Jocelyn Leitzinger

Open Secrets' data on Wells Fargo's use of the revolving door In 2024, they spent $4,550,000 on lobbying 30 out of 43 wells fargo lobbyists in 2024 have previously held government jobs (69.77%)

Sample list of some of the organizations that wells fargo lobbyists have worked for: Heritage Foundation x2 Department of the Treasury x2 Senate Banking Committee x2 House Financial Services Committee Federal Reserve Board Federal Housing Administration Freddie Mac Department of Housing and & Urban Development

Wells Fargo also engages in shady lobbying practices. I use Open Secrets to investigate corporate use of the revolving door with my students, & this is one of the highest levels I've seen

70% of their lobbyists in 2024 went through the revolving door

Some of their lobbyists' past employers in pic

If you thought Wells Fargo changed after their 2016 fraud scandal, you may be surprised to learn that they continue to be an absolutely 💩 company

* Dropped climate goals

* Ended senior-level diversity hiring policy

* Schemed to privatize USPS

* Union busting

* Financing genocide & deportations

We've had decades of the internet and social media - how did they NOT know how this was going to go?

Most of my posts on Gaza & Palestinians are historically ignored, unless it's in the context of "western" people - like protests or the flotilla

I'm grateful for Greta's actions to shine a light on the genocide and to actually try and do something about it - but I wish people listened to her words

@mommunism.bsky.social has been vetting and vouching for the accounts of real Palestinians who desperately need aid. Please donate if you can and share

It's been 2 years of Israel's war on Palestinians - a genocide. But it's Greta Thunberg who is trending, and she absolutely would not want that

We should be elevating Palestinian voices, the events in Gaza, how we can help, what we should be doing

A good thread on some of the other numbers coming out of Gaza over the past two years

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The Media Loves “The Experts,” Until it’s Time to Count Gaza’s Dead Public debate around Gaza fixates on a death toll that is probably half the size of the real number.

This article has a good discussion of the true number killed in Gaza - we can't know exactly because of bodies trapped under rubble and the destruction or damage of 34 hospitals

Most estimates from earlier this year range from 120,000 to >200,000. And that number could be much higher from famine

It's been two years

In that time, Israel has likely killed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, directly through bombs & bullets, or indirectly through disease and fammine. Many of those deaths are babies and children

At least 169,000 have been injured. One group warns 10 kids a day lose limbs

ICE Barbie Moans About Agents’ Lunch Options in Chicago Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is tough on immigration—but apparently soft on lunchtime. During a Sunday morning appearance on Fox & Friends Weekend, Noem agonized over the not-so-warm welcom...

Noem: Chicago "is a war zone"

Also Noem: ICE "have to figure out even where they can go sit down for five minutes to have lunch or to use the restroom"

So is Chicago a terrifying, dangerous place, or a city where it's tough to get a lunch reservation?

You can't have it both ways, babe

Black people in Chicago had their apartment building raided in the middle of the night, were detained for hours, and had their Fourth Amendment rights violated during an ICE operation that had nothing to do with them. Nah, they are not thrilled.

A good thread addressing some of the hype/shoddy analysis of "AI" taking people's jobs

Bari Weiss Signs Huge Deal To Usher CBS News Into Its Vichy Era | Defector On Monday, newly appointed Paramount CEO David Ellison announced that his company had acquired the Free Press, the smirking blood-and-soil blog founded and run by former New York Times hall monitor Ba...

I wrote about Bari Weiss as the grim future of mainstream media under billionaire control: defector.com/bari-weiss-s...

Again, Kavanaugh justified racial profiling by claiming that this doesn't happen--a justification that becomes more preposterous with each passing day as Trump's goons terrorize more people based on the color of their skin

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Worth always keeping in mind that the Guardian has a commercial partnership with OpenAI, so nothing it writes about AI can be trusted

Are Illinois State Police helping ICE in Broadview? Top Illinois Democrats have said for months that local police won’t participate in immigration investigations, but they also won’t stand in the way.

They're really splitting hairs with how they're trying to justify ISP's actions

I'm in Wicker Park, and I've heard them periodically, too

I am just so fucking proud of her.

Yeah, there's a lot of spontaneous neighborhood organizing happening in FB groups. The Logan Square one is very active

Post by 33rd Ward Alderwoman Rossana Rodriguez: "We are looking for volunteers to protect schools during dismissal today. If you have capacity to help, please call my office 773-840-7880 or email me rossana@33rdward.org

Every city and town should be working to organize & build community the way Chicago has

ICE & Border Patrol had major opperations all over the city today, and the people and elected officials have come together to keep our neighbors safe

If you're around & feel able, help is needed at the schools

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

I’m told ICE attacked us—despite us being off the street, courtesy of the state police—to create a spectacle because Kristi Noem was present today. Here’s some footage of her and her team on the roof of Broadview. Everything is content creation to these fascists.

Major commotion as IL state cops shove back crowds trying to stop an ICE vehicle. I was grabbed and shoved repeatedly while filming the incident.

I'm seeing numerous reports of ICE sitings near area high schools. Apparently, there's a new opperation to target teens? Does anybody know about this?

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Are you in the Logan Square FB group? Someone posted a video of the whole thing and it is wild. A hero on a motorbike blocked an ICE vehicle and they started launching tear gas cannisters

Apparently, ICE set off tear gas in Logan Square on Armitage by Rico fresh - stay safe, friends