Democrats in the Florida House of Representatives can be heard yelling & shrieking after lawmakers voted to remove Disney’s special tax status—a privilege it held for 55 years.

Democrats in the Florida House of Representatives can be heard yelling & shrieking after lawmakers voted to remove Disney’s special tax status—a privilege it held for 55 years. Disney employs 38 lobbyists in Tallahassee & donates generously to politicians. pic.twitter.com/ak7rBbB2vw …

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Shrinkflation – The Great Deception

by TheNiteOw1 We all know “shrinkflation” exists, but I just experienced it big time last night/today. Made spaghetti for the family last night, I cook it like I always do, after it’s all done cooking, I pour the water out …

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Former Intel Officials Want Efforts to Break Up Big Tech Stopped – Data Control and Retention of Social Media Partnership is a National Security

by Sundance  Put this in the tab labeled ‘conclusive proof of prior suspicions.’ Former Obama era intelligence officials, those who helped construct, organize and assemble the public-private partnership between intelligence data networks and supported social media companies, have written a letter …

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US professor wins $400,000 payout after refusing to call trans student a woman. Shawnee State University in Ohio had reprimanded Nicholas Meriwether, who then sued on first amendment grounds.

A public university in Ohio has agreed to pay $400,000 to one of its professors after it rebuked him for refusing to use a student’s pronouns. In 2018, Nicholas Meriwether, a philosophy professor at Shawnee State University in southern Ohio, …

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The Dam Is Finally Cracking: Creating “money” out of thin air and spreading it around to satisfy every constituency doesn’t increase productivity. It destroys productivity by incentivizing waste – the waste is growth Landfill Economy – and speculative bets on bubbles never popping.

  The central bank problem will be impossible to solvehttps://t.co/3vbInmOcCl pic.twitter.com/0c4DW5nZVp — Patrick Artus (@PatrickArtus) April 21, 2022 https://twitter.com/FinanceLancelot/status/1517246146086854656 3% 5s pic.twitter.com/PYM5roCN45 — Ed Bradford (@Fullcarry) April 21, 2022 Exactly and bond term premia could have a lot further to …

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Zelensky wants $7 billion per month…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Ukraine needs $7 billion per month to make up for economic losses caused by Russia’s invasion of his country.   Zelenskiy, in a virtual address to World Bank forum, …

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It’s official: Wimbledon announces all tennis players from Russia and Belarus – including those who have publicly condemned the war – will be banned from competing. Includes numerous top players.

REUTERS: Wimbledon, the world's most prestigious tennis tournament, to bar all Russian players They originally said they'd ban Russians unless they denounce Putin. Instead, they're banning all Russians, including those who bravely denounced the war:https://t.co/yZqZ99VpTg — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April …

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