#StructuredSettlements & #FactoringCompanies: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

May 17, 2026

"John Oliver discusses structured settlements – the incremental payments designed to sustain victims of injury or #WrongfulDeath over long periods of time. And, of course, he also discusses the parasitic companies trying to get their hands on that money while getting jingles stuck in your head: factoring companies."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcrDC4ftXgM

#USPol #LastWeekTonight #JohnOliver #JGWentworth #PreyingOnThePoor #INeedCashNow #PredatoryLending #PredatoryFinance

Speaking of #CorporateSuckups... Way to NOT get my vote, #JanetMills! 🖕🏼

Janet Mills vetoes #Maine #DataCenter ban

by Ethan Andrews, April 24, 2026

"Gov. Janet Mills on Friday vetoed a bill that would have created a temporary statewide ban on large #DataCenters.

"The bill passed by the Maine Legislature earlier this month would enact an 18-month moratorium on new data centers that use more than 20 #megawatts of power.

"It would have made Maine the first state in the country to enact such a ban on the controversial facilities, which support #CloudComputing and artificial intelligence at the cost of large amounts of electricity and #water."

Read more:
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/04/24/politics/janet-mills-vetoes-maine-data-center-ban/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/DlifM

#AISucks #DatacenterMoratorium #AIDatacenters #EnvironmentalRacism #PreyingOnThePoor #BigDataSucks #EnergyVampires #NoisePollution #MainePol #ResistAI #WaterIsLife #ArtificialIntelligence #HumanStupidity