#looting — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #looting, aggregated by home.social.
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I don't think I need to comment on this article.
Read it yourself. If you don't weep then you are an Israeli or an ardent evangelical nutter.
#israel #apartheid #gaza #genocide #theft #looting #westbank #palestine #palestinian
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Artnet: This New A.I. Chatbot Hunts Nazi-Looted Art. “The New York-based Center for Art Law estimates that between 1933 and 1945, Nazis either stole or forced the sale of 650,000 artworks. Researchers at California-based Santa Clara University have joined the quest to repatriate the 100,000 looted relics still at large by creating the A.I. Provenance Assistant, a new chatbot trained to comb […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/02/artnet-this-new-a-i-chatbot-hunts-nazi-looted-art/ -
Personally, I'm presuming it's the same place the Russian oligarchs keep their offshore riches.
https://newrepublic.com/post/213359/trump-billions-venezuelan-oil-revenue-missing
#looting #venezuela #FuckTrump #FuckTheGOP #FuckRepublcians #fascism
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A New Report On Revolving Door Corruption that Helps Make Sense of the Latest Twin Metals Lobbying Disclosures
Lobbying activity for the Twin Metals copper and nickel mine on the edge of the Boundary Waters increased dramatically in the second quarter of 2026.
The new lobbying disclosure is here. In Q1 2026, the Bernhardt Group reported Twin Metals income of $120,000; in Q2, $220,000. Bernhardt lobbied both houses of Congress and multiple executive branch agencies on “mine leasing issues” on behalf of the Chilean company that owns Twin Metals.
I would also direct your attention to this excellent Public Citizen report by Alan Zibel and Jesse Coleman on David Bernhardt and revolving door corruption. The report was published in June, so it does not take into account the latest disclosures. But the points it makes about revolving door corruption provide important context for understanding these documents.
Since its launch just one year ago, Bernhardt’s firm has recorded $8.8 million in revenue from 53 clients in just three completed quarters of lobbying — a classic example of how Washington, D.C.’s revolving door blurs the lines between corporate interests and government. Bernhardt Group reported nearly $2.9 million in the first quarter of 2026, putting the lobbying firm on pace for $11 million in revenue this year. The “revolving door” is a system in which corporations and other wealthy interests develop close relationships with government officials through the movement of key individuals back and forth between the private and public sectors.
Zibel and Coleman also detail closed-door meetings at Interior in September and November of 2025 with Bernhardt Group lobbyist William McGrath and Twin Metals executives.
More broadly, the report makes the case that David Bernhardt is now operating as a “Shadow Secretary” of the Interior, while the actual cabinet Secretary, Doug Burgum, goes on television to defend Trump’s war in Iran, or to pretend he’s never heard of batteries, or to talk about the reflecting pool and other Trump vanity projects.
If you want to make sense of what the administration is doing on the Twin Metals front, or of the actual dirty work that’s getting done behind the scenes of the embarrassing, outrageous, and infuriating spectacle of the second Trump administration, this is a must read.
#BoundaryWaters #corruption #governmentCapture #hoarding #kleptocracy #looting #oligarchy #power #spectacle #Water -
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/116851716573551640
Here's the (interim) report as released - the story describes it, but I didn't see a link:
https://democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/imo/media/doc/freedom250_oversight_report2.pdf
One small thing I've noticed on top of all the official Christian Nationalism is that most of the on-the-ground reporting I've seen (maybe all but I'm not sure) have mentioned being approached by evangelists on the grounds trying to get them interested in born-again (and thus, far right) Christianity. They're using it, naturally, as a recruitment opportunity.
#uspol #uspolitics #politics #fascism #grift #looting #maga #FuckTrump #FuckMaga
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*Every archaeological discovery is more than a gold ornament or decorative object. It is a window into the world of ancient peoples: evidence of their craftsmanship and beliefs, as well as their cultural achievements*
https://timesca.com/from-golden-treasures-to-looted-burial-mounds-how-black-diggers-are-destroying-eastern-kazakhstans-history/
#Archaeology #looting #Kazakhstan
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Another good article from Paul Krugman.
"The #Looting of America"
"Think of it this way: The gravity of what the #Trumpists have already done has created a sort of black hole at the center of American political life — and the Trumpists have already crossed the event horizon, the boundary beyond which there is no escape. So they will do ever more terrible things, because they have nothing more to lose"
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Thursday, May 7, 2026
Trump doesn't speak for America on Ukraine, congressman say -- Ukrainian drones reportedly strike Russian military logistics facility in Moscow Oblast -- Russia plans to expand exploitation of resources in Ukraine's occupied territories -- Kyiv rejects Russia's 'Victory Day' truce after Moscow violates ceasefire ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/thursday-may-7-2026/
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This PURE and RIGHTEOUS crusade will surely receive God's Favor!
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Israeli Channel 14: Israeli Chief of Staff's message sparks controversy after army commanders refuse to sign a pledge against looting in Lebanon
## THE MOST MORAL ARMY IN THE WORLD!
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Wow! Look at those "judeo-christian" values. And guess what. Rather than progress to some level of morality - the IDF and Israel are still where they are centuries ago. Where theft from "the other" is a normal thing. A "deserved" thing. As if the people were somehow directly "involved" in past grievances.
No. Let's just say that this has always happened. Perhaps in underhanded ways. Perhaps in direct ways. But it always happened. And now - the state is there to back them up. They have no fear.
They can attack first and claim this was a "defensive move" a pre-attack of the attack.. as if there was such a thing. This is like me attacking a person because they looked at me the "wrong" way. And then when it's done..I keep punching them anyway.
When will the world stop this madness. They won't .. because this is colonialism. And all the world is involved and supports it, especially Labour.
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“Motorcycles, TVs, couches, gold: Israeli army is looting everything it can in southern Lebanon”
by Palestine Will Be Free on Substack
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@iran“Soldiers of the Israeli occupation forces have been stealing everything they can lay their hands on in abandoned civilian homes in southern Lebanon. The looting has been systemic, with genocidal Israeli troops stealing ‘motorcycles, televisions, paintings, sofas and rugs on a wide scale, which has become routine’”
#Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #DismantleZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah #Looting #WarCrimes
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@Digital_Coolie
Israeli troops openly looting homes in Southern Lebanon, just like the Ruzzians did in Ukraine.Coincidence? I think not.
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The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that Israeli soldiers are engaging in widespread looting in southern Lebanon, taking motorcycles, televisions, and other equipment, as well as furniture
Unlike the stories about Russians in Ukraine, this story will not hit the front page of the western news papers or tv.
The most moral army in the world can't be stained by such trivial things as the truth.
Link to archived version:
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Associated Press: Russia has looted thousands of Ukrainian cultural objects in the war. Finding them is a challenge. “Ukraine is again raising its voice over the looting as Russia seeks to return to the world’s cultural stage. Next month’s Venice Biennale plans to allow Russian representatives to take part for the first time since 2022. Ukraine has said the event ‘must not become a stage for […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/19/associated-press-russia-has-looted-thousands-of-ukrainian-cultural-objects-in-the-war-finding-them-is-a-challenge/ -
"The Epstein Marbles" by Erin L. Thompson
Why Christie’s was so eager to please Epstein, the valuation and fate of ancient Roman sculptures of dubious provenance.
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‘Take the oil’.
Modern day Genghis Khan this one. 🤦♂️
https://us.cnn.com/2026/03/30/business/oil-prices-rise-116-iran-intl
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From @atrupar - here's the shitstain saying Cuba is "next" after Iran.
By the way, Venezuela has been strongarmed into a big gold contract. In theory it's a "sale." I'm waiting to see how much of it ends up in the Shitstain's overseas accounts.
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/05/trump-us-venezuela-gold-deal
#news #fascism #trump #uspol #uspolitics #politics #cuba #looting #corruption #theft
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[de] Wir haben ein paar Kleidercontainer geplündert und die Beute bedruckt.
[en] We raided a few clothing bins and printed on the loot.
#looting #upcycling #diy #screenprinting #siebdruck #fish #porcupinefish #diypunk #2ndhand #igelfisch #punkshirt #circularfashion -
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/115850887974979723
One of the many, many evils the Nazi regime did was loot upon invading countries. You've heard about stolen art, perhaps, or gold, but it was up and down the scale. Individual soldiers looted too, often, sending "gifts" back home. It was one of the ways they propped up the fascist economy - well, that along with slave labour.
Is that what you want, America?
Because that's what he wants.
Is that _not_ what you want?
Stop using oil.
https://solarbird.net/blog/2026/01/05/what-to-do-now/
Start protesting. Here are some still going _tonight_, ad hoc with little warning, but there. I'm heading out to Lynnwood now. Join me.
https://www.defundmusk.com/events
#uspol #uspolitics #fascism #politics #looting #theft #conquest #empire #imperialism #oil #CascadiaNow #seattle #KingCounty
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#Poland has arrested the Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin from the State #Hermitage on Ukrainian request. He has carried out illegal excavations on occupied #Crimea.
#archaeology 🏺 @archaeodons #Myrmekion #KalosLimen #looting #excavation
Poland Arrests Top Russian Archaeologist Wanted by Ukraine for Looting Crimea Heritage Site
