#Profiteering

2025-06-21

Arab Leaders CAUGHT Helping Israel Attack Iran AND Gaza

youtube.com/watch?v=Heo6QxpGWy

The Untold Story They DON’T Want You to See

#Israel #ArabLeaders #Collaboration #Genocide #War #Iran #Corruption #WarCrimes #Profiteering #MarchToGaza #Egypt #Jordan #UAE

2025-06-18

The filing also discloses details of a *#NationalSecurity* [personsal enrichment scheme] agreement inked w/the Trump admin, which gives #Trump the personal authority to name a board member as well as a non-economic golden share.

The golden share gives the US govt veto authority over a raft of #corporate decisions, from idling plants to cutting production capacity & moving jobs overseas, as previewed in a weekend social media post by #Commerce Secy #HowardLutnick.

#profiteering #Emoluments #law

2025-06-18

The #NipponSteel acquisition of #USSteel closed, with big role for #Trump

#profiteering #Emoluments #law #securities #SEC #ImpeachTrump

Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion acquisition of US Steel closed on Wed, the companies said, confirming an unusual degree of #power for the Trump admin after the Japanese company's 18-month struggle to close the purchase.

Under the deal terms, Nippon bought 100% of US Steel shares at $55 per share, as it first laid out in its Dec 2023….

reuters.com/sustainability/boa

2025-06-17

[#Republicans loosening of #cryptocurrency #regulations] has coincided w/Trump’s family’s rapid expansion into the industry, which has made #Trump into a #crypto dealer who stands to make huge sums of money from it.

In a #policy stmnt released before the final vote, WH ofcls wrote that the bill “removes #regulatory uncertainty that has hindered *innovation & competitiveness* [#fraud & #MoneyLaundering] in the digital assets sector.”

#law #finance #profiteering #USpol

tulticantultican
2025-06-05

NM: Stride Caught Misbehaving Yet Again - Stride in the new criminal organization that used to be called K12. Corporate cheaters must change their names whenever too many people know about them. open.substack.com/pub/curmudgu

2025-06-02

Debt is crushing the developing world

A reminder and something that has been ignore by many in the West, most governments willing to turn a blind eye to the plundering of already poor countries by the companies that they regulate.

archive.today/2025.06.02-04142 (archive)

#Debt #DevelopingWorld #Theft #Profiteering #Misery #Stiglitz #FT

Start of linked article - title reads
Debt is crushing the developing world
There is an urgent need to rethink financial structures that are
failing billions of people

Below a drawing of a small bowed tree chained to a very very large ball is shown.Screenshot of the conclusion to the article, reads
‘There is growing consensus among experts: current debt policies in many developing countries are serving financial markets, not the people. This threatens to condemn entire nations to a lost decade - or worse. A lost decade or more for some of the poorest and most vulnerable is something the world can ill-afford.
The debate must move beyond narrow narratives of success based simply on avoiding financial defaults. It must reflect the lived realities of billions whose futures are being mortgaged to serve old debts under unsustainable terms.
And it must begin to address the fundamental flaws in the global architecture that have led to recurrent debt and development crises. Now is the time for responsible action.’
StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎stacescases2.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
2025-05-23

Tonight, Trump is hosting an event being described as "unprecedented and corrupt"! What is happening and who is going to be there that is sounding the alarms? Is there no end to the #scheming and #profiteering that is going on in Trump's #WhiteHouse and in plain sight?! youtu.be/IlXbrFAoaHQ?...

🚨CBS Just Exposed Trump's "Whi...

2025-05-02

#Trump’s latest enterprise is being developed by #Dubai real estate company #DarGlobal & will be the first Trump International Hotel in the #MiddleEast.

…The advertised “golden visa” does not specify which country it is for, but in Feb Trump announced the concept of selling a "#GoldCard" #visa for $5M potentially offering #wealthy buyers residency in the #US & granting them a pathway to #citizenship.

#law #Constitution #Emoluments #FARA #corruption #profiteering #geopolitics

2025-05-02

#Emoluments Schlemoluments

#Trump is set to expand his property #empire into #Dubai - with a new 80 story skyscraper.

Plans have been unveiled for Trump Hotel & Residences Dubai in the heart of the #UAE, measuring almost 1,150 feet with a swimming pool at the top. Prices for 2-bed apartments start at $1M & the website for the property offers free 10 year ‘golden visas’.

#law #Constitution #corruption #profiteering #geopolitics
h/t @maddad
independent.co.uk/news/world/a

2025-04-29

While #Trump’s many merchandising opportunities have been difficult to keep up with, this endeavor was arguably the most outrageous—partly because of the rather obvious #ConflictOfInterest related to the #SEC & partly because of the brazenness of Trump’s #profiteering.

The CLC’s Adav Noti explained, “It is literally cashing in on the presidency—creating a financial instrument so people can transfer money to the president’s family in connection with his office. It is beyond unprecedented.”

#law

*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱Crispius@infosec.exchange
2025-04-22

“If there’s one thing we learned from the pandemic supply-chain shocks, it’s that corporate CEOs never let an emergency go to waste. Bosses, knowing that you’d been warned to expect higher prices, went ahead and jacked up their prices way over inflation, blaming it on covid, on stimulus checks, on Biden, on the phase of the moon. Blaming it on anything — except greed. That’s why we called it “excuseflation””

#GreedFlation #Profiteering

pluralistic.net/2025/04/21/tru

2025-04-18

"We have to change how we treat housing. It's not a speculative financial instrument but an essential piece of infrastructure for a healthy community. That means supporting policies and reforms that empower small-scale development, remove artificial barriers, and restore competition to local housing markets."

Link: strongtowns.org/journal/2025/4

#Housing #Affordability #Economy #Economics #Community #Sustainability #HumanRights #Capitalism #Profiteering

The Rent Is Too Damn Artificial
by Edward Erfurt, April 16, 2025

In January 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice sued six of the nation’s largest landlords, accusing them of using algorithmic pricing tools to artificially inflate apartment rents. The lawsuit argues that these companies—massive real estate holders managing over 1.3 million units—coordinated their rental pricing, using software developed by RealPage Inc. to exchange sensitive data & suppress competition in housing markets across 43 states.

This isn’t just about one piece of software. It’s about scale, structure, and a system that increasingly treats homes like stocks.

The lawsuit reveals a problem that goes deeper than bad behavior: The U.S. housing market is entangled with the financial system. We have been trained to see rising rents & home values as a sign of economic strength, but when those increases are the result of artificial manipulation rather than organic demand, that “growth” is an illusion. It’s profit without production — return without value.

The ripple effects of this entanglement are easy to see. High rents drive displacement. They prevent people from saving, starting families, or owning homes. They drain local economies. Yet, investors don't consider these effects when making decisions. They are investing in a financial product, not in shelter. Their focus is on whether their fund continues to grow.

Children's blocks spell out "rent" next to a wood toy house, with a wood red arrow above.
Joseph Lim :mastodon:joseph11lim
2025-04-09

Access to is a issue.

has Australia’s generic in his sights. And no-one’s talking about it
"There is pressure for to emulate aspects of system, where can delay generics of their by 30 months. If US plays hardball on tis issue cld delay 🇦🇺’s access to cheaper .. US notification system is much more favourable to e patented drug than Australia’s"
theconversation.com/trump-has-

2025-04-08

As #EggPrices soared, so did producer #profits

A #USDA program doled out hundreds of millions in relief payments to big egg companies, even as the largest earned record profits.

The #AvianInfluenza outbreak has had far-reaching consequences: >120M hens have been slaughtered & #egg #prices have risen to record levels. In his address to Congress, #Trump called the situation “out of control.”

Yet for some #corporate companies, these are good times.

#BirdFlu #Profiteering
washingtonpost.com/business/20

2025-04-04

Ha Ha, out come the vultures, ready to make a profit no matter what side is in power :)

I saw this ad popup in my browser.

#tesla #profiteering #capitalism

🤦‍♂️

Jonathan Emmesedijemmesedi@c.im
2025-03-15

Trump's hardly the first US politician to profit from his office, nor is this behaviour confined to the right; plenty of supposedly left of centre officials and legislators have turned their public office to private benefit.

What is new and disturbingly different is the sheer scale and shamelessness of the profiteering, self-dealing, and corruption here. What's worse, Trump and his sycophants promote these actions as "smart" and "patriotic".

Critics accuse Trump and others of profiting from their positions | PBS News

pbs.org/newshour/show/critics-

#USPolitics #DonaldTrump #Corruption #Profiteering

2025-03-12

How is it ok to hold vulnerable war-torn countries to ransom to get hold of their mineral deposits? That’s the definition of #profiteering if I am not mistaken.

2025-02-16

why is this #weeny crying? will his kids go to war? (unlikely because he is part of the #rich elite, only the #poor will DIE for even more #profit!) let me tell you this: after #ww2 and the EXCELLENT #Marshallplan of course #EU and #USA were friends, because #USA effectively helped #Europe recover from the #destruction (not without profiting) so #Europe has ALWAYS been a #Theater for #Americans to play in, play #war, play #influence. Whoever thinks this will change overnight is gravely mistaken, #Europe DOES NOT EVEL BUILD A SINGLE SMART PHONE X-D #Europe is COMPLETELY dependant on #US and #China #infotec companies (so much for "#independence"?) a #EU #Army will not solve that problem X-D
the #US #colony called #Europe is about to get thrown into the same #war and #profiteering #abyss as #Ukraine #wtf? just for #rich #asholes to get #richer that's all (read #ww1 #veteran #SmedleyButtler #warisaracket) #msc2025

Adrian Lenardicalenar
2025-02-04

So much to be learned from The Big Lebowski. Nihlists ("we care about nothing") burn your car then ask you for money. Publishers burn down science then ask scientists for money. Makes perfect sense ("lets see do I have $6k in my wallet for gold standard open access ... hmmm")

@academicchatter

A photo still from the movie big lebowski were the Nihlists (we care about nothing) have burned the dudes car and then ask him for money. I changes it to reflect for profit publsihers burning donw science while asking scientists for money.

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