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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · 7h

Fuck your $500,000 dollar fines to $1,000,000,000,000 companies. Fuck your strongly worded letters to CEOs from Members of Congress. And fuck all the politicians taking campaign contribution bribes from big corporations.

Criminal corporations, we'll see you at the gallows.

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · 7h

Imagine a world where climate criminals can’t buy their way out of accountability. Where war profiteers actually face consequences. Where mega-surveillance is shut down, not rewarded.

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · 7h

The corporate death penalty is more than some legal theory. It’s powerful. It’s possible. Enron proved it. We just need to demand it—for companies fueling climate chaos and war.

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · 7h

These are repeat offenders. Not “one mistake” companies. Systematic abusers. So why NOT pull the plug?

Courts could shut these corporations down. Dissolve them. Sell off assets. Ban their leaders from industry. This isn’t radical—it’s self-defense for humanity and the planet.

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · 7h

- Weapons manufacturers make billions selling death, repression, and endless war.
- Palantir profits off mass surveillance—helping ICE, cops, and the IOF target vulnerable people.

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · 7h

So why do fossil fuel companies, weapons dealers, and corporate surveillance monsters like Palantir get a free pass?

-Big Oil has known the truth for decades: their pollution is fueling climate disaster. They covered it up, doubled down, and now entire communities pay the price.

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · 7h

Look at Enron. The biggest energy fraud of our time. They lied, cheated, destroyed lives, milked the system, and finally—got shut down for good. No more “bad apples.” Enron was rotten to its core. Straight to compost.

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · 7h

Ever heard of the corporate death penalty? It’s real— it means a criminal company gets dissolved. No “too big to fail.” No more bailouts. Just GONE.

This is called judicial dissolution. When a company’s crimes are so shocking, so destructive, the courts can END IT.

A🧵

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · Aug 30

We confronted the 1% in one of the Hampton's most expensive restaurants. They kicked us in the neck.

These are the people responsible for installing this fascist regime. The dystopian world Trump is making is a paradise for them, and them alone.

They can't get away with it.

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · Aug 27

as if one AIPAC weren't enough

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · Aug 22

Through vehicles like Valar Ventures and companies like Palantir, Thiel aims to make his dystopian business plans a reality.

It's up to us to stop him, with a mass movement that takes aim at Palantir's overinflated valuation and Thiel's public reputation.

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · Aug 22

A long-standing backer of authoritarian ideas, it’s no surprise Theil was an early donor to the political careers of Trump and JD Vance.

Now, between Palantir's massive government contracts and Trump's assaults on democracy, he's getting a handsome return on his investment.

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · Aug 22

Here’s another thing to know about Theil: decades ago, he stated that he "no longer believes that freedom and democracy are compatible." More recently, he demurred and deflected when asked in a New York Times interview whether he wished to see the human race "endure."

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · Aug 22

In NYC we’re rallying at Valar Ventures – one of Peter Thiel's venture capital firms, into which collaborator JEFFERY EPSTEIN (yes that one) invested $40 million. That investment is now worth nearly $170 million, and is the largest asset still held by Epstein's estate.

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · Aug 22

What’s Palantir?

‎It’s the company that’s:

‎٠Enabling ICE to locate and kidnap immigrants.

‎٠Helping the Israeli military automate its "Kill Chain" in Gaza.

‎٠Building a mega-database for Trump containing your private personal information.

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · Aug 22

Today we are taking action from COAST TO COAST against Peter Thiel and financial colonialism.

Peter Theil is the chairman of the techno fascist company Palantir.

#PURGEPALANTIR

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · Aug 16

Kathy Hochul (who by the way is up for reelection next year) should know, we’re in a climate fucking emergency.

No more pipelines. No more fossil fuel projects in NY. And definitely no bargaining with Trump.

Send a comment to the NYDEC by midnight here: stopwilliamsnesepipeline.org

Stop the Williams Pipeline

stopwilliamsnesepipeline.org

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · Aug 16

This project also involves a major on land pipeline extension in NJ and a new compressor station right near homes and a Buddhist Temple.

Compressor stations can cause major health effects from their regular release of gas right into the air to regulate pressure.

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · Aug 16

If Trump has his way this underwater pipeline would be drilled off the coast of Brooklyn right along our city’s beaches.

Why? So Trump’s pals in the fossil fuel industry can pipe more and more gas into New York.

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · Aug 16

ICYMI: Kathy Hochul made a bargain with Trump to fast track a fracked gas pipeline extension that would run along the coast of NYC.

Last we checked Hochul works for New Yorkers, not Donald Trump.

You have till midnight to let her know how you feel: stopwilliamsnesepipeline.org

Stop the Williams Pipeline

stopwilliamsnesepipeline.org

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · Aug 5

“Can we please have affordable food and a livable climate?”

GOP: “Best I can do is a nuclear reactor on the moon.”

Politico @politico.com · Aug 4

EXCLUSIVE: Sean Duffy will announce expedited plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, his first major action as interim NASA administrator.

Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon

This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host.

www.politico.com

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · Jul 23

Lee Zeldin's E.P.A. is about to issue a death sentence for countless Americans in the years to come.

No, we don't give a fuck what kind of straw you use. What matters right now in the fight for the future of this planet is beating Trump's fascism.

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · Jul 20

A message from a New Yorker who was arrested while blockading ICE's headquarters.

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · Jul 15

Cuomo's video editor [sweating onto the keyboard]: ugh, he looks like a depressed pervert in all of these takes...maybe if I just...no, fuck. Umm...

Zohran's video editor:

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Planet Over Profit @planetoverprofit.org · Jul 14

"As an Israeli New Yorker, here's what I have to say about Zohran Mamdani's anti-Semitism."

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