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Elon Musk says $1 million election giveaway wasn't an illegal lottery

WonAdvocracy @wonadvocracy.bsky.social · Mar 31

A lawsuit claims Musk's 2024 giveaway was an illegal lottery.

Musk's defense argues the money was not a prize but an opportunity to earn as a spokespeople for the PAC.

2024, Musk: "Every day, from now until the election, we're giving out a million-dollar prize. And all you have to do is sign..."

Elon Musk asked a federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action by voters who said the world's richest person defrauded them into signing a petition to support the U.S. Constitution for a chance to win his $1 million-a-day giveaway.

www.reuters.com

Second round of USDA cuts impacting West Virginia farmers

WonAdvocracy @wonadvocracy.bsky.social · Mar 31

"Schools will be less likely to support West Virginia farmers now that funding has been slashed.
Schools will be forced to purchase the cheapest food possible, which provides jobs for folks in foreign places, but does nothing for communities here in West Virginia.”

#farms #fed #usda #wv

therealwv.com

Treasury Department Announces Suspension of Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act Against U.S. Citizens and Domestic Reporting Companies

WonAdvocracy @wonadvocracy.bsky.social · Mar 16

Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), combat illicit activities based on corp struct's

*Money Laundering: shell co's hide illegal origins
*Tax Evasion: hide assets & income
*Terrorists: anon co's finance act's
*Fraud: complex corp struct's to hide perpetrators
*Drug/human trafficking, organized crime

The Treasury Department is announcing today that, with respect to the Corporate Transparency Act, not only will it not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the beneficial ownership informati...

home.treasury.gov

How a Columbia Student Fled to Canada After ICE Came Looking for Her

WonAdvocracy @wonadvocracy.bsky.social · Mar 16

Criminalizing free speech

Srinivasan was arrested while walking back to her room from a picnic with friends as the protests occupying Hamilton Hall were occurring, her charges were quickly dismissed.

She liked and shared posts on social media, and also signed open letters related to the war.

#ice

Ranjani Srinivasan’s student visa was revoked by U.S. immigration authorities. That was just the start of her odyssey.

www.nytimes.com

Veteran locks self to sign post outside White House to protest VA cuts

WonAdvocracy @wonadvocracy.bsky.social · Mar 13

Veteran locks self in protest of VA cuts

YouTube video by News2Share

Downloading DeepSeek could land you a 20-year prison sentence, $1M fine under proposed US bill

WonAdvocracy @wonadvocracy.bsky.social · Feb 7

Bill proposed to ban DeepSeek AI (and other Chinese AI) by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO).

Individual violators face up to 20 years in prison.
While corporations face fines up to $100 million.

If passed, the bill would impose some of the strictest penalties ever associated with technology restrictions.

A new Senate bill seeks to criminalize the use of Chinese AI technology, including DeepSeek, imposing severe penalties for violations.

www.livenowfox.com

WonAdvocracy @wonadvocracy.bsky.social · Jan 2

Federal appeals court ruled FCC lacks the authority to restore certain net neutrality rules

Since last June, the Supreme Court overturned the Chevron deference
Judges are now expected to use their own interpretation of the law instead of deferring to more specialized government agencies

#consumer

thehill.com

WonAdvocracy @wonadvocracy.bsky.social · Dec 26

In theory, people could be better off if the money saved at Walmart was greater than the hit to their incomes.
But in reality, findings show lost income is significantly greater than the savings.

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WonAdvocracy @wonadvocracy.bsky.social · Dec 25

Monopoly, a company that can afford to charge exorbitant prices because it lacks competition.

Monopsony, a company that can afford to pay low wages because workers lack alternatives.

This helps explain why Walmart has consistently paid lower wages than its competitors, such as Target and Costco...

New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.

WonAdvocracy @wonadvocracy.bsky.social · Dec 25

Poverty up 8% where Walmart exists relative to places without,
using most optimistic cost-savings.

“So much about Walmart contradicts the perfectly competitive market model we teach in Econ 101.
It’s hard to think of a clearer example of an employer using its power over workers to suppress wages.”

The Walmart Effect

www.theatlantic.com

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lfelizleon.bsky.social @lfelizleon.bsky.social · Dec 21

Breaking: Amazon appears to have flooded striking workers in Queens with raw sewage and freezing water during sub-zero temperatures this afternoon.

Video courtesy of Ryan Bruckenthal and details from Bianca Cunningham.

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WonAdvocracy @wonadvocracy.bsky.social · Dec 21

lfelizleon.bsky.social @lfelizleon.bsky.social · Dec 21

Breaking: Amazon appears to have flooded striking workers in Queens with raw sewage and freezing water during sub-zero temperatures this afternoon.

Video courtesy of Ryan Bruckenthal and details from Bianca Cunningham.

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WonAdvocracy @wonadvocracy.bsky.social · Dec 20

Elon Musk opposed US spending bill because it would restrict investment in certain Chinese industries, intended to curb the transfer of U.S. capital and expertise to China’s military.

Musk has significant business interests in China and argued that regulations could weaken US industries.

#foreign

The Government Is Shutting Down Because Elon Musk Has Factories in China

There’s a mundane reason for the late-term chaos, and it’s called a conflict of interest.

prospect.org

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WonAdvocracy @wonadvocracy.bsky.social · Dec 19

Police are basically working as Amazon security.

They tried to push him back into the truck, then when he tried again, arrested him.

"from what I can tell, the NYPD just arrested this driver for trying to join the strike. a cop then got in his vehicle and drove it away"
@alexnpress.bsky.social

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WonAdvocracy @wonadvocracy.bsky.social · Dec 19

Amidst Biden's sweeping pardons, he pardons at least 2 corrupt judges...

Pennsylvania Judge Michael Conahan, “kids for cash” scandal.
2011, sentenced 17.5 years for $3 million in kickbacks for sending 2,300 children, some as young as 8 years old, to for-profit prisons on false charges.

#pardons

"It Broke Him": Mother Who Lost Son in "Kids for Cash" Slams Biden's Clemency for Corrupt Judge

YouTube video by Democracy Now!

South Korea’s Yoon Impedes Constitutional Court’s Impeachment Trial

WonAdvocracy @wonadvocracy.bsky.social · Dec 19

President Yoon is avoiding impeachment trial after hearing threats of trial/arrest for treason.

Special Warfare Commander Lt. Gen. Kwak Jong-geun claimed President Yoon called him to
“break open the door, and drag the lawmakers out. They have not reached the quorum yet”.

#democracy #coup

Despite his vow not to avoid legal and political responsibility, President Yoon has repeatedly refused to receive documents from the Constitutional Court that are related to his impeachment trial.

thediplomat.com

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WonAdvocracy @wonadvocracy.bsky.social · Dec 18

Today's Democrats, the extreme center

"There's a symbiotic relationship between these centrists who are sort of sneering elitists
and these guys who are scam artists who pretend to be.. idiots or fascists.
They are trying to set up a situation where those are the only two viable political choices"

David Graeber on the Extreme 'Centre'

YouTube video by Double Down News

Grubhub settles with the FTC over adding restaurants without their consent

WonAdvocracy @wonadvocracy.bsky.social · Dec 18

Grubhub settles with FTC over:
-Adding restaurants without their consent.
-Inflating driver pay expectations.
-Hidden fees.
-Blocking accounts with large gift card balances.

#ftc #linakhan #grubhub #fees

@engadget.bsky.social
www.engadget.com/big-tech/gru...

It’s also accused of inflating driver pay expectations, blocking accounts with large gift card balances and adding junk fees.

www.engadget.com