Ken Dowler
@professorkendowler.bsky.social
Professor of Criminology at Laurier Brantford. Author of Corporate Wrongdoing on Film: The Public be Damned. Research interests include corporate wrongdoing, copaganda, and police shows on television.
Important to note that Tariffs contributed to the Financial Panic in 1893.
theconversation.com/trump-is-rev...
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Trump is reviving a tariff strategy from America’s ‘Gilded Age’. It didn’t end well last time
Donald Trump praises the 19th-century “reciprocal” tariff policy of former president William McKinley. But that strategy damaged the US economy – and the Republican Party.
theconversation.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Important to note that Tariffs contributed to the Financial Panic in 1893.
theconversation.com/trump-is-rev...
theconversation.com/trump-is-rev...
Now Trump is talking about cancer. And he is going to dismantle the EPA and all regulation. This is truly embarrassing moment for the United States.
March 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Now Trump is talking about cancer. And he is going to dismantle the EPA and all regulation. This is truly embarrassing moment for the United States.
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Canada’s response cannot simply be “Buy Canadian.”
The CEO of Loblaws is still going to be happy to price gouge you on maple syrup while wearing a maple leaf hat.
The CEO of Loblaws is still going to be happy to price gouge you on maple syrup while wearing a maple leaf hat.
March 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Canada’s response cannot simply be “Buy Canadian.”
The CEO of Loblaws is still going to be happy to price gouge you on maple syrup while wearing a maple leaf hat.
The CEO of Loblaws is still going to be happy to price gouge you on maple syrup while wearing a maple leaf hat.
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Poilievre is an idiot. How do we support our economy and jobs and industry with tax cuts? How does the govt having less money protect us from American overreach? Poilievre is a collaborator. Full stop.
Pierre Poilievre wants counter tariffs to pay for tax cuts because he has the politics of a campus conservative who has literally one non-solution to every problem. www.readthemaple.com/poilievres-l...
Poilievre’s Lifelong Obsession With Tax Cuts Is No Use Against Trump
Little in Poilievre’s messaging indicates he is ready to acknowledge a rapidly changing world.
www.readthemaple.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Poilievre is an idiot. How do we support our economy and jobs and industry with tax cuts? How does the govt having less money protect us from American overreach? Poilievre is a collaborator. Full stop.
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ProPublica identified 95 Facebook pages that regularly post made-up headlines designed to draw engagement — and, often, stoke political divisions.
The pages, most of which are managed by people overseas, have a total of more than 7.7M followers.
By @craigsilverman.bsky.social
The pages, most of which are managed by people overseas, have a total of more than 7.7M followers.
By @craigsilverman.bsky.social
As Facebook Abandons Fact-Checking, It’s Also Offering Bonuses for Viral Content
Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind…
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March 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
ProPublica identified 95 Facebook pages that regularly post made-up headlines designed to draw engagement — and, often, stoke political divisions.
The pages, most of which are managed by people overseas, have a total of more than 7.7M followers.
By @craigsilverman.bsky.social
The pages, most of which are managed by people overseas, have a total of more than 7.7M followers.
By @craigsilverman.bsky.social
Lot of unnecessary suffering, so billionaires can get richer. This reporting is so important!
Understatement of the year: there's a lot happening with science and the environment...
Here's how I plan to cover these issues. Contact me if you have a story idea.
Here's how I plan to cover these issues. Contact me if you have a story idea.
March 1, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Lot of unnecessary suffering, so billionaires can get richer. This reporting is so important!
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Interesting article on the corporate playbook in action. Lots of good examples.
www.ucsusa.org/resources/di...
www.ucsusa.org/resources/di...
The Disinformation Playbook
Five tactics business interests use to sideline science, deceive the public and buy influence at the expense of public health and safety.
www.ucsusa.org
March 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Interesting article on the corporate playbook in action. Lots of good examples.
www.ucsusa.org/resources/di...
www.ucsusa.org/resources/di...
When they criticize foreign aid. The don't tell you that the West benefits from extraction of resources, exploitable labour and human suffering.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Rich countries drained $152tn from the global South since 1960
Imperialism never ended, it just changed form.
www.aljazeera.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
When they criticize foreign aid. The don't tell you that the West benefits from extraction of resources, exploitable labour and human suffering.
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Finalizing a text on corporate wrongdoing and watching the world disintegrate in real-time. It is impossible to keep up-to-date -- environment, workers rights, oligarchy, democracy, media, economy. I wanted to put positive spin (hope for change!) in conclusion chapter -- little difficult.
March 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Finalizing a text on corporate wrongdoing and watching the world disintegrate in real-time. It is impossible to keep up-to-date -- environment, workers rights, oligarchy, democracy, media, economy. I wanted to put positive spin (hope for change!) in conclusion chapter -- little difficult.
Truly disgusting. And they claim to be religious?
An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.
Georgia Nonprofit That Produces Life-Saving Food For Kids Has Federal Contract Cut
An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.
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March 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Truly disgusting. And they claim to be religious?
Lot of people are going to needlessly die. Going to impact generations.
"Most of EPA’s work happens behind the scenes, like when one of its enforcement teams raided a warehouse in Colorado full of mislabeled oil barrels that had been prepared for a landfill and discovered they contained nuclear waste..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...
Opinion | Three Former E.P.A. Leaders: You’ll Miss It When It’s Gone
When the next environmental catastrophe arrives, who will be there to deal with the emergency and its aftermath?
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Lot of people are going to needlessly die. Going to impact generations.
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Great piece by @clarajeffery.bsky.social comparing the burgeoning anti-Tesla/Musk movement with the anti-apartheid movement of the 70s/80s. And not just because of Musk's South African roots.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Elon Musk, apartheid, and America's new boycott movement
If you think mass protests can’t combat evil, remember what we did in the 1980s.
www.motherjones.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Great piece by @clarajeffery.bsky.social comparing the burgeoning anti-Tesla/Musk movement with the anti-apartheid movement of the 70s/80s. And not just because of Musk's South African roots.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The media needs to stop sane-washing the idiocracy. This is not normal. Trumpism and MAGA is a mental illness. It can only be cured with incredible pain and suffering of the population. That is the end game (pollution, sickness, death, hunger, poverty, war, crime, etc.)
February 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The media needs to stop sane-washing the idiocracy. This is not normal. Trumpism and MAGA is a mental illness. It can only be cured with incredible pain and suffering of the population. That is the end game (pollution, sickness, death, hunger, poverty, war, crime, etc.)
Good article that briefly summarizes the history behind project 2025
theconversation.com/trumps-proje...
theconversation.com/trumps-proje...
Trump’s Project 2025 agenda caps decades-long resistance to 20th century progressive reform
Presidents often come into office with a blueprint to transform government. Project 2025 – assembled by Trump allies – is part of a lineage of conservative reactions to liberal presidents’ plans.
theconversation.com
February 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Good article that briefly summarizes the history behind project 2025
theconversation.com/trumps-proje...
theconversation.com/trumps-proje...
Excellent article on Koch brothers. Long before Project 2025 became a reality.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
The Koch Brothers’ Covert Ops
What sets the billionaire brothers apart is the sheer size of their donations to Tea Party issues.
www.newyorker.com
February 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Excellent article on Koch brothers. Long before Project 2025 became a reality.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
They have convinced the public that Universities are cabals of Marxist-ideology, CRT and DEI hires. I have worked in academia for twenty-five years -- it is not. Libertarians have far more clout than progressive professors that give a damn about humanity.
publicintegrity.org/politics/why...
publicintegrity.org/politics/why...
Why the Koch brothers find higher education worth their money
Newly released documents show that at George Mason University, the Charles Koch Foundation was given a say in hiring and firing professors, according to published reports. The records were obtained th...
publicintegrity.org
February 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
They have convinced the public that Universities are cabals of Marxist-ideology, CRT and DEI hires. I have worked in academia for twenty-five years -- it is not. Libertarians have far more clout than progressive professors that give a damn about humanity.
publicintegrity.org/politics/why...
publicintegrity.org/politics/why...
February 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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They also said they were excited about Trump’s executive order reversing a Biden-era ban on private-prison contracting.
Private Prison CEO on Trump Deportation Surge: “One of the Most Exciting Periods in My Career”
CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger could barely contain his excitement about the Laken Riley Act and Trump’s anti-immigration executive orders.
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February 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
They also said they were excited about Trump’s executive order reversing a Biden-era ban on private-prison contracting.
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Crombie really switched emotional gears on the question of mental health and addiction. Speaks knowledgeably. Good job.
Stiles also quiets her tone and earnestly furrows her brow on the topic of mental health and addiction. Speaks knowledgeably. Good job.
Ford: "We're cleaning up the streets."
Stiles also quiets her tone and earnestly furrows her brow on the topic of mental health and addiction. Speaks knowledgeably. Good job.
Ford: "We're cleaning up the streets."
February 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Great interview on MSNBC with Katy Tur. Foreign Policy Editor Ravi Agrawal calls it a "New World Disorder"
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February 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Great interview on MSNBC with Katy Tur. Foreign Policy Editor Ravi Agrawal calls it a "New World Disorder"
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Great article. We are going backwards in time. And that is exactly what the billionaire class (and the Racists!) want.
If you understand that apartheid was an economic system first, and a brutally violent system of social segregation second, you'll understand how Elon Musk is trying to update the principles from his homeland, and bring about a neo-apartheid system in the US.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
Elon Musk’s Vision Is Coming Into Focus—And It Looks a Lot Like Neo-Apartheid
Apartheid was, first and foremost, a business plan—one that the South African-born Musk seems to be reworking for the modern age.
www.thenation.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Great article. We are going backwards in time. And that is exactly what the billionaire class (and the Racists!) want.
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'Great time to be a corporate criminal': Andrew Weissmann reacts to ending FARA, FCPA www.youtube.com/watch?v=or84..., via MSNBC on YT @weissmann11.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
'Great time to be a corporate criminal': Andrew Weissmann reacts to ending FARA, FCPA www.youtube.com/watch?v=or84..., via MSNBC on YT @weissmann11.bsky.social
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Ralph Nader calls it: 'Trump and his Musk-driven gangsters are launching a fascistic coup d’état. Much of everything you like about federal/civil service for your health, safety, and economic well-being is being targeted'. Don't risk Dutton! #auspol www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/11/a...
A Trumpian Fascistic Coup is Underway—Stop It Before the Terror Starts
Rise up people and fast. Tyrant Trump and his Musk-driven gangsters are launching a fascistic coup d’état. Much of everything you like about federal/civil service for your health, safety, and economic...
www.counterpunch.org
February 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Ralph Nader calls it: 'Trump and his Musk-driven gangsters are launching a fascistic coup d’état. Much of everything you like about federal/civil service for your health, safety, and economic well-being is being targeted'. Don't risk Dutton! #auspol www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/11/a...