"Uber and its CEO have donated $1m each to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, joining a growing list of firms seeking to garner favor with the administration. Meta also gave $1m, with Amazon and OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, reportedly planning similar donations."

~ Jem Bartholomew

#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/8

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/d…

First Thing: 51 men found guilty in Pelicot mass rape trial

French man jailed for 20 years over abuse of ex-wife Gisèle Pelicot. Plus, Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of genocide for restricting Gaza water supply

^{Jem Bartholomew (The Guardian)}

"Remember 'governing by tweet?' This time it was Elon Musk's tweets. He 'posted dozens of times, dozens,' against the bipartisan funding bill, and Republicans in Congress 'answered Elon's call.'"

~ Brian Stelter

#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/7

view.newsletters.cnn.com/messa…

"In one day we got 1) renewed attention to Trump’s depraved and dangerous nominees 2) Trump’s agenda already doing significant harm to the US economy 3) the Russian-backed Trump/Musk wrecking ball publicly savaging the Republican Speaker and killing his bi-partisan bill to keep the government open over the Holiday season two days before the government shuts down."

~ Simon Rosenberg

#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/6

hopiumchronicles.com/p/the-tru…

The Trump Wrecking Ball Is Already Here, More Notes On The Path Forward - My Latest Video On US Politics

The GOP's post-election honeymoon ended yesterday

^{Simon Rosenberg (Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg)}

"The world’s richest man wants to burn it all down. …

Needless to say, their priority [of Congressional Republicans] isn’t to well and faithfully discharge their duties. Their priority is to listen closely so that when Trump and Musk say, 'Jump,' they promptly ask, 'How high?'”

~ William Kristol

#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/5

thebulwark.com/p/the-worlds-ri…

The World’s Richest Man Wants to Burn It All Down

We knew Elon liked strategic acquisitions. We didn’t know the spines of House Republicans came quite so cheap.

^{William Kristol (The Bulwark)}

"It’s already clear that assuming the worst happens — and it’s hard to see how it won’t — this will be the dumbest shutdown ever. ...

Inauguration Day is still a month away, yet the chaos monkeys have already taken over."

~ Paul Krugman

#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/4

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the…

The Chaos Monkeys Have Already Taken Over the Zoo

The peddlers of misinformation are high on their own supply

^{Paul Krugman (Krugman wonks out)}

"Elites have repeatedly made alliances with autocrats. Elites retain power and privileges, and have the potential to expand their profits, in return for supporting the autocrat no matter what he says or does. ...

Those who enter into alliances with Trump forget the lessons of history."

~ Ruth Ben Ghiat

#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/3

lucid.substack.com/p/capitulat…

Capitulating to Trump, American Elites Follow a History of Autocratic Enabling that Doesn't End Well

Welcome back to Lucid.

^{Ruth Ben-Ghiat (Lucid)}

"A dictionary definition of oligarchy is “a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes.” The super-rich know Trump can punish or reward them, and he’s trying to pressure them into anti-democratic alliances with him. Sadly, some billionaires are happy to do so."

~ Mark Jacob

#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/2

stopthepresses.news/p/here-com…

Here Come the Oligarchs to Undermine Democracy

Self-serving, knee-bending billionaires are joining Trump's gravy train

^{Mark Jacob (Stop the Presses)}

"After Musk spent the day telling Republicans not to support the bill [to keep government going], Trump weighed in against it, too. That put the bill on life support.

If this isn’t oligarchy, I don’t know what is.

You may not get access to services you depend on just before the holidays because an unelected billionaire shadow president wanted it that way."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
/1

robertreich.substack.com/p/can…

Can the Muskrat shut the United States government?

Sure looks that way. The richest person in the world has turned his wealth into raw power. That's what oligarchy looks like.

^{Robert Reich}

#Trump voters don't care about the fact that #Trump is a #racist piece of shit.

Most of them are also racist trash.

Breaking: “Judge Won’t Throw Out Trump’s Hush Money Conviction Because Of Immunity Ruling”

@alisond64 for @Forbes

#news #uspol #Trump

forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/…

Judge Won’t Throw Out Trump’s Hush Money Conviction Because Of Immunity Ruling

While the conviction stands for now, according to The New York Times, Trump’s sentencing has been indefinitely postponed.

^{Alison Durkee (Forbes)}

Reporter spills about Trump team's 'clever strategy' to get controversial pick confirmed

Donald Trump's team is using behind-the-scenes moves to win over senators in hopes that they will confirm his controversial nominee to lead the FBI, according to a reporter.

#FBI #trump

rawstory.com/kash-patel-clever…

Reporter spills about Trump team's 'clever strategy' to get controversial pick confirmed

^{David McAfee (Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism)}

.
The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming.

It’s Happening Right Now !

As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers—physicians, teachers, professors, and more—are packing their bags.

🔗 newrepublic.com/article/176854…

#republicans #Trump #braindrain #conservatives #democrats #redstates #bluestates

#Trump to get $15m in ABC News defamation case. The main ABC anchor said he'd been found liable for rape, when it was "only"
sexual abuse, and that only because of the narrow definition of rape in NY law.

#TANJ #DonaldTrump

BBC News - Trump awarded $15m in ABC News defamation case
bbc.com/news/articles/cgrw57q4…

Donald Trump awarded $15m in ABC News defamation case

The network will also publish a statement expressing "regret" for statements by George Stephanopoulos.

^{BBC News}

Greasy #thiel has plastic surgery scars on both temples, just like #trump did...

#vanity #ugly

The Fish Rots From The Head

“#Apple CEO Tim Cook visited Mar-a-Lago, joining growing list of tech execs seemingly courting #Trump..

Trump said in mid-Oct.. on podcast..that the Apple executive talked to him about fines the European Union imposed on the company.”
thehill.com/policy/technology/…

📌

JUST IN: Donald #Trump and George Stephanopoulos both ordered to sit for four-hour depositions next week.

Trump's lawsuit against ABC stemmed from Stephanopoulos' comments saying Trump raped #EJeanCarroll

storage.courtlistener.com/reca…

The normalisation of fascism

#Trump #Time

Via Kyle Griffin: #Wisconsin prosecutors just filed 10 additional felony charges against 2 GOP attys & #Trump aide connected to state's fake electors case.

Charges: using forgery in attempt to defraud each of the 10 Republican electors who cast their ballots for Trump in 2020 apnews.com/article/wisconsin-t…

Trump lawyers and aide hit with 10 additional felony charges in Wisconsin over 2020 fake electors

Wisconsin prosecutors have filed 10 additional felony charges against two attorneys and an aide to President-elect Donald Trump who advised the Republican in 2020 as part of a plan to submit paperwork falsely saying that Trump had won the battlegroun…

^{SCOTT BAUER (AP News)}

🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ “#Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month, and inauguration officials are making plans for additional foreign dignitaries to attend the swearing-in ceremony”

+ possibly Orban
cbsnews.com/news/trump-invites…

Trump invites China's Xi Jinping to inauguration

President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to his inauguration next month, according to multiple sources.

^{Jennifer Jacobs (CBS News)}

Premier Doug Ford says Ontario could cut off fuel to the U.S. if #Trump makes good on a threat to impose steep #tariffs on Canadian goods.

#Canada
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/dou…

#USpolitics #Trump #Failing

"Trump Is Already Failing At EVERYTHING" [5:04 min]
by Farron Balanced

youtube.com/watch?v=TsBkeQQ7Oo…

Quote by FB:
"Dec 8, 2024
There is still more than a month left before Donald Trump gets sworn in for his second term, and already he's failed at every possible test of leadership. His nominees are going down in flames, his proposed policies are hugely unpopular, and he has no idea how to do anything. The transition was his first test of leadership, and he has proven to be a miserable failure already. Farron Cousins explains what's happened."

#USbeware

#Biden gives son #Hunter 'unconditional' #pardon

Source: bbc.com/news/articles/cjwl3ven…

Biden has proven that what #Trump can do, he can do too. Lies, nepotism and saving criminals from their just punishment. Look, he's just the lesser of two evils and Trump is much worse. US democracy can only be saved without these two evil parties. Trump's supporters can now pull off much worse things with reference to Biden without the other side being able to justifiably outrage. Righteous anger at this despicable system can only come from the outside.

#usa #fail #Democracy #politics #justice #future #system #crime #Problem #ethics #freedom

US President Biden gives son Hunter 'full and unconditional' pardon

Biden says his son Hunter was "unfairly" prosecuted over tax and gun possession - but earlier he had ruled out a pardon.

^{Sofia Ferreira Santos (BBC News)}

Isn’t nature beautiful? Here you see a neoliberal anus in its natural environment, cosying up to a fascist dickhead.

#macron #trump #neoliberalism #fascism