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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lain.com/users/lain" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lain</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bemrose.social/users/ryan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ryan</span></a></span> reminds me of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcKUYbChE3A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>"What if we build public transport, but worse &amp; for-profit?"</em></a></p><p>Video via <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AdamSomething" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdamSomething</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/zoox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zoox</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/pods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pods</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/robotaxi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robotaxi</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/robotaxis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robotaxis</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PublicTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransport</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittufication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittufication</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Classism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Classism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EliteProjection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EliteProjection</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a></p>
Ned Yeung<p>Alberta.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>The <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpMusk</span></a> regime is systemically dismantling &amp; destroying the fed govt, for privatization, to align with Russia…</p><p>At the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a>, at least 5 top leaders were put on leave: infectious-disease inst dir Marrazzo. She'd succeeded Fauci as dir of the Nat Inst of Allergy &amp; Infectious Diseases -helped lead the nation’s response to the COVID pandemic &amp; that later became a target of Rs... <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a>: proposes to reassign them to AS, MT...</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a><br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/04/01/hhs-senior-leaders-put-on-leave-nih/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/health/2025</span><span class="invisible">/04/01/hhs-senior-leaders-put-on-leave-nih/</span></a></p>
OccuWorld<p>Jeremy Corbyn rails against greedy water companies</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQ5Yf9u9s4&amp;t=13s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=rNQ5Yf9u9s</span><span class="invisible">4&amp;t=13s</span></a></p><p>A private members bill contesting ownership of water companies is making it's way through Parliament. <br>Just this week, it was reported water companies are still dumping record litres of sewage into Britain's waterways.</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/JeremyCorbyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeremyCorbyn</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Decay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decay</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Looting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Looting</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/ScaleOfTheProblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScaleOfTheProblem</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/GovernmentCollusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentCollusion</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Profit</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/UnfairPoliticalSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnfairPoliticalSystem</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/PeoplesForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeoplesForum</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“Privatization costs more, is less efficient, has worse outcomes, and people get less.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> has never been about finding fraud and waste. Its goal is to privatize essential government functions and give contracts to Trump and Elon’s circle of <a href="https://toad.social/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchs</span></a>.”<br>-M D’Arrigo </p><p>If the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpMusk</span></a> regime succeeds in their goal of privatizing most of the fed govt, it’ll exacerbate health inequalities &amp; destroy<br>the social safety net.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/health-department-private-sector-takeover" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/29/health-department-private-sector-takeover</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> wants businesses to run <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> services ‘as much as possible’<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s effort is pushing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> — a longtime goal for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> &amp; for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> alike — across <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mail</span></a> delivery. Federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RealEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RealEstate</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> grants. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin is moving to privatize a sweeping number of govt functions &amp; assets….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RichGetRicher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RichGetRicher</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/30/doge-privatize-government-usps-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/technology/</span><span class="invisible">2025/03/30/doge-privatize-government-usps-trump/</span></a></p>
OccuWorld<p>Gutting US health agency will allow for private sector takeover, experts warn</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/health-department-private-sector-takeover?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/29/health-department-private-sector-takeover?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a></p><p>Robert F Kennedy, Trump’s health secretary, said he will be laying off nearly 20,000 workers, imperiling crucial services</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Threat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Threat</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Imperil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imperil</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/ProfitMotive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProfitMotive</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Corporatocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporatocracy</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
Zuri (he/him) 🕐 CET<p>Or in other words: Has to do to continue being described as having said role.</p><p>What does that tell us:<br>In terms of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privatisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatisation</span></a>, this means that preventing spending as much money on citizens as possible to increase that person's profits as much as possible is neither a mistake nor abuse of the process, it is what is to be expected of that role.</p><p>3/</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LuigiMangione" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LuigiMangione</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedHealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Agenda2010" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agenda2010</span></a></p>
Axomamma<p>"NASA announced March 10 that it was closing the Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy; the Office of the Chief Scientist; and the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Branch of the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The employees of those offices, 23 in total, will be laid off."</p><p>Sounds to me like Musk is setting NASA up to be privatized and fully absorbed by his company SpaceX.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PresidentMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://spacenews.com/nasa-closes-offices-lays-off-staff-as-it-prepares-for-larger-workforce-reductions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spacenews.com/nasa-closes-offi</span><span class="invisible">ces-lays-off-staff-as-it-prepares-for-larger-workforce-reductions/</span></a></p>
John<p>Postal employees rally against <a href="https://union.place/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>: "It’s about rich versus poor. Who built this country? It wasn’t people in suits. It was people in coveralls."</p><p><a href="https://www.labornotes.org/2025/03/postal-workers-throng-500-rallies-save-postal-service" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">labornotes.org/2025/03/postal-</span><span class="invisible">workers-throng-500-rallies-save-postal-service</span></a></p><p><a href="https://union.place/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberalism</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/USPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPS</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/APWU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APWU</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/NALC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NALC</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/LouisDeJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LouisDeJoy</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/LaborRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborRights</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/NLRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NLRA</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/WellsFargo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WellsFargo</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/FightLikeHell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightLikeHell</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/BrianRenfroe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrianRenfroe</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/NRLCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRLCA</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassWar</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>The Trump Administration: Government by Billionaires, for Billionaires<br><a href="https://cepr.net/publications/the-trump-administration-government-by-billionaires-for-billionaires/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cepr.net/publications/the-trum</span><span class="invisible">p-administration-government-by-billionaires-for-billionaires/</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wikiCenter_for_Economic_and_Policy_Research" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wikiCenter_fo</span><span class="invisible">r_Economic_and_Policy_Research</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"US Consumer Spending Barely Rises, Key Inflation Gauge Picks Up."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trumpcession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpcession</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-28/us-pce-inflation-accelerates-spending-is-weaker-than-forecast" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-03-28/us-pce-inflation-accelerates-spending-is-weaker-than-forecast</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"One small business has paid nearly $30K in the past 2 months."</p><p>“Trump: These tariffs we’re going to make a lot of money,” Susan told me. “Well, you’re stealing money from me.”</p><p>🚨<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> are devastating US businesses, &amp; many: worldwide.</p><p>Trump's intent is to destroy the fed govt for <a href="https://toad.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a>. </p><p>Let's hope that there're more "Bacons" in Congress:<br>Rep Bacon: "We made a mistake. We passed leg that gave the pres. some temporary tariff authorities."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recession</span></a><br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/trump-tariffs-businesses-harmed/682168/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/</span><span class="invisible">2025/03/trump-tariffs-businesses-harmed/682168/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Welcome news: “The Social Security Administration said it would postpone controversial changes to phone service and partially relax new rules on identity verification.”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/social-security-cuts-doge-phone-id" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/03/26/social-se</span><span class="invisible">curity-cuts-doge-phone-id</span></a></p>
Angela G<p>Please copy and paste into the forms on the websites of your members of Congress, and share with others. <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a></p><p>Iinherently governmental functions should stay rooted in the government, and I wish to make it clear that I am against <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> of essential government programs.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/MedicareAdvantage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicareAdvantage</span></a> -the "market solution" to make <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a> more efficient and cost the government less-costs the government more than Traditional Medicare, $80 billion more in 2024. Please ask the question loudly and frequently, "How does privatization help when it actually costs more? Why do we support a program that costs more when the lower-cost option already exists?"</p><p>Listen to the discussions about privatizing the "unprofitable" post office. Privatizing simply means that someone will extract profit out of the thing being privatized. Given the same resources, the same logistical constraints, and same desired services, how will privatization of the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PostOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostOffice</span></a> serve all Americans? Please ask the question frequently and loudly, "Who would benefit from privatization?"</p><p>We all know the answer: the rich and the connected. But talk about it often on social media and every time you are interviewed.</p><p>Please make the point in every discussion on the topic that privatization is always about extracting profit. It is never about serving Americans. Then please do everything in your power to fight efforts to privatize essential government services.</p>
Kim Perales<p>"Treasury Department is set to lay off a ‘substantial’ number of employees, official says.'</p><p>“These plans will be tailored for each bureau, and in many cases will require separations of substantial numbers of employees through reductions in force (RIFs).'</p><p>The federal govt is being ransacked for <a href="https://toad.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a>. If Musk's DOGE isn't stopped soon, the damage may be permanent.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br> <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/26/treasury-department-is-set-to-lay-off-a-substantial-number-of-employees-official-says.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbc.com/2025/03/26/treasury-d</span><span class="invisible">epartment-is-set-to-lay-off-a-substantial-number-of-employees-official-says.html</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Trump is destroying the economy to privatize the fed govt.</p><p>"The Conf Board's consumer confidence index dropped in Mar to -lowest level since Jan 2021. Trump's pres.: Americans as pessimistic as they were during: Covid crisis. Consumer inflation expectations⬆️6.2% in Mar.</p><p>Before Trump took office, the US economy was surging ahead of Europe’s. Trump’s managed to reverse that trend."<br>-S Ratnner</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a>➡️weakens at the same time inflation rises➡️<a href="https://toad.social/tags/stagflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stagflation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recession</span></a>: soon.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Drifter<p>„Journalists continue to normalize the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TrumpMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpMusk</span></a> regime’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> plan &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>.“ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/@KimPerales/114212392453680457" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toad.social/@KimPerales/114212</span><span class="invisible">392453680457</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>The WH, through Harbinger, an outside event prod co, is soliciting corp sponsors for this year’s🥚Easter Egg Roll, prompting major concerns from ethics experts &amp; shock from fmr WH officials. </p><p>It shouldn’t be a shock, profiting off of literally everything, has always been Trump’s brand. He’s never had a moral compass, understanding of altruism, or empathy for the marginalized. Journalists continue to normalize the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpMusk</span></a> regime’s <a href="https://toad.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> plan &amp; <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/politics/white-house-easter-egg-roll-corporate-sponsorships/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/03/23/politics/wh</span><span class="invisible">ite-house-easter-egg-roll-corporate-sponsorships/index.html</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Trump2 Billionaire Commerce Secretary Threatens to Shut Down Social Security<br><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-billionaire-commerce-secretary-threatens-to-shut-down-social-security" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">truthout.org/articles/trumps-b</span><span class="invisible">illionaire-commerce-secretary-threatens-to-shut-down-social-security</span></a></p><p>Howard Lutnick suggested only fraudsters would complain if their checks don’t arrive this month.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lutnick</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a></p>