What do Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Comcast, Meta, and HP have in common?

They all once pledged to stop donations to anyone who tried to overturn the 2020 election.

And now they're all donors to Trump's White House ballroom. https://popular.info/p/these-corporations-stopped-worrying

Amazon layoffs are starting. Twitch is impacted

Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on artificial intelligence.

Israel is authorizing devastating strikes on Gaza, a record strength hurricane just hit Jamaica, and in the US? We’re willfully letting millions fear that they’ll go hungry or lose health care while the federal admin is busy trolling online instead of governing. It’s unfathomable

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to immediately carry out 'powerful' attacks in Gaza, per Reuters

A ceasefire was announced last week.

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

What do these corporate donors expect in return for their money?

It looks like bribery for special favors from the Trump administration.

Apple is moving ahead with a plan to bring ads to Maps.

The company will allow businesses to pay to have their details featured more prominently within the app’s searches.

Apple plans to use AI to enhance this new feature, per Bloomberg.

For the first time in modern history, Donald Trump is shutting down SNAP.

That means 42 MILLION Americans will miss out on food assistance funds starting November 1.

Donald Trump is choosing to let mommas and their babies go hungry.

California may vote on a one-time 5% tax on billionaire wealth to help the state fund health care for low-income residents after sweeping cuts to Medicaid.

A possible ballot proposal could generate $100 billion, most of which would go toward health care for millions of people.

After a lull in reading books, I am getting back into my reading groove! With the help of horror books and cozy mysteries 😆📚

#books #reading #booksky

27 years ago, Britney Spears released "...Baby One More Time."

Spotify is playing recruitment ads for ICE. I love the app and listen for many hours every month. But I canceled it and told them why. When my subscription is up I'll be deleting the app.

YouTube is doing the same. Additionally it's showing ads by Kristi Noem threatening Immigrants. They're next.

How about cancel Spotify & never take them back if they change? These people need to stop seeing what they can get away with. Capitulate once = dead to us forever.

Y'all, when Spotify stops running those ICE ads, they're still going to be a terrible, evil company.

Eat the rich (don’t really I am not advocating cannibalism)

#generalstrike

@thepeoplessickdays.bsky.social

The People's Sick Day movement is planning a three-day economic blackout, where members won't go to work and won't spend money

I quit Spotify when the Rogan deal went through and immediately switched to Tidal. It's been great. Better recommendations, better sound, more money to musicians.

👏

Spotify account cancelled, fuck anybody that supports ICE in any fashion

Your mission tonight is to go to your App Store and give Spotify the lowest ranking you can because those bitches fucking support ICE and are running ICE recruitment commercials on all the damn channels. Fuck ICE, Fuck Spotify and FuuuuuuCk Target!

Fuck Spotify

I think we should pay attention to moderates Dems sliding into full right-wing rhetoric and realize it is part of a pattern, not an outlier. These people would rather be white supremacists than leftists, they are saying so quite clearly.

WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.

A not insignificant number of people knew the demolition was coming, including people at the White House Historical Association, and did nothing to stop it.