Here are the two most relevant pieces of news about #ElonMusk from this week. The circus show with the jumping car isn’t one of them. Please share widely.
#Oligarchs #Kleptocracy #DistractedSociety
#oligarchs
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“At the time, I did not have a sophisticated understanding of why he was the enemy, but he was, and now, I understand, especially, that Reagan and his loyalists were intent on reordering society's priorities, and at the top of their list were the feelings and fortunes of the rich.” 🤑
#uspoli #oligarchs #eattherich #politics #economy https://newrepublic.com/article/211854/dream-blue-texas-2026-richards?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fliberal
In 2026, the share of gross domestic income going to wages & salaries *LABOR SHARE🚨-LOWEST LEVEL IN THE POST-WAR PERIOD. BEA: labor share stood at 42.7% in 2023/2024 & near that level in 2025 *a sharp drop from the late 20thC aver of ~63%.
A falling labor share typically indicates:🚨productivity, prices, or both: growing faster than wages, or that cap income (eg profits, int, rents) is capturing a larger share of income.
-Lib St Ec
#Progressives #Oligarchs #Economy #USPol
"George Cottrell, the convicted money launderer whose donations to Reform are now the subject of a police investigation, previously worked for Roman Abramovich, the now-sanctioned Russian oligarch close to Putin"
Of course he did...
#Farage #ReformUK #Russia #Oligarchs #UKPolitics
Farage, George Cottrell and Putin’s friend Abramovich
"Vast panoply of chuds" 🤣
This discussion is fantastic! Truly💙
Cannot recommend enough
Cory Doctorow mentioned #Mastodon, (so now i'm following him) & found this he posted, reposted👆 i'm looking forward to watching the one w/ Lina Khan
& his bit on libertarians 🤣 ayn rand fetishists
but back to Jon Stewart. here it is. highly recommend
https://youtu.be/-dAIJRjb-Bw?si=fWrrygutFUdcipXP
#AI #economy #surveillance #oligarchs #libertarian
AI and the Enshittification Era w/ Cory Doctorow | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
RE: https://mastox.eu/@mehdirhasan/116997638932651338
The way the global media is afraid of calling out an obvious Racist....they have to tiptoe around it in case the World's Richest Man destroys them.
We all know, yet it cannot be said on Broadcast, not even as a joke....
#ElonMusk #Musk #Censorship #Oligarchs #EpsteinClass #Racism #Whiteness #FourthEstate #Journalism
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RT: @I_amMukhtar Mehdi Hasan is absolutely spot on.
Elon is a bigot and he doesn't hide it.
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#Trump’s claims against #Brazil, attempting to justify #tariffs, are unfounded. #FreedomOfExpression is not a free pass for #criminal activity on #socialmedia platforms—we will not give up on protecting our families & children from the greed of a handful of #tech #oligarchs. Our payment system, PIX, does not discriminate against #US companies & is an international benchmark for digital public infrastructure.
#geopolitics #Lula #law #sovereignty #trade #economy #tariffs #ElectionInterference
RE: https://masto.ai/@Miro_Collas/116956914855727209
That does sound like a Trumpian threat.
#UKPol #UKPolitics #JPMorgan #Oligarchs
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JP Morgan boss warns of ‘consequences’ if Burnham taxes banks | Banking | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/21/jp-morgan-andy-burnham-tax-banks-jamie-dimon
Blackmail
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@thesun.co.uk
Hostages of the Kremlin: The humiliation of Russia’s billionaires
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lKRWDjgpgY
#UkraineWar #Russia #Putin's
#Oligarchs ae scared
7/21/26
Trump sends authoritarian signal by extending D.C.’s National Guard presence
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-sends-authoritarian-signal-extending-191218385.html
Trump’s authoritarian project now includes science
https://www.salon.com/2026/07/10/trumps-authoritarian-project-now-includes-science/
#Project2025 #TechBros #CorpMedia #Oligarchs #MegaBanks vs #Union #Occupy #NoDAPL #BLM #SDF #DACA #MeToo #Humanity #FeelTheBern
#JinJiyanAzadi #BijiRojava
Most of my life I’ve identified as a liberal and a Democrat. As I’ve aged I’ve evolved into a Democratic Socialist. I spent years working within the capitalist ‘system’, mostly in technology. I enjoyed my career. But it has become clear to me that #capitalism has not only failed the working class; our seniors and our youth, it is poisoning the planet. A system that, in previous decades, actually did work in some ways: it fostered a middle class, enabled home ownership, provided living-wage jobs; and, had something of a safety net. But now, the US ‘system’ has been co-opted by #oligarchs & fascist politicians bent on destroying all we’ve accomplished. #Billionaires w/political agendas control the government, the media, & the economy. The rich are getting richer while the rest of us suffer. This is not sustainable. What’s ominous is that the powers that be recognize that and appear to be prepping measures to keep us all down - and compliant. We need to take back our future - if it’s not too late. #USPol #resist
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@feed OTOH, farming is contracting at an alarmingly accelerating rate, so right to repair only has requisite value within those boundaries.
#ClimateCrisis - remove the causes: #TechBros and #FossilFuels #oligarchs
"A massive data fac uses automation &, once built:🚨rarely employs more than a few dozen people. #DataCenters really only benefit the #BigTech emperors."
-J Cohn
Grassroots protests against data cens give us something new:⚡a mass mobilization focused squarely on protecting Am hometowns from🚨oligarchic exploitation.
America the Polarized:⚡found some agreement at last. While #Trump🚨guns it on building data cens,⚡71% of Ams oppose them, incl➡️maj of Rs.
#AI #Oligarchs #USPol
"#Trump🚨destroyed the teams at #DOJ dedicated to going after kleptocrats & oligarchs like #Putin, right off the bat.🚨It was the first of many favors. Trump/Russia is no hoax."
-Sen Whitehouse
A £100m superyacht believed to be owned by Putin is fleeing Europe to avoid Ukrainian drone attacks.
The 82m Graceful is traversing the coast of Norway on course to reach the Russian port of Murmansk in the coming days.
#Kleptocracy #Oligarchs #Corruption #Treason #Uprising #USPol
How can one separate those who have power with those that have wealth, neither have the one without some of the other. Neither are more or less the elite, and desperately need each other to be the elite.
But predator class is a good proposal, even though we don't all perceive as the "elite" being better than us, just the material realization they are wealthier and more powerful than us.
If this doesn't call for re-theorizing on class and its defilition, I don't know what does.
@stuffifound #marxism #anarchism #neoliberalism amd multi-polar bullshit pseudo-theory .. @radicalfaery@lgbtqia.space https://kolektiva.social/@stuffifound@pixelfed.social/115294736438727724 (why was it deleted?)
Time to call the oligarchs by what they really are! #anticapitalism #eattherich #feedthepoor #oligarchs #elite #nokings #elonmusk #billgates #larryellison #donaldtrump #activism
Alt: We need to stop calling the wealthy the elite. They're not better than us. We need to change it to the predator class.
Time to call the oligarchs by what they really are! #anticapitalism #eattherich #feedthepoor #oligarchs #elite #nokings #elonmusk #billgates #larryellison #donaldtrump #activism
Trump Warned Pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell Would Be a 'Huge PR Problem’
https://radaronline.com/p/trump-allies-pardon-jeffrey-epstein-lover-ghislaine-maxwell-pr-problem/
How Jeffrey Epstein Kept a Secret Donald Trump File
https://radaronline.com/p/jeffrey-epstein-kept-donald-trump-file-stabbed-president-back-alleged-dossier-federal-prosecutors/
#Project2025 #TechBros #CorpMedia #Oligarchs #MegaBanks vs #Union #Occupy #NoDAPL #BLM #SDF #DACA #MeToo #Humanity #FeelTheBern
#JinJiyanAzadi #BijiRojava
#Corruption #Grift #Oligarchs Every single one of these people needs to be put in jail for breaking the MYRIAD of laws on the books that specifically prevent this.
Again if any of these people get off the hook, we'll never recover our government from the #oligarchy.
(Gift link, no paywall)