Archive - Tim Schwab's Substack

It's time to confront oligarch media

As Bloomberg's Billionaire Index mysteriously erases $150 billion from its oligarch ledger, we are once again confronted with the perils of billionaire…

Jul 17 •

June 2025

Want to fight oligarchy? How about Thursday?

Link to webinar registration: tinyurl.com/GatesPowerGrabWebinar

Jun 24 •

The taxpayer cost of Big Philanthropy

If billionaire philanthropists follow through on their "Giving Pledges," they could reap more than $500 billion in tax breaks. Isn't it time to end…

Jun 13 •

May 2025

Rutger Bregman apologizes for racist essay about Rihanna. Then lashes out

The Dutch writer unleashes an unhinged personal attack on his critics, as he tries to explain his repeated use of the word "niggabitch" in a 2011 essay

May 21 •

Racism, Rihanna----and Rutger Bregman

After facing criticism around financial conflicts of interest and elitism, the Dutch writer now faces allegations of racism. Warning: this piece…

May 19 •

Trump wants to tax the Gates Foundation? Good.

....but Bill Gates and other oligarchs will probably still come out ahead under the Republican tax plan

May 14 •

Bill Gates says he won't die a rich man. Don't believe him

A picture is worth a thousand words: Gates has been boasting about his generosity for years, but notice how how his personal wealth has skyrocketed…

May 8 •

He built a brand criticizing billionaires. Are billionaires now bankrolling his work?

Rutger Bregman's new non-profit, the School for Moral Ambition, makes it hard to follow the money, but I found donations from the Gates Foundation and…

May 2 •

April 2025

Gates Foundation loses diplomatic immunity in Kenya

In a major victory for democracy, Bill Gates's oligarchic assertion of power is overturned

Apr 10 •

March 2025

Divesting vs greenwashing: are BlackRock and Gates actually exiting fossil fuels?

Under Trump's presidency, accountability has never been more important.

Mar 19 •

February 2025

Musk v. Gates: is a billionaire feud shaping Trump's funding cuts?

As Elon Musk slashes federal funding to the global health architecture that Bill Gates built over the last two decades, is he motivated in part by a…

Feb 26 •

As Trump dismantles global health, Gates's complicity draws outrage

Foundation insiders I interviewed decry Gates's cowardly capitulation--another example of the billionaire class bending the knee to Trump.

Feb 20 •

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