@georgetakei

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"The implication is that people are required to subsidize operations for their employers.

If the job requires a newer device, let the employer pay for it."

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At some point, the world will have to acknowledge how much of their lives is under the control of American price-fixing cartels & how much effort they put into creating & keeping captive consumer monopolies.

1. Harlan Crow & rent fixing & SCOTUS corruption
https://www.propublica.org/article/doj-realpage-settlement-rental-price-fixing-case

https://www.propublica.org/article/justice-department-sues-landlords-alleged-price-fixing-realpage-rent

https://thebullmoosenetwork.com/billionaire-influence-how-harlan-crows-money-shapes-real-estate-and-justice/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-24/thoma-bravo-s-realpage-settles-doj-antitrust-case-with-data-deal

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-real-estate-scotus

2. Schwarzman & rising house prices
https://www.housingisahumanright.org/stephen-schwarzman/

https://housinghumanrt.medium.com/corporate-landlord-stephen-schwarzman-grabbed-more-than-1-billion-in-2024-03533a1722c1

https://www.archpaper.com/2025/01/blackstone-cushman-wakefield-landlords-justice-department/

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3. Larry Ellison & his AI spyware media monopolies
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/opinion/larry-ellison-paramount-cbs-tiktok.html

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/09/omnipresent-ai-cameras-will-ensure-good-behavior-says-larry-ellison/

https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/12/larry_ellison_wants_all_data/

https://theijf.org/oracle-lobbying

https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2025/11/26/larry-ellison-buys-two-pierre-units-from-shari-redstone/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/20/warner-bros-discovery-takeover-paramount-skydance-larry-ellison

FAFO
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-21/oracle-slump-sends-ellison-sliding-down-ranks-of-world-s-richest

https://247wallst.com/investing/2025/11/26/softbank-drops-40-as-investors-dump-ai-bet/

4. Zuckerberg & his democracy-destroying malign influence campaigns using advertising

https://futurism.com/future-society/zuckerberg-meta-teens-safety

https://www.timesofisrael.com/zuckerberg-settles-lawsuit-over-cambridge-analytica-scandal/

https://www.avclub.com/mark-zuckerberg-meta-super-pac-read-this-ai

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/opinion/trump-mandate-zuckerberg-masculinity.html

https://www.reuters.com/world/zuckerberg-meta-directors-agree-190-million-settlement-shareholder-privacy-case-2025-11-20/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/billie-eilish-billionaires-zuckerberg-9.6961463