‘Startup Nation’ Groups Say They’re Meeting Trump Officials to Push for #Deregulated ‘Freedom Cities’
"#Minicircle’s gene #therapy clinical trial on the protein follistatin — which he claims increases muscle mass without side effects, and also has life-extending benefits in mice — was only possible in #Próspera...companies benefiting from #FreedomCities..."
#Thiel #Palantir
https://www.wired.com/story/startup-nations-donald-trump-legislation/
“At the root of the issue is #Alberta’s #deregulated #electricity market, which has resulted in market power being concentrated in the hands of a few power companies.
Alberta used to have the lowest electricity prices on the continent
In the past, Alberta used to have some of the lowest electricity prices in North America. However, prices experienced a sharp increase in 2001 when the electricity market was deregulated.” https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee/111144733267003424
Absolutely fascinating. Why is there massive #rightWingRadio and why has it gone so much damage? Drum roll, please…. Ron #Reagan ended the #fairnessDoctrine when he #deregulated media. #99pi #podcast https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-divided-dial/
Is this an effective #deregulated #electricity market?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/132841291/big-four-power-companies-earning-7-million-every-day
And it's definitely a coincidence that they are all making these kinds of profits. Definitely nothing dodgy going on with the #competition between them
#Deregulated foster families: #Migrant #children, who have been coming into the United States without their parents in record numbers, are ending up in some of the most punishing jobs in the country for big-name companies, including Whole Foods, Walmart, J. Crew and Frito-Lay.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/briefing/migrant-child-labor.html
“As #disasters have grown, this workforce has grown. And these #workers, imported to clean up after #climatedisasters, since the #Second functions as a well #deregulated militia, do all this without #legalprotections, without legal status,” says Soni, a longtime labor organizer and the director of Resilience Force, that advocates for #ImmigrantWorkers.
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/2/10/saket_soni_the_great_escape_book
