Paris Marx
@parismarx@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump is making out like a bandit through crypto scams, and some people see it as an easy way to buy influence.

On Tech Won’t Save Us, I spoke with Jacob Silverman to discuss how Trump is deregulating crypto and the continued tech-MAGA alliance.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/287_trumps_crypto_profiteering_is_worse_than_you_think_w_jacob_silverman

#tech #crypto #donaldtrump #bitcoin #corruption #scams #politics
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@blogdiva@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
#globalization is nothing but the full realization of #fascism, with the entrenchment of capitalist #corruption ―corporatism― worldwide.

once you understand that corporatism is fascism in a capitalist business suit (and their techbro lackeys in khakis), then you understand why #JeffreyEpstein was necessary for the American capitalist elites.
https://apnews.com/article/epstein-trump-congress-subpoena-clintons-a02749e1fe6f0de0c385c7fac186d3ba
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@blogdiva@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Substack
https://mastodon.social/@carapace/114977008780254748

is why “it is what it is” cynics out to make a buck, not ideologues, are the true supporters of fascism
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/114973442607689770

cruelty may be the point of #fascism, but to turn it into a system of government, you have to corrupt, degrade and demolish all the social contracts that stop the worse people from doing so in the first place.

it explains #JeffreyEpstein: his Lolita Express was a literal vehicle for the globalization of fascist #corruption
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

A billionaire best known for bringing Formula One night racing to Singapore has pleaded guilty in relation to a scandal to supply one of the city-state’s most senior politicians with luxury gifts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/asia-pacific/crime-legal/billionaire-ong-guilty-singapore/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #ongbengseng #singapore #corruption
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Ukrainian authorities said Saturday that they had arrested several politicians in connection with a "large-scale corruption scheme" in the defense sector. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/03/world/ukraine-corruption-defense/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #drones #corruption
Paris Marx
@parismarx@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump is making out like a bandit through crypto scams, and some people see it as an easy way to buy influence.

On Tech Won’t Save Us, I spoke with Jacob Silverman to discuss how Trump is deregulating crypto and the continued tech-MAGA alliance.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/287_trumps_crypto_profiteering_is_worse_than_you_think_w_jacob_silverman

#tech #crypto #donaldtrump #bitcoin #corruption #scams #politics
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
#Ukraine adopts new anti- #corruption #law

Ukraine’s parliament approved #legislation Thurs restoring the #independence of the country’s 2 main government anti-corruption bodies—a move demanded by Kyiv’s international partners as well as tens of thousands of Ukrainians who protested on the streets of the capital & other cities.
The legislation passed by a comfortable margin, with 331 deputies voting in favor; a majority of 226 was needed.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/31/ukraine-anticorruption-law-zelensky-protests/
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling ordering advertising giant Dentsu Group to pay ¥300 million in fines over bid-rigging related to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2021. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/japan/crime-legal/dentsu-bid-rigging-uphold/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #dentsu#2020tokyoolympics #advertising #corruption #japanesecourts #2020tokyoparalympics
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago
#Ukraine adopts new anti- #corruption #law

Ukraine’s parliament approved #legislation Thurs restoring the #independence of the country’s 2 main government anti-corruption bodies—a move demanded by Kyiv’s international partners as well as tens of thousands of Ukrainians who protested on the streets of the capital & other cities.
The legislation passed by a comfortable margin, with 331 deputies voting in favor; a majority of 226 was needed.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/31/ukraine-anticorruption-law-zelensky-protests/
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Chinese courts sentenced two former soccer officials to prison terms of over a decade and imposed massive fines on Wednesday, part of an ongoing crackdown on graft in the sport. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/30/soccer/china-soccer-officials-corruption/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #soccer #china #corruption #xijinping #liujun #wangxiaoping

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

We all suspected it, now it’s confirmed.

#Musk ordered shutdown of #Starlink satellite service as #Ukraine retook territory from #Russia

A previously unreported order by #ElonMusk to cut satellite #communications over a portion of Ukraine disrupted a counteroffensive by Kyiv in the autumn of 2022. Reuters investigated the billionaire's order & its implications for countries increasingly reliant on his Starlink internet service.

#power #corruption #oligarchy
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/musk-ordered-shutdown-starlink-satellite-service-ukraine-retook-territory-russia-2025-07-25/
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

But #Musk’s order, which hasn’t previously been reported, is the first known instance of the billionaire actively [& personally] shutting off #Starlink coverage over a battlefield during the conflict. The decision shocked some Starlink employees & effectively reshaped the front line of the fighting, enabling #Musk to take “the outcome of a war into his own hands,” another one of the three people said.

#power #corruption #oligarchy

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Upon #Musk’s order, #Ukraine troops suddenly faced a #communications #blackout, acc/to a Ukrainian military official, an advisor to the armed forces, & 2 others who experienced #Starlink failure near the front lines. Soldiers panicked, drones surveilling #Russia forces went dark, & long-range artillery units, reliant on Starlink to aim their fire, struggled to hit targets.

#power #corruption #oligarchy

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Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

“We have to do this,” Michael Nicolls, the #Starlink engineer, told colleagues upon receiving the order from #Musk, one of these people said. Staffers complied, the 3 people told Reuters, deactivating at least a hundred Starlink terminals, their hexagon-shaped cells going dark on an internal map of the company’s coverage. The move also affected other areas seized by #Russia, including some of #Donetsk province further east.

#power #corruption #oligarchy