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mahatmakanejeeves

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Tue Aug 19, 2025, 05:05 PM Tuesday

"Lutnick says government wants Intel stake in exchange for grant funding. Just plain thuggery."

Hat tip, Kevin M. Kruse
https://bsky.app/profile/kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Jennifer Ouellette
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Lutnick says government wants Intel stake in exchange for grant funding. Just plain thuggery.

https://qz.com/lutnick-says-government-wants-intel-stake-in-exchange-for-grant-funding

Lutnick says U.S. wants Intel stake for chip grant funding
The move by the U.S. could open the door for similar deals with other chipmakers that received grants under the Chips Act
qz.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Lutnick says government wants Intel stake in exchange for grant funding. Just plain thuggery. qz.com/lutnick-says...

Jennifer Ouellette (@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social) 2025-08-19T18:00:38.746Z


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We seem to be moving rapidly not to classical fascism but to an American plutocratic variant where the Leader group enriches itself beyond the dreams of avarice while ordinary fascism plays out among the lower ranks as some combination of grim oppression and reality TV.
August 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM

We seem to be moving rapidly not to classical fascism but to an American plutocratic variant where the Leader group enriches itself beyond the dreams of avarice while ordinary fascism plays out among the lower ranks as some combination of grim oppression and reality TV.

hquain (@hquain.bsky.social) 2025-08-19T18:13:31.342Z
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"Lutnick says government wants Intel stake in exchange for grant funding. Just plain thuggery." (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday OP
I thought Joe Biden granted Intel a big load for their new plant bucolic_frolic Tuesday #1

bucolic_frolic

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1. I thought Joe Biden granted Intel a big load for their new plant
Tue Aug 19, 2025, 06:46 PM
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Then that was reversed last March. Or am I not remembering well?

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