Billionaire Poised to See Return on Investment in Neil Gorsuch

Billionaire Philip Anschutz has made a lot of smart investments over the course of his career, having leveraged his father’s oil and gas business into a sprawling business empire that’s come to include not just fossil fuel extraction but sports Continue reading Billionaire Poised to See Return on Investment in Neil Gorsuch

The Billionaire Brothers Who Are Giving the Kochs a Run for Their Money

In 2007, JBS bought the Colorado-based Swift & Co. for about $225 million. On that occasion, as Forbes reported, Wesley Batista showed up at Swift headquarters wearing “the basic cowboy gear of jeans, boots and hat. He spoke no English Continue reading The Billionaire Brothers Who Are Giving the Kochs a Run for Their Money

That Insufferable Billionaire Tyrannizing Harvard Enriches Himself by Tyrannizing the Bond Market

Why would Ackman do this? One interlocutor on X pointed out that Pershing Square invested $10 million in X back when it was Twitter, but that’s pocket change to Ackman, and anyway, that money is long gone. I think Ackman defends Musk Continue reading That Insufferable Billionaire Tyrannizing Harvard Enriches Himself by Tyrannizing the Bond Market

The Billionaire Planning to Stick With Trump—Even If He Goes to Jail

As The New Republic’s editor, Michael Tomasky, pointed out, the word “vermin” has a fairly noteworthy place in the history of political rhetoric. “To announce that the real enemy is domestic and then to speak of that enemy in subhuman Continue reading The Billionaire Planning to Stick With Trump—Even If He Goes to Jail

“Belongs in Jail”: Billionaire Republican Donor Warns Against Trump

“The IRS has recovered over $100 million in unpaid taxes from the wealthy and well-connected in the last month. Yet, in the chaotic world of my Republican colleagues, they view this funding as a never-ending well to promulgate their whims Continue reading “Belongs in Jail”: Billionaire Republican Donor Warns Against Trump

Finally: Senate Democrats Are Coming for Clarence Thomas-Loving GOP Billionaire

“The IRS has recovered over $100 million in unpaid taxes from the wealthy and well-connected in the last month. Yet, in the chaotic world of my Republican colleagues, they view this funding as a never-ending well to promulgate their whims Continue reading Finally: Senate Democrats Are Coming for Clarence Thomas-Loving GOP Billionaire