Politics & Corruption - Chewing Gum - Reporters Robbed

Corporations, Politics, and Democracy: Corporate political activities as political corruption

There is a genuine concern that wealth supported by business interests undermines the health of Western liberal democracies (see, e.g., Lessig, 2011; Wolin, 2010). Crouch (2004) used the term “post-democracy” to describe how businesses exercise inordinate political power to shape governmental policy. Similarly, Barley (2007, p. 201) suggested that representative democracy has been replaced with a “corporate society” in which corporations influence legislation for their own benefit, without regard for a country’s citizens. The insight that business is intertwined with politics is not new; throughout history, businesses have undermined the will of the people in the pursuit of profits (Barley, 2010). Rather, the concern is that Western liberal democracies are moving increasingly in the wrong direction; corporate influence is on the rise leading to an erosion of democratic principles and a process of de-democratization in many countries around the world (Brown, 2015; Fraser, 2015).

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2631787720982618

Trump-Tucker interview makes HISTORY with 200 MILLION views and COUNTING

President Donald Trump made internet history this week alongside former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, racking up an incredible 200 million views and counting on their exclusive sit-down interview posted on X on Wednesday night.

The interview was initially posted at 8:55 pm ET on Wednesday. By 12:00 pm ET on Thursday, the video had surpassed 200 million views.

https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/trump-tucker-interview-makes-history-with-200-million-views-and-counting/

Trump raked in $9.4 million as his campaign sold tens of thousands of mugshot t-shirts and coffee mugs

Donald Trump's campaign has raked in nearly $9.4 million since the Fulton County Sheriff's office released his historic mugshot, leading the former president to emblazon his glaring gaze on everything from t-shirts to koozies.

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-mugshot-fundraising-merchandise-profit-2024-gop-fulton-county-2023-8?op=1

Why You Should Be Worried About Chemicals In Your Chewing Gum

The next time someone offers you a stick of gum, don't accept it right away unless you've gotten a chance to check out the ingredients on the package. That may seem dramatic to you, but it won't by the time you finish reading about the sketchy list of chemicals in each seemingly innocent piece.

https://www.eatthis.com/chewing-gum-chemicals/

TV news crew reporting on Chicago robberies robbed at gunpoint

A Chicago television news crew reporting on a string of robberies ended up robbed themselves after they were accosted at gunpoint by three armed men wearing ski masks.

The Spanish-language station Univision Chicago said a reporter and photographer were filming just before 5am Monday in the city’s West Town neighborhood when three masked men brandishing firearms robbed them, taking their television camera and other items.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/29/chicago-tv-univision-reporters-robbed

What a blow! Kleenex pulling out of Canadian consumer market

Kimberly-Clark, which makes many other paper product brands, including Cottonelle, Huggies, Poise and Depend, says it has made the decision to stop making the consumer-focused versions of Kleenex facial tissues in Canada, even as its other products will stay on the shelves.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/kleenex-canada-1.6947410