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Ms. Que Banh<p>Why <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCNDP</span></a> won't EVER get my vote or any of my family's vote again.<br>Why I hate cops even more.<br>Why I yell at people who support cops.<br>You would shut your coploving mouths if they pulled the same shit on your family &amp; your Dad dies on same night.</p><p>Why I still believe no Mayor should be heading ANY municipal police boards. FUCK YOU, DEAN - SAANICH MAYOR &amp; <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BOOTLICKER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BOOTLICKER</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSafety</span></a><br><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BCPoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/YYJpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YYJpoli</span></a></p>
Bi Sasquatch<p>Shit just got real.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/BoycottTesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottTesla</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Telsa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telsa</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CivilDisobedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilDisobedience</span></a> <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ThePoliticsOfGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePoliticsOfGreed</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</span></a></p>
Bi Sasquatch<p>Forget what <a href="https://c.im/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> says, boycotting Tesla is legal. </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/BoycottTesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottTesla</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Telsa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Telsa</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CivilDisobedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilDisobedience</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ThePoliticsOfGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePoliticsOfGreed</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</span></a></p>
Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)3 elections in 3 years: Portugal’s political crisis explained <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/portugal-elections-political-crisis-luis-montenegro-spinumviva/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.politico.eu/article/portugal-elections-political-crisis-luis-montenegro-spinumviva/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/conflictofinterest" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conflictofinterest</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/dataprotection" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dataprotection</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/parliament" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parliament</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/companies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Companies</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/elections" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Elections</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/stability" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Stability</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/conflict" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conflict</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/politics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/budget" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Budget</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/crisis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Crisis</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/rights" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rights</a>
Zzyzx/P<p>Since when did <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAA</span></a> become the personal <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiefdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiefdom</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apartheid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scum</span></a>? With all the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disruptions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disruptions</span></a> and near <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misses</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accidents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accidents</span></a> can we start charging the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/felon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OrangeAbomination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrangeAbomination</span></a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ApartheidScum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ApartheidScum</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/massMurder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massMurder</span></a>?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TraitorGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TraitorGOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TraitorMAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TraitorMAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruptGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruptGOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorruptToTheCore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorruptToTheCore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conflictOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thief</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/burglary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>burglary</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/faa-troubles-more-serious-know-113000275.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/faa-troubles-mo</span><span class="invisible">re-serious-know-113000275.html</span></a></p>
Dorian<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/knGOusAz2As" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/knGOusAz2As</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JohnOliver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnOliver</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</span></a></p>
ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<p>/3</p><p>~ How Elon <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> Muscled His Way into the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAA</span></a> ~</p><p>Note the last lines: “… last Thursday, the first Starlink terminal at the FAA went online—at Birchwood Airport in Alaska.”</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</span></a></p><p>(more screenshots of the article noted in the first post of this thread)</p>
ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<p>/2</p><p>How Elon <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> Muscled His Way into the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAA</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</span></a></p><p>(some screenshots of the article noted in the previous post)</p>
Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>georgetakei</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</span></a> no longer exists in <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s America#.</p>
Thor A. Hopland<p>One thing that should also be made clear is that most people in <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> enjoy some sort of <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/conflictofinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conflictofinterest</span></a>.</p><p>Anything that requires solutions beyond the current norm is "a waste of time", because they are selling the norm.</p><p>Making money as a <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/middleman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>middleman</span></a> is the goose that lays a golden egg and anything challenging that is a threat.</p><p>Some people would like to keep the exploitative market precedents set by big corporations because of the possibility that "it might be them some day".</p>
Nonilex<p>The program’s rules, which were created during the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin, previously favored broadband lines made of fiber-optic cables attached to homes.</p><p>“The department is ripping out the Biden administration’s pointless requirements,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> said. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> Dept will also remove <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulatory</span></a> &amp; other barriers that slow down construction &amp; connection to households, he added.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</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/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</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/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin said on Wednesday that it would overhaul a $42B federal grant program aimed at expanding high-speed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> to the nation, including easing some rules that could benefit <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/satellite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellite</span></a> internet service, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a>.</p><p>The program will be revamped to “take a tech-neutral approach” in its distribution of funds to states, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> Secy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</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/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</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/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/technology/broadband-rules-elon-musk-starlink.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/05/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/broadband-rules-elon-musk-starlink.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> told <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> runs <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> — lawyers noticed</p><p>Trump continues to call <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> DOGE's leader. The White House &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> have said Musk is not leading DOGE. Trump’s latest comments came during his joint address to Congress.</p><p>"I have created the brand-new Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, perhaps you've heard of it, which is headed by Elon Musk, who is in the gallery tonight," Trump said in his speech.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-musk-doge-head-address-legal-fight-2025-3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">businessinsider.com/trump-musk</span><span class="invisible">-doge-head-address-legal-fight-2025-3</span></a></p>
ProPublica<p>Exclusive: Six sources who worked for the Air Force or in Congress told ProPublica that they had heard about Sen. Joni Ernst’s relationship with a top military official and there had been concerns about it for years.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/joni-ernst-congress-military-relationships?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/joni-er</span><span class="invisible">nst-congress-military-relationships?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Military</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/JoniErnst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoniErnst</span></a></p>
Ⓐ Consciousness Revolutions 🏴<p>The glaring conflict of interest declared by the authors of a paper on carbon capture that I just came across would be funny, if they hadn&#39;t declared it as nonexistent.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/carboncapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>carboncapture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conflictofinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conflictofinterest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/juststopoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>juststopoil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>funding</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>"As DOGE slashes budgets, FAA close to canceling $2.4 billion contract with Verizon and giving it to Musk's Starlink": <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/26/musk-starlink-doge-faa-verizon/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/business/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/26/musk-starlink-doge-faa-verizon/</span></a><br> In related news, Richard Painter wrote that: <br>"18 U.S.C. Section 208 says it's a crime for a federal employee to participate in a government matter he knows affects his own financial interest." <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</span></a></p>
Zzyzx/P<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rape</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pillage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pillage</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USTreasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USTreasury</span></a> continues and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGATraitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGATraitors</span></a> are complicit in this. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/masks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>masks</span></a> are off. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greedy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ApartheidScum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ApartheidScum</span></a> is getting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/payback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>payback</span></a> with interest from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorruptAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorruptAdministration</span></a>. Time to throw off <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TraitorGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TraitorGOP</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/clean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/house" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>house</span></a>. </p><p>aka "How to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buy</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> and promote <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CronyCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CronyCapitalism</span></a>!"<br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorruptToTheCore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorruptToTheCore</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LockHimUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LockHimUp</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-says-upgrade-faa-185314086.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-mu</span><span class="invisible">sk-says-upgrade-faa-185314086.html</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>"Days After DOGE Lands at the Agency, the FAA Says It’s Testing Starlink Equipment in Its Systems. It's yet another sign that Elon Musk is at the center of the new Trump government": <br><a href="https://gizmodo.com/days-after-doge-lands-at-the-agency-the-faa-says-its-testing-starlink-equipment-in-its-systems-2000568270" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/days-after-doge-la</span><span class="invisible">nds-at-the-agency-the-faa-says-its-testing-starlink-equipment-in-its-systems-2000568270</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>Behind DOGE’s Many Conflicts of Interest and Elon Musk’s Weekend Email Chaos </p><p>On this special episode of “Uncanny Valley,” we dig into the many <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> staffers keeping two jobs at once, plus what happened when US federal workers received an email from <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> over the weekend.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/conflictofinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conflictofinterest</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/takeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>takeover</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/takedown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>takedown</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-news-update-doge-conflicts-elon-musk-email-chaos/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/uncanny-valley</span><span class="invisible">-news-update-doge-conflicts-elon-musk-email-chaos/</span></a></p>
Impish4249<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@Huntn00" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Huntn00</span></a></span> </p><p>I had not thought of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conflictofinterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conflictofinterest</span></a> here but now that you mention it.</p><p>It is easier to see with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> who is slashing &amp; burning <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> agencies, including <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a>, while selling <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spaceflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceflight</span></a> services to the government. </p><p>In this case there is the element of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publictrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publictrust</span></a> that citizens should have in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fourthestate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fourthestate</span></a> in conflict with the desire to sell <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> services to the government.</p><p>Of course so many other news services are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BendingTheKnee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BendingTheKnee</span></a>, paying out in lawsuits, etc...</p>