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Mike Tanglis

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I took part in a great

CNN documentary that details how Trump did nothing to separate himself from his 500+ businesses. Why does that matter? Simply put, there are more than 500 ways to pay money to – or gain leverage over – the US President.

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Trump is $421,000,000 in debt. One of his tickets out of that debt is profiting off the presidency. Not everyone realizes that he's rigged the system in order to keep his income streams flowing. @ErinBurnett

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Remember how "corporate profits don't cause inflation?" Is it just possible that corporate profiteering causes just a teensy-weensy bit of inflation?

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A year ago, egg producer Cal-Maine Foods pocketed $39.5 million in quarterly profit. This time around, $323 million ktla.com/news/money-sma

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No end to Boeing and their law firm's depravity re: 737 MAX-caused deaths in Indonesia/Ethiopia. They argue they don’t want to pay for 6 min. of “pre-impact fright and terror”. They say passengers in the falling jets kept hope and didn’t expect the worst. Beyond disgraceful. -R

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Four years after a second 737 MAX crashed, Boeing and attorneys for families of the dead are arguing over whether the plane maker should have to pay for the victims’ suffering on.wsj.com/3mUSCu5

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MIAA Boys Basketball: No. 8 North Andover 47 No. 17 Waltham 46. North Andover is headed to the Division 1 state semifinals. What a job by Paul Tanglis.

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North Andover Boys Basketball

Waltham 46 North Andover (16-7). 47. We are headed to the 🏀MIAA D1 Final Four🏀 Wolinski 27, Denney 8, Catalano 8.

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North Andover Boys Basketball

Springfield Central. 51 North Andover (15-7). 78. We move onto the elite 8!!!! Wolinski 21, Denney 18, Catalano 11, Bethel 9.

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Huge night for the Knights.

boys finish the sweep. 78-51 over Springfield Central

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Karl Evers-Hillstrom

8 members of the 117th Congress have already landed lobbying gigs. Expect the number to keep growing. 15 members of the 116th Congress went into lobbying, along with 35 members of the 115th Congress, per

8 ex-lawmakers make quick shift to private sector

Out of office for only a few weeks, eight members of the 117th Congress have made the shift from legislating to lobbying. Lobbying is the most popular profession for ex-lawmakers, who often leverag…

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New: After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims.

UnitedHealthcare tried to deny coverage to a chronically ill patient. He fought back, exposing the...

After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for...

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here's me in

on the noncompetes proposed rule and what it means for the FTC's rulemaking authority (with a full rant on Mag-Moss being bad)

The Ban on Noncompete Clauses Will Face a Fierce Legal Battle. Its Architects Are Prepared.

FTC Chair Lina Khan has revived a powerful tool to protect workers against anti-competitive abuse.

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North Andover Boys Basketball

North Andover Alumni Game 2022. Great to see so many guys back in the gym. Always a great day! 🏀💙💪

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Tech Transparency Project

ICYMI:

has published a must-read report on Big Tech lobbying. Like the tobacco industry, these companies have built a formidable influence machine that can be deployed to sink regulations & shape policy - no matter the cost to public wellbeing.

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Big Tech’s inside game: lobbying, contributions, and connections. Amazon hired 20 (!) lobbyists that worked for the Judiciary Committee or its members to lobby against AICOA. As Carlin once said, “It's a big club and you ain’t in it.” @Public_Citizen citizen.org/article/lobby-

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Big Tech’s inside game: lobbying, contributions, and connections. Amazon hired 20 (!) lobbyists that worked for the Judiciary Committee or its members to lobby against AICOA. As Carlin once said, “It's a big club and you ain’t in it.”

@Public_Citizen

Lobby, Donate, Hire, Repeat

How Big Tech Is Using the Inside Game to Slow Down Antitrust Reform

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@Kent_PubCitizen

NEW REPORT - a case study on Big Tech lobbying on AICOA Big Tech is pulling out all the stops to kill the bill – their methods are tried and true big corporate influence, following the path of Big Oil and Tobacco quick thread on some of the findings:

Big Tech’s Big Money Inside Game to Block Legislation Banning Its Anticompetitive Practices -...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Big Tech unleashed all its power to stop the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA), a…

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Facepalm America

We talk with

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Facepalm America: Putting a Stop to Corporate Price-Gouging with Guest Mike Tanglis

We talk with Mike Tanglis, research director for Public Citizen, about big corporations enlisting lobbyists to prevent anti-price-gouging legislation, which would ease the economic pressure on Amer...

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BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts voters approve amendment to state constitution to increase taxes on those earning over $1 million a year.

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🧵 With winter coming, Americans justifiably worry about how much we will pay to heat our homes. My new

@Public_Citizen

report shows how the U.S. fossil fuel industry is making the problem worse by sending fuel overseas.

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"You need to believe that you belong here." I profiled Celtics X factor Derrick White

. A story about persistence, work ethic, family, and confidence: theringer.com/2022/6/7/23155

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Me in NYT: Saudi-Kushner deal “makes the business partnership appear even more to be both a reward to, and an investment in, Kushner.” Devastating from @ddknyt and

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Before Giving Billions to Jared Kushner, Saudi Investment Fund Had Big Doubts

Before committing $2 billion to Mr. Kushner’s fledgling firm, officials at a fund led by the Saudi crown prince questioned taking such a big risk.

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Ken Klippenstein

@kenklippenstein

“Amazon, here we come. Watch.” — President Biden

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Per our research with

@bailoutwatchorg

The 20 largest US oil companies are using wartime profits to enrich investors. 7 companies announced $24,300,000,000 in stock buybacks this year alone. 4 companies increased their dividends by over 40%. citizen.org/article/big-oi

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Two top House Democrats are pushing the CEOs of ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and Shell to scrap their stock buyback and dividends during the war in Ukraine and shift funding for those shareholder rewards towards lowering prices at the gas pump cnn.it/35JXnyo

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@Lisa_PubCitizen

It must be #AntitrustDay! Join us

@public_citizen

and over 100 organizations and businesses united to push for #BigTech oversight and pass #AICO and #OAMA.

antitrustvotenow.com

URGENT: Time is running out for Senator Schumer to schedule a vote on S. 2992 and S. 2710, antitr...

Congress is considering strong antitrust bills that will give internet users more power and choice, and stop dominant tech companies from abusing their gatekeeper status. Join us in helping pass...

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For decades, the government's pro-corporate mindset meant a key criminal anti-monopoly law went unenforced. Now, as I write in

@InsideSourcesDC

, this slumbering goliath-slayer may finally be waking up.

insidesources.com

Criminal Charges for Corporate Monopolists? – InsideSources

Section 2 of the trust-busting Sherman Antitrust Act reads in part: “Every person (x) who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or

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My latest ...

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High gas prices = Record profits and happy shareholders citizen.org/article/profit

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JOB OPENING 🚨🚨: Come work with me

@Public_Citizen

advancing and defending strong regulations that protect the public! And please spread the word to folks who might be interested!! More info and apply here: publiccitizen.applytojob.com/apply/TRetrB0a

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Companies that profited off the TX blackouts 1 year ago today: -Dallas pipeline giant Energy Transfer made $2.4B -Houston pipeline company Kinder Morgan made $1B -BP made at least $1 billion More than 240 people died. Texas politicians blame windmills.

While Oil & Gas Profiteers Made Billions off Blackouts, Texas Politicians Promoted Lies About...

While Oil & Gas Profiteers Made Billions off Blackouts, Texas Politicians Promoted Lies About Renewable Energy

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@Public_Citizen

Companies that profited off the Texas blackouts: -Dallas pipeline giant Energy Transfer Partners made $2.4 billion -Houston pipeline company Kinder Morgan made $1 billion -BP oil likely made at least $1 billion We have the receipts.

While Oil & Gas Profiteers Made Billions off Blackouts, Texas Politicians Promoted Lies About...

While Oil & Gas Profiteers Made Billions off Blackouts, Texas Politicians Promoted Lies About Renewable Energy

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Hi Twitter. I’m the president of

@Public_Citizen

. I’ve been fighting corporate power my entire career. Please follow me so my social media team doesn’t get mad at me.

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@MichaelTanglis

After a long break, I survived my first week back from parental leave. Hard to be away from the June bug that much. Looking forward to a weekend full of these smiles. (June Tanglis was born on 10/18/21)

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We are suffering a crisis of corporate concentration in every sector across the economy. It is really just a handful of companies controlling what we buy. – Public Citizen's @CitizenAlex3 on rampant price gouging in the pandemic

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Today’s

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#HeroAmongUs helps spread holiday cheer to the most vulnerable populations. Through his organization, The Movement Family, Michael Gorman provides free dinners to families and delivers messages of hope to the homeless in Lawrence, MA 👏

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@TaylorLincoln_

New

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report shows that consulting firms got $1.4 billion to work for super PACs and candidates (and other campaign committees) at the same time, (1)

Dual Agents - Public Citizen

Citizens United assumed outside groups could act independently of candidates and political parties. That was absurd. We have the receipts.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed

READ THIS: The knock-out report from

at

@Public_Citizen

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's COVID vaccine contracts & the companies blatant efforts to maximize profit over coverage. This is why we MUST limit patents on life-saving drugs in emergency settings: citizen.org/article/pfizer

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Rep. Katie Porter

@RepKatiePorter

Big Oil depends on taxpayer welfare. Companies pay below-market rates to pollute on public lands, then leave taxpayers to clean up their messes. @Public_Citizen and I are fed up, and we're pressuring Congress to finally crack down on this corporate abuse. latimes.com/opinion/story/

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An advocacy group is releasing partial details of Pfizer’s “vaccine recipe,” as activists continue pressure on pharma to share IP. “This information can help mRNA vaccine scientists around the world” prepare to make their own shots,

@Public_Citizen

says. washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/09

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“Allowing the billionaires at the root of the opioid crisis to walk free while thousands of its victims are in prison is a catastrophic injustice." My

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statement on the Sacklers' legal immunity in today's anticipated Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement:

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BREAKING: Struggling oil & gas companies gave their executives a combined $200 million in cash payouts in recent years. Meanwhile, these companies ravaged our environment and laid off thousands of workers. Our new report details it all: citizen.org/news/public-ci

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I’ve been waiting to share this with you all for a long time. Here’s the trailer for Not Going Quietly, the documentary

made about me, my family, and the progressive movement. In select theaters August 12.

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We reviewed tax info for dozens of U.S. pro sports team owners. Owners often report incomes for their teams that are millions below real-world earnings and pay lower rates than players and even stadium workers. Latest in The Secret IRS Files

The Billionaire Playbook: How Sports Owners Use Their Teams to Avoid Millions in Taxes

Owners like Steve Ballmer can take the kinds of deductions on team assets — everything from media deals to player contracts — that industrialists take on factory equipment. That helps them pay lower...

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55 massive corporations paid $0 in federal corporate income taxes in 2020. They also spent $450 MILLION on lobbying and political contributions. Wonder if these things are related?

The 55 Corporations That Paid Zero in Federal Income Taxes Spent $450 Million on Political Spending

Not only did these companies not pay taxes, but nearly all also got money back from the government.

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