Job cuts just hit their worst January since 2009.
Hiring plans collapsed.
Job openings fell nearly 1 million in two months.
Unemployment claims are rising.
The labor market is cracking — and recessions don’t announce themselves.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/02/05/most-job-cuts-2009-economy-faltering/88525316007/ #press
Billionaires have worked very hard on their "Make People Miserable" movement.
They delude themselves that it will buy them permanent fascist rule as Republican voters shrink their empathy to "my & mine only" & blameshifting to the marginalized.
Here's a list of the funders of fascism:
1. SpaceX $288,723,409
2. Adelson Clinic/Miriam Adelson $146,881,700
3. Uline Inc $146,027,201
4. Citadel LLC $108,669,316
5. Susquehanna International Group $101,468,362
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https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/09/the-venture-firm-that-ate-silicon-valley/
"Fund a Fascist & Find Out"
6. Andreessen Horowitz $89,036,553
7. Empower Parents PAC $82,500,000
8. Coinbase $79,008,020
9. Elliott Management $68,846,510
10. Securing American Greatness $67,558,284
11. Senate Leadership Fund $67,445,300
12. Club for Growth $59,846,594
13. Koch Inc $49,092,685
14. Blackstone Group $48,609,890
15. Stand Together Chamber of Commerce $44,801,948
16. Restoration PAC $41,168,363
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17. Crownquest Operating $35,752,512
18. Bigelow Aerospace $34,991,590
19. Building America's Future $33,670,000
20. Stephens Inc $27,343,518
21. British American Tobacco $26,175,838
22. American Prosperity Alliance $22,549,000
23. Manzanita Management Group $22,159,143
24. America First Action/America First Policies $21,724,798
25. Mountaire Corp $21,375,080
26. Reyes Holdings $21,192,607
27. Energy Transfer LP $19,321,695
28. Hendricks Holding Co $19,306,538
https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/top-organizations
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/31/elon-musk-trump-donor-2024-election/
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/elon-musk-rogan-interview-empathy-doge
Parochialism vs universalism
GOP voters are made artificially fearful & that misery feeds a callous selfishness & reluctance to extend compassion to anything beyond themselves.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12227-0
They'll let the planet fry & democracy die because their empathy has shrunk only to their inner circle, just what billionaires wanted.
https://www.ft.com/content/88177d81-0217-4d44-9b37-03a834b3d1c1
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https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/31/elon-musk-2026-election-donations-00758992
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html
Stand compassionately united or face hateful billionaire fascism disunited & divided.
