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Elon Musk, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos are worth a combined $1.343 trillion. We are truly living under an oligarchy dominated by billionaire power. 1/2

KKR and the fossil fuel industry are creating a crisis in the predominantly Black and Brown community of Port Arthur, TX. Learn how its residents are calling out private equity for its harmful impacts on their communities.

"ICE and DHS contract and subcontract with hundreds of companies. Many of these are obscure, niche businesses, but a good number are also name-brand, consumer-facing corporations led by prominent executives and powerful oligarchs." Read the full post: littlesis.org/news/the-bil...

T-Mobile lobbied for Trump’s big, disastrous budget bill that will strip millions of healthcare to pay for tax cuts for the millionaire and billionaire class. T-Mobile proudly supporting Trump’s bill is a win for millionaires + billionaires and a betrayal to working people. #BoycottTMobile

"ICE and DHS contract and subcontract with hundreds of companies. Many of these are obscure, niche businesses, but a good number are also name-brand, consumer-facing corporations led by prominent executives and powerful oligarchs." Read the full post: littlesis.org/news/the-bil...

"Palantir Technologies sits at the core of ICE’s deportation machine." "GEO is ICE’s largest contractor." "[Amazon] provides critical services for ICE." More on the oligarchs + corporations enabling ICE: littlesis.org/news/the-bil...

The LittleSis Power Research Database brings together a community of watchdogs who believe in transparency and accountability where it matters most.

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Since 2014 our LittleSis database has housed the Oligrapher network visualization tool which allows users to map networks of influence using LittleSis data. littlesis.org/database

Times are dire but people across the country are ready to meet the demand of the moment. We are proud to have trained 500 research-organizers from over 40 states through our Research Tools for Organizers training this summer.

Our latest post details the various corporate cogs that enable the deportation machine. ⚙️Tech and data companies play a critical role. t.co/doKJSWIdBq

"The same oligarchs, billionaires and executives who bust unions and promote austerity are profiting from ICE’s deportation machine." Full post: littlesis.org/news/the-bil...

Check out @mediajustice.bsky.social's new report on "how tech corporations are quietly draining the South – economically and environmentally."

From May to August we trained researcher-organizers in the fundamentals of strategic research to strengthen our movements through our annual Research Tools for Organizers training series. Here's a recap of who trained with us this summer and what we learned...

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As ICE ramps up its attacks on immigrant workers and families, corporations and oligarchs are set to profit by supplying ICE with everything from surveillance tech and airline transportation to cloud services and bank financing. littlesis.org/news/the-bil...

NEW: Billionaire oligarchs and corporations are profiting from and enabling ICE's deportation machine. From Peter Thiel’s Palantir to Jeff Bezos’s Amazon, from GEO Group to Avelo Airlines, from Bank of America to AT&T. Read the primer here: littlesis.org/news/the-bil...

This Labor Day we honor the contributions of the historic labor justice campaign, Justice for Janitors...

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"In Pennsylvania, the poorer you are, the higher your tax rate. The average family pays over 12% of their income in state and local taxes. The richest 1% pay just 6.2%." www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm... - Paulette Whitfield North Philly resident and One Pennsylvania board vice chair

At last week's Research Tools for Organizers training we were joined by two organizers from @nychange.bsky.social to talk about their Make Billionaires Pay Campaign and how they used power research to grow and strengthen their movement.

In 2022, Detroit activists using power research stopped their city from approving a $388 million rate hike by DTE Energy.

"If tax and spending bills are political and ethical documents, then this mega-bill is clear in its values: it is an acceleration of the corporate elite’s long class war against poor and working-class people that contains new levels of cruelty." ✍️ @derekseidman.bsky.social

Last week, we wrapped up our Research Tools for Organizers training series. Thanks to the over 1,400 people who registered to train with us this summer! All recordings and slides are posted here: mapthepower.net/research-too...

Happening now in San Francisco: Protestors have blocked all entrances to Wells Fargo. No business as usual for the bank fueling the climate crisis + crushing workers’ rights! #OilyWells #StopWellsFargo #PeopleOverProfit #PlanetOverProfit #FarewellsFargo @popbayarea.bsky.social @srti.bsky.social

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We're thrilled to announce that Munira Lokhandwala, currently our Director of Tech and Training, will be stepping into the role of Co-Executive Director of LittleSis, alongside our current Executive Director, Gin Armstrong!

Research into the campaign contributions and political connections of billionaires can shine light on how they use their wealth to promote their own personal agenda... 1/5

We are wrapping up our annual Research Tools for Organizers training series this month with a deep dive into researching the networks of billionaires and other powerful individuals like corporate executives. bsky.app/profile/mapt...

Why research billionaires? There are now over 900 billionaires in the US according to Forbes 2025 billionaire list. www.forbes.com/sites/chasew...

“For billionaires like Yass, politicians aren’t public servants, they’re investment vehicles, expected to deliver returns,” -Arielle Klagsburgn, Pennsylvania Campaign Director with @acrecampaigns.bsky.social ✍️ @seankitchen.bsky.social keystonenewsroom.com/2025/08/05/j...

See you at our last Research Tools for Organizers training Aug 14 at 7-8pm ET. Register: mapthepower.net/research-too...

NEW: Ultimately, all billionaires were winners in the "Big Beautiful" budget bill. But read about five of the billionaire blocs - and some notable billionaires within them - who were the biggest winners of all. littlesis.org/news/a-big-b...

We hate to see billionaires win but… Billionaires in private equity, fossil fuels, weapons/defense, manufacturing and development benefit big from the new budget mega-bill. #eyesontheties littlesis.org/news/a-big-b...

Protestors in San Francisco shut down EVERY SINGLE ENTRANCE to Wells Fargo’s global headquarters this morning. DYK? Wells Fargo is one of the biggest fossil fuel financiers in the WORLD, contributing over $39 BILLION in 2024 alone. SHAME! 📸 ‪‪ @movementphotog.bsky.social #DefundFossilFuels

NEW: Private equity 💰 Fossil fuels ⛽️ Weapons companies ✈️ And more. Read about five of the billionaire blocs - and some notable billionaires within them - that won big from the "Big Beautiful" budget bill. littlesis.org/news/a-big-b...

Buffalo was promised good jobs and a stronger future. Instead, we got outright exploitation. As a faltering billionaire destroys his brand and credibility, it’s the working people of our city who will bear the consequences. buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

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Join us for a week of action in NYC to stop Big Oil Billionaires & fund our communities! Gulf South climate leaders are teaming up with leaders from the Global South to confront the Big Oil's threat to our communities and our world. Take action: www.climatedefendersaction.org/gulfsouth

Huge win for organizers in Atlanta this month! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Missed us yesterday? Find the full recording of the 3rd research tools for organizers training here: mapthepower.net/research-too...

"What made our research effective was that it was embedded in a larger organizational structure... I think you have to be embedded in a movement." Don't miss our interview with Debbie Wei on the role of research in Philly's "No Arena in Chinatown" movement! littlesis.org/news/archivi...

Gulf Coast communities gave Big Banks a choice: stop funding fossil gas in our backyards, or be complicit in our death. 60 groups urged banks to withdraw their loan from the CP2 LNG export terminal in Louisiana.

Let’s talk about banks. 🧵🧵🧵 Without financing from banks, fossil fuel companies couldn’t build the new oil pipelines and LNG terminals that are locking in runaway climate change. That’s why we’ve been running hard-hitting campaigns on Wall Street banks since 2020.

1/ Private equity firms are coming after electric utilities, seeking to profit off of rising demand for electricity from data centers. Given private equity's track record, this threatens ratepayers with higher electricty costs and eroded services. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...

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