Trump EPA Methane Rule Rollback to Benefit Billionaire Jeffery Hildebrand — ProPublica

Climate Rollbacks: Trump’s EPA is planning to weaken restrictions on oil and gas wells that produce very little energy but release vast amounts of methane.

A Wealthy Beneficiary: Oil billionaire Jeffery Hildebrand, a major Trump donor, is set to reap the benefits. Society as a whole will deal with the environmental costs.

The Influence Campaign: A former Hildebrand lobbyist now rewriting the EPA’s methane rules has solicited input from oil industry groups backed by the billionaire…

 https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-methane-jeffery-hildebrand-hilcorp-oil-regulations

 

California billionaires up political action with multimillion-dollar donations

Google founder backs both Republican and Democrat in governor's race while ex-CEO fights billionaire tax…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/11/silicon-valley-donations-california-governor-race

 

How A Christian Nationalist Billionaire Is Shaping America!

A lot of what's happening in America today is VERY unpopular with the American people, and our democracy is under threat. But that threat isn't abstract. There is a man with a radical ideology who shaped a lot of current policy with his bare hands and his fortune, and he is in every way the Wizard behind the Curtain of Oz...I mean, America.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFfAqSUdszc

 

#trump has increased his #networth by billions while the #economy and #jobs stall. Coincidence?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OVRBSayTPwY

Elon Musk’s ‘America’ party could focus on a few pivotal congressional seats

Billionaire says his new political party could try to turn attainable House and Senate seats to decide major issues…

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/05/elon-musk-america-party-congress

 

Elon Musk Gets Schooled (Literally)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w2rmBtSqYFY

 

Linda McMahon, wrestling industry billionaire, confirmed as US education secretary

Critics have questioned McMahon's qualifications, pointing to her limited educational background – a one-year stint on Connecticut's state board of education and service as a trustee at Sacred Heart University – and lack of traditional experience in education policy or administration…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/03/linda-mcmahon-confirmed-education-secretary

What Jeff Bezos Doesn't Want You to Know

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uivZrRppto8

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber says X rival is 'billionaire proof'

In an interview on Thursday with CNBC's "Money Movers," Graber said Bluesky's open design is intended to give users the option of leaving the service with all of their followers, which could thwart potential acquisition efforts. "The billionaire proof is in the way everything is designed, and so if someone bought or if the Bluesky company went down, everything is open source," Graber said. "What happened to Twitter couldn't happen to us in the same ways, because you would always have the option to immediately move without having to start over."…

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/21/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-says-x-rival-is-billionaire-proof.html

Billionaire Sung Kook ‘Bill’ Hwang convicted of fraud by New York jury

Archegos Capital Management's founder guilty of 10 of 11 criminal counts over investment firm that collapsed in 2021…

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/10/sung-kook-bill-hwang-archegos-convicted

The Story: The Billionaire Bully Who Wants to Turn Texas Into a Christian Theocracy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9D70TX4G14

Trump allegedly shared potentially sensitive information about US nuclear subs with Australian billionaire

Citing a source with knowledge of the Australian's account to investigators for the special counsel Jack Smith, US news outlet ABC News reported an "excited" Trump allegedly discussed "the supposed exact number of nuclear warheads [US submarines] routinely carry, and exactly how close they supposedly can get to a Russian submarine without being detected"...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/06/donald-trump-us-nuclear-submarines-potentially-sensitive-information-australian-billionaire-anthony-pratt

Inside the Billionaire-Backed Dick Uihlein ‘Hub for Election Denial’ Restoration Action

Another recipient, the Liberty Initiative Fund, donated $675,000 to a group fighting for more restrictive voter ID requirements in Michigan. That Michigan group raised $2.2 million total, with $1.5 million coming from Uihlein himself.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-billionaire-backed-dick-uihlein-hub-for-election-denial-restoration-action

Leonard Leo: the secretive rightwinger using billions to reshape America | US politics | The Guardian

Now Leo has turned his attention to pushing conservative moves to manipulate elections in favour of Republicans through the Honest Elections Project, a recent addition to a web of interlinked groups funded with dark money, including from the libertarian Koch brothers. 

Among other things, Leo is pushing a contentious legal theory that the US constitution gives state legislatures the power to decide how to run elections without intervention from the courts. The Honest Elections Project has made multiple legal submissions on the issue with the aim of removing the power of state courts to block gerrymandering and voter suppression measures to manipulate elections...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/04/leonard-leo-federalist-society-conservative-abortion

 

New Filings Reveal Another Billionaire Dick Uihlein Behind the Big Lie

…"In 2020, as workers and families struggled to get by, Dick and Liz Uihlein's company cashed in on pandemic aid—then turned around and funded hate groups pushing COVID conspiracy theories, bigotry, and efforts to undermine democracy," Herrig said. "By signing away more than $1 million to groups that have promoted hate and sedition, Dick and Liz Uihlein have made it clear where their company's values truly lie."…

https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-filings-reveal-another-billionaire-dick-uihlein-behind-the-big-lie

Tech billionaire quits Mormon church and gives $600k to LGBTQ group

…He also expressed concerns about a $100bn investment portfolio held by the church. It was the subject of an Internal Revenue Service whistleblower complaint in 2019 from a former employee who said the church had improperly built it up using member donations that are supposed to go to charitable causes...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/22/tech-billionaire-quits-mormon-church-jeff-t-green-and-gives-600k-to-lgbtq-group

Opinion | Pity the billionaire, so sensitive and oppressed - The Washington Post

… But there is precisely zero evidence to suggest that's true. Like almost everything Republicans say about taxes, it's essentially a religious belief, one that's immune to refutation by the facts...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/26/pity-the-oppressed-billionaire/

Democratic Senators Call for Investigation of Tax Avoidance by the Ultrawealthy — ProPublica

… The wealthy pay so little in taxes primarily because they keep their incomes low, the article explained, often borrowing against their fortunes to fund their lifestyles. Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Tesla's Elon Musk, Bloomberg L.P.'s Michael Bloomberg and other billionaires have each paid no federal income taxes in one or more recent years. The tax avoidance techniques described in "The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Taxes" are legal, and routine among the ultrawealthy...

https://www.propublica.org/article/democratic-senators-call-for-investigation-of-tax-avoidance-by-the-ultrawealthy

How one billionaire family bankrolled election lies, white nationalism — and the Capitol riot | Salon.com

... the Mercers' recent strategic investments in far-right candidates bought them a disproportionate level of influence in the Republican Party before culminating in an effort to subvert the election that fueled the deadly Capitol siege...

https://www.salon.com/2021/02/04/how-one-billionaire-family-bankrolled-election-lies-white-nationalism--and-the-capitol-riot/

Bernie Sanders claps back at billionaire's criticism: 'Cry me a river' | TheHill

...Cooperman said he would be fine with a marginal tax rate of 50 percent...

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/536485-bernie-sanders-claps-back-at-billionaires-criticism-cry-me-a-river