More Tory cronyism? Health minister's husband's firm was given £24MILLION in Government contracts during pandemic https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11182201/Health-ministers-husbands-firm-given-24MILLION-Government-contracts.html #ukpolitics #cronyism #tories #uk

How Ron DeSantis Let Billionaires Destroy Florida

"Florida Governor and U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has raked in millions of dollars—and even a golf simulator—from wealthy corporate interests. At the same time, he’s stripped protections from renters, let insurance & utility companies hike rates, and cut taxes on the wealthy. Jason Garcia exposes his real record."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDNJXvQpe9g

#DeSantis #corruption #cronyism #payToPlay #politics #Florida #economy #homeOwners #renters

If you're in #BritishColumbia - read this. Especially if you were ever a Horganized crimes against humanity supporter. For folks still unaware, past #BCNDP #BCPremier quit & used #cronyism to get his groomed guy Eby in. Horgan lied about why he quit & told public it was to take better care of his health & spend more time w/family. He's working as a #Coalindustry consultant now.

I predicted he'd #hoodwink ppl just like this, over 2 yrs ago. I predicted he'd lie/quit & work for #ecocidal corp.

If Ford and Clarke won't reopen the #greenbelt development restrictions, the federal government should act quickly to put a 100% windfall tax on any land price appreciation due to public policy changes.

#taxtherich #corruption #DougFord #cronyism #cdnpoli #onpoli

After decades of known #cronyism (AKA #climate #disinformation) https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/climate-deception-dossiers

- for some odd reason (called "money") we still don't have laws that prevent the lying "think tanks" & lobbying groups in general from spreading their harmful BS!

Revealed: Media Blitz Against Heat Pumps Funded by #Gas Lobby Group https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/climate-deception-dossiers

#Smooth talking criminal #politics #business #greenwash #gaslighting the #ignorant & or #greedy #psychology

Crony #capitalism at it's best!

Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of #Fascism

"Historian Lawrence Britt studied the fascist regimes of #Hitler (Germany), #Mussolini (Italy), #Franco (Spain), #Suharto (Indonesia), and #Pinochet (Chile) and found they had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.

1. Powerful and Continuing #Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of #patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. #Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of #HumanRights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, and long incarcerations of prisoners.

3. Identification of #Enemies/#Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: #racial, #ethnic or #religious #minorities; #liberals; #communists; #socialists, #terrorists…

4. Supremacy of the #Military
Even when there are widespread #domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

5. Rampant #Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional #gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is #homophobia and anti-#gay legislation.

6. Controlled #MassMedia
Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or by sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Government #censorship and #secrecy especially in war time, are very common.

7. Obsession with #NationalSecurity
Fear of hostile foreign powers is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

8. #Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.

9. Protection of #Corporate Power
The #industrial and business #aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

10. Suppression of #Labor Power
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor #unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

11. Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to #HigherEducation and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.

12. Obsession with #Crime and #Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the #police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

13. Rampant #Cronyism and #Corruption
Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

14. #Fraudulent #Elections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

This post is a summary of Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine."

https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/

Michael #Gove refuses to close loophole that let #Tories pocket £8.7m from secretive donors

#corruption #cronyism

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/michael-gove-refuses-close-loophole-30475538

DeSantis agency sent $92 million in covid relief funds to donor project - The Washington Post
https://archive.ph/vUlUM

#Corruption #Cronyism #DeSantis

So not only the #Tories #covid19 #VIPlane was declared illegal for sheer #cronyism, have to dispose of £4billions worth of unusable PPE https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1435 (That's more than double what the government won't spend on #juniordoctors), but now it turns out they won't fork the money of disposal and #flytip instead https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/inside-ppe-dumping-ground-thousands-30263976#comments-wrapper. Speculations run high the dumper might be Steven Parkin, major Tory donor & VIP lane beneficiary through Clippers Venture, located 28 miles from the dump site.

@chasalin
We would probably had an easier time in #politics if we knew from the start, what we learned from #DavidGraeber in 2019-ish. That the #constructionIndustry is #fascist, and will tend to be riddled with #nazism. If we knew that it would have saved a lot of effort.

#cronyism #propertyDevelopers
@PaulaToThePeople

£150,000 levelling up grant awarded to Tory donor’s amusement centre in Hastings

Yet more #cronyism and #corruption courtesy of the #Tories and Tory voters.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/07/150000-levelling-up-grant-went-to-tory-donor-lubov-chernukhi-amusement-centre-in-hastings

£150,000 levelling up grant awarded to Tory donor’s amusement centre in Hastings | Conservatives | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/07/150000-levelling-up-grant-went-to-tory-donor-lubov-chernukhi-amusement-centre-in-hastings

Yet more #TorySleaze and #Cronyism

St Mungo’s strikes and the parasitical culture of corporatism, cronyism, and white supremacy
The truth is that the clients St Mungo’s is supposed to help, and the staff who are supposed to do so are just a number to the St Mungo’s machine.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/06/01/st-mungos-strikes-and-the-parasitical-culture-of-corporatism-cronyism-and-white-supremacy/
#corporatism #cronyism #Homeless #Homelessness #StMungos #WhiteSupremacy

"Mob Justice: What do plutocrats and Supreme Court members get from being friends?" #Paywall

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/05/clarence-thomas-supreme-court-ethics-neil-gorsuch-john-roberts/673967/ #scotus #scandal #ethics #cronyism

"What is a Mafia? At the systemic level, it’s different from other criminal groups. Above all, as Diego Gambetta—the premier scholar of the Mafia—has shown, it’s a network for the exchange of favors and the imposition of obligations in the name of 'friendship.' That’s how the crimes get done."

The idea that "a transformational conservative Governor could flip [Florida]" is what makes DeSantis "Presidential material" is the weakest conceivable excuse for why he should be our POTUS, let alone run for the office.

"Gov. Ron DeSantis went to the Badger State Saturday, delivering the 'good news' about how a transformational conservative Governor could flip a perpetual swing state, and how that model may make him Presidential material."

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/610439-wisco-desantis/ #GOP #thuggery #cronyism

Richard #Sharp might be gone, but his replacement will be no better

#BBC #Tories #cronyism

https://councilestatemedia.substack.com/p/richard-sharp-might-be-gone-but-his

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"We don't need tax if we make their existence impossible, starting with making living off pseudotangible assets like shares impossible."

"Why would the valuation of a company that never turned profit entitle someone to cheap loans?"

@ncrav @aral

#oligarchism #cronyism #corruption

Is he on the way out? He should be, of course.

Adam Heppinstall KC has finished his report, and it is due to be released imminently.

#BBC #Tories #Cronyism

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/apr/19/richard-sharp-future-bbc-chair-doubt-uncomfortable-report-boris-johnson

The GOP’s Antidemocratic Stunt in Tennessee Isn’t Playing Out So Well - Vanity Fair https://apple.news/APwOIy-GRQeCXcVCmQuRFxA

Article: Revelation that State GOP Speaker may not even live in the district he was elected to represent.

#Corruption
#GOP
#Cronyism

Live upstairs and then ride the elevator down in the morning and work until it’s time to ride back up in the evening. 😣

https://medium.com/@sara_causey/i-mean-the-real-estates-already-there-and-everything-da7f17d579a2

#housing #work #corporaterealestate #cronyism #collusion