#lobbying

[animentality]

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

Where are the conspiracy theories about Qatar? Or is it just not as appealing without a Star of David?

Robert George

[beyondthespiralcat]

well the house (aka big techs best friends) passed the bill let's make sure the Senate doesn't!

but my message is still this to anyone who supports this bill and anyone trying to pass it:

"Well I won't back down,

Gonna stand my ground,

won't be turned around,

You can stand me up at the gates of hell

But I won't back down

"Well I know what's right

I have just one life

In a world that keeps on pushing me around

But I stand my ground

And I won't back down"

- Tom Petty, I won't back down 1989.

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please call your congressman do whatever you have to do just call them email them right to them whatever you have to do but for the love of God don't let this pass if you do we've lost and I refuse to lose my freedom because that is what is at stake that in our children safety they want to say think of the children while I'm thinking that they aren't but I am thinking that we should since they won't and the only way we can really think of them in good conscience is to know that if we stop this bill we save them and ourselves if we let it pass we're no better than the house that passed this godforsaken bill,.. just think about that.

[acti-veg]

As the link between animal agriculture and climate breakdown becomes clearer, if anything, we are seeing more ordinary people falling over themselves to defend an industry that is destroying our planet, polluting our communities, exploiting animals and human workers. This is especially worrying to see from leftists, in spaces that are supposed to be progressive. I promise you, you do not need to spend your time greenwashing leather and wool, repeating blatant industry propaganda about veganism, 'regenerative agriculture' or whatever other buzzword they're using to sow doubt this week. The industry already spends millions of your dollars to lobby our politicians and influence public opinion; they don't need you to do it for free.

Vox – The greenwashing of wool explained

New Republic – The comforting lie of climate-friendly meat

Guardian – Big Beef’s climate messaging machine

The Breakthrough – Is Feedlot Beef Better for Environment?

International Journey of Biodiversity – Misinformation on Science of Grazed Ecosystems

Food Climate Research Network – Grazed & Confused

Science 2.0 – The regenerative ranching racket

DeSmog – A guide to six greenwashing terms

Truthdig – The backlash to plant-based meats

Independent – Meat & dairy industries downplaying role in climate crisis using tobacco tactics

Guardian – Meat & dairy lobbyists turn out in record numbers at COP28

Greenpeace – How Big Agriculture is borrowing Big Oil’s playbook at COP28

Guardian – Plans to present meat as ‘sustainable nutrition’ at Cop28 revealed

Guardian – Ex-officials at UN farming body say work on methane emissions was censored

Guardian – How UN food body played down role of farming in climate change

QZ – The meat industry blocked the IPCC’s attempt to recommend a plant-based diet

The Times – Red Tractor farms more likely to pollute environment

Influence Map – European meat & dairy industry weaken EU’s climate policies

The Grocer – Meat Industry lobbying behind cultured meat bans

Food Unfolded – Truth, tactics and the mist of meat lobby science

Business Green – Climate lobbying: Are meat and dairy lobbyists the ‘new merchants of doubt’?

Vox - A newly surfaced document reveals the beef industry’s secret climate plan

[bitchesgetriches]

NEW!

Today’s topic is going to make you feel insane. Like you’re literally losing your mind. But I promise we’re not making it all up.

If, as you’re reading along, you find yourself going back over a sentence four or five times just thinking, “that can’t possibly be right,” or even “that has to be a typo, she clearly meant to say something else”… then congrats! You’ve read everything correctly!

Your ability to actually absorb the information I’m about to impart is contingent upon your Mindhunter-like ability to step into the head of a coldblooded psychopath. So c’mon, Clarice, let’s go!

Because of course, today we’re finally getting around to telling you about private equity.

Inside the Cartoonishly Evil World of Private Equity 

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[saywhat-politics]

Trump’s ‘DoorDash grandma’ had lobbied for ‘no tax on tips’ policy

Sharon Simmons was photographed delivering McDonald’s to Trump on Monday but company admits it was a stunt

The DoorDash delivery driver who had a turn in the national spotlight on Monday by bringing a fast-food order to Donald Trump at the White House has publicly touted the president’s so-called “no tax on tips” policy before – causing some to question the encounter’s authenticity and the company to confirm it was a stunt.

Sharon Simmons had lobbied in July 2025 in favor of the policy, which DoorDash supports, testifying in Congress that she was based in Nevada and driving for the delivery platform because her husband’s cancer treatments had made it difficult to make ends meet otherwise.

That fact drew Simmons some skepticism after she delivered a McDonald’s order to the White House on camera on Monday – along with her being described as a resident of Arkansas.

Trump’s ‘DoorDash grandma’ had lobbied for ‘no tax on tips’ policy

Sharon Simmons was photographed delivering McDonald’s to Trump on Monday but company admits it was a stunt

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5831524-virginia-confederacy-tax-bill

[dailylighthouseblog]

Day 18 of posting Lighthouses

Grosse Point Light

Constructed in 1873 after lobbying from the local community after several boating accidents nearby. It was designed by Orland Metcalf Poe, who had designed many towers which eventually came to be known to be in the “Poe style”. It is the tallest light in Illinois at 113 feet and was automated in 1935

Photo © Jeremy Atherton, 2006.

[ID: A cone shaped cream white tower with yellow and red trim and red roof sitting behind a large storage house with similar colored doors and roof.]