"Since retaking office,
#Trump net worth has nearly tripled to $6.5B. Almost all of that has come from his
#crypto #ventures an industry he's
#deregulated at our collective
#risk to line his own pockets. We must not become numb 2 his
#corruption. Chart Shows How Trump 2.0 Is ‘Most Brazenly Self-Enriching’ Administration in US History
Buying Trump’s
#meme #coin is like investing in “a pet rock, except you don’t even get a rock” out of the deal -
#economist Steve Rattner.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-self-enrichment-crypto
Chart Shows How Trump 2.0 Is 'Most Brazenly Self-Enriching' Administration in US History | Common Dreams
President Donald Trump's net worth has nearly tripled to $6.5 billion in 2026, driven by investments in his family's cryptocurrency venture. Learn how his wealth skyrocketed.
‘Startup Nation’ Groups Say They’re Meeting Trump Officials to Push for #Deregulated ‘Freedom Cities’
"#Minicircle’s gene #therapy clinical trial on the protein follistatin — which he claims increases muscle mass without side effects, and also has life-extending benefits in mice — was only possible in #Próspera...companies benefiting from #FreedomCities..."
#Thiel #Palantir
https://www.wired.com/story/startup-nations-donald-trump-legislation/
‘Startup Nation’ Groups Say They’re Meeting Trump Officials to Push for Deregulated ‘Freedom Cities’
The architects of projects like Próspera are drafting legislation to create US cities that would be free from federal regulations.
Absolutely fascinating. Why is there massive
#rightWingRadio and why has it gone so much damage? Drum roll, please…. Ron
#Reagan ended the
#fairnessDoctrine when he
#deregulated media.
#99pi #podcast https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-divided-dial/
The Divided Dial - 99% Invisible
If you’ve ever flipped through the radio dial — not satellite, not podcasts, but good old-fashioned AM and FM radio — you may have noticed something. First of all, “Don’t Stop Believing” still gets a shocking amount of air time. Great song but maybe culture should evolve. But also, when it comes to talk radio,
Is this an effective #deregulated #electricity market?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/132841291/big-four-power-companies-earning-7-million-every-day
And it's definitely a coincidence that they are all making these kinds of profits. Definitely nothing dodgy going on with the #competition between them
'Big four' power companies earning $7 million every day
Consumer NZ says the numbers are a bad look, but the industry says it is ploughing profits into projects to help the transition to a zero-carbon economy.
#Deregulated foster families: #Migrant #children, who have been coming into the United States without their parents in record numbers, are ending up in some of the most punishing jobs in the country for big-name companies, including Whole Foods, Walmart, J. Crew and Frito-Lay.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/briefing/migrant-child-labor.html
Child Labor Today
A Times exposé has revealed that young teenagers work long shifts, sometimes for nationally known brands. What can be done?
“As
#disasters have grown, this workforce has grown. And these
#workers, imported to clean up after
#climatedisasters, since the
#Second functions as a well
#deregulated militia, do all this without
#legalprotections, without legal status,” says Soni, a longtime labor organizer and the director of Resilience Force, that advocates for
#ImmigrantWorkers.
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/2/10/saket_soni_the_great_escape_book
“The Great Escape”: Saket Soni on Forced Immigrant Labor Used to Clean Up Climate Disasters in U.S.
As the rate of climate-fueled disasters intensifies, we speak with author and organizer Saket Soni about the workers who are hired by corporations to clean up after hurricanes, floods, blizzards and wildfires. Soni’s new book, “The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America,” focuses on hundreds of Indian workers who were brought to the United States with false promises and subjected to grueling working conditions at a shipyard in Mississippi. When one of those workers called Soni in 2006 for help, it set off an extraordinary chain of events that led to their escape from the work camp and eventually focused national attention on the plight of the workers. “As disasters have grown, this workforce has grown. And these workers do all this without legal protections, without legal status,” says Soni, a longtime labor organizer and the director of Resilience Force, a nonprofit that advocates for immigrant workers who help rebuild communities after climate disasters.
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