#lobbying — Public Fediverse posts

News live: parents of Australian surfers killed in Mexico fly in for trial; Labor pressured to toughen lobbying rules
By Guardian staff

Follow the day’s news live

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/07/anthony-albanese-labor-lobbying-rules-greens-social-media-fines-ntwnfb

#AnthonyAlbanese #Laborparty #Australianews #Australianpolitics #Mexico #Lobbying #Parentsandparenting #AustralianGreens #Coalition #Socialmediaban #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff

Australia news live: parents of Australians surfers killed in Mexico fly in for trial; Labor pressured to toughen lobbying rules https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/07/anthony-albanese-labor-lobbying-rules-greens-social-media-fines-ntwnfb #AnthonyAlbanese #LaborParty #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #Mexico #Lobbying #ParentsAndParenting #AustralianGreens #Coalition #SocialMediaBan

https://www.europesays.com/afrique/202006/ Nigeria: la présidentielle de 2027 se joue aussi à Washington #AtikuAbubakar #BolaTinubu #Lobbying #Nigeria #Présidentielle2027

https://www.europesays.com/people/217308/ Mark Zuckerberg killed the bill that could have saved my son #BigTech #children #Congress #Facebook #Internet #Legislation #Lobbying #MarkZuckerberg #Meta #SocialMedia

https://www.europesays.com/ch/125920/ Swiss invention helps Tibet’s diaspora make election choices #Article #BeatGlobalElections #BeatInformationWars #CitizensInitiativeAndRecall #government #HumanRights #lobbying #Multi #parliament #ProductionTypeAdaptation #Swiss #Switzerland #UserNeedGiveMePerspective

https://www.europesays.com/ch/125780/ Swiss invention helps Tibet’s diaspora make election choices #Article #BeatGlobalElections #BeatInformationWars #CitizensInitiativeAndRecall #government #HumanRights #lobbying #Multi #parliament #ProductionTypeAdaptation #Swiss #Switzerland #UserNeedGiveMePerspective

The Scientist Trying to Keep Kratom Legal Has Not Disclosed Longstanding Ties to Kratom Lobbyists

https://www.propublica.org/article/kratom-legalization-christopher-mccurdy-research-conflict-of-interest-aka

> University of Florida professor Christopher McCurdy has accepted travel reimbursements, donations to his university’s foundation and funding for symposiums from the American Kratom Association. None of this is mentioned in the papers he publishes.

#science #corruption #lobbying

A quotation from Molly Ivins

I don’t think there was ever a time when money was not important in politics. The single most striking development in American politics is the extent to which money is so predominant that everything else including the public interest is insignificant.

Molly Ivins (1944–2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Interview (2006-10-09), “Who’s It Screw, and Who’s Doing the Screwing?” by Rosalind Alexander, Seattle Weekly

More about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/85840/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #America #influence #lobbying #money #politicalinfluence #politics #publicinterest

Ah the beautiful revolving door...

"Matt Clifford, British entrepreneur and former #AI advisor to the prime minister, has joined #Anthropic to lead on government affairs in every market outside North America.

The former AI advisor to prime ministers #RishiSunak and #KeirStarmer began the London-based role yesterday and reports to Tino Cuéllar, Anthropic’s Chief Global Affairs Officer, who joined in August. Clifford’s official title will be Managing Director, International Affairs."

#lobbying

#usa #israel : #elections / #lobbying / #politicalparties

„The most powerful pro-Israel lobby in the United States is spending more than any other outside group on the 2026 midterms – even as its once-coveted backing becomes an increasingly potent weapon for political opponents.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (#AIPAC) has poured 10s of millions of dollars into races nationwide through its main election-spending vehicle, the United Democracy Project (#UDP).“
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/pro-israel-lobby-spends-big-on-us-midterms-as-backlash-grows

👀 Oh look, Nvidia's trying to buy their way into political power by starting a #PAC. Because clearly, chips aren't just for computers anymore—they're for #lobbying politicians too! 💸 🕴️
https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/nvidia-starts-a-pac-as-ai-chip-maker-buids-influence-force-in-dc #Nvidia #techpolitics #chipindustry #politicalpower #HackerNews #ngated

Oracle Helped Kneecap Section 230, Then Bought 15% Of A Company That Needs It.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/27/oracle-helped-kneecap-section-230-then-bought-15-of-a-company-that-needs-it/

#usa #israel : #usforeignpolicy / #lobbying / #politicalparties / #government / #nato / #book / #recension

„In their new book, Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick chart the evolution of this powerful special interest and its unmatched influence in the US.“

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-lobby-book/

We need a federal #lobbying act that applies to all professional lobbyists, strengthens lobbying bans for former government representatives, publishes ministerial diaries, and appoints an independent regulator backed by effective penalties.
https://australiandemocracy.org.au/lobbying
#AusPol

A great peek behind the curtain of how #lobbying works and how it borders on #corruption

#auspol #punterspolitics

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZICn_FaAWq8

Crossposted with @openvibe

Everyone But Us (in the USA)

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/08/everyone-but-us-in-the-usa/

#fourcorners on #lobbying and #lobbyists :blobgrimace:

Dozens of defence insiders now lobbying for the industry, analysis shows
By Samantha Dick

New analysis by Four Corners shows the scale of Canberra's revolving door, where former government officials accept lucrative jobs in lobbying or the defence industry.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-24/defence-insiders-now-lobbying-for-industry-analysis-shows/107046326

#Lobbying #DefenceForces #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalGovernment #Parliament #SamanthaDick

Their job is to influence politicians. An MP warns they can be powerful enemies
By Mark Willacy, Lesley Robinson, and Dylan Welch

Inside Parliament House, hundreds of lobbyists freely roam the corridors advocating for corporate interests. Critics say it's a problem.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-23/canberra-lobbyists-outnumber-federal-politicians/106998624

#Lobbying #GovernmentandPolitics #Gambling #Parliament #MarkWillacy #LesleyRobinson #DylanWelch

MPs ‘failing to learn lesson’ over freebies after accepting £400,000 of hospitality
By Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Cost of tickets included £858 to a Harry Styles concert at Wembley; £1,839 to the Chelsea flower show and £3,432 of hospitality at the Brit Awards

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/21/mps-failing-to-learn-lesson-over-freebies-after-accepting-400000-of-hospitality

#UKnews #Partyfunding #England #Lobbying #Politics #TheGuardian #RowenaMasonWhitehalleditor

MPs ‘failing to learn lesson’ over freebies after accepting £400,000 of hospitality https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/21/mps-failing-to-learn-lesson-over-freebies-after-accepting-400000-of-hospitality #UkNews #PartyFunding #England #Lobbying #Politics

Add your name to call on the Albanese Government to give Australia the National Lobbying Act it needs
https://australiandemocracy.org.au/lobbying
#AusPol #lobbying

@crazyeddie @aworkinglibrary
It is probably about car dependency, car-centered areas. Like in the US where in many towns without a car one would struggle to do anything: getting to the grocery store, getting back from the store, reaching the other river bank as many bridges are motor vehicles only.

People can’t live without cars in such places. Even food banks have huge lines of cars, four "lanes". Some homeless people drive cars as well. Imagine the closest grocery store being 1 hour walking distance away, and the weather may be extremely hot/cold.

Many such areas don’t even have sidewalks or anything for walking at all. At the same time so called "jay-walking" is prohibited by law. The term "jaywalking" actually was invented by the cars lobby in the early 20th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking
Moving around by walking is extremely inconvenient, dangerous, taking ridiculous amounts of time, basically incompatible with everyday activities.

Also the parking lots, roads, intersections take up huge chunks of the city. Consider how much longer it takes to walk somewhere compared to what it could be without all these. Urban areas could look very different if they were human-centered and Points Of Interest were packed tightly.

And the bigger the city, the more space car infrastructure takes up. More lanes, wider intersections, parking lots can have up to many thousands spots, highways, freeways, interchanges of ridiculous sizes and shapes.

The topic is huge, what I mentioned is just the tip. Think of what you see around every day. Also all the noise. And danger it brings to everyone, not just drivers. The number of so called "accidents", another convenient term for the horrible things that happen everyday.

The areas which are pedestrian-friendly, bicycle friendly, have public transportation tend to have happier residents, more attraction points, more small businesses, more street life, way better air quality, less noise among other benefits.
Also social connections and interaction happen there and not on a 4-lane highway.

#Cars #Car #City #Urban #Streets
#Cities #CarFree #Roads #CarDependancy #StreetLife #Safety #Bycicles #Walking #UrbanSprawl #OneMoreLane #InducedTraffic #PublicTransport #PublicTransit #Access #PublicTransportation #Accessibility #Accessible #PublicSpaces #Socialization #Capitalism #Subsidies #Lobbying #WordsMatter #History #CarsAreDangerous #FuckCars

"Special interest #lobbying organisations have grown in importance, pursuing benefits for their clients from the state. In return, they provide money and support for the political parties that are likely to end up in power."

#UKPol #Donations #Corruption

https://theconversation.com/if-british-voters-seem-impatient-and-angry-data-shows-they-might-have-a-point-289643

@frelsisbaratta Hey @EUCommission, good job, lads. Fighting the small guys one piece of crappy legislation at a time.

Maybe stop listening to Big Tech lobbyists?

Oh, what’s that, but that’s where you guys want to work at next? Ah, k, fair.

#institutionalCorruption #lobbying #revolvingDoors #EUCommission #EUparliament

@rogue_corq in short long "Tradition" of #mckinsey organized #lobbying aka #corruption of mainly #cdu #csu but also all other parties and #incompetence of #politicians (mostly #lawyers ) in #bundestag

@anslua Hmm, I don't know the background to this but it looks like more Bezos fuckery. Amazon benefits every time micro businesses are blown to fuck. "Lobbying" by vested capitalism should be fucking illegal all over the globe.

"Lobbying" being political-speak for well-filled-brown-envelopes and offshore accounts.

Good luck.

#Lobbying #EU

"In 2023, 60 per cent of Australians rejected a constitutionally recognised Voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. A body that could only make representations, only on matters concerning the people whose ancestors have been here sixty thousand years.
"Too much, the No campaign shrieked. Division. Privilege. Special treatment.
"Nine months later, Anthony Albanese handed Jillian Segal what the Voice never dreamed of asking for. Not a right to be heard. Power. No election. No parliamentary vote. No hearing. A three year commission reporting personally to the Prime Minister, with a mandate reaching into every campus, newsroom, classroom, gallery, charity, arts contract and visa file in the Commonwealth."

Andrew Brown writes: https://michaelwest.com.au/the-segal-state-the-office-australia-never-voted-for/

#academicFreedom #influence #lobbying #policing #silencing #genocideSupport #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #manipulation #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission #AusPol #JillianSegal #Segal #AnthonyAlbanese

"In 2023, 60 per cent of Australians rejected a constitutionally recognised Voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. A body that could only make representations, only on matters concerning the people whose ancestors have been here sixty thousand years.
"Too much, the No campaign shrieked. Division. Privilege. Special treatment.
"Nine months later, Anthony Albanese handed Jillian Segal what the Voice never dreamed of asking for. Not a right to be heard. Power. No election. No parliamentary vote. No hearing. A three year commission reporting personally to the Prime Minister, with a mandate reaching into every campus, newsroom, classroom, gallery, charity, arts contract and visa file in the Commonwealth."

Andrew Brown writes: https://michaelwest.com.au/the-segal-state-the-office-australia-never-voted-for/

#academicFreedom #influence #lobbying #policing #silencing #genocideSupport #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #manipulation #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission #AusPol #JillianSegal #Segal #AnthonyAlbanese

"In 2023, 60 per cent of Australians rejected a constitutionally recognised Voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. A body that could only make representations, only on matters concerning the people whose ancestors have been here sixty thousand years.
"Too much, the No campaign shrieked. Division. Privilege. Special treatment.
"Nine months later, Anthony Albanese handed Jillian Segal what the Voice never dreamed of asking for. Not a right to be heard. Power. No election. No parliamentary vote. No hearing. A three year commission reporting personally to the Prime Minister, with a mandate reaching into every campus, newsroom, classroom, gallery, charity, arts contract and visa file in the Commonwealth."

Andrew Brown writes: https://michaelwest.com.au/the-segal-state-the-office-australia-never-voted-for/

#academicFreedom #influence #lobbying #policing #silencing #genocideSupport #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #manipulation #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission #AusPol #JillianSegal #Segal #AnthonyAlbanese

"In 2023, 60 per cent of Australians rejected a constitutionally recognised Voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. A body that could only make representations, only on matters concerning the people whose ancestors have been here sixty thousand years.
"Too much, the No campaign shrieked. Division. Privilege. Special treatment.
"Nine months later, Anthony Albanese handed Jillian Segal what the Voice never dreamed of asking for. Not a right to be heard. Power. No election. No parliamentary vote. No hearing. A three year commission reporting personally to the Prime Minister, with a mandate reaching into every campus, newsroom, classroom, gallery, charity, arts contract and visa file in the Commonwealth."

Andrew Brown writes: https://michaelwest.com.au/the-segal-state-the-office-australia-never-voted-for/

#academicFreedom #influence #lobbying #policing #silencing #genocideSupport #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #manipulation #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission #AusPol #JillianSegal #Segal #AnthonyAlbanese

"In 2023, 60 per cent of Australians rejected a constitutionally recognised Voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. A body that could only make representations, only on matters concerning the people whose ancestors have been here sixty thousand years.
"Too much, the No campaign shrieked. Division. Privilege. Special treatment.
"Nine months later, Anthony Albanese handed Jillian Segal what the Voice never dreamed of asking for. Not a right to be heard. Power. No election. No parliamentary vote. No hearing. A three year commission reporting personally to the Prime Minister, with a mandate reaching into every campus, newsroom, classroom, gallery, charity, arts contract and visa file in the Commonwealth."

Andrew Brown writes: https://michaelwest.com.au/the-segal-state-the-office-australia-never-voted-for/

#academicFreedom #influence #lobbying #policing #silencing #genocideSupport #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #manipulation #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission #AusPol #JillianSegal #Segal #AnthonyAlbanese

https://www.europesays.com/ch-fr/230074/ Projection du film « Banana Land » à Lausanne #Bénévolat #DroitsHumains #engagement #JusticeClimatique #Lausanne #Lobbying #militantisme #ONG #Politique #PublicEye #sensibilisation #SolidaritéInternationale #Suisse

RE: https://techhub.social/@estelle/116804111381589798

"If the Royal Commission is serious about investigating the nature of antisemitism and its 'key drivers', it should begin with Australia’s Israel lobby – the leading proponents of the conflation of antisemitism with antizionism."
https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/if-the-royal-commission-is-serious?utm_source=substack&publication_id=4434423&post_id=203508596&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=2jzucl&triedRedirect=true

By Louise Adler, former Director of Adelaide Writers’ Week:

#influence #lobbying #policing #respectability #Zionism #silencing #PalestinianLivesMatter #fragility #genocide #JewishSupremacy #hasbara #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #recycling #manipulation #coOpting #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission

RE: https://techhub.social/@estelle/116804111381589798

"If the Royal Commission is serious about investigating the nature of antisemitism and its 'key drivers', it should begin with Australia’s Israel lobby – the leading proponents of the conflation of antisemitism with antizionism."
https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/if-the-royal-commission-is-serious?utm_source=substack&publication_id=4434423&post_id=203508596&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=2jzucl&triedRedirect=true

By Louise Adler, former Director of Adelaide Writers’ Week:

#influence #lobbying #policing #respectability #Zionism #silencing #PalestinianLivesMatter #fragility #genocide #JewishSupremacy #hasbara #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #recycling #manipulation #coOpting #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission

RE: https://techhub.social/@estelle/116804111381589798

"If the Royal Commission is serious about investigating the nature of antisemitism and its 'key drivers', it should begin with Australia’s Israel lobby – the leading proponents of the conflation of antisemitism with antizionism."
https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/if-the-royal-commission-is-serious?utm_source=substack&publication_id=4434423&post_id=203508596&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=2jzucl&triedRedirect=true

By Louise Adler, former Director of Adelaide Writers’ Week:

#influence #lobbying #policing #respectability #Zionism #silencing #PalestinianLivesMatter #fragility #genocide #JewishSupremacy #hasbara #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #recycling #manipulation #coOpting #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission

RE: https://techhub.social/@estelle/116804111381589798

"If the Royal Commission is serious about investigating the nature of antisemitism and its 'key drivers', it should begin with Australia’s Israel lobby – the leading proponents of the conflation of antisemitism with antizionism."
https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/if-the-royal-commission-is-serious?utm_source=substack&publication_id=4434423&post_id=203508596&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=2jzucl&triedRedirect=true

By Louise Adler, former Director of Adelaide Writers’ Week:

#influence #lobbying #policing #respectability #Zionism #silencing #PalestinianLivesMatter #fragility #genocide #JewishSupremacy #hasbara #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #recycling #manipulation #coOpting #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission

RE: https://techhub.social/@estelle/116804111381589798

"If the Royal Commission is serious about investigating the nature of antisemitism and its 'key drivers', it should begin with Australia’s Israel lobby – the leading proponents of the conflation of antisemitism with antizionism."
https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/if-the-royal-commission-is-serious?utm_source=substack&publication_id=4434423&post_id=203508596&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=2jzucl&triedRedirect=true

By Louise Adler, former Director of Adelaide Writers’ Week:

#influence #lobbying #policing #respectability #Zionism #silencing #PalestinianLivesMatter #fragility #genocide #JewishSupremacy #hasbara #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #recycling #manipulation #coOpting #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission

Foreign influence in Australia

"The reach [of the Israel lobby] extends into the newsrooms and it has been there for decades. Veteran ABC journalist John Lyons documented it in his 2021 book Dateline Jerusalem, writing that in forty years of journalism he had never encountered a lobby as formidable, well-funded, or relentlessly effective as the pro-Israel lobby in Australia, and that material the lobby succeeded in suppressing here was routinely published in Israel without consequence or controversy."

Andrew Brown: https://michaelwest.com.au/the-enforcement-the-lobby-that-bought-australian-democracy/

#influence #lobbying #media #policing #respectability #Zionism #silencing #PalestinianLivesMatter #fragility #genocide #JewishSupremacy #hasbara #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #recycling #manipulation #coOpting #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission

Foreign influence in Australia

"The reach [of the Israel lobby] extends into the newsrooms and it has been there for decades. Veteran ABC journalist John Lyons documented it in his 2021 book Dateline Jerusalem, writing that in forty years of journalism he had never encountered a lobby as formidable, well-funded, or relentlessly effective as the pro-Israel lobby in Australia, and that material the lobby succeeded in suppressing here was routinely published in Israel without consequence or controversy."

Andrew Brown: https://michaelwest.com.au/the-enforcement-the-lobby-that-bought-australian-democracy/

#influence #lobbying #media #policing #respectability #Zionism #silencing #PalestinianLivesMatter #fragility #genocide #JewishSupremacy #hasbara #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #recycling #manipulation #coOpting #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission

Foreign influence in Australia

"The reach [of the Israel lobby] extends into the newsrooms and it has been there for decades. Veteran ABC journalist John Lyons documented it in his 2021 book Dateline Jerusalem, writing that in forty years of journalism he had never encountered a lobby as formidable, well-funded, or relentlessly effective as the pro-Israel lobby in Australia, and that material the lobby succeeded in suppressing here was routinely published in Israel without consequence or controversy."

Andrew Brown: https://michaelwest.com.au/the-enforcement-the-lobby-that-bought-australian-democracy/

#influence #lobbying #media #policing #respectability #Zionism #silencing #PalestinianLivesMatter #fragility #genocide #JewishSupremacy #hasbara #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #recycling #manipulation #coOpting #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission

Foreign influence in Australia

"The reach [of the Israel lobby] extends into the newsrooms and it has been there for decades. Veteran ABC journalist John Lyons documented it in his 2021 book Dateline Jerusalem, writing that in forty years of journalism he had never encountered a lobby as formidable, well-funded, or relentlessly effective as the pro-Israel lobby in Australia, and that material the lobby succeeded in suppressing here was routinely published in Israel without consequence or controversy."

Andrew Brown: https://michaelwest.com.au/the-enforcement-the-lobby-that-bought-australian-democracy/

#influence #lobbying #media #policing #respectability #Zionism #silencing #PalestinianLivesMatter #fragility #genocide #JewishSupremacy #hasbara #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #recycling #manipulation #coOpting #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission

Foreign influence in Australia

"The reach [of the Israel lobby] extends into the newsrooms and it has been there for decades. Veteran ABC journalist John Lyons documented it in his 2021 book Dateline Jerusalem, writing that in forty years of journalism he had never encountered a lobby as formidable, well-funded, or relentlessly effective as the pro-Israel lobby in Australia, and that material the lobby succeeded in suppressing here was routinely published in Israel without consequence or controversy."

Andrew Brown: https://michaelwest.com.au/the-enforcement-the-lobby-that-bought-australian-democracy/

#influence #lobbying #media #policing #respectability #Zionism #silencing #PalestinianLivesMatter #fragility #genocide #JewishSupremacy #hasbara #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #recycling #manipulation #coOpting #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission

NPR: AI and tech are trying to influence the midterm elections. “Around the country, groups associated with AI and tech are trying to influence elections from Senate races to local offices, even as Americans register increasing discomfort with the technology’s ramifications for jobs, energy bills and society. AI-focused super PACs have already spent $43.3 million on congressional races this […]

#British and #American #politics has lead to a point where anyone labeled a #terrorist just might be a #protestor and not an actual terrorist.

When #protestors are deemed an enemy of the state, that's when the state no longer represents the people.

In fact, both these States show how #lobbying has let politicians be bought and sold by foreign nation state actors, to the point where neither have #democracy anymore and that they should both be deemed #antidemocratic.

https://thespectaclemag.substack.com/p/the-greatest-injustice-in-modern

Qui fait du lobbying en Europe ? Sans surprise, les grosses boîtes aux poches bien pleines (comme par exemple celles de la tech) https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/06/eu-corporate-lobby-league-2026 #europe #lobbying #mesure

Common Dreams: Watchdog’s Online Tracker Shows Which Candidates Are Being Showered With AI Industry’s Dark Money. “The website, known as ‘AI Money Watch,’ is using Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings to track spending by the largest AI super PAC, Leading the Future (LTF), which has raised $125 million for into this year’s midterms after being created last August to oust critics of […]

Is Australia missing out on a proper gas tax because the mining lobby scared Labor off before Budget night?
Michael West reports that Labor was looking at winding back diesel fuel rebates for big miners and taxing gas exporters, before both ideas suddenly junked. An insider told MWM that "We can’t afford another fight with BHP” echoing the campaign that helped bring down Kevin Rudd in 2010.

#auspol #bhp #lobbying #gastax

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FknLOpxmPnU

RE: https://aus.social/@mojo/116453455095944748

Corporate energy giants (mostly foreign not Australian): “endless funding for lobbying and spin, but resistance when asked to pay a fair return on public resources.”
WHY? IS? IT? SO? 🤔

#AusPol #energyCompanies #lobbying #notPayingFairTaxes #AustralianResources #socialLicense #advertising #arrogance

RE: https://aus.social/@mojo/116453455095944748

Corporate energy giants (mostly foreign not Australian): “endless funding for lobbying and spin, but resistance when asked to pay a fair return on public resources.”
WHY? IS? IT? SO? 🤔

#AusPol #energyCompanies #lobbying #notPayingFairTaxes #AustralianResources #socialLicense #advertising #arrogance