Starbucks claims of ethical conduct and supporting farmers are a sham.
It books profits from the purchase and sale of green coffee beans in Switzerland, dodges taxes.
Shifts profits. 18% mark-up on all global coffee purchases before re-selling to other Starbucks subsidiaries.
Are we allowed to get the rest of the Epstein files now?
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Being a sane American right now: It's like the United States is riding in the back-seat of a car and Dad is driving drunk. Mom is the Republican party, riding in the passenger seat: She knows Dad is completely sloshed but she goes along with it because she's afraid of getting beaten up again if she says anything. Some of your brothers and sisters are excited because they like carnival rides and think speed and chaos is entertaining. But you feel slightly insane because you're the only one in the car who understands the danger everyone is in and no one seems capable of stopping the maniac at the wheel.
I can so relate to this.
Iβm not a Green Party member, but NGP have been happy to promise my cash will go to wards where the Greens have the best chance of beating Reform Ltd.
Iβm sure your local Green Party would welcome similar donations, and even more so, help with targeted anti-Reform leafletting & canvassing
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Truly unbelievable stuff. Just up there shamelessly lying his ass off
Also known as "using insider knowledge for war profiteering."
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The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is a much bigger shock for global oil markets than Russia's invasion of Ukraine. That wasn't priced a week ago, but it's priced now. Brent is now up 44% from before war with Iran versus 14% on a similar timeline in 2022.
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/the-blocka...
So. Ukraine is in year four of a war that it should have lost in the first week.
Keep that in mind when Republicans tell you how quickly Iran will fall.
Trump has never wavered in his threats against Canada. What we learn from Ukraine is that the undermining of sovereignty, psychological psyops, supporting Donbas-style separatists is the playbook to take down a nation.
My latest:
charlieangus.substack.com/p/canada-is-...
I'm sure Zelensky is really enjoying this karmic moment of countries who have held Ukraine at arms length for years all of a sudden wanting to be best buds. I'm sure he'd enjoy it even more if this new friendliness came with cash & commitments to help them stop Russia/Irans war against Ukraine.
The use is unlawful, they were using it in Gaza on Palestinians. Israel, the country Britain calls ally
Trump bombs.
The Telegraph screams humiliation.
The Mail screams betrayal.
GB News screams weakness.
And all of a sudden a complex global crisis becomes yet another loyalty test to American power.
The UK deserves better than this performative war hysteria.
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But, rather than receiving a formal invite to meet Trump, Farage was in fact invited to Mar-a-Lago by a member of the club, according to multiple people briefed on the matter They said Farage had hoped he would be able to catch Trump for a conversation as the US president was scheduled to travel to Mar-a-Lago that evening. However, Trump had a change in his itinerary and decided to stay instead in Doral, about an hour`s drive away The Reform leader's failure to secure an audience with the US president underscores a weakening of ties between the two populist leaders who famously formed a close friendship in the vears before and after the 2016
Massive humiliation for Farage, who tipped off the UK press that he was flying to Florida to have dinner with Trump... only for Trump to decide he had more interesting things to do when Nigel arrived.
Iβm Keir for you: The PM is visiting a community center in London to discuss the impact. Expect a pooled interview with broadcasters mid-morning. Thereβs one quote on rising bills in his words trailed overnight that warrants chasing up: βI will always be guided by what is best for the British public. And no matter the headwinds, supporting working people and their families with the cost of living is always top of my mind.β
I mean, this just isn't true, is it? If Starmer was focused on the cost of living crisis he wouldn't insist on no customs union and no single market? Nor would he embrace the negative economic consequences of his anti-migrant policy?
Like everything else about Starmer, this is empty rhetoric.
I am also shocked by the lack of coverage of this fire. Itβs so far only affecting the Union Street buildings, but one of those has partially collapsed, from what I can tell backwards into the station. And itβs not yet contained. This is major and more than halfway down BBCβs homepage.
Mojtaba Khamenei is widely considered to be more hardline, ideological, and violent than his father.
Donald is smart that way.
Running for Senate in IL:
This week's spot the ball competition features the Old Firm clash between Glasgow Rangers and Celticshire United in the Scottish Cup semifinals at Ibrox Stadium today.
Helpful recording for the Nu Nuremberg
Outsourcing, grr
β¦deserves another share! As Penny Mordaunt goes on TV this morning demanding more warfare, comedian Vittorio Angelone exposes her!
#BBCLauraK
Hmm, why did you proscribe π Action then?! The acquiescence and out sourcing has been going on forever.
Kuenssberg: it's impossible to report freely and fairly from inside Iran.
What's your excuse for not doing so in the UK, Laura?
#bbclaurak
Itβs now almost 2 months since Nigel Farage was scheduled to appear on #bbclaurak as part of her Leaders Interview but pulled out due to being βunder the weatherβ
Heβs currently in America supporting a foreign president over his own country
