Nathan Borson

Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap

In ONE year, the top 10 US billionaires' wealth increased by an average of $69,800,000,000. Each. 🤬
The only thing anyone needs even ONE billion dollars for is to dominate others. It's the 1920s all over again.
TAX THE RICH!
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#inequality #limitarianism

Hilarious 🤣

Setting the record straight.
These are the domestic terrorists. And our president pardoned them.
#NoKings

Love my home and community, sorry I was out of state, thanks @mycena39.bsky.social for posting!

Burned by Billionaires - The New Press An exposé of the hidden impact of America’s überwealthy on the country’s economy, environmental health, housing market, and political system Even if you don’t begrudge the ultrarich their multiple ...

There is so much support for this argument. Most recently, Burned By Billionaires: thenewpress.org/books/burned...
And so many more books on inequality: inequality.org/resources/bo...

That's a great article, thanks. I added a link to it from mine. 🙏

How Was Your Trip? How long do you have?

I'm just back from an awesome Arizona Raft Adventures trip through Grand Canyon National Park. 😁🙏❤
After any #wilderness #adventure, it's hard to describe what it's like to those who weren't there, but I tried:
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#travel #GrandCanyon #raft #whitewater #Arizona

All the Things That You Need a Billion Dollars to Buy Are Bad One way to think about inequality.

The only thing that requires a billion dollars is the domination of others.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/all-the-th...
#wealthtax #inequality #fairness #workersoverbillionaires

Grateful for this good news -- even as democracy is under attack everywhere, it advances where it was most subjugated.

J B. Pritzker 👍

Hundreds of thousands of protesters gather in Tel Aviv to demand end to Gaza war One of largest rallies in Israel since start of conflict follows general strike to press government to stop military action

Israel’s military offensive has killed at least 61,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s health ministry, most of them civilians.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Israeli media ‘completely ignored’ Gaza starvation – is that finally changing? A growing focus on hunger in Gaza in the global media has led some Israeli outlets to report on it for the first time

Haliva’s comments about mass killings of Palestinian civilians did not make headlines in other mainstream Israeli outlets... That coverage highlighted the vast gulf between how the war is perceived and discussed inside Israel’s borders and beyond them.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Israeli military preparing to expel Gaza City residents as baby in tent among those killed in latest attacks Military claims it is displacing population ‘to ensure their safety’ even as health officials report deadly attacks on previously designated safe zones

About 1,200 Israelis died in the October 7 attack, so 60,000 Palestinian deaths would meet the 50:1 retribution target. But Israel seems to be just getting started.
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Collective punishment - Wikipedia

Collective punishment of civilians is illegal under international law (i.e. Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention)
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Ex-Israeli intelligence chief said 50 Palestinians must die for every 7 October victim ‘It does not matter if they are children,’ said Aharon Haliva in recorded comments calling the death toll ‘necessary’

I once asked: "How many civilian Palestinian lives must be taken to 'avenge' each Israeli death?" Now I know one Israeli general's answer is 50. And it doesn't matter whether they are children.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
#Israel #Gaza #War #Peace #Justice

Republicans complain to Canada over wildfire smoke despite supporting planet-heating bill Lawmakers send letter railing against ‘suffocating’ smoke days after voting for Trump plan likely to boost pollution

What's next? Closing our northern border to smoke?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#climate #pollution #wildfire #MAGA

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

Fantastic read. “Today, people find it easier to imagine that we can build intelligence on silicon than we can do democracy at scale, or that we can escape arms races."
www.theguardian.com/environment/... #equality #inequality #democracy #climate @theguardian.com

Make America Great | Nathan Borson | WhiteWind blog Dear Senators Sullivan and Murkowski, What makes America great? Is it robber barons bleeding the people dry in their endless pursuit of obscene wealth, a billionaire class that controls an ever-larger percentage of the nation's wealth, an electoral system where wealthy individuals and corporations...

Today's message to my Senators about the budget bill now before them.
#Alaska #AlaskaSky #Inequality #Taxes

Trump’s new border wall will threaten wildlife in an area where few people pass The San Rafael valley in Arizona is home to bears, mountain lions and wolves – now their movement will be restricted

A $45+ Billion border wall, where "In five years, a camera by the river has never captured an image of a migrant crossing into the US, even though it’s one of the few parts of the valley with shade and water." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 🤬😖
I notice no one is saying Mexico will pay for it. 🙄

That's OK, DOD is slated for a $10-15 billion boost under the Republicans' budget reconciliation, so losing a few $60 million planes is no problem.
But we can't afford public broadcasting, federal pensions, Medicaid, etc. etc. etc. 🙄

People Who've Worked For The Ultra-Wealthy Are Airing Out Alllllllll Their Dirty Laundry "He bought a $2 million plane on a whim one weekend because he was bored."

Wow, MAGAs are counting on would-be-king Donald and his cabinet of billionaires like these to rein in waste, fraud, and abuse? 29 Jaw-Dropping Confessions From People Who Worked For The Ultra-Wealthy www.buzzfeed.com/hannahdobro/...
#inequality #nokings #oligarchy

Actually, America IS at war. Selfish billionaires are escalating the economic war they have waged against the other 99% of us since the 1980s. Translation: sacrifice "for our country" means "for the kleptocrats" who will receive the lion's share of $4T in proposed tax cuts.
#inequality #oligarchy

YouTube video by Gene Cornelius Beach Trail Protest March Gustavus Alaska May 3rd 2025

Video of the protest march on our beach trail 5/3/25. Gustavus Alaska is standing up for our rights! A video of the beach action will be posted soon.

#Protest #Protests #Gustavus #Alaska #Mayday #Mayday25 #Maydaystrong #50501Movement #InternationalWorkersDay

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnIO...

Wow, so powerful!
America the sorrowful, "Resentment for the weak and poor will be your undoing."
Follow the money. It hasn't gone to the weak and poor. ✊
#Oligarchy #america #Anthem

Awesome, thanks! Great sound!
👍😁🙏✊❤️

Outrage as Trump’s coal expansion coupled with health cuts: ‘There won’t be anyone to work in the mines’ Agencies protecting coal miners from hazards such as ‘black lung’ among those gutted by government cuts

In case anyone thought Donald's support for COAL was for the MINERS...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#oligarchy

Love my town!
#Gustavus #Alaska #AlaskaSky

Tell Congress: Save the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau On Thursday, President Trump fired nearly 90% of the employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the CFPB. Send a message to Congress: demand the CFPB be strengthened, not cut.

Take action with me and @inequality.org: Tell Congress: Save the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. actionnetwork.org/letters/ineq...
#CFPB #DOGE #Oligarchy #Equality

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If I take your home, your land, and your livelihood, I have harmed you! You might find another place and job, but for threatened and endangered wildlife, there is no alternative habitat; they will die. That is a "take." Please discard this ridiculous proposal.

USFWS and NOAA propose to redefine "harm" of endangered species to exclude habitat loss.
If I take your home, your land, and your livelihood, I have harmed you! You might find another place and occupation, but threatened and endangered wildlife have nowhere to go.
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#ESA