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wolfie001

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12. Calling out rePUKES is what matters. Has Bob Dylan ever said a word? Silent as a church mouse

Reply to Phoenix61 (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 15, 2025, 11:10 AM

Jul 15

Keep Speaking Out Bill Gates! Woo Hoo!

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'I'm alarmed': Bill Gates op-ed warns GOP risking lives -- and national security [View all] BumRushDaShow Jul 15 OP

Says the billionaire who has benefited for decades Phoenix61 Jul 15 #1

And has given away billions to humanitarian needs instead of a new Yacht Bengus81 Jul 15 #4

He's worth 117 BILLION dollars!!! Phoenix61 Jul 15 #5

Here is a good place to start research on the good Bill and Malinda Gates do... pazzyanne Jul 15 #7

And he just gave almost all of it to his charitable foundation back in May BumRushDaShow Jul 15 #8

And...Bezo's ex wife plans to give away her billions for the same causes by the time she dies Bengus81 Jul 15 #16

They just got married, when? BumRushDaShow Jul 15 #17

No...his ex-wife MacKenzie Scott....not his new wife. So she's worth about $40+ billion Bengus81 Jul 15 #23

Thanks for clarifying! BumRushDaShow Jul 15 #24

Ex wife. Joinfortmill Jul 16 #33

Stop with the making the perfect the enemy of the good. It's a RW kind of mental habit they apply to us when we're in ancianita Jul 15 #9

As I travel in central Africa ... SomewhereInTheMiddle Jul 15 #11

And lets not forget the Carter Foundation milestogo Jul 15 #14

And of course his "Habitat for Humanity" BumRushDaShow Jul 15 #18

☝☝☝☝☝☝ THIS!!!! ☝☝☝☝☝☝ nt wolfie001 Jul 15 #13

And...plans to give ALL of it away to humanitarian aid by 2045. What other Billionaire Bengus81 Jul 15 #15

He will die a billionaire. How exactly is he standing Phoenix61 Jul 15 #19

How the hell would you know who he voted for? Every rich person votes for Trump? Hardly Bengus81 Jul 16 #35

I don't hate him I'm just not going to heap praise a Phoenix61 Jul 16 #36

I could probably give away ten more dollars myself. Torchlight Jul 15 #20

He is planning on giving 99% of it away. applegrove Jul 15 #26

Calling out rePUKES is what matters. Has Bob Dylan ever said a word? Silent as a church mouse wolfie001 Jul 15 #12

"Ha ha. Suckers. It's what we do." - G.O.P. Darkside Kabal BoRaGard Jul 15 #2

We need more influential people to speak out. gab13by13 Jul 15 #3

I agree. riversedge Jul 15 #10

good for him et tu Jul 15 #6

Surely he realizes, with a statement like this... slightlv Jul 15 #21

They've been doing their best trying to turn "empathy" into a dirty word Jack Valentino Jul 15 #28

Not just empathy... but words like kindness and sharing. nt slightlv Jul 15 #29

Now he's upset Miguelito Loveless Jul 15 #22

He's been upset. Let's not eat our own. Joinfortmill Jul 16 #34

He is hardly, Miguelito Loveless Jul 16 #37

Well, ok, then. Joinfortmill Jul 16 #38

the "pro-life Christian" party DOES NOT CARE Skittles Jul 15 #25

Talk is cheap. Shut down ALL their fucking Windows computers as part of a national strike. PERIOD usonian Jul 15 #27

He owns less than 1% of outstanding Microsoft shares fujiyamasan Jul 16 #30

But he must have "friends on the inside" usonian Jul 16 #31

I'm sure he's in touch with Nadella fujiyamasan Jul 17 #39

The GOP are fascists. Joinfortmill Jul 16 #32