Timothy Snyder: The "Fraud" #Fraud: How #DOGE destroys
1. The bait and switch
2. The linguistic inflation
3. The state of exception
4. The slander of civil servants
5. The delegitimation of government
6. The ennoblement of #oligarchy

#TimothySnyder #Newspeak #usgov #baitAndSwitch
https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-fraud-fraud

Zelensky won't sign natural resource deal that 'will be paid by 10 generations of Ukrainians'

Aid given to #Ukraine is not a debt. It was given as grants.

It's just the old Trump #BaitAndSwitch.

Plus he says #security guarantees must be included in any deal.

💯 👍

Stay strong, sir!

https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-wont-sign-a-natural-resource-deal-that-will-be-paid-by-10-generations-of-ukrainians/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/bassinet-backlash-reflects-debate-over-adding-fees-to-connected-devices/ar-AA1xsAn9

“This new technology is actually allowing manufacturers to change the way the status quo has been for decades, which is that once you buy something, you own it and you can do whatever you want,” he said. “Right now, consumers have no trust that what they’re buying is actually going to keep working.”

Well, just don't buy "smart" stuff that requires account and internet connectivity to fully function?
#SmartHome #internetofshit #baitandswitch #ConsumerProtection #consumerrights

PEOPLE: Tyler Perry Calls Out Insurance Companies in Heartfelt Post amid L.A. Fires as He Aims to ‘Do All I Can to Help’

https://people.com/tyler-perry-calls-out-insurance-companies-in-heartfelt-post-amid-la-fires-as-he-aims-to-do-all-i-can-to-help-8773234
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#WhereIsTheGovernment?
#SneakyBusiness
#Corruption
#BaitAndSwitch
#TakingYourMoneyAndRunning
#StopTheif

#ElectricityProviders are cunce. Ready to change, I was offered, and accepted a 22% discount off the reference price (a local thing). This offer was in writing. I even tooted how pleased I was, after years of rip offs.

Imagine my surprise to discover (after accepting) it's really only 21% off. SFA in dollar terms, but #BaitAndSwitch really shits me. An hour on the phone, "no, we said 21%, the quote says 21%" 🤔 (see image)

Looks like I *will* be switching providers 🤬

Hey, Author! Do NOT, in the third #book of your trilogy, tell me that everything I've been #reading so far is unimportant, mere Trivia compared to the secret preparations that have been going on in the background for Something Big that is about to happen.

Even more importantly, after outlining what that is, do NOT then END the trilogy before the Something Big actually happens. #SciFi #BaitAndSwitch