@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2025-10-14 09:39:56
"The flood of money into #AI has made America’s #billionaire #oligarchs far richer.
By Forbes’ count, 20 of the most notable
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-10-12 06:01:27
A profile of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, whose estimated 11% stake is now worth $1B following ICE's $2B investment, as its rivalry with Kalshi intensifies (Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/aliciap…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-10-13 17:20:38
The Right's Secret Plan to Help Billionaires Buy Elections (Rolling Stone)
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/jd-vance-right-plan-billionaires-elections-1235445122/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251013/p62#a251013p62
@hansaplast42@social.wastedalpaca.wtf2025-10-13 06:58:35
"Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we all be worried?"
https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1o2y5db/tech_billionaires_seem_to_be_doom_prepping/
yes, you should be.
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-11 16:19:32
Billionaires are spending massive sums on politics. A backlash brews.
Christina Persson,
a 55-year-old English teacher in a small town of just over 2,600 people,
is fed up with billionaires.
In May, during the debate over Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,”
she spearheaded a move to erect a billboard reading,
“Tax breaks for billionaires. CUTS for everyone else.”
Two months later, she set up shop at the county fair and sold
“Eat the Rich” ice c…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-14 04:34:54
Xu Bo, a Chinese billionaire, was seeking parental rights to at least four unborn children,
and the court’s additional research showed that he had already fathered or was in the process of fathering at least eight more
—all through surrogates.
When called in for a confidential hearing in the summer of 2023,
he never entered the courtroom, according to people who attended the hearing.
The maker of fantasy videogames lived in China and appeared via video, speaking …
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-11-11 19:25:46
Swiss Billionaires Pivotal in Wooing Trump Ahead of Tariff Deal (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-11/swiss-billionaires-pivotal-in-wooing-trump-ahead-of-tariff-deal
http://www.memeorandum.com/251111/p73#a251111p73
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-12-11 14:55:59
Meet the Trump administration's 12 billionaires (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/trump-white-house-billionaires-musk/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p30#a251211p30
@cdarwin@c.im2025-10-12 22:06:33
Tech billionaire Marc Benioff’s new show of support for Donald Trump, 💥and call for National Guard troops to patrol San Francisco’s streets,💥
has shaken local Democrats who long regarded the Salesforce CEO and owner of Time magazine as an ally.
Benioff, speaking to The New York Times in an interview published Friday, said he was
“all for” deploying Guard troops with the goal of fighting crime in the city.
In the same interview, Benioff said Trump is “doing a great jo…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-10-10 20:08:51
Right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel recently told an audience that he pushed Tesla CEO and fellow billionaire Elon Musk not to give money to charity and instead horde it so it could be used to battle a future “Antichrist.”
According to a Thursday Reuters report, Thiel told attendees of closed-door event in San Francisco last month that he pressed Musk to rescind his commitment to the Giving Pledge, the charitable campaign cofounded by Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates that asks signatories…
