Department of Class Solidarity

The billionaire mind at work

Other things the U.S. government do with $50 billion taxpayer dollars:
—Clear the medical debt of 20 million Americans
—House every homeless veteran 113 times
—Prevent 6.2 million Americans from being kicked off Medicaid
—Buy the entire state of Nevada a late model Toyota Corolla

Nothing in life is certain but death, taxes, billionaires using geopolitical conflict to give themselves a raise, and largely dodging the tax part too

Important to contextualize Bernie’s billionaire wealth tax as the fundamentally conservative approach that it is, this is the bare minimum demand, it is a common sense solution that must be passed today, but when we come to power we must go much further, and fully liquidate the billionaire class.

This is very well done, and absolutely astonishing. No one person needs this much money.

Ken Griffin is so so very taxable—income, corporate, wealth, unrealized gains, realized gains: it’s time to tax the rich!!!!!!

buHHh WE canT tax THE ricH To fuNd BASiC EsSENTiaLs thAT EVErY oTher DevELoPEd COunTry hAS

DOCS Wanted posters of Ken Griffin Key Threats: Far-Right Financier Enemy of Public Schools

We don't have that wealth tax... yet.

But the power of working class solidarity can change that, just like it has throughout history.

Visit the Department of Class Solidarity to learn more about Ken Griffin, the rest of the oligarchy, and how to fight back.

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AND FOR THE SCOURGE ON HUMANITY, GET A PENTHOUSE IN 220 CENTRAL PARK SOUTH KEN GRIFFIN BROKE RECORDS WHEN HE ADDED THE UNIT TO HIS $1.5 BILLION REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO IN 2019. IT WAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE "HOME" EVER SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES. Image of Ken Griffin's head on King Kong, climbing up the building with a $238 Million price tag attached

And finally, a record breakingly expensive penthouse to keep it all in. Because for an oligarch like Griffin, those other 9 houses and estates just aren't enough.

Remember, the man who owns all these thinks public schools have too much money.

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FOR THE UNCULTURED MATERIALIST, GET PRICELESS ART* $100 MILLION: JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT BOY AND DOG IN A JOHNNYPUMP 1982 (KEN GRIFFIN PURCHASED IN 2020) $300 MILLION WILLEM DE KOONING INTERCHANGE 1955 (KEN GRIFFIN PURCHASED IN 2016) $200 MILLION JACKSON POLLACK NUMBER 17A 1948 KEN GRIFFIN PURCHASED IN 2016) *TAX AVOIDANCE GRIFT

An art collection including a priceless Basquiat. Would said artist disapprove of an oligarch funding the crusade against “woke ideology" and a "misguided ideology of oppressor and oppressed"?

Not caring is what being an oligarch is all about.

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FOR THE DISGRACE TO DEMOCRACY, GET A MILLION $137 SIGNED 13TH AMMENDMENT & EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION BUNDLE! SAA MILLION KEN GRIFFIN BOUGHT THE DOCUMENT BUNDLE IN JULY 2025. Images of the 13th amendment and emancipation proclamation with price tags for $13.7 million and $4.4 million

The "Lincoln" bundle. If you're not an oligarch, people probably don't assume you support slavery, but the kinds of actions you have to take to become the 20th richest man on Earth mean you really want to make sure no one thinks you support slavery.

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FOR THE RIGHT-WING MEGALOMANIAC, GET A FIRST-EDITION CONSTITUTION GRIFFIN OUTBID A GROUP OF CRYPTO INVESTORS FOR THE DOCUMENT AT A SOTHEBY'S AUCTION IN 2021. Image of Ken Griffin holding a copy of the constitution with a "$42 million" price tag on it

A first edition US Constitution. Anyone can download a PDF, but if you're an Oligarch, there's nothing like owning the full physical copy of the thing you're ignoring.

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FOR THE BOY PRINCE IN YOUR LIFE, GET A STEGOSAURUS SKELETAN GRIFFIN PURCHASED THE FOSSIL AT A SOTHEBY'S AUCTION IN JULY 2024. Image of Ken Griffin riding a stegosaurus skeleton with a large "$45 million" price tag attached

An actual stegosaurus skeleton. It's not planet-destroying fossil fuels yet, but give it a few years of oligarchy-powered chaos...

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Magazine style cover of Ken Griffin with dollar signs over his eyes, in front of a burning pile of cash. Headlines read: DOCS, DEPARTMENT OF CLASS SOLIDARITY HOW TO BLOW A BILLION A GIFT GUIDE BASED ON CITADEL BILLIONAIRE KEN GRIFFIN'S EXTRAVAGANT PURCHASES FOR HIMSELF CONSTITUTION? A BASQUIAT? PENTHOUSE? DINOSAUR!?!

Imagine Bernie Sanders' 5% billionaire wealth tax passes. People like hedge funder Ken Griffin, who fueled the crusade to close 50 Chicago public schools, will be tightening their belts.

So if you're looking for a gift to cheer him up, check out what the man defunding our schools already owns🧵

A reminder that Tesla owner Elon Musk awarded himself a trillion dollar pay package based on 'meeting targets' like this.

Fighting for working people is good politics

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A libertarian and former Cato Institute Board member, Yass spent 8 billion against Trump in the 2016 primary.

But that all changed when the value 15% stake in TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, was threatened.

Per the agreement, Yass and other shareholders also now have the power to “determine how the platform recommends and surfaces content.”

Don't let the oligarchy’s media takeover win. Learn more about Yass in our People’s Audit, and watch for ways to fight back.

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In 2026, the legal limbo ended with TikTok’s US business under control of a group of investors that also includes Trump ally and Paramount/CBS owner Larry Ellison.

The company is run by a 7 member “board’ with an American majority. Yass, who likely influenced the deal behind the scenes, gets one.

In 2016, Yass had spent millions on a SuperPAC opposing Trump.

His about-face made him a million times more.

As TikTok’s value increased 50% due to government actions, the libertarian’s net worth increased $17 billion.

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After Donald Trump won the 2024 Presidential election, Jeffrey Yass paid him a visit at Mar-a-lago.

Right after, Trump came out against the TikTok ban. And in 2025, Yass “donated” $16 million to Trump’s MAGA Inc. PAC, and $2.5 million to his White House ballroom.

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Who is Jeff Yass? The billionaire donor with investments in TikTok’s parent company Critics accuse Yass of bankrolling an army of lobbyists and orchestrating a bare-knuckle pressure campaign to protect TikTok — including by leveraging his nascent relationship with former President…

But that all changed when the value 15% stake in TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, was threatened.

When congress passed legislation forcing ByteDance to sell TikTok, it threatened his stake's value so much that one analyist called it “a nightmare for Yass.”

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Inspired by a conversation with Milton Friedman, the economist who aided brutal dictator Augosto Pinochet, Jeffrey Yass decided his life's work was destroying public education.

But the libertarian was originally a "never Trumper."

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This Billionaire is killing TikTok Eerie black and white photo of Jeffrey Yass

You may not have heard of the 19th richest man on earth, but you’ve seen his work.

Meet Jeff Yass, the richest man in Pennsylvania and school privatization zealot who’s 180 on Trump steered TikTok into MAGA control.

This is what a rigged economy looks like.

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