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Dining & Cooking<p>Man arrested over London’s ‘great cheese heist’ but 22 tonnes of cheddar still missing <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/1980387/man-arrested-over-londons-great-cheese-heist-but-22-tonnes-of-cheddar-still-missing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/1980387/m</span><span class="invisible">an-arrested-over-londons-great-cheese-heist-but-22-tonnes-of-cheddar-still-missing/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Cheddar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cheddar</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Cheese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cheese</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/cheeses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cheeses</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/dairy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dairy</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/francais" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>francais</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>france</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/FrenchCheese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrenchCheese</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/london" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>london</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Neal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neal</span></a>'sYardDairy <a href="https://vive.im/tags/ScotlandYard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScotlandYard</span></a></p>
Dining & Cooking<p>‘Grate Cheese Robbery’ Scams Company Out of 22 Tons of Cheddar <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/1978557/grate-cheese-robbery-scams-company-out-of-22-tons-of-cheddar/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/1978557/g</span><span class="invisible">rate-cheese-robbery-scams-company-out-of-22-tons-of-cheddar/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/AgricultureAndFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AgricultureAndFarming</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Cheese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cheese</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/DairyProducts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DairyProducts</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/francais" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>francais</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>france</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/FraudsAndSwindling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FraudsAndSwindling</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/FrenchCheese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrenchCheese</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritain</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Neal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neal</span></a>'sYardDairy <a href="https://vive.im/tags/RobberiesAndThefts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobberiesAndThefts</span></a></p>
Autor Martin Schemm<p>Gerade eben auf dem Heimweg entdeckt: neue Streetart des Hamburger Künstlers NEAL. Das Bild befindet sich an der Wand eines Bürogebäudes nahe dem Hamburger Michel. </p><p>Die Botschaft spricht für sich und ist so wenige Tage vor der Wahl eminent wichtig! </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nealhamburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nealhamburg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/streetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streetart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/streetarthamburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streetarthamburg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stencil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stencil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stencilart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stencilart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/urbanart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urbanart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hamburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamburg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/michel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>michel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/banksy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banksy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/strassenkunst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strassenkunst</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kunst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kunst</span></a></p>
Autor Martin Schemm<p>Heute wurde an unserer Hauswand ein Kunstwerk unwiederbringlich zerstört. Die Maler haben die Wand weiß überstrichen.</p><p>Es war ein Streetart-Grafitti von NEAL, der sehr bekannt ist als der Banksy von Hamburg. Er hat es an dem Wort WUT angebracht, das lange Zeit zuvor an die Wand geschmiert worden war.</p><p>Ich habe das Grafitti fotografiert, um es zumindest so zu bewahren ...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/streetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streetart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/streetarthamburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streetarthamburg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grafitti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grafitti</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grafittiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grafittiart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/urbanart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urbanart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hamburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hamburg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/banksy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banksy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kunst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kunst</span></a></p>
AmiW Streetart ❄️<p>🧠 Artist: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NEAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NEAL</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NealHamburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NealHamburg</span></a> in City: somewhere in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hamburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamburg</span></a> Germany 🇩🇪 02/2025 - Title: untitled - <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mural</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Streetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streetart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Stencilart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stencilart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NoBanksy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoBanksy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NoBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoBrain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Sprayart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sprayart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satire</span></a></p>
Rafaello<p>What did Pelosi gain by ignoring 99% of the corruption and crime of the orange mafia? </p><p>Well, she left everybody with the impression that nothing really that bad went on. Except for those two little things that were extra bad which forced her hand.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FascistEnablers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FascistEnablers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Pelosi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pelosi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DeadwoodDems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeadwoodDems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hoyer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hoyer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Clyburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clyburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Nadler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nadler</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Neal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Jeffries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jeffries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WassermanSchultz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WassermanSchultz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Schumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schumer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Durbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Durbin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FascistTakover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FascistTakover</span></a></p>
Rafaello<p>"In 4 years of asking swing and surge voters their chief beef with Dems in focus groups, #1 thing we hear is "they don't fight." When we ask them to liken Dems to an animal, top choices are slug, sloth, turtle &amp; tortoise."</p><p>Anat Shenker-Osorio‬ ‪</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Pelosi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pelosi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DeadwoodDems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeadwoodDems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hoyer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hoyer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Clyburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clyburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Nadler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nadler</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Neal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FascistEnablers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FascistEnablers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Jeffries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jeffries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WassermanSchultz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WassermanSchultz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Schumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schumer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Durbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Durbin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FascistTakover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FascistTakover</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/23andMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>23andMe</span></a>, the personal genomics company, went public in early 2021 via a merger with a blank check company that valued it at $3.5 billion. </p><p>Then its fortunes began to sink. </p><p>Fading interest in <a href="https://c.im/tags/DNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNA</span></a> kits <br>– 23andMe’s main product <br>–&nbsp; was one driver. </p><p>So was news last year that <a href="https://c.im/tags/hackers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hackers</span></a> stole ancestry data on 6.9 million of its users.</p><p>CEO and co-founder <a href="https://c.im/tags/Anne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anne</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wojcicki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wojcicki</span></a> now reportedly wants to take the 18-year-old company private. </p><p>After her own proposal to buy it was rebuffed by its board in July, <br>she was given time to wangle another deal. </p><p>But its independent directors announced Tuesday evening they’ve lost faith that another proposal is coming, <br>adding that because of Wojcicki’s <br>“concentrated voting power,” <br>they’re done, <br>effective immediately.</p><p>The company’s market cap closed the day at $173 million. </p><p>Losing its glittering board <br>– which included Sequoia Capital’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/Roelof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roelof</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Botha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Botha</span></a> and YouTube CEO <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mohan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mohan</span></a>, among five others <br>– will likely drive its shares down further. </p><p>One question is whether a shareholder lawsuit might follow.</p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/17/23andme-sees-independent-board-directors-quit-en-masse/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2024/09/17/23an</span><span class="invisible">dme-sees-independent-board-directors-quit-en-masse/</span></a></p>
AmiW Streetart ❄️<p>⛰️ Artist: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NEAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NEAL</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NealHamburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NealHamburg</span></a> in City: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hamburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamburg</span></a> Osterfeldstr 20 Germany 🇩🇪 05/2024 - Title: untitled - <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mural</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Streetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streetart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UrbanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Installation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Installation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Stencilart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stencilart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mole</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DerKleineMaulwurf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DerKleineMaulwurf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Sprayart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sprayart</span></a></p>
jackhutton 🇺🇸<p>Amazing. Just amazing. Read this. [Politico]: ‘The 401(k) industry owns Congress’: How lawmakers quietly passed a $300 billion windfall to the wealthy<br>Greased by lobbying and campaign cash, tax breaks for retirement savings are one thing Congress agrees on. But they also blow out the deficit and add to income inequality. By Benjamin Guggenheim, 04/13/2024 <br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/13/how-your-401k-ate-the-federal-budget-00150319" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2024/04/13/h</span><span class="invisible">ow-your-401k-ate-the-federal-budget-00150319</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retirement</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cardin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cardin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/neal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/portman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portman</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lobbyist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/grifters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grifters</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wealthinequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealthinequality</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Lobbyists for a coalition of six groups succeeded in getting changes into a 2021 Portman-Cardin bill governing IRS <a href="https://c.im/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> of <a href="https://c.im/tags/private" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>private</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retirement</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/plans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plans</span></a>. </p><p>Fact sheets provided to POLITICO <br>— which a Hill staffer said the lobbyists distributed to advocate for their proposal <br>— sold the changes as fixes that would help elderly Americans, such as retired government and factory workers, <br>who had inadvertently put too much in their retirement accounts and could face penalties from the IRS.</p><p>But the lobbyists were also targeting benefits for a different demographic. </p><p>The head of the coalition, according to his biography, specializes in tax planning for🌟 “ultra-high-net-worth clients.” 🌟</p><p>The coalition also included an advocacy group that has previously been tied to the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Koch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Koch</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>network</span></a> <br>— and which engaged in a massive lobbying campaign against efforts to restructure Puerto Rico’s debt that was owned by hedge fund managers in 2015.</p><p>Tax lawyers who reviewed the statutory changes said they would in fact <br>👉 make it far more difficult for the IRS to penalize supersized retirement accounts where owners avoided millions of dollars in taxes. 👈</p><p>“The lobby power of these groups is tremendous,” said Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee. </p><p>“There has been little lobby effort for [low-income taxpayers] and plenty of lobbying from those people in the financial services industry that benefit from those retirement plans</p><p> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Secure</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/financial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>financial</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>services</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/advantaged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advantaged</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retirement</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/savings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>savings</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cardin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cardin</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Portman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Portman</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobbying</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Five months before Congress faced a near-catastrophic 2022 standoff over the debt ceiling, <br>with Republicans demanding restrictions to food and Medicaid programs to rein in spending, <br>a bill that raised the cost of private retirement savings accounts to $282 billion per year was quietly signed into law.</p><p>In this era of deeply divided politics, the 2022 bill known as "<a href="https://c.im/tags/Secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Secure</span></a> 2.0" was hailed as a bipartisan success — a victory for average Americans. <br>It had sailed through the House by a whopping 414-5 vote. <br>It followed four other major bills passed between 1996 and 2019 that 🔸dramatically expanded taxpayer savings 🔸– all equally lauded as bipartisan victories.</p><p>But that rare issue that brought a divided Washington together also 💥increased wealth disparities and the federal deficit. 💥</p><p>And the victory was most strongly applauded by the burgeoning <a href="https://c.im/tags/financial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>financial</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>services</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a>, for whom <a href="https://c.im/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a>-<a href="https://c.im/tags/advantaged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advantaged</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retirement</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/savings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>savings</span></a> has transformed a $7 trillion retirement market in 1995 to a $38.4 trillion behemoth in 2023.</p><p>👉Tax-advantaged savings has become a staple of the American retirement system, with 60 million savers squirreling away $6.6 trillion in their 401(k)s, alone. </p><p>But a yearlong POLITICO investigation found that Secure 2.0 and its predecessor bills have expanded the system well beyond its goal of helping the middle class. </p><p>Today, ⭐️wealthy taxpayers can protect up to $452,500 per year ⭐️in tax-advantaged accounts in a single year, 👉saving up to $203,600 on their <a href="https://c.im/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a>. </p><p>And they can keep their money in tax-advantaged accounts far longer.</p><p>More striking is how these victories were achieved: <br>A quarter-century partnership between two senators <br>— Democrat Ben <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cardin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cardin</span></a> of Maryland and Republican Rob <a href="https://c.im/tags/Portman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Portman</span></a> of Ohio <br>— joined more recently by the former House Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neal</span></a> (D-Mass.). </p><p>Backed by one of the most highly skilled and lavishly funded industry <a href="https://c.im/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobbying</span></a> teams, and greased by campaign contributions, Portman, Cardin and Neal turned what could have been a deeply controversial giveback to higher-income taxpayers into a staple of the American Dream.</p><p>They appealed to core beliefs in both parties <br>— free enterprise for Republicans, economic security for Democrats <br>– to enact what is arguably the most costly series of non-Defense bills in recent decades.</p><p>Indeed, that success now vexes many retirement experts, alarmed by how easily Congress acquiesces to tax breaks for retirement savings that 🔹disproportionately help the wealthy 🔹while treating the benefits relied upon by most retirees <br>— Social Security and Medicare <br>— as "budget-busters ripe for reform".</p><p>🔥“The 401(k) industry owns Congress,” 🔥said Daniel Hemel, a professor and tax law scholar based at NYU School of Law. <br>“Either lawmakers were trying to pull a fast one on the American people or lobbyists were trying to pull a fast one on Congress. <br>I don’t know which story is better. I don’t know which one I should want to believe.”</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/13/how-your-401k-ate-the-federal-budget-00150319" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2024/04/13/h</span><span class="invisible">ow-your-401k-ate-the-federal-budget-00150319</span></a></p>
AmiW Streetart ❄️<p>🌴 Artist: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NEAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NEAL</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NealHamburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NealHamburg</span></a> in City: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Alsterdorf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alsterdorf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hamburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamburg</span></a> Germany 🇩🇪 03/2024 - Title: untitled - <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mural</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Streetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streetart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Tarzan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tarzan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UrbanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Stencilart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stencilart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Sprayart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sprayart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GoodMorning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoodMorning</span></a> ! ☕🥐</p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>‘Scandalous’ if UK watchdog role left empty when Rwanda plan starts, says inspector | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/19/scandalous-if-uk-watchdog-role-left-empty-when-rwanda-plan-starts-says-inspector" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/f</span><span class="invisible">eb/19/scandalous-if-uk-watchdog-role-left-empty-when-rwanda-plan-starts-says-inspector</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Rwanda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rwanda</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/ChiefInspectorOfBordersAndImmigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChiefInspectorOfBordersAndImmigration</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Neal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neal</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/OpenDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenDemocracy</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/HomeOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeOffice</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/IllegalImmigrationMinister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IllegalImmigrationMinister</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Tomlinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tomlinson</span></a></p>
AmiW Streetart ❄️<p>🧱 Artist: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NEAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NEAL</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NealHamburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NealHamburg</span></a> in City: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hamburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamburg</span></a> (Hufnerstr.) Germany 🇩🇪 2024 - Title: "Frisch gestrichen" ("Freshly painted") - <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Streetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streetart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mural</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UrbanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Artwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Artwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Stencilart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stencilart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GoodMorning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoodMorning</span></a> !☕🥐🥐</p>
AmiW Streetart ❄️<p>🧚‍♀️ Artist: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NEAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NEAL</span></a> in City: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hamburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamburg</span></a> Germany 🇩🇪 - Title: "This World is fucking evil" - <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Streetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streetart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastoart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mural</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StencilArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StencilArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Artwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Artwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fairy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fairy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GoodMorning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoodMorning</span></a> ! ☕🥐</p>
AmiW Streetart ❄️<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@streetartutopia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>streetartutopia</span></a></span> Artist: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NEAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NEAL</span></a> in City: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hamburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamburg</span></a> Germany 🇩🇪 2019 🤫</p>
Spectraliser<p>There’s no point <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/winning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winning</span></a> unless it promises to dismantle our toxic <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/electoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electoral</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>system</span></a> - <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Neal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neal</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Lawson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawson</span></a></p><p>"<a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FPTP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FPTP</span></a> is the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> glue that holds together a centralised winner-takes-all system, privileging the interests of the already powerful and a few <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/swing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swing</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voters</span></a> in a few swing <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/seats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seats</span></a>, tilting our <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> to the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/right" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>right</span></a> whoever wins. <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PR</span></a> would weaken the grip of <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/regressives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regressives</span></a> on our country simply by making <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/every" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>every</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/count" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>count</span></a>, helping <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/progressives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>progressives</span></a> win office and real <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a>"</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/02/new-labour-government-promise-electoral-reform" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2023/jan/02/new-labour-government-promise-electoral-reform</span></a></p>
NYTimes Homepage<p>Lawmakers Increase Criticism of ‘Opportunity Zone’ Tax Break <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/business/opportunity-zones-congress-criticism.html?emc=rss&amp;partner=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2019/11/06/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/opportunity-zones-congress-criticism.html?emc=rss&amp;partner=rss</span></a> <a href="https://route66.social/tags/congressionalblackcaucus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CongressionalBlackCaucus</span></a> <a href="https://route66.social/tags/taxcutsandjobsact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCutsandJobsAct</span></a>(2017) <a href="https://route66.social/tags/areaplanningandrenewal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreaPlanningandRenewal</span></a> <a href="https://route66.social/tags/opportunityzones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpportunityZones</span></a> <a href="https://route66.social/tags/capitalgainstax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalGainsTax</span></a> <a href="https://route66.social/tags/milken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Milken</span></a>,MichaelR <a href="https://route66.social/tags/mnuchin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mnuchin</span></a>,StevenT <a href="https://route66.social/tags/clyburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clyburn</span></a>,JamesE <a href="https://route66.social/tags/neal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neal</span></a>,RichardE <a href="https://route66.social/tags/wyden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wyden</span></a>,Ron <a href="https://route66.social/tags/kind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kind</span></a>,Ron</p>
NYTimes Homepage<p>Steven Mnuchin Refuses to Comply With Subpoena for Trump’s Tax Returns <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/us/politics/mnuchin-trump-tax-returns-subpoena.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2019/05/17/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/mnuchin-trump-tax-returns-subpoena.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss</span></a> <a href="https://route66.social/tags/internalrevenueservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternalRevenueService</span></a> <a href="https://route66.social/tags/courtsandthejudiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CourtsandtheJudiciary</span></a> <a href="https://route66.social/tags/treasurydepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TreasuryDepartment</span></a> <a href="https://route66.social/tags/federaltaxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalTaxes</span></a>(US) <a href="https://route66.social/tags/trumptaxreturns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTaxReturns</span></a> <a href="https://route66.social/tags/mnuchin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mnuchin</span></a>,StevenT <a href="https://route66.social/tags/neal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neal</span></a>,RichardE <a href="https://route66.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>,DonaldJ</p>