[2022]
Canada’s Liberal Party a Club of Plutocrat Sycophants
jacobin.com/2022/11/bill-morne…

* fmr finance minister Bill Morneau moved f. cabinet to board of multinational bank
* business as usual
* reminder that Liberals at home among Canada’s rich/powerful

Sycophant Pierre Poilievre sucks up to Trump
mastodon.social/@persagen/1134…

USpol #CanPol #sycophancy #bullying #harassment #supplication
#billionaires #capitalism #cowardize #Musk #corporations #libertarianism #LiberalParty #Trudeau #protofascism

Canada’s Liberal Party Is a Club of Plutocrat Sycophants

Canada’s former finance minister Bill Morneau has recently moved from cabinet to the board of a multinational bank. This business as usual is a reminder that Liberals are totally at home among Canada’s rich and powerful.

^jacobin.com

Trump2 billionaire sycophants: Zuckerberg/Bezos/Musk
mastodon.social/@persagen/1136…

OpenAI/Altman to donate $1M to Trump2 inaugural fund
mastodon.social/@persagen/1136…

Zuckerberg puts Republican Joel Kaplan in charge of policy
salon.com/2025/01/03/mark-zuck…

* seeks to placate Trump
* Joel Kaplan, fmr Republican W.H. official, to head policy at Meta

#USpol #sycophancy
#billionaires #capitalism #Musk #Bezos #Zuckerberg #SamAltman #oligarchy #JoelKaplan
#X_corp #Twitter #Facebook #Meta_corp #OpenAI
#Trump2 #fascism

Mark Zuckerberg puts Republican in charge of policy as he seeks to make nice with Trump

Zuckerberg promoted Joel Kaplan, a former Republican White House official, to head up policy at Meta.

^Salon.com

Apple CEO Tim Cook donates $1M to Trump2 Inauguration
motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

* Dec 2024 Meta & Amazon also donated $1M to Trump2 inauguration committee
* ditto OpenAI’s Sam Altman
* Uber/CEO Dara Khosrowshahi donated $1M ea. apiece
* Trump2 inaugural comm. donations total $150M+ so far
* AMZN Jeff Bezos dined @ Mar-a-Lago w. Trump/Musk Dec 2024

#USpol #sycophancy #supplication #Trump2 #fascism
#billionaires #capitalism #oligarchy #BigTech
#TimCook #Musk #Bezos #Altman #UBER #Zuckerberg

With Tim Cook’s $1 million inauguration donation, Big Tech sends warm wishes to Trump

Complying in advance and currying favor begins now. 

^{Mother Jones}

Trump inauguration pulls in $200M in donations, doubling previous record
nytimes.com/2025/01/04/us/poli…
salon.com/2025/01/04/inaugurat…

* Trump to have most expensive inauguration
* donors lining up to curry favor with / atonement from Trump2 administration

#USpol #sycophancy #supplication #Trump2 #fascism #Project2025
#billionaires #capitalism #oligarchy #BigTech
#TimCook #Musk #Bezos #Altman #UBER #Zuckerberg
#Christofascism #transgenocide #discrimination #racism #antiLGBT #xenophobia #MassDeportations

Donald Trump inauguration pulls in $200 million in donations, doubling previous record

Donald Trump will have the most expensive inauguration ever as donors line up to curry favor.

^Salon.com

Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes quits after paper rejects sketch of Bezos bowing to Trump
apnews.com/article/washington-…

*WaPo owner/other media executives bowing before Trump

Why I'm quitting the Washington Post - by Ann Telnaes
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-…

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Teln…

#AnnTelnaes #WaPo #censorship
#billionaires #capitalism #oligarchy #BigTech
#TimCook #Musk #Bezos #Altman #UBER #Zuckerberg
#Christofascism #transgenocide #discrimination #racism #antiLGBT #xenophobia #MassDeportations

Jeff Bezos’ Media Companies Kiss Trump’s Ring … Again
motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

* Amazon Studios to release documentary about Melania Trump
* Washington Post killed editorial cartoon satirizing its owner’s fealty to incoming president Trump

#AnnTelnaes #WaPo #censorship
#billionaires #capitalism #oligarchy #plutocracy #meritocracy #BigTech
#TimCook #Musk #Bezos #Altman #UBER #Zuckerberg
#Christofascism #transgenocide #discrimination #racism #antiLGBT #xenophobia #MassDeportations

Jeff Bezos' media companies kiss Trump's ring…again

Amazon Studios will release a documentary about Melania Trump, and the Washington Post just killed an editorial cartoon satirizing its owner's fealty to the incoming president.

^{Mother Jones}

Meta taps Trump ally/UFC CEO Dana White to join board
npr.org/2025/01/06/nx-s1-52503…

* Trumpist UFC pres. Dana White joining board of Facebook & Instagram parent company Meta
* Meta prev. named Republican Joel Kaplan as head global policy

Dana White Reveals Dark MAGA Future @ Trump Victory Speech
mastodon.social/@persagen/1134…

#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism
#influencers #DanaWhite #UFC #ToxicMasculinity
#antiLGBT #transphobia
#billionaires #Zuckerberg #sycophancy #libertarianism #Meta #Facebook

Zuckerberg: More Speech/Fewer Mistakes
about.fb.com/news/2025/01/meta…

facebook.com/watch/?v=15253829…
"time to get back to our roots around free expression
we're repl. fact checkers w. Community Notes
simplifying our policies
focusing on reducing mistakes
Looking forward to this next chapter"🤨

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
* corporate America’s version of bending the knee

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

#Trump2 #fascism #authoritarianism #propaganda
#billionaires #Zuckerberg #sycophancy #libertarianism #Meta #Facebook

More Speech and Fewer Mistakes

We're ending our third party fact checking program and moving to a Community Notes model.

^{Joel Kaplan, Chief Global Affairs Officer (Meta)}

/1 Meta replaces fact-checking w. X-style community notes
ctvnews.ca/business/meta-repla…

* Facebook/Instagram owner Meta scrapping 3rd-party fact-checking
* replacing w. user-written Community Notes
* sim. to model used by Elon Musk's social media platform X

#billionaires #Trump2 #GOP #sycophancy #libertarianism #propaganda #fascism #authoritarianism
#Musk #X_Corp #Twitter #Zuckerberg #sycophancy #libertarianism #Meta #Facebook #Instagram
#WealthTax #AssetSeizure #AssetForfeiture #WealthInequality

Billionaires court Trump at Mar-a-Lago
salon.com/2025/01/07/billionai…

* f. Tesla's Elon Musk to lesser known UAE real estate power broker, billionaires flocking to Florida

#HussainSajwani: forbes.com/real-time-billionai…

#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #disinformation
#influencers #DanaWhite #UFC #ToxicMasculinity
#antiLGBT #transphobia
#billionaires #Zuckerberg #Musk #X_Corp #sycophancy #libertarianism #Meta #Facebook
#Christofascism #transgenocide
#HumanRights #UAE #Dubai #SaudiArabia

Billionaires court Trump at Mar-a-Lago, his "center of the universe"

From Tesla's Elon Musk to a lesser known UAE real estate power broker, the wealthiest are flocking to Florida.

^Salon.com

Trump Gloats Meta Changed Rules Because Zuckerberg Is Scared of Him
newrepublic.com/post/189957/do…

* Trump smug about Mark Zuckerberg's fealty
* bullied Mark Zuckerberg into making policy changes at Meta
* will allow rampant spread of misinformation

#billionaires #Trump2 #GOP #sycophancy #libertarianism #propaganda #fascism #authoritarianism
#Musk #X_Corp #Twitter #Zuckerberg #sycophancy #libertarianism #Meta #Facebook #Instagram
#WealthTax #AssetSeizure #AssetForfeiture #WealthInequality #cowardice

Trump Gloats Meta Changed Rules Because Zuckerberg Is Scared of Him

Donald Trump is feeling pretty smug about Mark Zuckerberg.

^{The New Republic}

Meta enables anti-LGBTQ+ hate by elim. fact checking
lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/meta-c…

* esp. pol. topics
* enable far-right ideology
* recently caught censoring content w. 2SLGBTQIA+ #
* uses “transgenderism” to allow “political/religious discourse” that claims LGBTQ+ ppl mentally ill
* green light to target LGBTQ/women/immigrants/marg. groups w. violence/vitriol/dehumanizing narratives

#Trump2 #sycophancy #fascism #antiLGBT
#billionaires #Zuckerberg #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #cowardice
#transgenocide

GLAAD: Meta & Mark Zuckerberg Remove Long-Standing anti-LGBTQ Hate Speech Policies by Ending Fact-Checking
glaad.org/releases/meta-remove…

Meta Removes Hateful Conduct Policies Protecting LGBTQ Peopl/ Other Marginalized People

“Zuckerberg’s removal of fact-checking programs & industry-standard hate speech policies make Meta’s platforms unsafe places for users & advertisers alike”

#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #antiLGBT
#billionaires #Zuckerberg #sycophancy #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #cowardice
#transgenocide

GLAAD RESPONSE: META AND MARK ZUCKERBERG REMOVE LONG-STANDING ANTI-LGBTQ HATE SPEECH POLICIES AFTER ANNOUNCING END OF FACT-CHECKING PROGRAM

Meta Quietly Removes Major Sections of Hateful Conduct Policies Protecting LGBTQ People and Other Marginalized People GLAAD: “Zuckerberg’s removal of fact-checking programs and industry-standard hate speech policies make Meta’s platforms unsafe place…

^{Leanna Garfield (GLAAD)}

Meta Allows Users to Call LGBTQ+ People Mentally Ill
them.us/story/meta-lgbtq-polic…
wired.com/story/meta-immigrati…

“allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender/sexual orientation”

* "transgenderism"
* new policies directly relax speech restrictions re: transgender people/topics
* allows “sex/gender-exclusive language” in “political/religious topics"
* affects trans rights/immigration/homosexuality

#Trump2 #fascism #antiLGBT #Zuckerberg #sycophancy
#Christofascism #transgenocide

Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have 'Mental Illness'

Meta rolled out a number of changes to its “Hateful Conduct” policy Tuesday as part of a sweeping overhaul of its approach toward content moderation.

^{Kate Knibbs (WIRED)}

Disney Paid Off Trump for a Reason
thebignewsletter.com/p/disney-…

* FuboTV CEO David Gandler sells out to Disney
* Disney greased wheels of incoming Trump2 administration
* $16M payment settlement for defamation against Trump

FuboTV: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FuboTV

#USpol #Trump2 #fascism #sycophancy #cowardize #supplication
#billionaires #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #Disney #FuboTV #DavidGandler #antitrust #libertarianism #oligarchy

Disney Paid Off Trump for a Reason

Fubo CEO David Gandler thinks he's being clever by selling out to Disney. Is he? Did Disney send $16 million in Trump's direction for legal favors? And will that even matter?

^{Matt Stoller (BIG by Matt Stoller)}

Mark Zuckerberg Goes Full MAGA With Change in Hiring Policies
newrepublic.com/post/190124/ma…
axios.com/2025/01/10/meta-dei-…

* Zuckerberg embraces anti-DEI discourse
* immed. terminating DEI policies
* conservative ethos shift
* sim. moves by Walmart in November & McDonald's this week

#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #antiLGBT
#capitalism #libertarianism
#billionaires #Zuckerberg #sycophancy #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #cowardice
#ChristianRight #transphobia
#Christofasciam #transgenocide

Mark Zuckerberg Goes Full MAGA With Change in Hiring Policies

Zuckerberg has embraced the anti-DEI discourse.

^{The New Republic}