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frank goossens 🇧🇪🇪🇺<p>Hugo Bollen en zijn fantastisch en héél succesvol fietsroutenetwerk-idee (in Limburg, met steun van het mijn-reconversie-fonds). Ondertussen zijn fietsknooppunten ook geïmplementeerd in NL, DE en elders. </p><p>Geef die man een eredoctoraat tiens!</p><p><a href="https://vrtnws.be/p.MvZe8Vp37Ra" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">vrtnws.be/p.MvZe8Vp37Ra</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/limburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>limburg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/held" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>held</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Rarely do private companies find themselves punished for using <a href="https://c.im/tags/shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shell</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>companies</span></a> to move capital and avoid taxes. </p><p>The fine accountants at Ernst &amp; Young cooked up a complicated scheme in 2008 for a restructuring of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Koch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Koch</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Industries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Industries</span></a> via shell entities in Luxembourg, <br>a notorious tax haven, with the reasonable expectation that the ruse would never be revealed. </p><p>But then someone leaked a raft of private documents from <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mossack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mossack</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fonseca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fonseca</span></a>, a law firm in Panama that specializes in the creation of shell companies. </p><p>The info dump became known as the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Panama</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Papers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Papers</span></a>, and among its many revelations was Koch Industries’ bid to reinvent parts of the company, on paper, <br>as tax-avoidant Luxembourg shell companies. </p><p>According to the Center for Public Integrity, the essence of the Koch Industries deal was to <br>“reorder the ownership of many subsidiaries and centralize them under Luxembourg companies that are all served by internal corporate finance companies, <br>akin to a company’s own bank.”</p><p>Maybe that’s where the Koch siblings got the idea to get behind <a href="https://c.im/tags/DonorsTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonorsTrust</span></a><br>—a sort of house bank for the array of political entities and think tanks they fund. </p><p>Of course, as with all of the organizations funded by Koch, they’re not in it alone. </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Betsy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Betsy</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dick</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/DeVos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeVos</span></a> helped fund DonorsTrust, according to Mother Jones.</p><p>And then there are the many Koch-network “pass-through” groups, such as "Freedom Partners"<br>and the "Center to Protect Patient Rights", <br>which function much the way that shell companies do in the world of private capital: <br>-- they add layers of obfuscation over the provenance of the dollars flowing from one right-wing organization or institution to the next.</p><p>For instance, there’s the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wellspring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wellspring</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Committee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Committee</span></a>, <br>a pass-through funded in part via the Koch network, whose director, Ann Corkery, also sat for six years on the board of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Becket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Becket</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fund</span></a> for <a href="https://c.im/tags/Religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Religious</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Liberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liberty</span></a>, <br>a pro-bono law firm, according to tax filings. </p><p>With its portfolio of so-called religious freedom cases, <br>the Becket Fund gained notice as the firm representing the principals of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hobby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hobby</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Lobby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lobby</span></a> company in <br>a 2014 Supreme Court challenge to a mandate in the Affordable Care Act <br>for employer-based health insurance to cover, <br>without a co-pay, the costs of prescription <a href="https://c.im/tags/contraception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contraception</span></a>.</p><p>One type of private company is the “<a href="https://c.im/tags/closely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>closely</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/held" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>held</span></a>” variety, which may occasionally trade stock publicly, but has only a few shareholders. </p><p>The Supreme Court’s decision in favor of Hobby Lobby (number 106 on the 2016 Forbes list of the nation’s top private companies) specifically cited its “closely held” status as a qualification for its exemption from the ACA contraceptive mandate.</p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Corrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corrupt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/granted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>granted</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/amnesty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amnesty</span></a>, it has no power to give. </p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/held" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>held</span></a> that <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/states" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>states</span></a> may not <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/disqualify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disqualify</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/presidential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>presidential</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/candidates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>candidates</span></a> from appearing on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ballot</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/participating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>participating</span></a> in an <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a> in direct opposition to the plain language of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/14thamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>14thamendment</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Violence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThePartyOfHate</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4524245-the-supreme-court-granted-trump-amnesty-it-has-no-power-to-give/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/</span><span class="invisible">4524245-the-supreme-court-granted-trump-amnesty-it-has-no-power-to-give/</span></a></p>
Kevin<p>What a truly important day today in legal news!</p><p>Besides <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> getting indicted on multiple felony racketeering charges that he cannot get pardoned for by becoming president, the kids who sued the government for destroying their rights to a clean environment WON their case in Montana!!</p><p>"'Watershed moment': Judge rules in favor of youth in landmark <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/Held" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Held</span></a> v. <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/Montana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Montana</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> case"</p><p><a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/climateemergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climateemergency</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/SunriseMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SunriseMovement</span></a> <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/environment/watershed-moment-judge-rules-in-favor-of-youth-in-landmark-held-v-montana-climate-change/article_e3ad55bc-3acd-11ee-a924-c3f6301a199f.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bozemandailychronicle.com/news</span><span class="invisible">/environment/watershed-moment-judge-rules-in-favor-of-youth-in-landmark-held-v-montana-climate-change/article_e3ad55bc-3acd-11ee-a924-c3f6301a199f.html</span></a></p>
AmazingAmazone<p>Wim T. Schippers! <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/streetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>streetart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/amsterdam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amsterdam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/wimtschippers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wimtschippers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/held" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>held</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/sesamstraat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sesamstraat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/banaan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>banaan</span></a></p>