https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/13/last-gasp/#i-cant-breathe
Once again, a killer synopsis on the anatomy of greed from @pluralistic. #lincare #greed #fraud
“He’s been clear– he does not support a federal abortion ban,” an ad from the group #lies, despite #Trump's refusal to commit to vetoing a #NationalAbortionBan.
Tenuous claims on Trump’s #abortion positions aside, the group is also using Justice #RuthBaderGinsburg’s name & likeness without permission from her family.
#FactCheck#TrumpLies #fraud
#RBG#ReproductiveRights#VoteBlue#HarrisWalz2024
“The #RBG PAC has no connection to the Ginsburg family & is an affront to my late grandmother’s legacy,” #AbortionRights attorney & #RuthBaderGinsburg’s granddaughter Clara Spera said in a statement to the NYT. “The use of her name & image to support Donald #Trump’s re-election campaign, & specifically to suggest that she would approve of his position on #abortion, is nothing short of appalling.”
#FactCheck#TrumpLies #fraud
#ReproductiveRights#VoteBlue#HarrisWalz2024
#RuthBaderGinsburg herself publicly denounced #Trump in an interview w/the NYT prior to his first term.
“I can’t imagine what this place would be — I can’t imagine what the country would be — with Donald Trump as our president," she said at the time. "For the country, it could be four years. For the court, it could be — I don’t even want to contemplate that."
#FactCheck#TrumpLies #fraud
#SCOTUS#ReproductiveRights#VoteBlue#HarrisWalz2024
#Trump’s campaign has sought to toe the line on #abortion policy, aiming to appease his #religious #fundamentalist base while simultaneously duping pro-choice voters, while #KamalaHarris has hit Trump hard on abortion, a key issue for voters.
tl;dr--The student loan servicers are corrupt, ripping off former students, me included. Democrats are trying to fix it and provide some overall relief, quickly and untargeted, but Republicans and their allies on the bench are blocking the effort, and Millennials that know this are *pissed off*. 17/17
#nelnet #navient #studentdebt #studentloans #data #fraud #PSLF#Teacher #debt #college #publicservice#Harris#CFPB #supremecourt @pluralistic
#nelnet #navient #studentdebt #studentloans #data #fraud #PSLF#Teacher #debt #college #publicservice#Harris#CFPB #supremecourt @pluralistic
Learning that today's massive Mastodon spam attack was carried out by conspiracy-addled Japanese middle-schoolers whose previous spam run was shut down when admins got in touch with their parents who confiscated their devices is definitely straight of the Shitty Timeline Little Brother.
Taking #Trump public may not have been possible w/o the rise of an obscure financial instrument, the special-purpose-acquisition company [#SPAC]. In 2020, the pandemic stock market was surging, & the perception among entrepreneurs was that SPACs let private companies get in on the action quicker & w/less #oversight than the traditional way of going public, the #IPO.
Celebrities & athletes were looking to join the frenzy, from Shaquille O’Neal to Martha Stewart. Even if their business plans were fundamentally stupid, even if mom-&-pop investors would later lose nearly all their money, the people who got in on a #SPAC at the beginning could make a pile.