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Ned Yeung<p>Alberta.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“Privatization costs more, is less efficient, has worse outcomes, and people get less.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> has never been about finding fraud and waste. Its goal is to privatize essential government functions and give contracts to Trump and Elon’s circle of <a href="https://toad.social/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchs</span></a>.”<br>-M D’Arrigo </p><p>If the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpMusk</span></a> regime succeeds in their goal of privatizing most of the fed govt, it’ll exacerbate health inequalities &amp; destroy<br>the social safety net.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/health-department-private-sector-takeover" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/29/health-department-private-sector-takeover</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>The WH, through Harbinger, an outside event prod co, is soliciting corp sponsors for this year’s🥚Easter Egg Roll, prompting major concerns from ethics experts &amp; shock from fmr WH officials. </p><p>It shouldn’t be a shock, profiting off of literally everything, has always been Trump’s brand. He’s never had a moral compass, understanding of altruism, or empathy for the marginalized. Journalists continue to normalize the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpMusk</span></a> regime’s <a href="https://toad.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> plan &amp; <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/politics/white-house-easter-egg-roll-corporate-sponsorships/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/03/23/politics/wh</span><span class="invisible">ite-house-easter-egg-roll-corporate-sponsorships/index.html</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Employees brace for <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to transfer or privatize the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPS</span></a>, which they say will slash jobs &amp; boost prices &amp; shut down post offices.</p><p>USPS WKRs advocates held a day of action Thurs in &gt;150 cities as they brace for the Trump admin to launch an “illegal hostile takeover."</p><p>Trump’s officials are weighing plans to transfer USPS to the Dept of COM, stripping it of its independence. He/allies have signaled they're willing to privatize USPS.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/20/usps-postal-service-trump-protest" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">mar/20/usps-postal-service-trump-protest</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"The governors who were there to cheer on this latest attack on public education all have one thing in common beyond their party affiliation: they are all pursuing disastrous education privatization schemes in their states."</p><p>~ David Pepper</p><p>Returning total control of education to the states will not only assure poorer educational outcomes, but will speed privatization. </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DepartmentofEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentofEducation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>race</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> <br>/3</p><p><a href="https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/the-giveaway-trumps-anti-education" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">davidpepper.substack.com/p/the</span><span class="invisible">-giveaway-trumps-anti-education</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Trump's dismantling of <a href="https://toad.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> will pave the way for America's adversaries to have greater influence abroad.</p><p>~1,300 employees, incl. Abramowitz: placed on admin. leave +500 contractors: terminated. He called <a href="https://toad.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> "an incredibly impt. soft power tool" for the US -shuttering it: "self-inflicted blow" to <a href="https://toad.social/tags/nationalsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalsecurity</span></a> -bc it helps combat CN, RU &amp; IR disinfo. </p><p>Most journalists ignore Trump's goal of destruction, emulating &amp; aligning with Putin, for <a href="https://toad.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/voa-cuts-trump-director-michael-abramowitz-interview/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/voa-cuts-trum</span><span class="invisible">p-director-michael-abramowitz-interview/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"China's BYD has unveiled a new battery system it says can charge an electric vehicle in just five minutes, which could help it capture further share from direct rivals like Tesla."</p><p>Tesla isn't an innovator. Has Musk decided to abandon Tesla to concentrate on destroying most of the fed govt for <a href="https://toad.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> &amp; ensure it heavily subsidizes SpaceX?</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-18/faster-than-refueling-how-byd-s-new-charging-system-stacks-up" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-03-18/faster-than-refueling-how-byd-s-new-charging-system-stacks-up</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>U.S. Postmaster General Louis <a href="https://c.im/tags/DeJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeJoy</span></a>’s Thursday announcement that the independent United States <a href="https://c.im/tags/Postal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Postal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Service" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Service</span></a> is partnering with the Department of Government Efficiency on a cost-cutting crusade that includes a <br>🔥planned reduction of 10,000 workers stoked fears that one of America’s most trusted and relied-upon federal agencies is on a path toward <a href="https://c.im/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a>.<br>In a letter to congressional leaders, DeJoy said <a href="https://c.im/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> will help the USPS “in identifying and achieving further efficiencies.” <br>The postal chief listed “mismanagement” of the agency’s <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/assets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assets</span></a> and workers’ compensation program, <br>“unfunded mandates imposed on us by legislation,” and “burdensome regulatory requirements restricting 'normal' business practice” as issues to be addressed.<br><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/dejoy-doge" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/dejoy-do</span><span class="invisible">ge</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"Musk says that no one has died bc he slashed <a href="https://toad.social/tags/humanitarianaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanitarianaid</span></a>. I went to Sudan, &amp; within an hour, I'd the names of 2 children who'd died bc of decisions by wealth-.”<br>-N Kristof</p><p>These innocents are just 2 of the millions who'll suffer &amp; likely die💔from <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpMusk</span></a>'s dismantling of <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a>.</p><p>This American "beacon on the hill" agency was a soft target for them. Their destructive path toward <a href="https://toad.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> is pure evil.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Sadism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sadism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/15/opinion/foreign-aid-cuts-impact.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4E4.H8Lx.GD39rucUfloD&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/interactive/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">3/15/opinion/foreign-aid-cuts-impact.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4E4.H8Lx.GD39rucUfloD&amp;smid=url-share</span></a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-03-14/how-trump-and-musk-could-cause-the-us-to-lose-its-soft-power" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/features/20</span><span class="invisible">25-03-14/how-trump-and-musk-could-cause-the-us-to-lose-its-soft-power</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>USPS Makes Alarming Deal With Elon Musk’s DOGE</p><p>US Postmaster General <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/LouisDeJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LouisDeJoy</span></a> is welcoming DOGE with open arms.<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/192777/usps-deal-elon-musk-doge-cuts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/192777/us</span><span class="invisible">ps-deal-elon-musk-doge-cuts</span></a></p><p>"DeJoy said... <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> was “an effort aligned” with... shrinking the USPS,</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> also believes that the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPS</span></a> should be privatized...</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a>... would raise prices, hurt postal workers, and negatively impact <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rural</span></a> communities, who are served by USPS thanks to the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> and federal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>Sen. Tim Kaine:</p><p>When you fire <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a> working for the US government, fire staff &amp; close programs for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Vets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vets</span></a> at the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VeteransAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransAdministration</span></a>, this is a war on veterans. And they can't claim this is accidental.</p><p>Amy McGrath's theory: DoD is currently lead by a guy who has wanted to privatize the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VA</span></a>, and so the idea is to gut it, make it worse so there's an outcry against it [Me: and artificially create support for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a>].</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MuskPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MuskPurge</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>putin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ALT4you" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALT4you</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/va" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>va</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cuts</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchs</span></a> <br>Heather Cox Richardson privatization</p>
Kim Perales<p>"Elon Musk at a Morgan Stanley conference says "to understand the fed govt, it is like a corporate takeover at scale, but one where the company is actually in much worse shape than any commercial company could ever be," "logically🚨WE SHOULD PRIVATIZE ANYTHING THAT CAN REASONABLY BE PRIVATIZED.... we should privatize the Post Office &amp; Amtrak."<br>-H Gold</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"China analyst on BBC this morning saying that China’s leaders see🚨Trump RAPIDLY WEAKENING THE WEST and creating opportunities for Chinese expansion of global influence."<br>-L Rozen</p><p>Most US journalists give Trump a pass. They should be listening to the Chinese &amp; Russians.</p><p>They know that Trump's intent is to destroy the US economy for privatization. Trump &amp; his newly anointed oligarchs will profiteer off the US govt.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>‘Prelude to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a>:’ <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> confirms <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/workforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workforce</span></a> reduction targets, continues to shutter offices. Despite most of the agency being exempt from deferred resignations and the government-wide <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/freeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freeze</span></a>, early <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retirement</span></a> and Voluntary <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Separation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Separation</span></a> Incentive Payments are now available to the entire agency workforce. <a href="https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/03/prelude-privatization-social-security-confirms-workforce-reduction-targets-continues-shutter-offices/403439/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">govexec.com/workforce/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">prelude-privatization-social-security-confirms-workforce-reduction-targets-continues-shutter-offices/403439/</span></a> No social security for all of us who paid into the system all our working lives. Where is the outcry or even any push back? Crickets</p>
LeftyLabourTechToronto<p>For the so-called "strategic voters" in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> election, here's Ontario Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie talking healthcare <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> with a group of insiders at the exclusive Albany Club in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OntarioPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OntarioPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ontarioelection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontarioelection</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ontarioelection2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ontarioelection2025</span></a></p>
tultican<p>Charlane Oliver: School vouchers fulfill a political agenda, but do not improve public education <a href="https://networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content/charlane-oliver-school-vouchers-fulfill-a-political-agenda-but-do-not-improve-public-education/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">networkforpubliceducation.org/</span><span class="invisible">blog-content/charlane-oliver-school-vouchers-fulfill-a-political-agenda-but-do-not-improve-public-education/</span></a> <a href="https://awscommunity.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a></p>
tultican<p>Texas: Governor Abbott Has No Mandate for Vouchers - His scorched earth campaign against Republicans is a tacit admission that Texans are not buying what he is trying to sell. <a href="https://dianeravitch.net/2025/01/28/texas-how-governor-abbott-vilified-gop-voucher-opponents/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dianeravitch.net/2025/01/28/te</span><span class="invisible">xas-how-governor-abbott-vilified-gop-voucher-opponents/</span></a> via @dianeravitch <a href="https://awscommunity.social/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a></p>
Ned Yeung<p>"Alberta Health Services (AHS) records show that five companies have dominated Alberta’s agency nursing market, enjoying the major share of AHS contracts from 2015 to 2023.</p><p>AHS spending on contract nursing increased steadily from $388,000 for contracts with two companies in the 2015/16 fiscal year to $5 million with five companies in 2020/21 before increasing exponentially to $81 million with 27 companies in 2022/2023."</p><p><a href="https://www.theprogressreport.ca/ahs-nursing-agency-contracts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theprogressreport.ca/ahs-nursi</span><span class="invisible">ng-agency-contracts</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/yeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yeg</span></a></p>
Ned Yeung<p>First day in office, Trump removes protections on prescription drug pricing.</p><p><a href="https://www.lifesciencesipreview.com/americas/trump-nixes-bidens-executive-order-on-drug-pricing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lifesciencesipreview.com/ameri</span><span class="invisible">cas/trump-nixes-bidens-executive-order-on-drug-pricing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/pharmacare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pharmacare</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a></p>
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