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David Roth memorably described the job of neoliberal economists as finding "new ways to say 'actually, your boss is right.'" Not just bosses: economists are a bulwark against obvious answers to our worst agonies: wages, education, health and shelter:
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How can we solve the student debt crisis? Well, we could cancel student debt and regulate the price of education, either directly or through free state college.
How can we solve America's heath-debt crisis? We could cancel health debt and create #MedicareForAll.
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How can we solve America's heath-debt crisis? We could cancel health debt and create #MedicareForAll.
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It's a double-whammy that defines 21st century US life: a company is caught doing something exploitative or even murderous and a government agency steps in - but there's nothing it can do, because Reagan/Trump/Clinton/Bush I/II stripped the agency of enforcement powers.
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Man, that feels *awful*. The idea that extremists gutted our democratically accountable institutions so that there's *nothing* they can do, no matter how egregious a corporation's conduct is so demoralizing. Makes me feel like giving up.
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Across the United States, in most places it's legal to kill someone in self-defense even if you could run away.
READ MORE: america.cgtn.com/2023/05/05/did…
#standyourground #gunsinamerica #gundeaths #gunsales #NRA #ALEC #dutytoretreat #firearms #gundata #selfdefense
READ MORE: america.cgtn.com/2023/05/05/did…
#standyourground #gunsinamerica #gundeaths #gunsales #NRA #ALEC #dutytoretreat #firearms #gundata #selfdefense
Since 2005, the NRA and the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council have helped make these so-called "stand your ground" laws the norm. #standyourground #gundeaths #NRA #ALEC #dutytoretreat #firearms #gundata #selfdefense MORE: america.cgtn.com/2023/05/05/did…
As more states adopted the recommended language of special interest groups, gun manufacturing rose significantly. READ MORE: america.cgtn.com/2023/05/05/did…
#standyourground #gunsinamerica #gundeaths #gunsales #NRA #ALEC #dutytoretreat #firearms #gundata #selfdefense
#standyourground #gunsinamerica #gundeaths #gunsales #NRA #ALEC #dutytoretreat #firearms #gundata #selfdefense
The Right Wing's Dirty War Against History and Education laprogressive.com/education-refo… The politics of disappearance at work currently in the U.S. takes place under the cover of state legislative policies that erase the histories of marginalized groups and other displaced populations
Public Education, 'School Choice' Debate: Defeat of a School Voucher Program Reveals the Truth laprogressive.com/education-refo… “Vouchers take money out of the budget [meant] for public schools and route it to various recipients that include private schools and homeschooling businesses”
US #Fascism Spreads Under Guise of “Patriotic Education” laprogressive.com/education-refo…
"the far right GOP has deemed #education to be the most powerful tool for creating a public that is neither informed nor willing to struggle to keep a #democracy alive"
"the far right GOP has deemed #education to be the most powerful tool for creating a public that is neither informed nor willing to struggle to keep a #democracy alive"
Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).
Inside: Podcasting "Gig Work Is the Opposite of Steampunk"; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/19/lov…
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Inside: Podcasting "Gig Work Is the Opposite of Steampunk"; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/03/19/lov…
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Today (Mar 20), I'm doing a remote talk for the @Ostrom_Workshop's Beyond the Web Speaker Series
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On Weds (Mar 22), I'm doing a remote talk for the @IFTF's "Changing the Register" series:
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On Weds (Mar 22), I'm doing a remote talk for the @IFTF's "Changing the Register" series:
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Podcasting "Gig Work Is the Opposite of Steampunk": Why today's Luddites should be smashing apps.
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1/ #OPSEC STOP ALL CONTRACTS w/ #Palantir (Boldend) - Peter Thiel, FB #Fascism #DarkMoney
THIEL - Musk, Koch #KochNetwork Milo, Ton-That, Giesea, Thiel protégé, Cernovich, Breitbart & T. $ startup “White Nationalist Hate Group” & Palantir pushed by Flynn huffpost.com/entry/clearvie…
THIEL - Musk, Koch #KochNetwork Milo, Ton-That, Giesea, Thiel protégé, Cernovich, Breitbart & T. $ startup “White Nationalist Hate Group” & Palantir pushed by Flynn huffpost.com/entry/clearvie…
2/ “Pence again spoke at #HF DC of #KochNetwork”
#Koch & White Nationalist Hate Groups Bankrolled by #DonorsTrust prominent conservative #DarkMoney fund favored by #GOP - #Koch Mercer & Devos biggest known backer of 2 #WNHG #Fascism $ #Jan6 #DISCLOSEAct exposedbycmd.org/2022/06/07/buf…
#Koch & White Nationalist Hate Groups Bankrolled by #DonorsTrust prominent conservative #DarkMoney fund favored by #GOP - #Koch Mercer & Devos biggest known backer of 2 #WNHG #Fascism $ #Jan6 #DISCLOSEAct exposedbycmd.org/2022/06/07/buf…
3/ Koch advocacy group courts far-right Republicans it vowed to thwart
Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP - Koch family political network - #KochNetwork)
recently invited two politicians who tried vigorously to overturn the 2020 presidential election theguardian.com/us-news/2023/f…
Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP - Koch family political network - #KochNetwork)
recently invited two politicians who tried vigorously to overturn the 2020 presidential election theguardian.com/us-news/2023/f…
A 2021 #IOS update from #Apple let users opt out of tracking with one click. More than 96% clicked, costing #Facebook $10b in *one year*. The kicker? Even if you opted out, *Apple* *spied* on you, just like Facebook had, to fuel its own targeted ads:
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The fact that Apple - a company that has blanketed the world with anti-surveillance billboards - engaged in deceptive, pervasive surveillance reveals the bankruptcy of "letting the market decide" what privacy protections you should have. 3/
1/ Who is to blame for America’s gun madness? The answer is simple sltrib.com/opinion/letter… "GOP politicians on the take, greed driven gun manufacturers without a heart or soul, #ALEC, the #KochNetwork and a small minority of truly sick #gun addicts all have blood on their hands"
2/ "When #Koch became a leader of #ALEC back in 1995, ALEC's publications proudly touted its #gun agenda and the #SecondAmendment right to bear arms, in contrast to it's recent attempts to distance itself from this agenda." prwatch.org/news/2012/05/1…
3/ In 2005, #NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer pushed the "Castle Doctrine" bill to create legal immunity for shooters claiming self-defense. It was "unanimously adopted by the private and public sector members at that meeting."
The bill came to be known as "Stand Your Ground"
The bill came to be known as "Stand Your Ground"
#KochNetwork to back alternative to Trump after sitting out recent primaries washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/… resources include "a million grass-roots activists across all 50 states, data targeting technology known as i360, and the Latino outreach organization Libre"
My question: with an organization already set up in so many states, why support any other than their own candidate on the (#KochNetwork ) Stand Together Party ticket? AFP is already America's 3rd political party. washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/w…
"What do you call an organization that operates in multiple states, staffs up for elections, and does local endorsements for political campaigns? You call it a political party. And by that measure, the Koch brothers' AFP is the third-largest political party in the U.S."
1) Trump won't be able to terminate the US Constitution but a Republican-led effort to rewrite it continues news.yahoo.com/trump-wont-abl… Trump's "allies are busy pushing an unprecedented rewrite of the foundational document that would fundamentally alter Americans' daily lives."
2) "In 2022, a group with ties to Trump's orbit was able to get four more states to join its efforts."
"@CommonCause is trying both to thwart any new convention pushes alongside repealing old resolutions calling a convention." commoncause.org/our-work/const… Support them!
#NoConCon
"@CommonCause is trying both to thwart any new convention pushes alongside repealing old resolutions calling a convention." commoncause.org/our-work/const… Support them!
#NoConCon
GOP proposal calls for convention to amend U.S. Constitution bit.ly/3D0VH0J "In 2021, it came within 2 votes of passage in the #Montana Senate...This session, Democrats control three fewer Senate seats and several GOP defectors are no longer in office" #NoConCon
"#ALEC’s proposed Free Speech in Higher Education Act debated by members this week would ban public universities from using bias reporting systems to prevent or punish “offensive” or “unwanted” speech by students, faculty, staff, or guests." exposedbycmd.org/2022/11/30/ale… #HigherEd
#ALEC’s FORUM Act "has passed in multiple states with the help of the hate group Alliance Defending Freedom, aims to address the manufactured free speech “crisis” being hyped by the Right, often by sending extremist provocateurs to speak at colleges and universities." #HigherEd
The real reason for the attack on libraries dailykos.com/stories/2022/1… This "has always been about keeping people uneducated and ignorant. Suppressing diverse ideas has always been the hallmark of conservatism, and free libraries stand in the way of their goal."
Republicans Want Teachers to Leave Public Education laprogressive.com/education-refo… Republicans are literally running a political platform on weakening teachers, schools and education because they need the poorly educated to make up their voting base.
1/ DeSantis, conservatives score more Florida school board wins politi.co/3Eg5YXN Moms for Liberty endorsed 12 for Florida school board and donated to campaigns. The 1776 PAC, which opposes critical race theory in schools, endorsed 49 candidates throughout 21 counties.
2/ Parental rights have been a key battle cry for DeSantis who pushed Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, aka “Parental Rights in Education”.
Together with "School Choice" laws promoting charter schools, DeSantis is dictating what kids can learn, and where they can learn it.
Together with "School Choice" laws promoting charter schools, DeSantis is dictating what kids can learn, and where they can learn it.
#AoGCult Stephen Strang owns Charisma Magazine (helped by #CNP Pastor Karl Strader his nephew is Doug Wead Russian $ Trump) promoting Clay Clark’s ReAwaken America w/ Flynn #KochNetwork #Fascism
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#ResistanceUnited
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Flynn spoke @ Assembly of God “church” #AoGCult by John Hagee & close friend Doug Wead (Russia $ Trump, #AmwayCult) Robertson, Graham, Crouch, Dobson, etc & National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) & National Association of Evangelicals #KochNetwork #Fascism
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Pentecostal Assembly of God #AoGCult started early 1900s (Global) by Parham. Horrible history - violent deaths. Pastors - Graham, Falwell, Oral Roberts, the Bakkers, Karl Strader, wife Joyce is Aunt to Doug Wead #AmwayCult Russia $ Trump #KochNetwork 👉bizarrejournal.com/2018/01/the-pa…
ONE has tried to stop #Koch since 1930s. US allowed Fred Koch to come back AFTER working for Stalin & Hitler. Steralization of #LGBT+ w/ ADF & SCOTUS #Barrett
#KochNetwork funded #Jan6 #Insurrection of #Fascism #DarkMoney
#USandTheHolocaustPBS
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#KochNetwork funded #Jan6 #Insurrection of #Fascism #DarkMoney
#USandTheHolocaustPBS
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1929-31 Fred Koch #KochNetwork Soviet Union building oil refineries for Stalin & Hitler Nazi Germany prior to WWII. Russia 1956 & Iraq 1958 just prior to Iraq Coup/Revolution. Prior to Soviet Union, worked in England. FBI Docs 👉 america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/… 👉 assets.documentcloud.org/documents/1237…
Iran-Contra Koch & Hayek Mont Pelerin Society member since 1970 - Pinochet & CLOSE ties to Milton Friedman direct help & Hayek several visits to Chilea late 70s & early 80s - specifically defended Pinochet’s regime & Peter Thiel
MISES #KochNetwork
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MISES #KochNetwork
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1/ More than 200 #ALEC Politicians Participate in Far-Right Facebook Groups exposedbycmd.org/2022/08/03/mor… via @EXPOSEDbyCMD
2/ "The most popular far-right Facebook groups of interest to ALEC legislators deal with Covid denial, the Tea Party, radical reinterpretations of the Constitution...Stop the Steal, school policy, and anti-abortion forums."
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Financial Firm Cashes in on the Anti-Woke Crusade exposedbycmd.org/2022/08/01/fin… via @EXPOSEDbyCMD "anyone who wishes to invest in more sustainable ways of doing business as the climate crisis worsens is simply cynical and imposing a woke political agenda where it isn’t wanted"
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Texas' Law Banning State Investment in Companies That Boycott Fossil Fuels Draws Interest Elsewhere dallasobserver.com/news/texas-pro… New law banning #ESG, based on an #ALEC model bill, is now spreading to Oklahoma, West Virginia, Indiana and Louisiana
How Republicans Are ‘Weaponizing’ Public Office Against Climate Action nytimes.com/2022/08/05/cli… “The State Financial Officers Foundation is a key node in a network of political groups waging a coordinated attack on climate policy,”
1) NRB, the world’s largest association of Christian communicators, announced the addition of 36 organizations and individuals as NRB members in the first two quarters of 2022 nrb.org/articles/nrb-w…
new member: Convention of States Action
new Associate Member: Newsmax
new member: Convention of States Action
new Associate Member: Newsmax
2) NRB is an "international association of Christian communicators whose member organizations represent millions of listeners, viewers, and readers...To protect the free speech rights of our members to speak Biblical truth...providing networking and relational opportunities."
3) This reminds me of the MISUSED confidential church information in the documentary - People You May Know
Fossil fuel divestment spells crisis for pensioners and taxpayers redlandsdailyfacts.com/2022/06/09/fos… - Desperate arguments against #ESG's pushed by #ALEC's VP of policy
Texas' Law Banning State Investment in Companies That Boycott #FossilFuels Draws Interest Elsewhere dallasobserver.com/news/texas-pro… idea is spreading to red states Oklahoma, West Virginia, Indiana and Louisiana, where the bills have their beginnings in draft legislation written by #ALEC
Leveritt, ACLU Want Supreme Court Review of Pro-Israel Pledge arkansasbusiness.com/article/140462… never mind the detour into religious prophecy. Arkansas Times Publisher Leveritt argues that the law punishes businesses for refusing to take what is essentially a political position.
Term limits, a balanced budget: Ohio Republicans want to amend the U.S. Consitution dispatch.com/story/news/202… House Joint Resolution 1, would submit Ohio's official application for a Convention of States #NoConCon #Ohio
Resolution calling for convention of states advances to final-round debate yorknewstimes.com/news/state-and… via @yorknewstimes Similar to resolutions adopted in 15 other states, LR14 proposes a convention of states outlined in Article V of the U.S. Constitution #Nebraska #NoConCon
Wisconsin Senate approves calling constitutional convention
apnews.com/article/busine… #NoConCon the 16th state to call for a convention of the states, 34 are required
apnews.com/article/busine… #NoConCon the 16th state to call for a convention of the states, 34 are required
1/🧵 Tina Descovich is the ringleader of the "#MomsForLiberty" circus. She is a former school board member in #Brevard, and she was defeated by #JenniferJenkins for her seat in 2020. The same Jennifer Jenkins who State Rep Randy Fine is being investigated for threatening.
2/ The "small office" she claims to work out of is also home to many other interesting things, including an org she had with the other founding "mom", Bridget Ziegler, over 2 years ago.
3/ Before she was a school board member, her website says she was a marketing/PR/HR professional who has close ties to the defense industry. With Randy Fine, we can add casinos to that list.
Playing russian roulette with kids' lives during #Covid makes a little more sense now.
Playing russian roulette with kids' lives during #Covid makes a little more sense now.
She spread election conspiracies. It ruined her life.
How one of Arizona's top Stop the Steal activists came to believe the real conspiracy is to promote the hoax of election fraud 🤔🤔🤔
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How one of Arizona's top Stop the Steal activists came to believe the real conspiracy is to promote the hoax of election fraud 🤔🤔🤔
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The bamboo ballot conspiracy that the national news and late-night comedy shows found irresistible sprouted out of her claim that a member of the Koch family admitted to unloading fake ballots from a South Korean airplane.
2021 Maricopa County presidential ballot audit
/Karen Fann #ALEC /next
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/Karen Fann #ALEC /next
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State Representative Randy Fine is under criminal investigation for his threats against school board member @JenkinsBrevard. Turn the volume on. 🧵
But there's sooo much more. He was recently named as Vice Chair for Redistricting in Florida. Steve Crisafulli and Make Haridopolis, lobbyists from Brevard, were responsible #gerrymandering the state 10 years ago so that 50% votes = 60-65% of the seats for the GOP. They are pals.
In 2019, Randy Fine's associate, fmr Deputy City Manager for Palm Bay Florida, David Isnardi, whose wife was County Commissioner Kristine Isnardi, was charged with conspiracy, extortion, and racketeering in a public corruption case that involved blackmailing city council members.
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1/ Congressman Bill Posey is getting a free pass from @January6thCmte, @TheJusticeDept, and the public in general, but he shouldn't be. His lies about the election, and his attempts to overturn the results are documented at length here.
Enjoy ☕
#OperationAvalanche
1/ Congressman Bill Posey is getting a free pass from @January6thCmte, @TheJusticeDept, and the public in general, but he shouldn't be. His lies about the election, and his attempts to overturn the results are documented at length here.
Enjoy ☕
#OperationAvalanche
2/ Bill Posey is the U.S. Representative for all of Brevard County, FL. We are known for being home to the Kennedy Space Center and for having the most capitol rioters. But there's so much more...
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3/ Before Bill Posey was a Congressman, he was a State Senator in Florida, and after the 2000 election debacle here, he was one of the key architects of Florida's election reform laws which opened the state to electronic machine voting.
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@RepRaskin "How the #CouncilForNationalPolicy, a #GOP Powerhouse, Helped Spawn Trumpism, Disrupted the Transfer of Power, & Stoked the Assault on the Capitol"- Professor, investigative journalist & #ShadowNetwork author Anne Nelson. washingtonspectator.org/nelson-cnp/
#Koch
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@RepRaskin "Behind the secretive network that convinced Americans they cannot trust East Coast “elites.” An
interview with Professor, investigative journalist & #ShadowNetwork author Anne Nelson. 👉sojo.net/magazine/may-2……
#ShadowNetwork excerpt: 👉 c-span.org/video/?464899-……
interview with Professor, investigative journalist & #ShadowNetwork author Anne Nelson. 👉sojo.net/magazine/may-2……
#ShadowNetwork excerpt: 👉 c-span.org/video/?464899-……
@RepRaskin @/davetroy : “The Entire "Big History" Behind #Jan6Insurrection with a new introduction & foreword. Synthesizing rigorous historical research w/ primary sources & disinformation studies, this framework helps explain what's happened & what may be next.” davetroy.medium.com/the-big-histor…
