Category Archives: Toxic C word

A shareholder of the Carlyle Group, a private equity firm formerly led by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, alleges that a 2020 deal enriched executives at the expense of cops and firefighters.
— Read on www.nbcnews.com/news/unusual-deal-gave-virginia-gov-glenn-youngkin-85-million-stock-paid-0-rcna42091

For more than a week, a group called United for Clean Power has run an extensive online advertising campaign arguing the reconciliation package negotiated by Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), which contains historic investments in clean energy, doesn’t go far enough. The ads, which have run on social networks like Facebook and at the top of prominent publications like Politico, urge progressive Democrats in Congress to “demand environmental justice
— Read on popular.info/p/the-people-behind-the-bizarre-non

We are stumbling—seemingly oblivious—into the bared teeth of the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch driven by humanity itself. We are walking straight into it and pretending it’s not here.
— Read on www.commondreams.org/views/2022/07/28/corporate-oligarchs-have-put-humanity-path-toward-self-annihilation

If only it were just about money.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2022/07/18/opinion/climate-politics-manchin.html

The FRC, a staunch opponent of abortion and LGBTQ rights, joins a growing list of activist groups seeking church status, which allows organizations to shield themselves from financial scrutiny.
— Read on www.propublica.org/article/family-research-council-irs-church-status

I’m 17 and Can’t Vote. Here’s Why I’m Tracking Congress’ Stock Trades.
— Read on www.businessinsider.com/congress-stock-trades-law-investing-data-2022-7

Pundits blame stimmies and wage growth for inflation, and say pain for average people is the remedy. It’s not true.
— Read on www.vice.com/en/article/88qa84/dont-blame-inflation-on-stimulus-checks-blame-it-on-corporate-greed

This man’s entire life consists of being upset that having billions of dollars doesn’t make him funny https://t.co/ZFLaYUNjJr

— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) June 15, 2022

A tech watchdog group reveals users can purchase materials to build high-powered, automatic weapons in a few clicks
— Read on www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/15/meta-firearms-sales-facebook-instagram-ghost-guns

https://youtu.be/316nOvHUS8A “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps” and “if I can do it, so can you” are the monetary maxims of billionaires across the country that are as fictitious as Santa Claus. Believing that you’re only one idea away from a cool billion has been so deftly interwoven into the American experiment that some gullible…
— Read on boingboing.net/2022/06/05/the-fictitious-self-made-billionaire.html

Four corporations control 90% of the baby formula market in the United States.
— Read on www.commondreams.org/views/2022/06/03/corporate-monopolies-who-stole-babies-formula

Click on counties to see a list of foreign owners. Full-page interactive version of the map. Republished from Investigate Midwest Foreign investment in
— Read on dailyyonder.com/foreign-investment-in-u-s-cropland-nearly-triples-in-past-decade-usda-data-shows-2/2022/05/24/

Young Australians, hit by worsening floods, droughts and fires, are celebrating as Scott Morrison’s government of “climate laggards” have been shown the door.
— Read on www.vice.com/en/article/7kbg5e/climate-change-australia-albanese