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50 billionaire families have already poured $600M+ into this year's elections — mostly in support of Trump.

That's only 0.6% of their total wealth. It essentially costs them nothing to drown our democracy in dark money.

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The more Trump can tear down democracy, the safer the oligarchy becomes.

This is why the billionaires who once disavowed him are quietly crawling back.

The ultra-rich will do anything to protect their wealth and power.

That includes destroying democracy itself.

captainrob ,
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@rbreich so why not destroy the power structure that keeps putting us in this mess.

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Why are multimillionaires and billionaires like Peter Thiel, Rupert Murdoch, Travis Kalanick, Steven Mnuchin, and others are rallying behind Trump?

Yes, the tax cuts. But there's more.

The more Trump tears down democracy, the safer the oligarchy becomes.

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Where are the editorials calling for Trump to drop out of the race and allow Republicans to choose a non-felon as their nominee?

TheNovemberMan ,

@rbreich The who control the media haven't given that direction yet 🙄
The don't want that idea in the public's mind.

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Wall Street tycoon Stephen Schwarzman endorsed Trump yesterday.

He joins a growing list of billionaires who once condemned the former president but are now flocking to his campaign.

Never underestimate how quickly billionaires will sell out our democracy for tax cuts.

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@rbreich

EXACTLY. There is an extremely limited number of billionaires who give a shit about anything except whatever will get them "more". Never forget that to the 1%, the rest of us are just in the way; vermin to be owned, controlled or exterminated. The criminal justice system works for them, and they're looking to fully own the government and courts before this is over.
On the plus side, anyone who gets a billionaire "endorsement" risks triggering red flags. Even for MAGAts.

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"Eat the Rich"
Spotted in Warsaw, Poland

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@RadicalGraffiti
🥥 #EatTheRich with small rocks and glue! 🥥
#Rocks, #Glue, #AI, #TuckersBalls

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The CEO-to-worker pay gap at America’s largest companies was 344-to-1 last year.

In 1965, the ratio was 20-to-1.

This explosion in CEO pay relative to the pay of workers isn’t because CEOs have become so much more valuable.

They've just gamed the system to line their pockets.

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@rbreich
🥥 Eye submit that the 344-to-1 pay gap between overpaid CEOs and their employees is fueling low pay for workers in ways that are both obvious -- in the US wealth gap -- and hidden -- as in the inflation of most goods and services.
And don't even get me started on how blatantly the toxic rich are purchasing elected officials, the judicial system, and policing. 🥥
#EconomicDisparity, #CEOPay, #EarningsGap, #TaxTheWealthy, #EatTheRich, #BongHits4Workers, #TuckersBalls

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Worth emphasizing this, because most news outlets did not:

“Rep. Matt (R-Fla.) on Thursday ominously invoked Donald ’s call to far-right violent extremists while joining the former president at his criminal trial in New York.

“Standing back and standing by, Mr. President,” Gaetz wrote on social media, along with a photo of himself positioned behind Trump at his trial.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matt-gaetz-stand-back-stand-by-proud-boys_n_66462d52e4b0dd63cd2ba653 https://uk.news.yahoo.com/stand-back-stand-matt-gaetz-174110101.html

TheNovemberMan ,

@GottaLaff I didn't think it's do much that the news outlets didn't find it newsworthy, but their masters/owners/oligarchs felt it wasn't. 🙄

#EatTheRich #RapeyMcForehead #RepublicansAreTheProblem

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Column: Inside the effort by two Beverly Hills billionaires to kill a state law protecting farmworkers

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-05-16/inside-the-effort-by-two-beverly-hills-billionaires-to-kill-a-state-law-protecting-farm-workers

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Improved military billboard spotted in Rochester, New York

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Funny and/or sad that some of these are over 100 years old, but are now more relevant than ever.
I have cleaned, straightened and cropped some of the pics.
More quality pics at https://kulttuurimarxismi.eu/?s=union&id=4585&post_type=attachment

@MikeDunnAuthor #usa #uspol #uspolitics #workingclass #labor #capitalism #media #education #politics #comic #comics #cartoon #history

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