Techdirt [Unofficial]The SpaceX IPO Sends Elon Musk And Trump’s Starlink Cronyism Into The Thermosphere
Big Blu GnuBusinesses should not be running government.
Government should not be running businesses.
I think we can all relate to the idea that those two things should be kept as far away from each other as possible, politically speaking.
#bureaucracy #corporations #corporatocracy #corruption #cronyCapitalism #cronyism #lobbying
🐦🔥nemo™🐦⬛ 🇺🇦🍉
Marsden"Fiscal restraint, as it turns out, is location specific. It affects you if you’re in a state house. It doesn’t if you’re in the house of representatives."
#NZPol #FiscalRestraint #Austerity #Cronyism
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/08-06-2026/austerity-is-for-poor-people-not-politicians
MiaK 🏴 🇵🇸News that will shock precisely no-one.
"Perhaps the most striking example is Colonel Richard Kemp, a frequent commentator on Israel and Gaza.
Kemp is a trustee of UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel’s Soldiers, an organisation linked to the Israeli military.
In an article from August 2025 ... he argued that “Israel has little choice but to occupy Gaza".
RaymondPierreL3@treleanor @drrimmer
Lack of scrutiny and accountability, lack of whistleblowers, overworked staff, clueless student bodies, slack Unionists and almost non-existent investigative journalism. Add to this #managerialism and #NeoLiberalism with entitled individuals appointed to Councils rife with #Cronyism and you have a perfect cocktail for catastrophic failures in our education system. That’s how we got here. But we know how to get out of here as well, it just takes an education #Minister with political will and courageous spirit to sweep the broom. Are all #Education ministers capable and willing to take up the broom? That is the $M question.
Lack of scrutiny and accountability, lack of whistleblowers, overworked staff, clueless student bodies, slack Unionists and almost non-existent investigative journalism. Add to this #managerialism and #NeoLiberalism with entitled individuals appointed to Councils rife with #Cronyism and you have a perfect cocktail for catastrophic failures in our education system. That’s how we got here. But we know how to get out of here as well, it just takes an education #Minister with political will and courageous spirit to sweep the broom. Are all #Education ministers capable and willing to take up the broom? That is the $M question.
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESToday we find an anti- #MAGA #protest in...
#JaredKushner and #IvankaTrump, with assist from Donald #Trump and Albanian Prime Minister #EdiRama, want to build a resort on a nature preserve
The continuing saga of #University mismanagement now focuses on the #UniverstityOfWollongong with allegations of #cronyism and favoured #consultancies.
“The corruption watchdog has confirmed three main areas it will probe, including whether the university's chief governance officer and secretary, Alyssa White, or any other staff subverted recruitment processes for governance roles.
The commission will also examine whether, since 2024, Chancellor Michael Still, Ms White, or any other staff improperly awarded or influenced the awarding of work to a consultancy company, Aspirall Consulting International.” (Source: ABC News)
#Managerialism #NeoLiberalism #UniversityCouncils #Mismanagement #Corruption #TertiarySector #UoW #AusPol #GovernanceFails
Alexandra Beekers 🏳️🌈🌍“The idea that extreme #wealth is a reward for extreme talent is pervasive and strongly reinforced in our media and popular culture. But this perception is not rooted in reality.
60% of billionaire wealth is from #inheritance, #cronyism or #monopoly.”
#Inequality #capitalism #colonialism
The unjust poverty and unearned wealth of colonialism
https://www.oxfam.org/en/takers-not-makers-unjust-poverty-and-unearned-wealth-colonialism
60% of billionaire wealth is from #inheritance, #cronyism or #monopoly.”
#Inequality #capitalism #colonialism
The unjust poverty and unearned wealth of colonialism
https://www.oxfam.org/en/takers-not-makers-unjust-poverty-and-unearned-wealth-colonialism
Eric BonoCut her some slack. She's just getting her start as a traitor.
This is an extremely unusual and lengthy sentence for a first time offender who committed non-violent crimes,” Polis wrote in a clemency letter to Peters.
Colorado governor commutes sentence of election denier Tina Peters
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/15/colorado-governor-tina-peters?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#uspol #fascism #cronyism #corruption #treason #ElectionFraud #maga #scum
