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Yes, billionaires are in fact an even bigger problem than you think. They're wrecking the planet and driving up your bills.
Author @chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social makes the case against billionaires in this week's @washingtonmonthly.com podcast:
washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/07/c...
Author @chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social makes the case against billionaires in this week's @washingtonmonthly.com podcast:
washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/07/c...
Should Billionaires Exist?
Author Chuck Collins argues that billionaires are a uniquely destructive force to the economy, democracy, and the planet.
washingtonmonthly.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Yes, billionaires are in fact an even bigger problem than you think. They're wrecking the planet and driving up your bills.
Author @chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social makes the case against billionaires in this week's @washingtonmonthly.com podcast:
washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/07/c...
Author @chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social makes the case against billionaires in this week's @washingtonmonthly.com podcast:
washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/07/c...
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Billionaire backlash is coming.
Watch an excerpt from my conversation with @chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social, author of "Burned by Billionaires" from @thenewpress.bsky.social, in this week's roundup @washingtonmonthly.com
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Watch an excerpt from my conversation with @chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social, author of "Burned by Billionaires" from @thenewpress.bsky.social, in this week's roundup @washingtonmonthly.com
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Billionaire backlash is coming
They own too much. They control too much. They're also wrecking the planet.
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Billionaire backlash is coming.
Watch an excerpt from my conversation with @chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social, author of "Burned by Billionaires" from @thenewpress.bsky.social, in this week's roundup @washingtonmonthly.com
open.substack.com/pub/washingt...
Watch an excerpt from my conversation with @chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social, author of "Burned by Billionaires" from @thenewpress.bsky.social, in this week's roundup @washingtonmonthly.com
open.substack.com/pub/washingt...
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Last week, PM Board Member Chuck Collins appeared on Ralph Nader’s show to discuss his new book, Burned by Billionaires.
If you want to learn more about all the ways billionaires are ruining our economy and planet, this interview is for you: www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/burned-by-...
If you want to learn more about all the ways billionaires are ruining our economy and planet, this interview is for you: www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/burned-by-...
Burned By Billionaires/What's Spiking Your Electric Bill?
Ralph once again welcomes Chuck Collins, heir to the Oscar Meyer fortune and one of the founders of Patriotic Millionaires, to discuss his agenda for reform outlined in his new book BURNED BY BILLIONA...
www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Last week, PM Board Member Chuck Collins appeared on Ralph Nader’s show to discuss his new book, Burned by Billionaires.
If you want to learn more about all the ways billionaires are ruining our economy and planet, this interview is for you: www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/burned-by-...
If you want to learn more about all the ways billionaires are ruining our economy and planet, this interview is for you: www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/burned-by-...
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Today, billionaires decide where we live, what news we consume, and even what we eat.
They have too much power, and they need to be stopped.
Grab a copy of Patriotic Millionaire Chuck Collins’ new book, Burned by Billionaires, to learn more: www.chuckcollinswrites.com/copy-of-buy-...
They have too much power, and they need to be stopped.
Grab a copy of Patriotic Millionaire Chuck Collins’ new book, Burned by Billionaires, to learn more: www.chuckcollinswrites.com/copy-of-buy-...
December 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Today, billionaires decide where we live, what news we consume, and even what we eat.
They have too much power, and they need to be stopped.
Grab a copy of Patriotic Millionaire Chuck Collins’ new book, Burned by Billionaires, to learn more: www.chuckcollinswrites.com/copy-of-buy-...
They have too much power, and they need to be stopped.
Grab a copy of Patriotic Millionaire Chuck Collins’ new book, Burned by Billionaires, to learn more: www.chuckcollinswrites.com/copy-of-buy-...
@chuck77.bsky.social
2025 was a very good year...for billionaires!
www.commondreams.org/opinion/2025...
2025 was a very good year...for billionaires!
www.commondreams.org/opinion/2025...
The First Year of Trump's Second Term Was Terrific—for US Billionaires | Common Dreams
Over 2025, the combined wealth of all US billionaires climbed to $8.1 trillion, a 21% increase over 2025, up from $6.7 trillion exactly a year ago.
www.commondreams.org
January 2, 2026 at 10:08 PM
@chuck77.bsky.social
2025 was a very good year...for billionaires!
www.commondreams.org/opinion/2025...
2025 was a very good year...for billionaires!
www.commondreams.org/opinion/2025...
I had a great conversation with Hopeton Hay from Diverse Voices Book Review about the impact of extreme wealth concentration on society!
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Put out the flames: www.burnedbybillionaires.com
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Put out the flames: www.burnedbybillionaires.com
Inequality Unveiled: Chuck Collins on the Cost of Concentrated Wealth
Podcast Episode · Hopeton Hay Podcasts · 12/17/2025 · 38m
podcasts.apple.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I had a great conversation with Hopeton Hay from Diverse Voices Book Review about the impact of extreme wealth concentration on society!
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Put out the flames: www.burnedbybillionaires.com
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Put out the flames: www.burnedbybillionaires.com
Should billionaires be abolished? It's great to hear celebs like Billie Eilish ask this question in front of the wealth hoarders themselves! We're all being #BurnedByBillionaires - let's talk about what we can do about it.
December 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Should billionaires be abolished? It's great to hear celebs like Billie Eilish ask this question in front of the wealth hoarders themselves! We're all being #BurnedByBillionaires - let's talk about what we can do about it.
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New Books and Films
incl. books by @christinewebb.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social @cberdik.bsky.social @davidenrich.bsky.social @matthewfacciani.bsky.social @brian-goldstone.bsky.social @milleridriss.bsky.social + Catherine Coleman Flowers, and others:
incl. books by @christinewebb.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social @cberdik.bsky.social @davidenrich.bsky.social @matthewfacciani.bsky.social @brian-goldstone.bsky.social @milleridriss.bsky.social + Catherine Coleman Flowers, and others:
Books and Films, 2025 — The Green Spotlight
BOOKS Recently published books that you might want to check out, read, and/or share with others: The Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters, by Christine Webb How Can I Help...
www.thegreenspotlight.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
New Books and Films
incl. books by @christinewebb.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social @cberdik.bsky.social @davidenrich.bsky.social @matthewfacciani.bsky.social @brian-goldstone.bsky.social @milleridriss.bsky.social + Catherine Coleman Flowers, and others:
incl. books by @christinewebb.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social @cberdik.bsky.social @davidenrich.bsky.social @matthewfacciani.bsky.social @brian-goldstone.bsky.social @milleridriss.bsky.social + Catherine Coleman Flowers, and others:
"The good news is there are huge cracks in that system among money managers, the younger generation, & people with substantial wealth moving toward redistribution to heal the harms caused by wealth extraction."
I loved this interview with Julie Polter for @sojo.net: sojo.net/magazine/dec...
I loved this interview with Julie Polter for @sojo.net: sojo.net/magazine/dec...
Billionaires Are a National Disaster
Chuck Collins on how income inequality undermines everyone’s quality of life—even the most wealthy.
sojo.net
December 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"The good news is there are huge cracks in that system among money managers, the younger generation, & people with substantial wealth moving toward redistribution to heal the harms caused by wealth extraction."
I loved this interview with Julie Polter for @sojo.net: sojo.net/magazine/dec...
I loved this interview with Julie Polter for @sojo.net: sojo.net/magazine/dec...
What a treat to talk to Terrence McNally about www.burnedbybillionaires.com
aworldthatjustmightwork.com/2025/11/12297/
aworldthatjustmightwork.com/2025/11/12297/
CHUCK COLLINS – BURNED BY BILLIONAIRES: How Concentrated Wealth & Power Are Ruining Our Lives & Planet – Terrence McNally
aworldthatjustmightwork.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
What a treat to talk to Terrence McNally about www.burnedbybillionaires.com
aworldthatjustmightwork.com/2025/11/12297/
aworldthatjustmightwork.com/2025/11/12297/
“If you’re standing in line for a commercial flight at Thanksgiving, you’re subsidizing private jet travelers,” said Chuck Collins @ips-dc.org told @cnn.com "We, the commercial plane travelers, are picking up the slack for the most luxurious type of travel. us.cnn.com/2025/11/21/b...
The air traffic problem making your holiday travel even more miserable | CNN Business
Even if you’re flying commercial for the holidays, private jets might be making your trip more expensive.
us.cnn.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“If you’re standing in line for a commercial flight at Thanksgiving, you’re subsidizing private jet travelers,” said Chuck Collins @ips-dc.org told @cnn.com "We, the commercial plane travelers, are picking up the slack for the most luxurious type of travel. us.cnn.com/2025/11/21/b...
“With brilliant insight & gripping prose, Chuck Collins tells like it is! You’ll jump out of your seat with clear vision and new energy for democracy with fairness for all.”
- Bestselling author @francesmoorelappe.bsky.social recommending my new book #BurnedByBillionaires (burnedbybillionaires.com)
- Bestselling author @francesmoorelappe.bsky.social recommending my new book #BurnedByBillionaires (burnedbybillionaires.com)
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM
“With brilliant insight & gripping prose, Chuck Collins tells like it is! You’ll jump out of your seat with clear vision and new energy for democracy with fairness for all.”
- Bestselling author @francesmoorelappe.bsky.social recommending my new book #BurnedByBillionaires (burnedbybillionaires.com)
- Bestselling author @francesmoorelappe.bsky.social recommending my new book #BurnedByBillionaires (burnedbybillionaires.com)
On Thurs. 11/13, the Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice (clbsj.org) will host an online conversation between co-founder Ched Myers and me! We've both written prolifically on how folks are burned and fooled by billionaires and affluenza. Register in advance: clbsj.org/events/2025/...
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
On Thurs. 11/13, the Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice (clbsj.org) will host an online conversation between co-founder Ched Myers and me! We've both written prolifically on how folks are burned and fooled by billionaires and affluenza. Register in advance: clbsj.org/events/2025/...
On Thursday, November 20 at 7 pm, I'll be coming to @odysseybks.bsky.social in Pioneer Valley MA to talk all things #BurnedbyBillionaires.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/chuck-coll...
#WealthInequality
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/chuck-coll...
#WealthInequality
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
On Thursday, November 20 at 7 pm, I'll be coming to @odysseybks.bsky.social in Pioneer Valley MA to talk all things #BurnedbyBillionaires.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/chuck-coll...
#WealthInequality
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/chuck-coll...
#WealthInequality
We're living in a hyper-extreme phase of inequality, made intentionally mysterious. burnedbybillionaires.com is here to de-mystify it! We'll continue this convo tomorrow (Wed 11/05) from 7 to 8:30 at @phoenixbooks.biz. Join us if you're near Burlington! Get tix here: phoenixbooks.biz/event/2025-1...
November 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We're living in a hyper-extreme phase of inequality, made intentionally mysterious. burnedbybillionaires.com is here to de-mystify it! We'll continue this convo tomorrow (Wed 11/05) from 7 to 8:30 at @phoenixbooks.biz. Join us if you're near Burlington! Get tix here: phoenixbooks.biz/event/2025-1...
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And just exactly how much consumer fleecing does it take to produce the likes of this? #StopTheBillionaires
Have you needed veterinary attention for a beloved pet in recent years and noticed higher costs for vaccines & routine exams? It's no coincidence: Billionaires are burning you.
⏰Check out my recent article in @thenation.com: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
📖Then read www.burnedbybillionaires.com
⏰Check out my recent article in @thenation.com: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
📖Then read www.burnedbybillionaires.com
The Billionaire Oligarchs Are Coming for Your Pets
And they want to make bigger profits.
www.thenation.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
And just exactly how much consumer fleecing does it take to produce the likes of this? #StopTheBillionaires
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The vet that I went to for over a decade sold out. Who has a vet that doesn't work for a profit-hungry corporation, anymore?
Have you needed veterinary attention for a beloved pet in recent years and noticed higher costs for vaccines & routine exams? It's no coincidence: Billionaires are burning you.
⏰Check out my recent article in @thenation.com: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
📖Then read www.burnedbybillionaires.com
⏰Check out my recent article in @thenation.com: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
📖Then read www.burnedbybillionaires.com
The Billionaire Oligarchs Are Coming for Your Pets
And they want to make bigger profits.
www.thenation.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The vet that I went to for over a decade sold out. Who has a vet that doesn't work for a profit-hungry corporation, anymore?
Have you needed veterinary attention for a beloved pet in recent years and noticed higher costs for vaccines & routine exams? It's no coincidence: Billionaires are burning you.
⏰Check out my recent article in @thenation.com: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
📖Then read www.burnedbybillionaires.com
⏰Check out my recent article in @thenation.com: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
📖Then read www.burnedbybillionaires.com
The Billionaire Oligarchs Are Coming for Your Pets
And they want to make bigger profits.
www.thenation.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Have you needed veterinary attention for a beloved pet in recent years and noticed higher costs for vaccines & routine exams? It's no coincidence: Billionaires are burning you.
⏰Check out my recent article in @thenation.com: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
📖Then read www.burnedbybillionaires.com
⏰Check out my recent article in @thenation.com: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
📖Then read www.burnedbybillionaires.com
Are you feeling the Billionaire Burn? (Spoiler: We all are!) My new book Burned By Billionaires is available now! www.burnedbybillionaires.com
Join our book event in Burlington on 11/5: phoenixbooks.biz/event/2025-1...
And our book event in Norwich on 11/6: www.norwichbookstore.com/events/35637...
Join our book event in Burlington on 11/5: phoenixbooks.biz/event/2025-1...
And our book event in Norwich on 11/6: www.norwichbookstore.com/events/35637...
October 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Are you feeling the Billionaire Burn? (Spoiler: We all are!) My new book Burned By Billionaires is available now! www.burnedbybillionaires.com
Join our book event in Burlington on 11/5: phoenixbooks.biz/event/2025-1...
And our book event in Norwich on 11/6: www.norwichbookstore.com/events/35637...
Join our book event in Burlington on 11/5: phoenixbooks.biz/event/2025-1...
And our book event in Norwich on 11/6: www.norwichbookstore.com/events/35637...
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On top of tax-breaks & loopholes for the wealthy, Trump is now defunding the IRS. Life is good for the super-rich, at the expense of everyone else. Cartoon from the wonderful book #Burnedbybillionaires by @chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social Drawn by Jason Patterson @itep.org @patrioticmillionaires.org
October 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
On top of tax-breaks & loopholes for the wealthy, Trump is now defunding the IRS. Life is good for the super-rich, at the expense of everyone else. Cartoon from the wonderful book #Burnedbybillionaires by @chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social Drawn by Jason Patterson @itep.org @patrioticmillionaires.org
For 1 minute, follow the Roadmap to Richistan to learn some of what I explore in my new book #BurnedByBillionaires: The ultra-wealthy got there by exploiting all of us, and we can stop them together. Read it, protest, put out the flames: www.burnedbybillionaires.com #Inequality
October 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
For 1 minute, follow the Roadmap to Richistan to learn some of what I explore in my new book #BurnedByBillionaires: The ultra-wealthy got there by exploiting all of us, and we can stop them together. Read it, protest, put out the flames: www.burnedbybillionaires.com #Inequality
Since THE @nancymaclean.bsky.social, author of Democracy In Chains, recommends my new book #BurnedByBillionaires, you should definitely check it out!
I read @chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social's new book #BurnedByBillionaires. It's an incisive must-read account of how we are all being hurt by those with excessive wealth, also providing hard-won wisdom about what can be done to unrig the system before they wreck our world www.burnedbybillionaires.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Since THE @nancymaclean.bsky.social, author of Democracy In Chains, recommends my new book #BurnedByBillionaires, you should definitely check it out!
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“I'm thrilled to share that my latest book, #BurnedbyBillionaires, has just been released! 🔥
It's a look at how the ultrawealthy are ruining our economy, society, and planet, and what we might be able to do about it.
@chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social
www.chuckcollinswrites.com
It's a look at how the ultrawealthy are ruining our economy, society, and planet, and what we might be able to do about it.
@chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social
www.chuckcollinswrites.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“I'm thrilled to share that my latest book, #BurnedbyBillionaires, has just been released! 🔥
It's a look at how the ultrawealthy are ruining our economy, society, and planet, and what we might be able to do about it.
@chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social
www.chuckcollinswrites.com
It's a look at how the ultrawealthy are ruining our economy, society, and planet, and what we might be able to do about it.
@chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social
www.chuckcollinswrites.com
HAPPY RELEASE DAY to Burned By Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth & Power are Ruining our Lives & Planet! @laurenaratani.bsky.social says it; I'm "optimistic that there can be change," especially with coverage like this: www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
Buy now: thenewpress.org/books/burned...
Buy now: thenewpress.org/books/burned...
Boom time for US billionaires: why the system perpetuates wealth inequality
As the super rich grow even richer, inequality expert Chuck Collins says the system is broken – but it can be fixed
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
HAPPY RELEASE DAY to Burned By Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth & Power are Ruining our Lives & Planet! @laurenaratani.bsky.social says it; I'm "optimistic that there can be change," especially with coverage like this: www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
Buy now: thenewpress.org/books/burned...
Buy now: thenewpress.org/books/burned...