Tag: Corporations

Categories USA

Brother of Biden’s top aide takes Amazon lobbying job, as president-elect packs government with tech industry players

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Joe Biden has staffed his transition team with a host of former Silicon Valley players, and now a brother of his top White House aide has landed a lobbying gig with Amazon. Can Biden be trusted to rein in big tech? … Read More >Brother of Biden’s top aide takes Amazon lobbying job, as president-elect packs government with tech industry players

Categories Latin America

UK Was ‘Secretly Lobbying’ Brazil’s Bolsonaro Before He Was Elected President, Journalist Reveals

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The British government’s private contacts with Brazil’s current president on behalf of powerful corporate interests, well before he was elected to office, may explain why the COVID-19 vaccine developed by UK firm AstraZeneca is still the only one purchased by the South American government, an investigative journalist tells Sputnik. … Read More >UK Was ‘Secretly Lobbying’ Brazil’s Bolsonaro Before He Was Elected President, Journalist Reveals

Categories USA

US Covid-19 relief package set to IMMUNIZE corporations from pandemic lawsuits, alarms worker advocates

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A relief package being debated in Congress shields corporations from liability, forcing advocates for small businesses and workers to choose between aiding the needy and holding Big Business accountable. … Read More >US Covid-19 relief package set to IMMUNIZE corporations from pandemic lawsuits, alarms worker advocates

Categories Shows

The dystopia big tech wants, factory-farming PR unravels, Joe Biden’s loyalty to fossil fuels

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Lee Camp interviews technology expert Patricia Gorky on a range of topics related to how governments and corporations are abusing their access to advanced technologies. Topics include the persecution of Julian Assange and the US’ efforts to discredit his character to distract people from the truth that he has revealed, the Blue Leaks exposing US law enforcement for using their powers to attack activists … Read More >The dystopia big tech wants, factory-farming PR unravels, Joe Biden’s loyalty to fossil fuels

Categories USA

Democrats & Republicans agree: Politicians & corporations should be spared from prosecution over killer Covid-19 care homes

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Republican and Democrat politicians have both embraced legislation to immunize themselves and their deep-pocketed corporate donors from legal liability for ill-thought-out pandemic policies blamed for the deaths of thousands. … Read More >Democrats & Republicans agree: Politicians & corporations should be spared from prosecution over killer Covid-19 care homes