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kpete's Journal"The Patriarchy will rise again. Merry f***ing Christmas."
"The Patriarchy"? - give me a break:Today our office received a package with a suspicious substance and a threat reading “The Patriarchy will rise again. Merry f***ing Christmas.”
Everyone on our team is okay. We reported the package to Capitol Police and they determined it to be safe.
— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) October 26, 2021
https://twitter.com/Ilhan/status/1453095293545816072?s=20
2% of Elon Musk's wealth could solve world hunger
Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN Business)A small group of ultra-wealthy individuals could help solve world hunger with just a fraction of their net worth, says the director of the United Nations' World Food Programme.Billionaires need to "step up now, on a one-time basis", said David Beasley in an interview on CNN's Connect the World with Becky Anderson that aired Tuesday -- citing specifically the world's two richest men, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk.
"$6 billion to help 42 million people that are literally going to die if we don't reach them. It's not complicated," he added.
Tesla chief executive Musk has a net worth of nearly $289 billion, according to Bloomberg, meaning that Beasley is asking for a donation of just 2% of his fortune. The net worth of US billionaires has almost doubled since the pandemic began, standing at $5.04 trillion in October, according to progressive groups Institute for Policy Studies and Americans for Tax Fairness.
A "perfect storm" of several crises, such as climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic, mean many nations are "knocking on famine's door," Beasley said.
MORE:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/26/economy/musk-world-hunger-wfp-intl/index.html
Elon Musk: Beware! If they can tax a billionaire like me, they can tax you regular people too!
Regular People: We've been paying our taxes this whole time, bro.
https://twitter.com/JasonKander/status/1453163434183438344?s=20
Anyone else see the problem here?
Public Citizen
Oct 25
Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg:
2009: $2,000,000,000
2021: $117,600,000,000
Wealth of Jeff Bezos:
2009: $6,800,000,000
2021: $192,200,000,000
Wealth of Bill Gates:
2009: $40,000,000,000
2021: $132,400,000,000
Minimum wage:
2009: $7.25
2021: $7.25
https://twitter.com/Public_Citizen/status/1452636150456360964?s=20
The social media stock on Trump's new company fell yesterday by double digits
The SPAC stock linked to Donald Trump’s planned social media platform dropped in price after booking huge gains following news that it would merge with his social media company.
Digital World Acquisition Corp. stock fell double digits, days after two hedge funds sold their stakes.
Trump is banned by Twitter and Facebook for inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/25/trump-spac-dwac-drops-in-price-after-big-gains-on-social-media-news.html
This morning, he issued a very lengthy statement promoting the company. These things are perhaps related.
https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1452992889521426454?s=20
"OMG, that felt so good"
https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1452656420269268998?s=20Far-Right Congressman Tricked Jan. 6 Planners With 'Blanket Pardon' Promise, Says Report
trump chumps:
Hours after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) baselessly accused antifa protesters of being behind the insurrection. But, according to an exclusive report from Rolling Stone, Gosar knew exactly who was to blame—and even offered them a pardon ahead of the events of Jan. 6. An unnamed organizer of the Stop the Steal rally that preceded the riot told the magazine that Gosar offered planners a “blanket pardon” in an unrelated investigation to incentivize them to organize the pro-Trump protests on Jan. 6. “Our impression was that it was a done deal... that he’d spoken to the president about it in the Oval … in a meeting about pardons and that our names came up,” said the organizer. The source claimed Gosar told them: “I was just going over the list of pardons and we just wanted to tell you guys how much we appreciate all the hard work you’ve been doing.” Rolling Stone also reports that at least three rally organizers are cooperating with the House panel probing the riot, and have alleged several members of Congress were “intimately involved” in the plans.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/paul-gosar-tricked-jan-6-planners-with-blanket-pardon-promise-says-report
STACY ABRAMS in Virginia with the message of the day-
Stacey Abrams in Virginia: "If you want to figure out what could happen to you in 9 days if you don't get out and vote, pick up a newspaper that talks about Georgia. If you want to know what happens in 9 days, if we don't get out and vote, looking at what's happening in Texas."
https://twitter.com/grees45/status/1452674020172701697?s=20
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The rotten core of the Republican Party
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Resistance to taxation is the rotten core of the modern Republican Party. Republicans in recent decades have sharply reduced the federal income tax rates imposed on wealthy people and big companies, but their opposition to taxation goes beyond that. They are aiding and abetting tax evasion.
Republicans have hacked away at funding for the Internal Revenue Service over the past decade, enfeebling the agency. When the rich and powerful open loopholes in the tax code, Republicans reliably fight to keep the loopholes open. Indeed, they valorize Americans who find ways to pay less, a normalization of antisocial behavior that may be even more damaging than the efforts at bureaucratic sabotage.
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Political philosophers have long fretted that democracy allows the poor to plunder the rich. The opposite has proved more nearly true. Progressive taxation is not a threat to the wealthy. It is a small price to pay for prosperity.
Cutting taxes to starve social programs is, by itself, a threat to the sustainability of the American experiment in multicultural democracy. In enabling resistance to lawful taxation, Republicans are engaged in an even more direct assault.
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more:
https://www.wral.com/the-rotten-core-of-the-republican-party/19942656/
"Trump decides to act, with help from Willard war room."
"We didn't know at the time that Trump's over at the White House, pounding into [vice president Mike] Pence in the one-on-one Oval Office meeting, and then after it doesn't go well for Trump, he calls into the Willard War room, and this is the key thing we found for 'Peril,'" Costa added. "It's not just a Willard war room happening in an isolated way across the street. The president is calling in, Trump's calling in. He's coordinating this effort to speak for Pence. Remember, late at night as you detailed earlier, Trump's issuing a statement saying Pence agrees with me. He's effectively taking over the vice presidency, at least in terms of the public message. This is all just hours before the insurrection."https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/willard-trump-eastman-giuliani-bannon/2021/10/23/c45bd2d4-3281-11ec-9241-aad8e48f01ff_story.html
thread on Willard from "Peril"
After Pence leaves Oval on Jan. 5, Trump is furious. Pence isn't breaking. He opens the door near the Resolute Desk. "A rush of cold air blasted the room." He can hear the mob in the streets outside the Willard. He's elated to hear them. (p. 230)
"As staffers filed in, some began to shiver. Still, Trump did not close the door... The noise outside grewe louder, almost like a party.
'Isn't that great?' Trump exclaimed. 'Tomorrow is going to be a big day.'" (p. 231)
With his back to the wall and Pence not budging, and Senate Rs holding to doing their own thing, Trump decides to turn to the Willard group for backup, for more aggression. He knows the mob is outside. He knows Bannon, Giuliani, Boris, Eastman, etc. are over there. (p. 232-233)
Trump decides to act, with help from Willard war room. Push Pence to brink.
"Late Tuesday evening... Trump directed his campaign to issue a statement claiming that he and Pence were in 'total agreement that the Vice President has the power to act.' [Marc] Short was stunned."
https://twitter.com/costareports/status/1451953928791379969?s=20
https://twitter.com/costareports/status/1451954583786475526?s=20
https://twitter.com/costareports/status/1451956239177506816?s=20
https://twitter.com/costareports/status/1451957219910635522?s=20
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1452590766333693957?s=20
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