Big news: Congress is now investigating the Gates Foundation, specifically looking at its work in China. This comes just weeks after I profiled how Gates work in China was a major political liability under Trump. Read my newest! timschwab.substack.com/p/congress-i...

this is exactly what i needed to read rn. by @timschwab.bsky.social

Africa has a wealth of indigenous chicken diversity, but it's under threat from corporate takeover. Gates Foundation and others are replacing local breeds with “more productive” hybrids, owned by 3 companies in the US and Europe. Time to fight back! grain.org/e/7317 @timschwab.bsky.social

My new investigation finds that the (George) Clooney Foundation for Justice is giving humanitarian awards---to its own billionaire benefactors. Is "justice" now a quid-pro-quo currency of the oligarch class? A hastag for the NYT Style section? Read my newest: timschwab.substack.com/p/melindas-m...

Melinda French Gates's awkward attempt to step into Desmond Tutu’s legacy exposes how soft-edged celebrity feminism can marginalize women. My newest piece looks at Gates's growing collection of humanitarian honors--& her stunning silence on Gaza. Plz share! timschwab.substack.com/p/melindas-m...

Melinda Gates is now collecting humanitarian honors from organizations she funds----while remaining silent on the most visible humanitarian issue in the world, the genocide in Gaza. The contradiction has not been lost in South Africa. Read on: timschwab.substack.com/p/melindas-m...

Building on new reports from @uwchr.bsky.social & @huffpost.com, my newest piece examines the dirty money--& blood money--fueling the Gates Foundation. This includes $1 billion+ Bill Gates has invested in Trump's anti-immigrant agenda. Plz read & share! LINK: timschwab.substack.com/p/in-trumps-...

Blood money---that's the best term to describe Bill Gates's billion-dollar investment in Trump's anti-immigration agenda. The debate is no longer whether Gates is an oligarch. It's whether he is also a fascist sympathizer. Check out my. newest: timschwab.substack.com/p/in-trumps-...

Bombshell: billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates eyes profits from Trump’s racist, fascist, human-rights-violating assault on immigrants Maybe it's time that we start saying NO to Gates's blood money Read my newest: timschwab.substack.com/p/in-trumps-...

Strange to see so many journalists puzzling over Trump's decision to center Bill Gates at his recent oligarch round table, seating him next to Melania. The explanation is pretty simple and obvious: Gates is the original tech-bro oligarch. He has earned his seat www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Gates's recent public boot-licking of Trump is only his most recent confession. He's not a humanitarian. He's just another oligarch who has no problem partnering with whatever monster holds power. Why do so many legacy liberal outlets insist the opposite is true? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/t...

Why has the Gates Foundation been so generous to China ($600m)--to a country that doesn't seem especially in need of philanthropy? And why is Gates's giving suddenly slowing down? My guess is Trump. Check out my newest piece for a deep dive: timschwab.substack.com/p/why-is-gat...

The Chinese translation of my book is out, and the cover art is amazing! The publication gave me an opening to examine a big, untold story: the Gates Foundation's close work with China, aimed at expanding its colonial footprint across Africa. Read on! timschwab.substack.com/p/why-is-gat...

My newest investigation just posted----please read and share! timschwab.substack.com/p/why-is-gat...

Is Gates really a bold champion of women, as the news media is widely presenting? Or is he laundering his reputation--papering over the troubling allegations of misconduct he faces? By taking his money, are you part of the problem? Read on: timschwab.substack.com/p/is-bill-ga...

My newest investigation is up! As the 'Epstein files' dominate headlines, why aren't we talking about Bill Gates? The real lesson we should take from Jeffrey Epstein is about how extreme wealth undermines our democracy--and our humanity. timschwab.substack.com/p/is-bill-ga...

One reason we have so many oligarchs is b/c journalists have failed to confront extreme wealth----b/c they work in newsrooms controlled by billionaires. A great case study, and the focus of my newest investigation, is Bloomberg. LINK: timschwab.substack.com/p/its-time-t...

My newest investigation just went live! Please read and share! timschwab.substack.com/p/its-time-t...

Too much he-said/she-said in this piece, which ends w/ fallacy: Gates either gives money to philanthropy (good) or buys super yachts (bad). What about abolishing billionaires? Wish @Undark.org had explored full spectrum of debate/criticism surrounding Gates/oligarchy undark.org/2025/07/02/g...

This post is not gaining enough traction in the Netherlands. Tim Schwab followed the money of Rutger Bregman’s School of Moral Ambition and if anyone was still like well yeah maybe not sure this will do it

There is no such thing as a good oligarch. Register for today's event now! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

I'm a critic of both GAVI & RFK Jr. Suddenly ending GAVI overnight will cause a lot of damage, but just b/c millions of people around the globe depend on this deeply unaccountable group for vaccine access is not a reason for it to exist ad infinitum. www.development-today.com/archive/2023...

The growing resistance to oligarchy is inspiring, but it won't work if we can't talk about the original tech-bro oligarch, Bill Gates. It's time to build power. Registration for the webinar today! LINK: timschwab.substack.com/publish/post...

A powerful line-up of speakers will talk on June 26 at 12:30ET about how we take on Gates - including a call for reparations for pushing industrial agriculture in Africa. Don't miss it! Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Intro by @timschwab.bsky.social‬: timschwab.substack.com/p/want-to-fi...

My newest Substack just posted. It's an invitation--please register today for this important event! If we want to confront oligarchy, we have to take on the oligarch class's most formidable member, Bill Gates. And we have to build political power. LINK: timschwab.substack.com/p/want-to-fi...

Great piece by @timschwab.bsky.social on the real cost of billionaire philanthropy timschwab.substack.com/p/the-taxpay...

Register today! We can't understand or challenge Elon the oligarch without recognizing on whose shoulders he is standing. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

So honored to be a part of this amazing event with these brilliant, courageous speakers. If you're alarmed by Elon and the growing specter of oligarchy, you have to understand the tech-bro-oligarch origin story. You have to confront Bill Gates. Register here: tinyurl.com/GatesPowerGrabWebinar

Billionaire philanthropy isn’t generosity. It’s a tax-subsidized system of influence that lets the ultra-wealthy privatize public priorities while avoiding accountability #elitecapture#morallaundering#philanthrocapitalism

In case you missed it, my newest investigation examines the public/taxpayer costs of billionaire philanthropy. We have been richly subsidizing the philanthropic work of the world's richest tycoons for years. Another world is possible. Read on! timschwab.substack.com/p/the-taxpay...

In my new investigation, I reveal the taxpayer costs of billionaire philanthropy: a half-trillion dollars. In an era where there is growing concern about oligarchy, it's time we confront billionaire philanthropists. Check out my full analysis on Substack: timschwab.substack.com/p/the-taxpay...

Is philanthropy (still) profiting from genocide? timschwab.substack.com/p/is-philant...

"The Gates Foundation is not a benevolent actor; it is a driver of a toxic, unjust and dependency-creating food regime." countercurrents.org/2025/05/revo... @timschwab.bsky.social on The Gates Foundation's interference in the African food system podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f... #FoodStudies

My newest piece is up! It's been a strange ride reporting on Rutger Bregman--my most-read pieces ever, thx to his smear campaigns--and yesterday the wheels came off. Read how Bregman turns his own outrageous behavior into a mind-boggling victim narrative timschwab.substack.com/p/rutger-bre...

How do we square Rutger Bregman's words w/ his image as a progressive political figure? And how could he have no response? My new investigation links to an explosive 2011 essay Bregman wrote--attacking @rihanna for being too sensitive to racism. timschwab.substack.com/p/racism-rih...

Racism, Rihanna, and crypto billionaires----wow! The Rutger Bregman story just got a whole lot more interesting...and dark. Check out my newest Substack, a follow-up to the investigation I published two weeks ago! timschwab.substack.com/p/racism-rih...

Amazing and brave essay, Anita--and explosive revelations!

Should we abolish billionaire philanthropy? Read my new Substack! LINK: timschwab.substack.com/p/trump-want...

My newest piece is up! The new Trump tax plan would tax the Gates Foundation. That's good, but there's more to the story. I take a deep dive into the stunning ways that the world's most powerful philanthropy functions more like tax-privileged investment bank timschwab.substack.com/p/trump-want...

Hilarious! @rutgerbregman.com has blocked me. Why? Maybe because I exposed his financial conflicts of interest and intellectual bankruptcy? Rutger likes to talk, but doesn't like to listen. In case you missed it, here's my deep dive into Rutger Bregman: timschwab.substack.com/p/he-built-a...

Sort of a good case study on how broken---or unmoored-- the news media is around the Gates Foundation. @citationspod.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/tims... bsky.app/profile/nata...

The Gates Foundation gives lots of money to The Economist Group. Maybe you could dip into those funds? Seems important for a health editor to understand that many people working in health aren't fans of Gates www.gatesfoundation.org/about/commit...

Hilarious! Gates's graph shows that--during his tenure as the world's most generous philanthropist--his personal wealth has skyrocketed. Now he tells us he's serious about giving money away. While other journalists are believers, I'm calling bullshit: timschwab.substack.com/p/bill-gates...

Gates is now promising to give away 99% of his wealth. Don't believe the hype---my newest piece is up! timschwab.substack.com/p/bill-gates...

Interesting to see the editor of a major news publication openly praising Bill Gates. I thought journalists were supposed to challenge power, not exalt it

Als u een onafhankelijke beoordeling van Bill Gates wilt, van een schrijver die geen financiële banden heeft met de Gates Foundation, lees dan mijn boek, "Het Bill Gates Probleem"

"In plain Dutch, we call Bregman a 'poseur'." Nice to finally hear some plain Dutch----and nice to see a public debate gather steam in Bregman's native Netherlands. What's all the fuss about? Read on: timschwab.substack.com/p/he-built-a...

Thanks for amplifying my piece, Jelle----sounds like I touched a nerve! I hope your followers read my investigation and judge the findings for themselves. I think they'll find the evidence compelling---and alarming. Read on! timschwab.substack.com/p/he-built-a...

My investigation into supposed billionaire critic Rutger Bregman generated a big response & lots of new leads. @marieke.bsky.social‬ points out ties to a questionable Trump-loving crypto billionaire. ICYMI, read on: timschwab.substack.com/p/he-built-a...