This and the airline industry lobbyists are what did it. Not Americans starving and paying twice as much for healthcare.
www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
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More than 10,000 flights delayed in worst day of disruptions since shutdown
More than 2,800 flights were canceled Sunday, while Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said the shutdown’s impact on airports is “only going to get worse.”
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November 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
This and the airline industry lobbyists are what did it. Not Americans starving and paying twice as much for healthcare.
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www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...
Airline industry lobbyists.
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Airline industry lobbyists.
Honestly, we need politicians who respect sex workers way more than we need those who only respect lobbyists.
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Honestly, we need politicians who respect sex workers way more than we need those who only respect lobbyists.
health insurance lobbyists during Trump 2
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
health insurance lobbyists during Trump 2
Congress is owned by lobbyists not elected officials its all about the Benjamins not the Americans
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Congress is owned by lobbyists not elected officials its all about the Benjamins not the Americans
Centrist Dems CAVE For a MAGA "Inshallah" That Will Never Happen
Who needs corrupt, cruel MAGA politicians when we have weak, centrist Democrats willing to cave for lobbyists and throw their own party and base under the bus?
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Who needs corrupt, cruel MAGA politicians when we have weak, centrist Democrats willing to cave for lobbyists and throw their own party and base under the bus?
With @muellershewrote.com
thelefthook.substack.com/p/centrist-d...
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Centrist Dems CAVE For a MAGA "Inshallah" That Will Never Happen
Who needs corrupt, cruel MAGA politicians when we have weak, centrist Democrats willing to cave for lobbyists and throw their own party and base under the bus?
With @muellershewrote.com
thelefthook.substack.com/p/centrist-d...
Who needs corrupt, cruel MAGA politicians when we have weak, centrist Democrats willing to cave for lobbyists and throw their own party and base under the bus?
With @muellershewrote.com
thelefthook.substack.com/p/centrist-d...
the real fight is the lobbyists and donor friends we made along the way.
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM
the real fight is the lobbyists and donor friends we made along the way.
I would also add: "and when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP corporate LOBBYISTS and wealthy DONORS, and the Dems are afraid if pissing off the GOP corporate LOBBYISTS and wealthy DONORS..."
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I would also add: "and when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP corporate LOBBYISTS and wealthy DONORS, and the Dems are afraid if pissing off the GOP corporate LOBBYISTS and wealthy DONORS..."
"More than 5,000 fossil fuel lobbyists were given access to the UN climate summits over the past four years, a period marked by a rise in catastrophic extreme weather, inadequate climate action and record oil and gas expansion"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
"More than 5,000 fossil fuel lobbyists were given access to the UN climate summits over the past four years, a period marked by a rise in catastrophic extreme weather, inadequate climate action and record oil and gas expansion"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This corrupted, neoliberal idea of government…
Swarming with lobbyists & drowning in corporate money.
Serving shareholder profit instead of people & planet.
It’s a cancer that belongs to the bin fire of history.
And more & more people are waking up to this.
Swarming with lobbyists & drowning in corporate money.
Serving shareholder profit instead of people & planet.
It’s a cancer that belongs to the bin fire of history.
And more & more people are waking up to this.
Developers met ministers dozens of times over planning bill while ecologists were shut out
Exclusive: Leading ecologists say warnings over threat to wildlife have been ignored in drive to build 1.5m new homes
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This corrupted, neoliberal idea of government…
Swarming with lobbyists & drowning in corporate money.
Serving shareholder profit instead of people & planet.
It’s a cancer that belongs to the bin fire of history.
And more & more people are waking up to this.
Swarming with lobbyists & drowning in corporate money.
Serving shareholder profit instead of people & planet.
It’s a cancer that belongs to the bin fire of history.
And more & more people are waking up to this.
Sounding like those Dems caved because of pressure from the airlines lobbyists.
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Sounding like those Dems caved because of pressure from the airlines lobbyists.
In other words, airline industry lobbyists snapped their fingers and senators obediently jumped
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
In other words, airline industry lobbyists snapped their fingers and senators obediently jumped
Tobacco lobbyists are banned from WHO meetings, why not oil and gas polluters from #ClimateCOP?
#COP30
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#COP30
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Tobacco lobbyists are banned from WHO meetings, why not oil and gas polluters from #ClimateCOP?
#COP30
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#COP30
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This, in 2028.
Fossil Fuel Lobbyists and petro states have over the years taken over climate summits.
Fossil Fuel Lobbyists and petro states have over the years taken over climate summits.
November 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This, in 2028.
Fossil Fuel Lobbyists and petro states have over the years taken over climate summits.
Fossil Fuel Lobbyists and petro states have over the years taken over climate summits.
It’s a win for the wealthy airline industry and their lobbyists
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
It’s a win for the wealthy airline industry and their lobbyists
Wal-Mart called and said they needed that $2B of SNAP money to help their holiday bottom line.Then the airline executives called and cried that they didn’t want to have the flight reduction. Then the lobbyists called and…you get the picture. It wasn’t about the people, never has been, never will be.
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Wal-Mart called and said they needed that $2B of SNAP money to help their holiday bottom line.Then the airline executives called and cried that they didn’t want to have the flight reduction. Then the lobbyists called and…you get the picture. It wasn’t about the people, never has been, never will be.
That’s correct. And before someone accuses me of antisemitism, this tabulation of AIPAC donations was the only one I found. The size of donations from oil, big pharma, big tech, big agro, NRA & individual billionaires dwarfs these numbers. End Citizens United because lobbyists corrupt our leaders.
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
That’s correct. And before someone accuses me of antisemitism, this tabulation of AIPAC donations was the only one I found. The size of donations from oil, big pharma, big tech, big agro, NRA & individual billionaires dwarfs these numbers. End Citizens United because lobbyists corrupt our leaders.
Not if the candidates refuse money from lobbyists. I haven’t verified it but Bernie, AOC & Ro Khanna (I think Maxwell Frost) claim that they don’t take lobbyist money & rely on small donations. I may be missing some others.
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Not if the candidates refuse money from lobbyists. I haven’t verified it but Bernie, AOC & Ro Khanna (I think Maxwell Frost) claim that they don’t take lobbyist money & rely on small donations. I may be missing some others.
it would be insanely funny if hemp lobbyists got the bill killed
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
it would be insanely funny if hemp lobbyists got the bill killed
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
More than 5,000 fossil fuel lobbyists were given access to the UN climate summits over the past four years, a period marked by a rise in catastrophic extreme weather, inadequate climate action and record oil and gas expansion, new research reveals.
Lobbyists representing the interests of the oil, gas and coal industries – which are mostly responsible for climate breakdown – have been allowed to participate in the annual climate negotiations where states are meant to come in good faith and commit to ambitious policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Can't let themselves win, the focus groups and lobbyists said that would be bad.
For once, Dems were winning.
Trump was failing.
And so they abruptly surrendered.
Trump was failing.
And so they abruptly surrendered.
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Can't let themselves win, the focus groups and lobbyists said that would be bad.
I don't think AIPAC has a part in this. I would tend to think it is wall street and transportation lobbyists.
But the one thing we do know is that it wasn't for us.
But the one thing we do know is that it wasn't for us.
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I don't think AIPAC has a part in this. I would tend to think it is wall street and transportation lobbyists.
But the one thing we do know is that it wasn't for us.
But the one thing we do know is that it wasn't for us.
ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO TAKE MILLIONS FROM LOBBYISTS AND THEN STAY SILENT AS PEOPLE SUFFER FACE A WAKE UP CALL. WE SEE THE AIPAC MONEY, WE SEE THE ABSENCE. WE WANT A CEASEFIRE AND LEADERS WHO ANSWER TO THE PEOPLE, NOT LOBBYISTS. SHOW UP, SPEAK OUT, DO BETTER. #JOHNFETTERMAN #CEASEFIRENOW #ETHICS
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO TAKE MILLIONS FROM LOBBYISTS AND THEN STAY SILENT AS PEOPLE SUFFER FACE A WAKE UP CALL. WE SEE THE AIPAC MONEY, WE SEE THE ABSENCE. WE WANT A CEASEFIRE AND LEADERS WHO ANSWER TO THE PEOPLE, NOT LOBBYISTS. SHOW UP, SPEAK OUT, DO BETTER. #JOHNFETTERMAN #CEASEFIRENOW #ETHICS
Democrats really seem like they genuinely prefer being a permanent opposition/show party. No power but also no responsibility, just chill and cozy up with lobbyists and have people listen to them talk, do book tours and accumulate easy money.
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Democrats really seem like they genuinely prefer being a permanent opposition/show party. No power but also no responsibility, just chill and cozy up with lobbyists and have people listen to them talk, do book tours and accumulate easy money.