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"We have met what's going to save our ass and it is us." - Vinge

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Once again, I just want to say that lavish gifts to Supreme Court justices shouldn’t just be “disclosed.” They should be banned, outright. This should not be a radical position.

grumble209 ,
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@rbreich SCOTUS can decide cases however they like. But when they make decisions out of step with society as a whole, they undermine the entire system, losing public respect and paving the way to mob violence.

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Wells Fargo fires over a dozen employees for simulating keyboard activity at work

With worker surveillance on the rise, vendors sell devices to fake keyboard and mouse movement.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/06/wells-fargo-fires-over-a-dozen-employees-for-simulating-keyboard-activity-at-work/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica So many fails.

Employees so disengaged that they need tools to fuck off.

Managers so disengaged that they can't tell employees who work from those who fuck off too much.

HR so disengaged that instead of fixing meaningless managers, they buy tools to surveil employees, worsening the job environment for those who aren't fucking off.

IT implementing awful surveillance policies at HR's behest that create a downward spiral of employee morale.

Software companies making tools to surveil computer users, and that prey on dysfunctional companies and their idiot HR departments.

We all feel bad when a sick old deer is taken down by a pack of wolves. But we know it's how the wolves eat, and it makes the surviving herd stronger.

Wells Fargo needs to be eaten by a pack of wolves. It's rotten across the org chart, top to bottom.

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It’s not too late to harden American democracy against Trump https://robertreich.substack.com/p/its-not-too-late-to-harden-american?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

grumble209 ,
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@rbreich How are you going to harden American Democracy against the millions of people who support Trump?

Protecting democracy from one asshole is a much different problem than protecting democracy from a sizeable minority of our fellow Americans.

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Psst: Don’t fall for a third party (pass it on) https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-unvarnished-truth-about-no-labels?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

grumble209 ,
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@rbreich The Dems have demonstrated, again and again, that they expect everyone not voting GOP to mindlessly fall into line and back their chosen asshole, and in return, they promise what, exactly?

Biden had his chance to woo the lefties, but instead he shipped bombs to Israel and closed down asylum centers on the border. Fuck that, and fuck the DNC and Diane Feinstein 2: Geriatric Boogaloo.

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GameStop stock influencer Roaring Kitty may lose access to E-Trade, report says

E-Trade fears restricting influencer's trading may trigger boycott, sources say.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/gamestop-stock-influencer-roaring-kitty-may-lose-access-to-e-trade-report-says/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

grumble209 ,
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@arstechnica Always a little joyful when the ruling class slips their kimono enough that we can see just how much they fear the rest of us.

In the last two weeks, we've been gifted this idiocy of ETrade, and the FAA allowing private jets to fly anonymously. Pretty good, even for an election year.

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Wall Street tycoon Stephen Schwarzman endorsed Trump yesterday.

He joins a growing list of billionaires who once condemned the former president but are now flocking to his campaign.

Never underestimate how quickly billionaires will sell out our democracy for tax cuts.

grumble209 ,
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@rbreich Never underestimate how quickly politicians of both parties will sell out their constituents for campaign donations.

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Wondering if wealth inequality is out of control?

Well, Jeff Bezos made over $7.9 million an hour last year.

In just 13 minutes, he made the equivalent of what a typical person earns in a lifetime.

Don't tell me that the rich can't afford a wealth tax.

grumble209 ,
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@rbreich Recipe for a better world: strong inheritance taxes +

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Judge Cannon has postponed Trump's classified documents trial and didn't set a new start date.

The Supreme Court is slow walking Trump's presidential immunity claim, which has delayed his Jan 6 trial.

The federal judiciary is effectively acting like a MAGA campaign arm.

grumble209 ,
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@rbreich The judiciary is playing Jenga with the rule of law.

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The top 0.1% of Americans control $20 trillion in wealth.

The bottom 50% control $3.7 trillion in wealth.

Read that back.

Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.

grumble209 ,
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@rbreich The 99.9% have yet to

Folks, this is what apathy looks like.

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America's 813 billionaires now collectively hold a record $5.8 trillion.

That’s more than the wealth of the entire bottom half of the US, roughly 65 million households.

It's not radical to tax the rich. It's radical to allow this level of wealth concentration to continue.

grumble209 ,
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@rbreich until the rich *want *to pay their taxes.

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I'm not saying we shouldn't worry about how China might be using TikTok to steal our data and manipulate us...

But why aren't we at least as worried about the U.S. billionaires who own the other apps stealing our data and trying to manipulate us?

grumble209 ,
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@rbreich Because the US billionaires legally share their filthy lucre with US politicians?

I mean, that's the obvious reason, right?

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Donald Trump is spending most of this week in a Manhattan courtroom facing criminal charges.

Joe Biden is spending much of the week in Pennsylvania, advocating for a tax hike on the rich and for strengthening unions.

Who gets the greater political boost?

grumble209 ,
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@rbreich Neither event will bring any new voters to one side or the other.

This is America.

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What do these corporations have in common?

Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel

In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.

This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.

grumble209 ,
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@rbreich until they want to pay their taxes.

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Billionaires who condemned Trump are now flocking to his campaign.

It’s obvious why.

Biden wants a 25% tax on billionaires.

Trump wants to double down on tax cuts for the rich.

All they care about is lining their own pockets no matter the cost to everyone else.

grumble209 ,
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@rbreich "All they care about is lining their own pockets no matter the cost to everyone else."

They are BILLIONAIRES. They got that way by hoarding profits and externalizing costs.

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