Foris Dax = Crypto[.]Com * Fred Ehrsam = <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Paradigm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paradigm</a> (and co-founder of Coinbase) * <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Payward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Payward</a> = <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Kraken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kraken</a> * <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KyleSamani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KyleSamani</a> = <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MulticoinCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MulticoinCapital</a> * <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HaydenAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HaydenAdams</a> = <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Uniswap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Uniswap</a> (more on Uniswap: <a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/of-tech-bros-and-trumpers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/of-tech-bros-and-trumpers</a>) * Charles Cascarilla = <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Paxos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paxos</a>, the stablecoin issuer behind the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Binance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Binance</a> stablecoin <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BUSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BUSD</a> that was summarily executed by regulators for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moneylaundering</a> * Yuga Labs = <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BoredApeYachtClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoredApeYachtClub</a> (the infamous monkey JPGs)<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NFTs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NFTs</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crypto</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BAYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BAYC</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Inauguration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inauguration</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspolitics</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bribery</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KleptocracyIsComing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KleptocracyIsComing</a>

AnarchoNinaAnalyzesWhile its certainly true that part of why so much of the US mainstream establishment, particularly in the private sector, is willing to collaborate openly with the fascist Trump regime is because they prefer fascism to sharing, it's also true that there are clear material benefits to legitimizing and supporting the Trumpenreich regime. In what reasonable people would describe as "open corruption," Federal Election Commission data shows that the administration has dropped or frozen federal enforcement cases against "at least 17 corporations that donated to the president's inaugural fund."<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-corporations-inauguration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-corporations-inauguration</a>'See How This Works?': Trump Drops Cases Against Corporations That Funded His Inauguration"Public Citizen found that corporations facing federal investigations or enforcement lawsuits donated a combined $50 million to President Donald Trump's inaugural committee. Trump raised a record sum of $239 million for his second inauguration, the new FEC filings show."Corporations facing federal lawsuits and investigations aren't giving millions to Trump's inauguration out of the kindness of their hearts," said Public Citizen researcher Rick Claypool. "They are trying to buy good will. And when you're a corporation under investigation or facing prosecution, that means the government dropping enforcement actions against you. In some cases, it may even mean receiving pardons in cases in which guilty pleas have already been entered, or retractions of settlements already entered into."Bank of America, Capital One, Coinbase, DuPont, and JPMorgan are among the corporations that donated to Trump's inauguration and subsequently had federal enforcement cases dismissed.Public Citizen noted that Google, which donated $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee, could benefit from the Trump Justice Department's decision during an ongoing antitrust case to scrap part of a "proposed breakup plan requiring Google to sell off AI businesses."As the article notes, dropped federal enforcement cases against corporations that paid millions to kiss the ring at the Klepto Kaiser's inauguration isn't the only way large corporate actors like Apple, Google, and Coinbase have directly benefited from fascist collaboration. Apple in particular must be delighted with Trump's decision to exempt most of its imports from his absurd tariffs; which seems like a ridiculously good return on its investment of a million dollars for Der Leader's inauguration. Finally, while I personally don't care that much about the regime's decision to monetize the Easter Egg Roll by accepting corporate sponsors, it does speak to the crass levels of greed and corruption the administration and its lawless president are willing to engage in.On some level I understand that right now it's hard to care that much about bog standard open corruption between the Trump regime and corporate actors happy to normalize and facilitate fascism for five points a share. The Pork Reich is snatching protestors off the street, fighting a war that doesn't exist against a gang that isn't invading us while trafficking migrants to a torture prison in El Salvador, and Elon Musk is firing thousands of federal workers in a scheme to pay for billionaire tax cuts that will absolutely get people killed. There's a lot going on, and "rich capitalists are doing something terrible for their own financial benefit" almost doesn't rate as "news" in an environment like the one we're living in. The fact is however, it's precisely because of all the other evil fascist shit is going on that private sector collaboration with the Trump regime is such an important story. As I've explained elsewhere: fascism costs American society a horrifying toll both financially and in terms of human suffering, but the installation and operation of a fascist regime can be quite profitable for some. These companies, many of whom also contribute to Republican election funds and political action committees, absolutely know what Trump is and what he means to do because Downmarket Mussolini and his minions say the quiet parts out loud on the regular. They just don't give a fuck, and are happy to help a fascist government normalize its authoritarian activities and odious ideology by touting the support they receive from respected American corporations; as long as doing so pays off on their bottom line.There are many reasons for the rise of a successful fascist movement in an America that has always embraced what today we recognize as fascist ideology; trying to pin it down to one specific factor is a fool's errand. But if and when the history of this era is written, I'm willing to bet that rampant greed and a ruling class that lusts for power over the rest of us will rank pretty highly on the list of contributing factors to this political moment. 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Peter Brown<a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Nonilex</a> it will be a typical Trump bargaining lever to get big Pharma to put money into his bitcoin account in exchange for concessions <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a>

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Ham on WrySome leaders are incompetent. Some leaders are corrupt.But never has the world witnessed a leader display such levels of incompetence and corruption together as Donald Trump.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#incompetence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#republicans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a>

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