Joyce Vance quotes Greg Sargent, who says,
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Kernoureplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy We've seen this movie before.
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Harlan Crow, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's patron, owns a "data broker" that price fixed rents around the country. RealPage.
Rising rents aren't caused by immigrants, they're just a convenient scapegoat for GOP megadonors.
FBI raid on real estate company linked to Harlan Crow's RealPage rental price fixing
A tip of the hat to David Cay Johnston, who opened his interview on the Mark Thompson Show yesterday by noting a story that, so far as I can tell at this time, has been completely blacked out of the news mainstream media. Two weeks ago, on Wednesday,...
Daily Kos (www.dailykos.com)
Rising home prices were triggered by another GOP megadonor: Steven Schwarzman of Blackstone Group.
UN accuses Blackstone Group of contributing to global housing crisis
World’s largest corporate residential landlords called out for their practices of inflating rents and ‘aggressive evictions’
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Blackstone head Steve Schwarzman plans to spend billions buying up dorms, warehouses, and data centers across Europe: ‘We have enormous capital and can buy the types of real estate that we like’
The world’s largest owner of commercial real estate has $200 billion in dry powder and is eyeing real estate across Europe as interest rates stay high.
Fortune (fortune.com)
Blackstone's Steve Schwarzman sees rents rising 'two to three times' inflation in these 3 markets, including housing
The private investment firm's real-estate business accounted for nearly half its earnings last year.
Business Insider (www.businessinsider.com)
The Blackstone rebellion: how one country took on the world’s biggest commercial landlord | Private equity | The Guardian
The long read: The giant asset management firm used to target places where people worked and shopped. Then it started buying up people’s homes. In one country, the backlash was ferocious
(amp.theguardian.com)
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66gardenersreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
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Dr. Mastodonocologistreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy
These exact same racist tropes have been spread about various immigrants for hundreds of years.
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The inability & refusal of the wealthiest to see the consequences of their actions.
Their perspective that consequences are other people's problems & their own personal safety is guaranteed.
The oil industry knew for decades what climate change meant, & instead funded climate denial.
Harlan Crow knew what RealPage does & bought a Justice instead.
Schwarzman knows what Blackstone is doing & continues to do it while funding authoritarians for public office.
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Cabbidgesreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy It was pretty foul all that. But Kamal could just have said immigrants are a net gain and we'll have a working, humane immigrant policy. But there was that big blank on that one.
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Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her)replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
I had a horrible dream about this last night — not about the rumor, but about all the memes and how it was the Dark Circus come to life. It's lurid and so so attractive to laugh at, just like the original seduction of laughing at "circus freaks" in cages.
These memes will absolutely promote stochastic violence against immigrants.
I posted this on FB trying to get people to stop promoting it but FB buried the post.
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ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy The proposed mass deportations are also written in the 2024 GOP platform.
https://www.2024gopplatform.com/assets/files/RNC2024-Platform.pdf
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Nicole Parsonsreplied to Nicole Parsons last edited by
@DRBLD2009 @jodmentum @wdlindsy
US monetary policy is apparently determined by Blackstone?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-11/blackstone-finance-chief-chae-says-us-inflation-is-at-targetHomelessness rates are set by Blackstone?
Blackstone sells 3,000 homes worth £405m to UK’s biggest pension fund
Universities Superannuation Scheme acquires shared ownership properties from US private equity group
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Pension funds invest in AI boondoggle & profligate energy hogs: data centers.
Looting the economy can resume now that interest rates are due to fall...
MAGA's like "picket-fence" dentistry from impoverished supporters
https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2024/09/12/deca-dental-group-blackstone-ideal-dental.html -
busticatedreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy he never mentioned "Haitians" during the debate and yet journalists apparently feel compelled to specify on his behalf. pretty creepy!
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@Npars01 @jodmentum @wdlindsy Now I have a headache..
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reiteratorreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy It's not just that is a lie, not only that it demonizes one group.
The very fact that a candidate for high office chose to elevate an unproven and contentious story is what is weird.
Even if it were true, at best it is an issue for local law enforcement and does not deserve this large spotlight.
They chose this, not things like lead pipes or poverty or jobs.
At that level they should use their platform for issues that affect many people, like abortion or the economy.
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selje 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇮🇪replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
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Tucker's Balz 4 Harris/Walzreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy
🥥 If only Facebook and Zuckerberg were held to account for the original loathsome post that started spreading the vile, incendiary "migrants eating pets," hoax.
As a person of Jewish ancestry Eye am particular sensitive to blood libels, as Mr Zuckerberg SHOULD be. 🥥
#CatsAndDucks, #Racism, #Facebook, #Zuckerberg, #MigrantBashing, #BloodLibel, #Othering, #DefinitionOfLoathsone, #NadirOfUSPolitics, #TuckersBalls -
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Tucker's Balz 4 Harris/Walzreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy
🥥 Yes, Vance IS vile.
The whole "eating pets" hoax started with a wacko Facebook post by a person who said they had heard about it from a friend of their daughter.
It would not surprise me in the least that the entire fraud was hatched in a Russian disinformation operation -- especially as it spread as quickly as it did.
There IS no GOP rock-bottom.🥥
#PutinsFingerprints, #Disinformation, #CatsAndDucksHoax, #JDVance, #OvertRacism, #GOPLies, #TuckersBalls -
William Lindsey :toad:replied to Tucker's Balz 4 Harris/Walz last edited by
@jstatepost Thank you. A good statement. Yes, this whole hoax could have been cooked up by Russian disinformation networks, and it also has neo-Nazi fingerprints on it from the beginning.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Tucker's Balz 4 Harris/Walz last edited by
@jstatepost I agree.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to selje 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇮🇪 last edited by
@selje I thought so, too. She's well-informed, thoughtful, measured — a good commentator.