Thread by @MintPressNews

"...a growing share of “high-end” donations never ends up in organizations that do any kind of altruistic work. Rather, they go to tax-privileged private foundations designed to serve as #tax shelters for the very #wealthy..."
by @hijodelcuervo
mintpressnews.com/study-billiona… #BillGates

#Microsoft has swooped in to hoover up #TikTok after it received “personal assurances” from the president himself that he would back such a move.
by @AlanRMacLeod
mintpressnews.com/microsoft-purc… #Trump #BillGates

"The coalition of companies that form part of the “broad coalition” include tech giants like #Facebook and #Microsoft, transnational behemoths like #Philips, as well as U.S. #pharmaceutical retail chain #CVS #Health."
by @hijodelcuervo
mintpressnews.com/big-tech-giant… #BillGates #corona

"#America’s #billionaires, including #JeffBezos, #BillGates, #WarrenBuffet, #MichaelBloomberg and others, accrued more #wealth in the first three weeks of the #lockdown than they made in total prior to 1980."
mintpressnews.com/podcast-pandem… #thursdayvibes #ThursdayMotivation