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Ken Griffin
May 29, 2024
Timothy Noah
For Wall Street Billionaires, This Election Is About One Thing
Plutocrats like Jamie Dimon would have you believe they’re leaning toward Trump because of inflation or immigration or antisemitism, but they’re all full of it.
April 11, 2023
Tori Otten
Harvard Names Graduate School After Republican Billionaire Megadonor Who Loves Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis is leading an attack on academic freedom. And Ken Griffin is one of his biggest financial backers.
November 4, 2022
Tori Otten
Billionaires Have Spent $881 Million This Election (Mostly on Republicans)
This is the most expensive midterms ever.
June 24, 2022
Timothy Noah
Did the Illinois Gubernatorial “Battle of the Billionaires” Just End?
The state’s tenth-richest guy was up—sort of—against the state’s richest guy. Then the richest guy moved to Florida. What now?
October 6, 2017
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Justin Miller
Battle of the Plutocrats
Why are Democrats backing a billionaire venture capitalist in one of 2018's most critical races?
April 24, 2012
Alec MacGillis
Way Out Of Balance
March 29, 2012
Alec MacGillis
States vs. Plutocrats
March 14, 2012
Alec MacGillis
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