Dave Johnson

The honest wording is "Meta executives are diverting $65 million meant to operate the company toward candidates they personally favor."

Companies are not sentient. They do not "do" things. Executives who run the company make these decisions.

‘Don Colossus,’ a Golden Statue of President Trump, Waits for Its Home

‘Don Colossus,’ a Golden Statue of President Trump, Waits for Its Home

A group of cryptocurrency investors backing a memecoin hopes the statue will soon be installed at one of Mr. Trump’s golf courses in Florida.

By David Yaffe-Bellany

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/t...

VA Chaplains in Massachusetts Told Not to Mention Slain Nurse Alex Pretti Alex Pretti is being memorialized nationwide, but chaplains at Veterans Affairs facilities in Massachusetts have been barred from mentioning his name.

Frederick Clarkson: #AlexPretti is being memorialized nationwide, but chaplains at Veterans Affairs facilities in Massachusetts have been barred from mentioning his name.

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*screaming!*

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The Mandelson emails show how powerful interests corrupt govt. It is WIDESPREAD. "Loans," payoffs AFTER leaving govt like jobs, "speaking fees," "consulting" etc.

Will Labour put in the proper checks and balances to prevent this? That is the ONLY way to restore public confidence.

If not, why not?

Proper checks and balances in place so it doesn't happen again.

The Epstein files add in a whole new level of dodgy dealings, linking all these elements together - a conscious conspiracy to corrode western societies from within, using classic tactics of sex, power and money. All roads lead back to Epstein, Russia, Trump, big tech. Inextricably linked.

It’s so tawdry, grubby and shameful. I can’t stand the sleaze, greed, corruption. Trump, Epstein, Russia, Bannon, Palantir, Israel, Mandelson, Brexit, discredited royals, aging male hacks, hasbeens, wannabes. Old white men abusing young women, exploiting their status, corrupting our entire system. 🧵

Government in a democracy is all about making REGULAR people's lives better and protecting them from powerful interests. Tax the rich. Regulate big corporations. Fight pollution. Fair trade so jobs aren't shipped away. Etc.

That is WHY powerful interests always want "smaller government."

How much did the Epstein poison infect Britain? Starmer had better find out, and fast | Gaby Hinsliff Serious questions need to be asked about Mandelson, Andrew and what the PM knew when. The credibility of UK politics is on the line, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Here's another VERY common bribe - post-govt payoffs. Mandelson makes it known he hopes to leverage the networks formed in govt to work for a bank later. Also known as a payoff.

In govt he's accually helping elits dodge taxes, understood the payoff comes later.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I'm so old I remember Reagan's Attorney General Ed Meese was receiving "loans that didn't have to be paid off" instead of bribes.

All "pubic servants" at all levels should have to report all loans, consulting fees, real estate transactions, "speaking fees," and all other payoffs even AFTER serving.

"It profiteers by devouring."

Sell off the parts. Hide profits to dodge taxes. Force wages down. Etc...

The Epstein files expose just how cheap corruption is in the UK The bargain-bucket price tag on certain consciences is depressing. And the excuses of ignorance and amnesia are looking a little thin

How many ways are "public servants" getting payoffs? Why hasn't Labour cracked down on it?

Epstein's Mandelson payoffs were framed as "loans" to avoid having to be declared. Mandelson was one more elite helping giant corporations dodge taxes. How common is it?

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

UK lost out on £2bn in tax in 2021 as big tech shifted profits abroad, claim campaigners TaxWatch analysis estimates British arms of seven major tech firms paid £750m in corporation tax instead of possible £2.8bn

American tech companies treat the UK as a colony. They harvest the public for profits that go to the US, and pay very little in taxes.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

"In the latest move in Labour’s drive to inject AI into Britain’s bloodstream,"

This should say "AMERICAN AI."

Barnsley rebranded UK’s first ‘tech town’ as US giants join AI push Minister announces Microsoft, Cisco and Adobe to help apply AI to local schools, hospitals, GPs and businesses

Labour making UK even more dependent on US tech companies.

What happens when Trump threatens to shut it off?

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

The courage of the people of Minneapolis is awe-inspiring. To face down the pedophile führer's ICE Nazis who are pointing guns at them... Goddammit, these Patriots are heroes. 🙌💪👏✊️👇

JPMorgan should ‘threaten’ UK over banker tax, Mandelson told Epstein.

Mandelson was Business Secretary at that time in 2009.

After leaving govt in 2010, Mandelson set up an advisory firm called Global Counsel, JPMorgan was a client.

Must be investigated.
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Leaked videos show California prison guards pepper-sprayed incarcerated women who alleged sexual misconduct The videos appear to bolster lawsuits claiming guards used force against California prisoners after they filed sexual harassment claims.

The videos appear to bolster lawsuits claiming guards used force against California prisoners after they filed sexual harassment claims.

Trade at any cost is never justified As Britain continues to prioritise arms and trades deals with Israel over human rights issues, can we pretend we don’t know it’s happening?

Trade at any cost is never justified | As Britain continues to prioritise arms and trades deals with Israel over human rights issues, can we pretend we don’t know it’s happening? | Patrick Wright

Mandelson’s Fifth Column The British government’s business department exists to undermine democracy.

1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...

The "protesters" out there with whistles, alerting people that ICE is there, and just trying to protect people. Protect their neighbors. To give them some hope that SOMEONE is trying, when it looks like no one in authority is helping.

Rachel Reeves defends 'fair and reasonable' student loans system The chancellor's defence comes after Martin Lewis called her freeze on student loans

Labour appears to be intentionally forcing away every single potential supporter. Will we learn they're secretly funded by Reform?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bingo

Most of Epstein’s victims were either too frightened to come forward, or silenced through legal threats. Oh, and here’s a senior British politician giving Epstein tips on how to silence them

Brexit

When do they go after the Russian immigrants?

A not-‘toned down’ Trump regime prepares for ethnic cleansing in Ohio A plan for immigration raids this week on thousands of Haitians in Springfield, Ohio shows that nothing has changed.

Trump's immigration human-rights nightmare isn't pulling back. It's about to get much worse

A planned op this week in Springfield, Ohio targeting hard-working Haitians who came here the right way is nothing less than an ethnic cleansing on U.S. soil

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