"This is the metric by which you can tell who in politics are your allies and who are your enemies: whether they support or oppose the extreme concentration of wealth. In fact, the matter should be definitional." — George Monbiot
Money Talks – George Monbiot
https://www.monbiot.com/2026/01/23/money-talks/
"This is the metric by which you can tell who in politics are your allies and who are your enemies: whether they support or oppose the extreme concentration of wealth. In fact, the matter should be definitional." — George Monbiot
Money Talks – George Monbiot
https://www.monbiot.com/2026/01/23/money-talks/
How #Trump Has Pocketed $1,408,500,000
One year ago, Donald Trump took an #oath to serve the American people. Instead, he has focused on using the presidency to #enrich himself.
#SelfService #PublicDisservice #law #US #Constitution #emoluments #plutocracy #kleptocracy #MafiaState
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/20/opinion/editorials/trump-wealth-crypto-graft.html
How #Trump Has Pocketed $1,408,500,000
One year ago, Donald Trump took an #oath to serve the American people. Instead, he has focused on using the presidency to #enrich himself.
#SelfService #PublicDisservice #law #US #Constitution #emoluments #plutocracy #kleptocracy #MafiaState
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/20/opinion/editorials/trump-wealth-crypto-graft.html
"A high-ranking official in the Interior Department is drawing scrutiny from ethics experts because she failed to disclose her family’s financial interest in the nation’s largest lithium mine that had been approved by her agency, according to state and federal records.
In 2018 Frank Falen sold water from a family ranch in northern Nevada to Lithium Nevada Corp., a subsidiary of Lithium Americas, for $3.5 million. The company was planning a $2.2 billion lithium mine nearby called Thacker Pass, and lithium mining requires significant amounts of water.
The mine needed a permit from the Interior Department, where Mr. Falen’s wife, Karen Budd-Falen, worked as the deputy solicitor responsible for wildlife from 2018 until 2021. She returned to the agency last year and is now the associate deputy secretary, the third highest-ranking position.
Mr. Falen’s sale of his water rights also depended on the mine getting a permit from the Interior Department. Without it, Lithium Nevada Corp. could have terminated its deal with him."
“In 2026 will Americans🚨finally turn against #Oligarchs? Americans are noticing #PrivateEquity roll-ups in everything from youth sports to fire trucks to #BigTech. Is a genuine anti-monopoly revolt finally brewing?”
“So excited that K Van Dyck’s Cong testimony on the harmful effects of PE roll-ups in youth sports has gone viral.⚡️The impact of her test +the anti-oligarchy zeitgeist it unleashed—masterfully highlighted in MS’s⬇️”
-M Singer
#Kleptocracy #Uprising #USPol
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/the-case-for-optimism-in-the-next
“In 2026 will Americans🚨finally turn against #Oligarchs? Americans are noticing #PrivateEquity roll-ups in everything from youth sports to fire trucks to #BigTech. Is a genuine anti-monopoly revolt finally brewing?”
“So excited that K Van Dyck’s Cong testimony on the harmful effects of PE roll-ups in youth sports has gone viral.⚡️The impact of her test +the anti-oligarchy zeitgeist it unleashed—masterfully highlighted in MS’s⬇️”
-M Singer
#Kleptocracy #Uprising #USPol
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/the-case-for-optimism-in-the-next
"The Trump administration is replacing American democracy with a kleptocracy, a system of corruption in which a network of ruling elites use the institutions of government to steal public assets for their own private gain.
It is the system Russia’s president Vladimir Putin exploits in Russia, and President Donald J. Trump is working to establish it in the United States of America." - Heather Cox Richardson
"In 1990, 943 million people [in China] lived on less than $3 a day measured in 2021 dollars – 83% of the population, according to the World Bank. By 2019, the number was brought down to zero. Unfortunately, the United States was not as successful. More than 4 million Americans – 1.25% of the population – must make ends meet with less than $3 a day, more than three times as many as 35 years ago."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/23/china-us-poverty-income-inequality
"In 1990, 943 million people [in China] lived on less than $3 a day measured in 2021 dollars – 83% of the population, according to the World Bank. By 2019, the number was brought down to zero. Unfortunately, the United States was not as successful. More than 4 million Americans – 1.25% of the population – must make ends meet with less than $3 a day, more than three times as many as 35 years ago."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/23/china-us-poverty-income-inequality
"When #billionaires own major media outlets, “news” becomes something closer to state messaging. Not because the government controls it, but because the financial class that funds political power also owns the platforms that shape public perception."
Legacy Media's License To Kill
https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/legacy-medias-license-to-kill/
"When news becomes an extension of political and corporate power, democracy loses its immune system. The Fourth Estate collapses. And disinformation rules.
This is what happens when billionaires control information. They decide what you see, what you don’t, who becomes a villain, who gets rehabilitated, and whose death is worth remembering"
Legacy Media's License To Kill
https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/legacy-medias-license-to-kill/
"When news becomes an extension of political and corporate power, democracy loses its immune system. The Fourth Estate collapses. And disinformation rules.
This is what happens when billionaires control information. They decide what you see, what you don’t, who becomes a villain, who gets rehabilitated, and whose death is worth remembering"
Legacy Media's License To Kill
https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/legacy-medias-license-to-kill/
"When #billionaires own major media outlets, “news” becomes something closer to state messaging. Not because the government controls it, but because the financial class that funds political power also owns the platforms that shape public perception."
Legacy Media's License To Kill
https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/legacy-medias-license-to-kill/
Highly recommended site:
https://www.authoritarian-stack.info/
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
Supported by: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
Funded by: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Future of Work
Highly recommended site:
https://www.authoritarian-stack.info/
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
Supported by: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
Funded by: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Future of Work
"More worrying still... is the trend of wealthy donors funding far-right and racist movements that are the tip of the spear against net zero policies"
#Fascism
#ClimateEmergency
#Kleptocracy
#Billionaires
#EatTheRich
