Post by @jeremybtc:
A man convinced Wall Street that he had built the next Tesla for the trucking industry. His company hit $30 billion. All he did was push a truck down a hill with no engine.
Trevor Milton founded Nikola in 2014 with the 'goal' to build hydrogen powered trucks that would make diesel obsolete. He had no trucks.
In 2018 he released a promo called Nikola One In Motion. It showed a sleek semi truck accelerating smoothly down an open highway. Investors went wild.
What nobody knew was that the truck had no engine, no fuel cell, and no propulsion system of any kind.
Milton's team towed it to the top of a hill, tilted the camera to hide the slope, and let it roll.
He spent the next four years doing the same thing with words. On podcasts, television and social media.
Investors were told Nikola could produce its own hydrogen. It could not. They were told the trucks were ready for production. They were not. They were told orders were flooding in. They weren't. /1
#BillionairesAreParasites #Fraud
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@ProPublica@newsie.social
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May 05, 2026
ProPublica
@ProPublica@newsie.social
The official Mastodon page for ProPublica. Pursuing stories with moral force.
newsie.social
Investigators found that leaders of a prison gang in Puerto Rico were selling inmates drugs in exchange for voting for Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón, a longtime Republican.
After Trump’s election, prosecutors were told not to pursue charges.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-puerto-rico-election-fraud-prison-drugs-votes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #PuertoRico #USPolitics #Law #Legal #Fraud #Election #Prison #Vote
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@palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk
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Apr 27, 2026
Palm Oil Detectives
@palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk
Investigative Journalist doing #OSINT for #AnimalRights & #IndigenousRights. I created a non-profit platform for scientists, concerned consumers and whistleblowers to #Boycott4Wildlife https://palmoildetectives.com/ #Boycottpalmoil #Vegan #Buddhism #Wicca #Pigoneer I am #Maori belonging to many places #Aotearoa #Scotland #Poland #slavaUkraini #Palestine must be free! Animals deserve us to fight for them. All people deserve safety, green spaces, clean air and #libraries.
mastodonapp.uk
#News: #Indonesia's #palmoil sold as “waste” biofuel feedstock, now at the centre of a #fraud probe 🤮☠️ Finnish giant #Neste sits inside this dirty supply chain 🌴🔥 Boycott the lies #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk
https://scandasia.com/finnish-palm-oil-fraud-neste-under-investigation/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
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@nullenvk@yourwalls.today @ariadne@social.treehouse.systems someone actually did get #TeraVaxxed with 273 jabs!
OFC when their #VaccinationCertificate #fraud came up medical scientists were surprised yet interested in research.Simply because 'no #EthicsBoard would've allowed this to be done to any volunteer'…
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@Nonilex@masto.ai
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Feb 27, 2026
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai
#law, #climate, #science, #geopolitics, #politics, #democracy, cool stuff &… #BabySquirrel Recovering lawyer. Spending less time on world news since US voters re-elected a rapist/convicted felon, who tried to end democracy, but who Americans decided to give a mulligan, cuz democracy shlemocracy right? Occasionally I’ll come across something that I feel compelled to share, but… …these days… I've stopped my dreaming …these days I sit on corner stones & count the time in quarter tones to ten
masto.ai
#GiftArticle
#ElonMusk’s #Secret Web of Companies in Texas
The mega #billionaire is tied to about 90 companies in the state, which he uses for everything from paying nannies to buying land to supporting #Trump’s re-election, according to a Times examination.
…[since 2020] #Musk, 54, has quietly built an empire of >90 companies & other legal entities in Texas, which have amassed a vast collection of assets, acc/to an examination by NYT.
#law #business #fraud #elite
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/technology/elon-musk-companies-texas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PVA.xaqw.VR5SWnEyLfQ6&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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@Nonilex@masto.ai
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Feb 27, 2026
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai
#law, #climate, #science, #geopolitics, #politics, #democracy, cool stuff &… #BabySquirrel Recovering lawyer. Spending less time on world news since US voters re-elected a rapist/convicted felon, who tried to end democracy, but who Americans decided to give a mulligan, cuz democracy shlemocracy right? Occasionally I’ll come across something that I feel compelled to share, but… …these days… I've stopped my dreaming …these days I sit on corner stones & count the time in quarter tones to ten
masto.ai
The secretive network offers a glimpse into just how central one of the world’s richest men, who has a net worth of more than $650 billion, has made #Texas to his operations & ambitions. More than 50 of his at least 90 companies there are subsidiaries or other entities affiliated with his #business #empire, such as the rocket company #SpaceX & the electric vehicle maker #Tesla, as well as his nonprofit #Musk Foundation.
#law #fraud #elite #impunity #money #power
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@EdwinG@mstdn.moimeme.ca
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Apr 09, 2026
Edwin G. 
@EdwinG@mstdn.moimeme.ca
Bachelor in Engineering from #Montréal, #Canada 🇨🇦. Working in the Information Technology field. Outside technologies, I love to travel, enjoy watching the #Olympics and enjoy life in general. - - - Bâchelier en ingénierie de #Montréal, au #Canada 🇨🇦. Travaille dans le domaine des technologies de l'information. En dehors des technologies, j’adore voyager, regarder les #JeuxOlympiques et apprécier la vie en général. #NoAI
mstdn.moimeme.ca
More on the fake maple syrup plot: they were also sold in… Ontario 
Davantage dans le festival du faux sirop d’érable: ils étaient vendus en… Ontario
// Article en anglais //
#Ontario #Québec #MapleWashing #Acériblanchiment #Fraud #Fraude #MapleSyrup #SiropDÉrable
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@KimPerales@toad.social
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Feb 25, 2026
Kim Perales
@KimPerales@toad.social
Californian with a wide variety of interests, but since 2016, seeking justice, democratic norms, improving public: education & health, access to the arts, inclusivity, ethics in government, finance & business, human rights, IMM, ENVIR & worker protections, accountability for the oligarch criminality in the US & helping America turn blue.
toad.social
“Filing this under "Law and Order":🚨Trump’s immigration crackdown forces federal judges to dismiss criminal cases, including one involving the Sinaloa Cartel.”
He’s also pardoned and given clemency to drug kingpins, traffickers, gangsters. a narco-state president…
#Fraud #Corruption #Lies #TrumpRegime #DOJ #Protest #USPol
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-02-24/aggressive-immigration-enforcement-opens-way-for-federal-criminal-defendants-to-avoid-justice
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@KimPerales@toad.social
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Feb 22, 2026
Kim Perales
@KimPerales@toad.social
Californian with a wide variety of interests, but since 2016, seeking justice, democratic norms, improving public: education & health, access to the arts, inclusivity, ethics in government, finance & business, human rights, IMM, ENVIR & worker protections, accountability for the oligarch criminality in the US & helping America turn blue.
toad.social
“At this time,⚡️TSA PreCheck remains operational with no change for the traveling public. As staffing constraints arise, TSA will evaluate on a case by case basis & adjust operations accordingly. 🚨Courtesy escorts, such as those for MOC, have been suspended to allow officers to focus on the mission of securing America’s skies.”
#TSA
Trump’s donors were livid➡️PreCheck: reinstated.🚨Trump will do ANYTHING to stay in power. The world is on edge.
#Kakistocracy #Cabinet #Republicans #Fraud #USPol
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@KimPerales@toad.social
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Jan 13, 2026
Kim Perales
@KimPerales@toad.social
Californian with a wide variety of interests, but since 2016, seeking justice, democratic norms, improving public: education & health, access to the arts, inclusivity, ethics in government, finance & business, human rights, IMM, ENVIR & worker protections, accountability for the oligarch criminality in the US & helping America turn blue.
toad.social
Weeks after the Trump admin🚨lowered minimum wages for some temporary farmworkers,🚨the Trump Org sought approval to hire 36 foreign wkrs for its winery *nearly $2/hr below what it previously offered.
Rules for them, & rules for us.🚨Trump has always undervalued, underpaid, & abused his workers. MAGA: fooled, he's never given a damn about working ppl -destroyed the C, & its #economy, for the #oligarchs, who cont to enrich him.
#Fraud #Greed #Immigrants #WorkerRights #USPol
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2026/01/12/trump-organization-foreign-labor-winery-wages/
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@evedazzle@mas.to
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Jan 11, 2026
MineEyesDazzle
@evedazzle@mas.to
#Chicana #Mestiza #Mom #Wife #Xennial #Agnostic #Progressive #Antifascist love #dogs #libraries #Activist she/her(s) I'm an academic librarian in SE Texas. I miss MI & NY. Fuck genAI, Reddit, Meta, Nazistack, TikTok, short-form video content and the click-huffing platforms it rode in on. Trying to resist & persist during the 2025 U.S. autogolpe. Cautious presence at @evedazzle.bsky.social
mas.to
Please report this GoFundMe campaign as a concerned citizen! (See report fundraiser flag toward the bottom of the page.) https://www.gofundme.com/f/ice-offuver-jonathan-ross #resist #resistance #antifa #anitfascist #antifascism #fraud #ICE #RapidResponse #ReneeGood #JonathanRoss #USpolitics
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