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#privatization

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Kim Perales

“Meanwhile...🚨US #military is deploying >4K Marines & sailors to the waters around Latin America/Carib as part of a ramped-up effort to combat drug cartels, 2 US DEF offices: a dramatic show of force that’ll give the pres a broad range of MIL options should he want to target drug cartels.”

The US is🚨vulnerable to terrorist attracts, natural disasters… bc Trump is using the MIL to distract from inflation via #tariffs, JE, destruction of the USG for #privatization…
#USPol
cnn.com/2025/08/15/politics/us

Kim Perales

The couple💔was found guilty of harboring & conspiring to trans undoc #immigrants -face up to 10 yrs in prison +loss of their legal status.

Large corps🚨found employing undoc IMMs: subject to fines -not potential incarceration.

#DHS Investigations conducted a work-site enforc action at the bakery -agents detained wkrs they said were in the country illegally.

Trump's goal: expel/deport blk/brown ppl +bankrupt small businesses for #privatization.
#Oligarchy #Racism #USPol
nytimes.com/2025/08/13/us/bord

Leonardo Baez, the owner of Abby’s Bakery in Los Fresnos, Texas.
The New York Times · Bakers on Texas-Mexican Border Are Found Guilty of Harboring Illegal WorkersBy Edgar Sandoval
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Kim Perales

"Maybe the craziest part of Trump's "reciprocal" #tariffs is they tend to get HIGHER as countries' tariffs on US exports get LOWER. (Eg, CH got 39% even though its tariffs aver 0.2%).🚨So, we're punishing countries for being open to US goods.

Make it make sense.

The data further demonstrate that US tariffs today are about #protectionism."

It makes sense bc Trump is destroying the USG for #privatization.
#Autocracy #Kleptocracy #Plutocracy #Kakistocracy #Protest #USPol
cato.org/blog/please-stop-call

Leah Price

My town's rec department has outsourced kids' cooking classes to a for-profit that uses "online sponsored classes" as a "marketing platform to build brand loyalty" among 5-year-olds. Their classes, they boast, are "sold out"; so are their souls. #privatization

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Kim Perales

"The irony of all this is that few investments match the ROI of scientific research. Every $1 invested yields major returns in jobs, innovation, & better health for our country.🚨Cutting it guarantees economic & health losses we’ll feel for decades."
-Dr C Young

The #TrumpRegime is rapidly destroying America. It's always been Trump's intent, for #retribution, #privatization, #kleptocracy #plutocracy...
#NIH #NSF #Science #Research #GDP #Economy #Protest #Boycott #USPol scienceimpacts.org/

Kim Perales

Only 2 INDs in America are thriving:🚨 #BigBanks & #BigTech -both appear to want only 1 IND in America to thrive. So they're taking each other on in a series of regulatory fights.

Private equity mad that crypto is also going to be allowed as an option in 401k plans

Banks & fintech are literal adversaries on the CFPB's open bkg rule

EO planned on "debanking" for the benefit of the tech right

#Privatization #Kleptocracy #AI #FINTech #Crypto #Fascism #Deregulation #USPol prospect.org/power/2025-08-07-

The American Prospect · Silicon Valley Godzilla vs. Wall Street MothraThe only two sectors thriving in Trump’s economy are increasingly sparring with each other.
Kim Perales

Trump announced late Wed:🚨a 100% tariff on imported chips, but not for cos. that're “bldg in the US.” Nvidia shares rose >1% in the premkt, while ADM climbed >2%. The SMH gained about 2% before the bell.

Apple gained 2% after the co ann plans to spend an additional $100B on US cos. & suppliers over the next 4 years.

#Monopoly: govt restricts competition by only allowing certain cos. to opr in a specific mkt or sctr.
#Privatization #Fascism #Kleptocracy #Tariffs #USPol
cnbc.com/2025/08/06/stock-mark

CNBCStock futures jump after Trump’s chip tariffs have broad exemptions: Live updatesThe major U.S. indexes are tracking for weekly gains.
Kim Perales

The economy🚨in LA & CA is depressed. 3.1% of the state's WF stayed home in June. #ICE raids: clear culprit; some bus' say it's worse than COVID.

The economic impact of Trump's IMM crackdown is quantifiable, & could be written down & sent to DC as a demand for pymt.

Net IMM *provides a steady supply of av wkrs in key fields: way⬇️this yr.

🚨Trump is destroying the #economy, for #privatization, & #retribution.
#Trumpcession #Immigrants #ICE #Deportations #Tariffs #USPol
prospect.org/politics/2025-08-

The American Prospect · ICE Raids Broke Los Angeles’ Economy. Shouldn’t ICE Pay for That?The economic impact of the immigration crackdown is quantifiable, and could be written down and sent to Washington as a demand for payment.
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Kim Perales

The #USDA said it'd🚨cut funding for a nat network of centers that have supported 1000s of sm & mid-sized farm & food bus'.

The cuts are another hit to #farmers from Pres Trump's effort to shrink the size & cost of the fed govt *already CXL programs for local foods, food banks & climate-friendly farming, among others.

The USDA under Biden spent $400M to open the centers as part of its effort to increase resilience & comp in the US #foodsupply chain.
#Privatization #USPol
reuters.com/world/us/us-farm-a

Cosmic Librarian

Months ago, when the Trump administration began making cuts in agencies and personnel, some people did not get why it was being done, other than to save money. It was quite obvious what was being done, yet it was flying over people's heads. It's all about privatization, and I'm glad it's FINALLY being said..and it's much bigger than weather forecasting.

Wake up.

Trump appointees have ties to companies that stand to benefit from privatizing weather forecasts

#weather #climate #privatization #government #federalagencies #personnel

apnews.com/article/trump-lutni

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Nonilex

#HowardLutnick is not the only one #Trump nominated for a key post w/close relationships to companies involved in the gathering of vital #weather data.

Trump’s pick to lead the #NOAA, #NeilJacobs, was chief atmospheric scientist for Panasonic Weather Solutions & has been a vocal proponent of #privatization. Trump’s nominee for another top NOAA post, #TaylorJordan, is a lobbyist with a roster of weather-related clients.

#law#broligarchy#BudgetCuts
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Nonilex

What’s drawn less attention is how the *downsizing* appears to be part of an effort to #privatize the work of #FederalAgencies. In several instances, the companies poised to step into the void have deep ties to people tapped by #Trump to run #weather related agencies.

#Privatization would diminish a central role the #Federal govt has played in #forecasting since the 1800s, which…poses a particular harm for those facing financial strain who may not be able to afford #commercial weather data.

Kim Perales

🚨Real estate investors are snapping up a bigger share of US homes on the market as rising prices & high borrowing costs freeze out many other would-be homebuyers.

Nearly 27% of all homes sold in the 1st 3 months of the year were bought by investors. 2020-2023: average was 18.5%.

"Crisis: no one can buy a home in New Haven if they're not 2 income HHSs earning >100k each."
-J Stoehr

The #TrumpRegime favors investors over traditional buyers.
#Housing #Privatization #USPol apnews.com/article/real-estate

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Stephen Elliott~Buckley

@thetyee

“'The company puts a lot of pressure on dispatchers and drivers to pick up clients in a set window,' he said. 'The trade-off is riders can be stuck on a bus for two hours & travel through 3 municipalities' even if they requested to be taken a short distance."

What does this make me think of? This is the kind of ignore-humanity fuckery that #ai scheduling is so good at! 🤮

All misery, all the time.

#transdev #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnaby #canlab #privatization #translink

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