Who says that lying’s not an art?
And when the world goes up in flames, at least for now they know my name

I Don alone can fix it con

We just watched the final fulfillment of a 50 year plan. Louis Powell laid it out in 1971, and every step along the way Republicans have follow it.

[WAR ON DEMOCRACY: HOW THE 50-YEAR PLAN BUILT ON TRUMP’S OLIGARCHY FINALLY ALLOWED BILLIONAIRES TO WIN](https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/thom-hartmann/war-democracy-50-year-plan-built-trumps-oligarchy-finally-allowed-billionaires-win/)

Our nation is broken, perhaps beyond repair. It is unthinkable, that instead of being able to celebrate a glorious, hopeful new chapter in the story of this nation with a leader who appealed to the best of our natures — we will instead be holding an autopsy for democracy as we enter our 250th year, stewarded by a malevolent sociopath who despises empathy and shuns the law.”

**As any advertising executive can tell you, with enough money and enough advertising — particularly if you are willing to lie — you can sell anybody pretty much anything. Even a convicted felon, rapist, and friendly agent of America’s enemies**

made possible by five corrupt Republicans on the Supreme Court, and it worked. Democrats were massively outspent, not to mention the power of the billionaire Murdoch family’s Fox “News” and 1500 hate talk radio stations.

They are responsible for our crises of gun violence,

the drug epidemic,

homelessness,

political gridlock,

our slow response to the climate emergency,

a looming crisis for Social Security and Medicare,

the situation on our southern border,

even the lack of affordable drugs,

insurance,

and healthcare.

Clarence Thomas and his wife have been accepting millions

Sam Alito is also on the gravy train, and there are questions about how Brett Kavanaugh managed to pay off his credit cards and gambling debts. John Roberts’ wife has made over $10 million from law firms with business before the court; Neil Gorsuch got a sweetheart real estate deal; Amy Coney Barrett refuses to recuse herself from cases involving her father’s oil company.

None of this is illegal because when five corrupt Republicans on the Court legalized members of Congress taking bribes they legalized that same behavior for themselves.

Our modern era of big money controlling government began in the decade after Richard Nixon put Lewis Powell — the tobacco lawyer who wrote the infamous 1971 “Powell Memo” outlining how billionaires and corporations could take over America — on the Supreme Court in 1972.

In the 200 preceding years — all the way back to the American Revolution of 1776 — no politician or credible political scientist had ever proposed that spending billions to buy votes with dishonest advertising was anything other than simple corruption.

The “originalists” on the Supreme Court, however, claimed to be channeling the Founders of this nation, particularly those who wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, when they said that “money is the same thing as free speech.” In that claim, Republicans on the Court were lying through their teeth.

In a letter to Samuel Kercheval in 1816, President and author of the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson explicitly laid it out:

“Those seeking profits, were they given total freedom, would not be the ones to trust to keep government pure and our rights secure. Indeed, it has always been those seeking wealth who were the source of corruption in government.”

Thus, today America has a severe problem of big money controlling our political system. And last night it hit its peak, **putting an open fascist in charge of our government**

**No other developed country in the world has this problem, which is why every other developed country has a national healthcare system, free or near-free college, and strong unions that maintain a healthy middle class. It is why they can afford pharmaceuticals, are taking active steps to stop climate change, and don’t fear being shot when they go to school, the theater, or shopping**

It is why they are still functioning democracies.

The ability of America to move forward on any of these issues is, for now, paralyzed with the election of Trump and the GOP taking over the Senate.

**This is not the end, though; hitting bottom often begins the process of renewal**

**Many Americans will continue to speak out and fight for a democracy uncorrupted by the morbidly rich**

I love how all these "consumer protection" bills they introduce, do absolutely jack shit to protect any consumers, and have nothing in there to actually protect us.

They're always just politically targeted bills, that often just harm technological development more than anything, and in some cases, actually put consumers even more at risk.

Remember when some of those earlier "consumer protection" policies protected us from Luna and FTX, or helped the victims of those fiascos, or did anything against phishing mails? Me neither.

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Sitting in my balcony

Outside gandhi bagh, you can run on mall road. They also close the roads for 3 hours in the morning and evening and even have running track.

Bro I will complain in RERA wait I have connection in the Centre kya hi ukhaad lenge

Must be an upper caste judge.

So many copium posts and different ways to try and say it’s fine…

Itna vella bhi ni hona chahiye life m ( for her troll) 💀

Ritesh Deshmukh in Marathi bb has potential

I want to throw eggs and rotten tomatoes at her ugly face so badly

More than her I feel sorry for avinash since he doesn't get opportunity for screen time he keeps butting in and dropping words

This country is broken. I did my part to try to stop this. But America apparently wants this so let it sit on their heads.

daggad dalle h saale

Property brokers

Certain people in the hospitality industry forget what hospitality means, they often neglect customers and service and focus only on collection, The problem is they are not the same people who built the establishment from ground up the hardships when the restaurant was empty during business hours and in peak season. They enjoy the comfort of being able to lose a few customers.

We need to take a hard look at our money making industries, hotels lodges restaurants cabs and autos , they have a sense of entitlement which does more harm than good.

I've read this post a couple of times to figure out what could have been done differently, clearly they were low on supplies with ele oota , they could have politely declined saying that they were out and suggested alternative items which they could serve instead maybe suggest their signature dish if they have any.

None the less, the wait staff and supervisor are equally to blame, this definitely puts a dent into their future as well.

Op what could have been a better approach in this situation according to you.

I don't give a good gawd damn what anyone thinks of President Biden, Zuckerberg ending fact checking on his platforms IS shameful, especially in this era of lies and propaganda. Not that they did all that great of a job in the first place. All of these media platforms and outlets that are bending the knee and kissing the ring when they could've had some effect on the next four years instead of just greasing the skids for Trump. It's just sickening. The fourth estate was supposed to be fiercely independent not obsequiously subservient.

Is it still contracted out to infosys????

Thanks, but i believe we are mostly lazy and have a lot to learn from the south w.r.t Industrialization and Cleanliness. Much love to all the South Indian states and people.

nibbe bhosdike

Sitting and watching this view from my balcony

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