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Right-wing politics
from48 hills
6 days ago

DA Brooke Jenkins attacks unions, says the city needs to be nicer to billionaires - 48 hills

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins spoke at a Third Way conference advocating against taxing billionaires and criticizing unions, arguing billionaires deserve better treatment due to their Democratic donations and philanthropy.
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
1 month ago

Blue-State Pensions Are Subsidizing the Billionaire Takeover: This Must Stop! | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.

The truth about this money: It is invested with some of the worst actors engineering the current takeover. That includes private equity firms, venture capitalists, and asset managers-the most powerful corporations in the world and the billionaires that run them. Many of these people are actively supporting the Trump administration; most are doing little to nothing to oppose it. And all oversee millions, if not billions, of dollars in worker and community capital.
US politics
fromKqed
3 months ago

Recalled Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price Says She's Running Again in 2026 | KQED

In 2024 in Alameda County, we saw that same carnage, the destabilization of our justice system by a billionaire - a single billionaire - and his wannabe wealthy friends, who spent millions of dollars on a recall campaign to destabilize our justice system.
US politics
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he's a billionaire, so we can't | George Monbiot

Concentrated billionaire power has driven austerity and diverted public funds, blocking financing for robust climate action and global poverty eradication.
New York City
fromFortune
4 months ago

From Jamie Dimon to Bill Ackman, Wall Street's billionaires are now changing their tune and offering to help Zohran Mamdani | Fortune

Zohran Mamdani won the mayoralty on a platform addressing the cost of living with city-run groceries, free transit, and universal childcare while confronting billionaire influence.
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SF politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Trump was planning to send troops to San Francisco. Now he's not. Here's why | Joe Eskenazi

President Trump canceled a planned deployment of federal agents to San Francisco after a personal call influenced by local billionaire CEOs and a civic leader.
US politics
fromMission Local
4 months ago

Billionaire CEO asked Trump to send National Guard to S.F., and multi-millionaire mayor talked him out of it

President Trump called San Francisco's mayor to cancel a planned federal troop deployment after lobbying by billionaire CEOs influenced his decision.
New York Islanders
fromFox News
4 months ago

NYC mayoral rivals unite against billionaire 'election interference' as campaign enters final stretch

Both major-party mayoral nominees oppose billionaire efforts to influence the New York City mayoral outcome and Sliwa refuses to withdraw.
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US politics
fromBuzzFeed
7 months ago

Elon Musk Has A Plan To Keep Civilization From Collapsing. There's 1 Little Problem...

Billionaire perspectives on population growth ignore the realities faced by families struggling with rising survival costs.
US politics
fromThe Nation
8 months ago

Dan Osborn Is Ready to Mount an Even Bolder Campaign Against Our Billionaire-Dominated Politics

Dan Osborn aims to combat corruption in American democracy through his independent Senate campaign against wealthy interests.
US politics
fromThe Nation
8 months ago

Hear Me Out: We Should Welcome In Musk's "America Party"

Elon Musk announced plans for a new political party, the America Party, expressing discontent with the current political state.
fromBusiness Insider
8 months ago

The billionaires who bet big on the NYC mayoral primary - and lost

High-profile billionaires poured millions of dollars into the New York City mayoral election. On Tuesday, they lost their first battle.
NYC politics
US politics
fromThe Nation
10 months ago

Why Democrats Need an Opposition-and a Proposition-Agenda

Fight for a clear Democratic vision that prioritizes working people over billionaire interests and ensures living wages, healthcare, and social equity.
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