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#Republican strategist Stuart Stevens, senior advisor for the Lincoln Project, is arguing that monied interests and economic giants #BigTech #WallStreet #bankers #billionaires are complicit in ruining the nation as they blindly follow a president determined to sink markets in both the United States and around the world. #tariffs #economy #financialstability #risk #economics #Trump #maga #wealth #money #power #politics #fear #complicit #collusion #democracy #congress alternet.org/ceos-trump-polici

Alternet.org · 'Basic betrayal': CEOs terrified of Trump retaliation won’t speak out against policiesBy Adam Lynch
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Eric Maugendre

"You don’t get what you deserve; you get what you negotiate." 🧵

"What distinguishes #Powertalk is that with every word uttered, the power equation between the two speakers shifts just a little. Sometimes both gain slightly, at the expense of some poor schmuck. Sometimes one yields ground to the other. Powertalk in other words, is a consequential language."

Venkatesh Rao: ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/11/the-

www.ribbonfarm.comThe Gervais Principle II: Posturetalk, Powertalk, Babytalk and Gametalk
#office#merit#management
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

"Normally we'd say that #Columbia University & those #law firms taking in tens or hundreds of millions of dollars annually are powerful. They're #rich, they're highly visible, but in their acquiescence they have proven they are weak rather than strong, that what is supposed to be their power is their accumulation of #privilege they are so afraid to lose they turn out to also be afraid to use. If you can't use it, it's not #power and you're not powerful."
meditationsinanemergency.com/p

Text from article: What's most striking to me about all this is the question of: what is power? Normally we'd say that Columbia University and those law firms taking in tens or hundreds of millions of dollars annually are powerful. They're rich, they're highly visible, but in their acquiescence they have proven they are weak rather than strong, that what is supposed to be their power is their accumulation of privilege they are so afraid to lose they turn out to also be afraid to use. If you can't use it, it's not power and you're not powerful. Or maybe it's that you can both accumulate power and spend it, and they're afraid to spend it. I think this is often the case with elites – they become hostage to their own privileges, so afraid of losing them they are acquiescent to whatever comes.
#USA#Politics
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Nonilex

Amazingly Sen #CoryBooker is still awake & will be interviewed on The #RachelMaddow Show which starts at 9PM ET.

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our #history! I don't a #whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched #truth about #America, because that speaks to our greatness" - Sen Cory Booker

#TRMS
#resist #Trump #money #power #AbuseOfPower #autocracy #tyranny #TrumpCoup 
#democracy #law #USpol #Senate #Constitution #CivilRights #MoralMoment #GoodTrouble

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Narghiza Ergashova

Dealing with a #Condescending boss? So did I. Unfortunately, this can happen in some #Workplaces, where the power dynamic feels one-sided, and you're expected to follow the tune that #PaysTheBills. However, not all workplaces or #Cultures operate this way. You have the #Power to set #Boundaries, communicate #Effectively, and #Advocate for yourself. Take steps to reclaim your confidence and create a healthier professional space for yourself.

#ClaimYourPower with Narghiza Ergashova

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