Last week, American/Israeli fighter jets targeted Iranian Pistachio Company warehouses. The Resnick family's Beverly Hills-based pistachio empire stands to gain. You won't believe the backstory ⤵️
The Resnicks donate millions to the IDF. Tax records show $2.4M in donations to Israeli military-linked groups from 2015–2022.
The Resnicks ALSO donate millions to the California Donor Table, which funds "progressive political causes, orgs, and candidates" such as Gavin Newsom, Michael Tubbs, Lateefah Simon, and Ro Khanna. Their son sits on the board.
They stole California's water supply in a series of secretive meetings two decades ago, leaving 40 million residents to suffer through an unprecedented drought. Not to mention the LA Fires. Watch below from @MorePerfectUS
Van Jones was CEO of REFORM Alliance, a nonprofit Jay-Z founded to "transform the criminal justice system." He received $100m from Jeff Bezos to change laws and policies at the state and federal level.
Too often, those dedicated to ending mass incarceration tell me the genocide in Gaza is "not their issue." Both rely on America's addiction to punishment and a surveillance industry that loves selling probation departments' electronic monitoring devices as "reform."
LA's Probation Department contracted a company literally named Satellite Tracking of People. Residents pay a $57 enrollment fee, $25 daily breath alcohol testing device fee, $25 daily GPS device fee. Pre-trial electronic monitoring went up 5,000%.
There is a lot of controversy and confusion over the LAT’s decision not to endorse a presidential candidate. I trust the Editorial Board’s judgment. For me, genocide is the line in the sand.
The temptation is to speak in muffled tones about an issue the international courts have called a plausible genocide. But this moment requires opposition to crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, and Apartheid – as my parents did in South Africa.
For my family, Apartheid is not a vague concept. My father was an emergency surgeon at Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. He treated students shot by the police during the Soweto Uprisings – where 176 died protesting the brutal system of racial segregation.
THREAD 🧵 There's more to the story behind the scandal of LA County awarding an $8.6 million no-bid contract to Accenture. It involves the company’s quiet infiltration of important parts of our society – for massive profit.
For background, here’s what became public, and why it’s important for people who live in Los Angeles or people who care about the state of the “justice system” to pay attention:
After 9/11, Accenture beat Lockhead Martin in a bid to lead the Department of Homeland Security’s “Smart Border Alliance.” Before this, consultants and tech firms didn’t play such a large role doing the work of intelligence and police agencies.
Who is Accenture? Why are they designing the system that determines how people and families are treated before trial in LA County – the largest jail system in the world?
Accenture was initially the business & tech division of Arthur Andersen, an accounting firm that signed off on Enron’s corporate reports despite poor bookkeeping practices. It was found guilty of obstruction of justice for shredding Enron’s financial documents.
After Enron, Arthur Anderson rebranded to a tech-focused consultancy, “Accent” on the “Future,” aka Accenture. economist.com/business/2020/…