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‘Welfare Queens’: Donald Trump just handed America’s billionaires a $1.96 trillion payday

America’s billionaires just got a lot richer, and it’s not because they suddenly invented the next big thing. Since the 2025 Trump-GOP tax cuts kicked in, the collective wealth of the country’s 974 billionaires has ballooned by $1.96 trillion, a 31% jump in just 16 months. That’s the headline according…

The Mary Sue · Apr 16

‘Rigged economy’: Donald Trump drags manufacturing to its lowest in 6 decades, and people still think tariffs work?

The U.S. has lost a staggering 89,000 manufacturing jobs since President Donald Trump’s administration announced its major tariff agenda in April 2025. This significant decline, detailed in a Center for American Progress (CAP) analysis released on March 17, 2026, also saw 123,700 transportation and warehousing jobs vanish, hitting industries that…

The Mary Sue · Apr 1

‘Rigged economy’: Donald Trump drags manufacturing to its lowest in 6 decades, and people still think he’s Pro-America?

Time to rethink those tariffs, Don.

We Got This Covered · Mar 31

300 of America’s wealthiest citizens ask Congress not to carry out tax breaks for them. Here’s why

Group of wealthy Americans includes member of the Disney family, founder of Seventh Generation, heir to the Rockefeller family and more

The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2025

Billionaires double wealth after tax cut

Billionaires now control 1 out of every 25 dollars of American wealth

Salon · Apr 11, 2024

Thomas vote boosted benefactor's power

"The Crows used their fortune to buy access to and curry favor" with elites, one advocate said

Salon · May 3, 2023

Billionaires have pumped nearly $900m into midterm elections, report says

George Soros, the Uihlien family and Peter Thiel are some of the most generous donors

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022

27 donors spent $90M to buy GOP Congress

"What's good for billionaires — including cutting taxes on the rich and corporations — is bad for working families"

Salon · Jul 19, 2022