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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

Larry Ellison:
—Second‑richest man on Earth
—Gave $16.6 million to Friends of the IDF
—Hosted Netanyahu on his private island
—Trump plan makes him co-own TikTok
—Son, David, just spent $150 million to buy The Free Press & make Bari Weiss Editor-in-Chief of CBS
—Wants Warner Bros (CNN, HBO)

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 6d

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Our Revolution @our-revolution.bsky.social · 12d

Any company that can casually "end up misspending a couple of hundred billion dollars..." can PAY WAY MORE TAXES!

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 12d

Reminder that this is the billionaire who is profiting off of the deportation industrial complex.

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 14d

Not content with swallowing up every other industry, Bezos is now hellbent on making Amazon the heart of the immigration-disappearance industrial complex - and making himself even richer in the process.

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 14d

As if that wasn't enough, Bezos also pitched ICE and federal law enforcement to employ their facial recognition tool Rekognition, despite the software having wrongfully criminalized Black and brown people in testing.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Amazon’s Rekognition messes up, matches 28 lawmakers to mugshots

ACLU: “And running the entire test cost us $12.33—less than a large pizza.”…

arstechnica.com

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 14d

Through Amazon Web Services, Bezos provides cloud storage to both Palantir and the Department of Homeland Security, undergirding the LLM-powered software that powers ICE's immigration disappearance machine.
www.technologyreview.com/2018/10/22/1...

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 14d

Jeff Bezos has been catching heat for his assault on the First Amendment and his craven support of the Trump administration. But here's another reason he should be on the hot seat: powering ICE's immigration disappearance machine.

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 15d

Jeff Bezos' wealth alone would transform tens of millions of lives by itself.

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LittleSis @mapthepower.bsky.social · 15d

Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos are worth a combined $1.343 trillion.

We are truly living under an oligarchy dominated by billionaire power.

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LittleSis @mapthepower.bsky.social · 16d

"ICE and DHS contract and subcontract with hundreds of companies. Many of these are obscure, niche businesses, but a good number are also name-brand, consumer-facing corporations led by prominent executives and powerful oligarchs."
Read the full post: littlesis.org/news/the-bil...

The Billionaire Oligarchs and Corporations Profiting from ICE’s Deportation Machine - Little Sis

A primer on the billionaire barons and corporate profiteers enabling ICE's deportation apparatus

littlesis.org

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 17d

Find the billionaires on our website, and reach out if you are interested in planning protests against the Anti-Zohran Electioneers ⤵️ classsolidarity.org

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 17d

"Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor, spent $8.3m supporting Cuomo over the summer, and the money is continuing to pour in: less than two weeks ago Ron Lauder, a billionaire Republican donor, gave $750,000 to a super Pac backing Cuomo."

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 17d

"Among the plotters were...Bill Ackman, a hedge fund manager and some-time activist who has a net worth of nearly $10bn.

He pledged to invest huge amounts in blocking Mamdani, who more than 570,000 people voted for (including ranked choice voters) in the Democratic primary."

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 17d

Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic nomination by promising to tax the rich to fund the services necessary to make New York affordable. The oligarchy is spending millions to try and stop him. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

How the billionaire class and wealthy landlords are conspiring against Zohran Mamdani

The wealthiest New Yorkers are desperate to rally support – and millions of dollars – for Andrew Cuomo to defeat the democratic socialist

www.theguardian.com

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Climate Defenders @climatedefenders.bsky.social · 19d

THIS is how many people came out to demand that we tax the rich to pay for the things our communities need - food, health care, clean energy, and affordable housing. The #MakeBillionairesPay movement is a force to be reckoned with.
@womensmarch.com @350us.bsky.social @pplsaction.bsky.social

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 20d

Join the mass mobilization with @350us.bsky.social @womensmarch.com @climatedefenders.bsky.social @oilchangeus.bsky.social @pplsaction.bsky.social and so many more as we take to the streets ahead of Climate Week ✊

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Make Billionaires Pay

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 20d

TOMORROW AT 12PM 📆

🔥 Shut down billionaires. Fund our future.
✊ Shut down fascists. Protect migrants and the global majority.
🌍 Shut down polluters. Defend Mother Earth.
🥾 March on the billionaires. #MakeBillionairesPay

RSVP at www.makebillionairespay.us/nyc

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 21d

He is in our full billionaire list, but we are still in the process of auditing him in detail: classsolidarity.org/billionaires...

Every Billionaire | DOCS - Auditing the Oligarchy

There are nearly 1,000 billionaires in our United States. We’re auditing every single one to arm the working class with the knowledge we need to defeat them.

classsolidarity.org

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 21d

The Smith family, which includes brothers David, Robert, Frederick, J. Duncan and a number of family trusts, was worth a combined $1.2 billion back in 2018.

Total billionaire wealth increased by 88% between 2020 and 2024.

Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 21d

Sinclair, run by right-wing media mogul David Smith, says suspending the Jimmy Kimmel show isn’t enough. It is going to run a tribute to Kirk during Kimmel’s time slot.

Sinclair stations will run not consider putting Kimmel back on air until he apologizes and donates to Turning Point USA

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 22d

Oligarchs are profiting from genocide in Gaza. Israel, backed by Trump, tech billionaires, and Gulf rulers, is clearing land to build smart cities for profit. Platforms like Airbnb help settlers monetize stolen land. Gaza won’t be the end, it’s the test run for global authoritarian capitalism.

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 22d

Marc Andreessen, the billionaire ally of Trump who believes in a radical extremist ideology that crowns techno-oligarchs kings, now owns TikTok.

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Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 23d

The culprit:

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DMC ❌👑 @dcombes.bsky.social · 24d

I now know about each billionaire in the U.S. Thanks to @solidaritydept.bsky.social
and their audit at ⬇️ & ways to take action.

classsolidarity.org

Defeat Oligarchy, Defend Democracy | DOCS

The oligarchs are organizing against us. It's time for us to organize against them. Learn about billionaires' impact and take action for democracy.

classsolidarity.org

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PChristensen🇺🇸🇩🇰🇺🇦🇬🇧 @pchristensenpswc.bsky.social · 27d

Fighting fascism and oligarchy anyone? Well, this is a source to locate the specific billionaires in YOUR state. Delve into Dept. of Class Solidarity below and perhaps follow if you'd like.
Oh..and Amazon..I've been boycotting that company for a decade. I can live without them...you?

Department of Class Solidarity @solidaritydept.bsky.social · 29d

We're auditing every single one at classsolidarity.org 📝

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