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Come to the Purple Couch Bookshop in
#NorthAndover
for my last stop on the
#BurnedByBillionaires
tour for a while! Registered attendees will receive 10% off their copy of the book:
eventbrite.com/e/author-eve...
#Inequality
#BooksWorthReading
#AuthorEvent
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I've loved meeting readers of
#BurnedByBillionaires
! This is our last public event for a while, so don't miss it if you're near North Andover MA. RSVP & more info:
www.eventbrite.com/e/author-eve...
. Registered attendees will receive 10% off the book & I'll sign it!
#Inequality
#BooksWorthReading
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Mark your calendars if you're near Western Mass! There are only a few chances left to chat with me about
#BurnedByBillionaires
on this book tour. On March 31, Charlton Library is hosting, and we'll have signed copies.
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Institute for Policy Studies
3 months ago
NEW: Jeff and Deb Hansen — the top pork industry power couple of Iowa — have discouraged regulation on the industry nationally by pouring their riches into local politics. Oligarchs anywhere are a threat our collective safety. IPS scholar
@chuck77.bsky.social
in
@thenation.com
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The Pork Oligarchs of Iowa Have Local Politicians in Their Pockets
Jeff and Deb Hansen spend hundreds of thousands to keep the state friendly to their business.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/iowa-pork-oligarchy/
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It's tomorrow! Saturday March 7, from 11 am to 12 pm, I'll be at Toadstool Bookshop in Peterborough to talk about
#BurnedByBillionaires
. You won't want to miss this one. More info here:
toadbooks.com/event/2026-0...
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@chuck77.bsky.social
Adios Kristi Noem. My article at
@commondreams.org
about her history of deception in service of the rich and powerful --starting with her attack on the estate tax.
www.commondreams.org/opinion/noem...
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Adios Kristi! Noem’s Long History of Lying to Protect the Powerful | Common Dreams
Nearly a decade before she was the public face of DHS, Noem’s tall tales about the estate tax helped gut one of the few remaining checks on elite fortunes.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/noem-lies-to-protect-power
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3 months ago
NEW: The military systems that the U.S. sent to the Iran region in recent weeks ALONE cost us nearly $60 MILLION per day — just a fraction of the cost of this war. That ~$60 million could cover Medicaid for 4 million Americans per day, or SNAP for 9.5 million. From
@nationalpriorities.bsky.social
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FACT SHEET: How Much Is the War in Iran Costing American Taxpayers? - Institute for Policy Studies
FACT SHEET: How Much Is the War in Iran Costing American Taxpayers?
https://ips-dc.org/how-much-is-the-war-in-iran-costing-american-taxpayers/
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"Chuck Collins has a way of articulating what we already know, how we're all paddling so hard and getting nowhere." Actor Patrick Zeller gave his iconic voice to the
#BurnedByBillionaires
' audiobook, and it's available wherever you get your audio literature!
www.burnedbybillionaires.com
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#BurnedByBillionaires
is available wherever you listen to audiobooks! So glad to have Patrick Zeller's voice on this. No need to support oligarchs; you can find it here:
libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
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Make sure you RSVP to this one, it's going to be an exciting event!
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The work of
@patrioticmillionaires.org
directly challenges the almost-complete economic & societal takeover by the Billionaire class, and I'm honored that they've endorsed my new book
#BurnedByBillionaires
!
www.burnedbybillionaires.com
@patmillsuk.bsky.social
@patmillscanada.bsky.social
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How can we change the status quo & shift to a healthier, more prosperous system for everyone? If you're interested in art, nature, and
#humanity
, along with attainable economic redistribution, you'll love my convo on the podcast Aspire With Osha:
oshahayden.com/podcast/bill...
#Inequality
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Billionaires and You - Aspire with Osha
My podcast is all about connections – how art connects with nature which is essential for humanity.
https://oshahayden.com/podcast/billionaires-and-you/
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Anne S Kim
4 months ago
Author
@chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social
on the perils of "billionaire capture" and his book, Burned by Billionaires, for
@washingtonmonthly.com
Watch the full interview with Chuck here:
washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/07/c...
youtube.com/shorts/LuWua...
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The perils of billionaire capture
YouTube video by Washington Monthly
https://youtube.com/shorts/LuWuaBW3YW8
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Anne S Kim
5 months ago
Yes, billionaires are in fact an even bigger problem than you think. They're wrecking the planet and driving up your bills. Author
@chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social
makes the case against billionaires in this week's
@washingtonmonthly.com
podcast:
washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/07/c...
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Should Billionaires Exist?
Author Chuck Collins argues that billionaires are a uniquely destructive force to the economy, democracy, and the planet.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/07/chuck-collins-burned-by-billionaires/
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Anne S Kim
4 months ago
Billionaire backlash is coming. Watch an excerpt from my conversation with
@chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social
, author of "Burned by Billionaires" from
@thenewpress.bsky.social
, in this week's roundup
@washingtonmonthly.com
open.substack.com/pub/washingt...
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Billionaire backlash is coming
They own too much. They control too much. They're also wrecking the planet.
https://open.substack.com/pub/washingtonmonthly/p/billionaire-backlash-is-coming?r=tmh0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web×tamp=40.5
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Patriotic Millionaires
5 months ago
Last week, PM Board Member Chuck Collins appeared on Ralph Nader’s show to discuss his new book, Burned by Billionaires. If you want to learn more about all the ways billionaires are ruining our economy and planet, this interview is for you:
www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/burned-by-...
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Burned By Billionaires/What's Spiking Your Electric Bill?
Ralph once again welcomes Chuck Collins, heir to the Oscar Meyer fortune and one of the founders of Patriotic Millionaires, to discuss his agenda for reform outlined in his new book BURNED BY BILLIONA...
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/burned-by-billionaireswhats-spiking
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Patriotic Millionaires
5 months ago
Today, billionaires decide where we live, what news we consume, and even what we eat. They have too much power, and they need to be stopped. Grab a copy of Patriotic Millionaire Chuck Collins’ new book, Burned by Billionaires, to learn more:
www.chuckcollinswrites.com/copy-of-buy-...
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@chuck77.bsky.social
2025 was a very good year...for billionaires!
www.commondreams.org/opinion/2025...
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The First Year of Trump's Second Term Was Terrific—for US Billionaires | Common Dreams
​Over 2025, the combined wealth of all US billionaires climbed to $8.1 trillion, a 21% increase over 2025, up from $6.7 trillion exactly a year ago.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/2025-good-for-billionaires
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I had a great conversation with Hopeton Hay from Diverse Voices Book Review about the impact of extreme wealth concentration on society! Listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Put out the flames:
www.burnedbybillionaires.com
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Inequality Unveiled: Chuck Collins on the Cost of Concentrated Wealth
Podcast Episode · Hopeton Hay Podcasts · 12/17/2025 · 38m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inequality-unveiled-chuck-collins-on-the-cost/id544365776?i=1000741672889
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Talking with Ralph Nader about
#burnedbybillionaires
www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/burned-by-...
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Burned By Billionaires/What's Spiking Your Electric Bill?
Ralph once again welcomes Chuck Collins, heir to the Oscar Meyer fortune and one of the founders of Patriotic Millionaires, to discuss his agenda for reform outlined in his new book BURNED BY BILLIONA...
https://www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/burned-by-billionaireswhats-spiking
5 months ago
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Should billionaires be abolished? It's great to hear celebs like Billie Eilish ask this question in front of the wealth hoarders themselves! We're all being
#BurnedByBillionaires
- let's talk about what we can do about it.
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The Green Spotlight
6 months ago
New Books and Films incl. books by
@christinewebb.bsky.social
@billmckibben.bsky.social
@chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social
@cberdik.bsky.social
@davidenrich.bsky.social
@matthewfacciani.bsky.social
@brian-goldstone.bsky.social
@milleridriss.bsky.social
+ Catherine Coleman Flowers, and others:
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Books and Films, 2025 — The Green Spotlight
BOOKS Recently published books that you might want to check out, read, and/or share with others: The Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters, by Christine Webb How Can I Help...
https://www.thegreenspotlight.com/2025/07/books-films-2025/
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"The good news is there are huge cracks in that system among money managers, the younger generation, & people with substantial wealth moving toward redistribution to heal the harms caused by wealth extraction." I loved this interview with Julie Polter for
@sojo.net
:
sojo.net/magazine/dec...
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Billionaires Are a National Disaster
Chuck Collins on how income inequality undermines everyone’s quality of life—even the most wealthy.
https://sojo.net/magazine/december-2025/billionaires-are-national-disaster
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What a treat to talk to Terrence McNally about
www.burnedbybillionaires.com
aworldthatjustmightwork.com/2025/11/12297/
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CHUCK COLLINS – BURNED BY BILLIONAIRES: How Concentrated Wealth & Power Are Ruining Our Lives & Planet – Terrence McNally
https://aworldthatjustmightwork.com/2025/11/12297/
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“If you’re standing in line for a commercial flight at Thanksgiving, you’re subsidizing private jet travelers,” said Chuck Collins
@ips-dc.org
told
@cnn.com
"We, the commercial plane travelers, are picking up the slack for the most luxurious type of travel.
us.cnn.com/2025/11/21/b...
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The air traffic problem making your holiday travel even more miserable | CNN Business
Even if you’re flying commercial for the holidays, private jets might be making your trip more expensive.
https://us.cnn.com/2025/11/21/business/air-traffic-controllers-private-business-jets
6 months ago
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“With brilliant insight & gripping prose, Chuck Collins tells like it is! You’ll jump out of your seat with clear vision and new energy for democracy with fairness for all.” - Bestselling author
@francesmoorelappe.bsky.social
recommending my new book
#BurnedByBillionaires
(
burnedbybillionaires.com
)
6 months ago
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On Thurs. 11/13, the Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice (
clbsj.org
) will host an online conversation between co-founder Ched Myers and me! We've both written prolifically on how folks are burned and fooled by billionaires and affluenza. Register in advance:
clbsj.org/events/2025/...
7 months ago
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On Thursday, November 20 at 7 pm, I'll be coming to
@odysseybks.bsky.social
in Pioneer Valley MA to talk all things
#BurnedbyBillionaires
. Register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/chuck-coll...
#WealthInequality
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We're living in a hyper-extreme phase of inequality, made intentionally mysterious.
burnedbybillionaires.com
is here to de-mystify it! We'll continue this convo tomorrow (Wed 11/05) from 7 to 8:30 at
@phoenixbooks.biz
. Join us if you're near Burlington! Get tix here:
phoenixbooks.biz/event/2025-1...
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7 months ago
And just exactly how much consumer fleecing does it take to produce the likes of this?
#StopTheBillionaires
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John Bito
7 months ago
The vet that I went to for over a decade sold out. Who has a vet that doesn't work for a profit-hungry corporation, anymore?
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Have you needed veterinary attention for a beloved pet in recent years and noticed higher costs for vaccines & routine exams? It's no coincidence: Billionaires are burning you. ⏰Check out my recent article in
@thenation.com
:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
đź“–Then read
www.burnedbybillionaires.com
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The Billionaire Oligarchs Are Coming for Your Pets
And they want to make bigger profits.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/oligarchy-pets-corporations-capitalism/
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Are you feeling the Billionaire Burn? (Spoiler: We all are!) My new book Burned By Billionaires is available now!
www.burnedbybillionaires.com
Join our book event in Burlington on 11/5:
phoenixbooks.biz/event/2025-1...
And our book event in Norwich on 11/6:
www.norwichbookstore.com/events/35637...
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Justin Schein
7 months ago
On top of tax-breaks & loopholes for the wealthy, Trump is now defunding the IRS. Life is good for the super-rich, at the expense of everyone else. Cartoon from the wonderful book
#Burnedbybillionaires
by
@chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social
Drawn by Jason Patterson
@itep.org
@patrioticmillionaires.org
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For 1 minute, follow the Roadmap to Richistan to learn some of what I explore in my new book
#BurnedByBillionaires
: The ultra-wealthy got there by exploiting all of us, and we can stop them together. Read it, protest, put out the flames:
www.burnedbybillionaires.com
#Inequality
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7 months ago
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Since THE
@nancymaclean.bsky.social
, author of Democracy In Chains, recommends my new book
#BurnedByBillionaires
, you should definitely check it out!
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Glen Jackson
8 months ago
“I'm thrilled to share that my latest book,
#BurnedbyBillionaires
, has just been released! 🔥 It's a look at how the ultrawealthy are ruining our economy, society, and planet, and what we might be able to do about it.
@chuckcollinswrites.bsky.social
www.chuckcollinswrites.com
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HAPPY RELEASE DAY to Burned By Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth & Power are Ruining our Lives & Planet!
@laurenaratani.bsky.social
says it; I'm "optimistic that there can be change," especially with coverage like this:
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
Buy now:
thenewpress.org/books/burned...
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Boom time for US billionaires: why the system perpetuates wealth inequality
As the super rich grow even richer, inequality expert Chuck Collins says the system is broken – but it can be fixed
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oct/06/billionaire-class-us-inequality
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Honored to share a
#BurnedByBillionaires
blurb from Brooke Harrington, Professor of Sociology @ Dartmouth (
@ebharrington.bsky.social
): “An electrifying call to action… Should be required reading for all our elected representatives.” Check it out, on shelves 10/08!
thenewpress.org/books/burned...
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Institute for Policy Studies
8 months ago
NEW: “[The wealthy] have bought their jets, they've bought their mansions, but now they’re buying senators and media outlets.” In a new interview with
@laurenaratani.bsky.social
in
@us.theguardian.com
, IPS scholar
@chuck77.bsky.social
lays out the "chapter of hyper-extraction" that we're entering:
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Boom time for US billionaires: why the system perpetuates wealth inequality
As the super rich grow even richer, inequality expert Chuck Collins says the system is broken – but it can be fixed
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oct/06/billionaire-class-us-inequality
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Janet Gornick
8 months ago
New book alert!
#Inequality
scholars:, don't miss Chuck Collins' new book: Burned by Billionaires. It's both breezy and fact-filled. "An economy that funnels wealth to billionaires ... fuels division and civil discord."
@inequality.org
@thenewpress.bsky.social
thenewpress.org/books/burned...
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Burned by Billionaires - The New Press
An exposé of the hidden impact of America’s überwealthy on the country’s economy, environmental health, housing market, and political system Even if you don’t begrudge the ultrarich their multiple va...
https://thenewpress.org/books/burned-by-billionaires/?v=eb65bcceaa5f
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My new book
#BurnedByBillionaires
was the 🔥hot topic🔥at the Make Billionaires Pay march in NYC. Read it and put out the flames. On shelves OCTOBER 8:
thenewpress.org/books/burned...
#MakeBillionairesPay
#Oligarchy
@thenewpress.bsky.social
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Institute for Policy Studies
8 months ago
NEW: In his latest book, BURNED BY BILLIONAIRES, IPS senior scholar
@chuck77.bsky.social
lays out his life's research on the detailed harms and solutions of wealth concentration in an "electrifying call to action." Get 30% off if you pre-order before October 1:
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Get 30% Off Chuck Collins’ New Book! - Institute for Policy Studies
Get 30% Off Chuck Collins’ New Book!
https://ips-dc.org/get-30-off-chuck-collins-new-book/
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Michael E. Mann
8 months ago
"Science Under Siege & Burned by Billionaires: Michael Mann and Chuck Collins on Defending Truth and Democracy" | I spoke with Francesca Rheannon of the
@writersvoice.bsky.social
podcast about my new book with
@peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
,
#ScienceUnderSiege
:
www.writersvoice.net/2025/09/scie...
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SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE & BURNED BY BILLIONAIRES: Michael Mann and Chuck Collins on Defending Truth and Democracy
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. Today, we look at two urgent threats to our world: the assault on science and the concentration of wealth. …
https://www.writersvoice.net/2025/09/science-under-siege-burned-by-billionaires-michael-mann-and-chuck-collins-on-defending-truth-and-democracy/
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Institute for Policy Studies
8 months ago
NEW: Even before Trump stepped in to help them, private equity has been destabilizing our economy — including by worsening the housing crisis, as IPS scholar
@chuck77.bsky.social
shows in his new book, Burned by Billionaires.
@timothynoah.bsky.social
in
@newrepublic.com
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The Financial Sector Was Tottering Even Before Trump
The president is making it worse, of course. But as private equity sweats to bring ever higher returns to billionaires, it risks beggaring you and me.
https://newrepublic.com/article/200901/financial-sector-tottering-private-equity
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Cat9
8 months ago
#WealthInequality
#Oligarchy
In his new book Burned by Billionaires, inequality researcher Chuck Collins argues that the system that perpetuates wealth inequality is purposely opaque to most Americans. * 10% of the population owns 93% of stock market wealth.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
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Boom time for US billionaires: why the system perpetuates wealth inequality
As the super rich grow even richer, inequality expert Chuck Collins says the system is broken – but it can be fixed
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oct/06/billionaire-class-us-inequality
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Institute for Policy Studies
8 months ago
WATCH: Airport developers are claiming "sustainable aviation fuels" as a solution to private jet pollution. OnÂ
@wgbh.org
, IPS scholar
@chuck77.bsky.social
exposes the problem: There is no possible way to scale these fuels nationally. Learn more at
spje.org
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At 7 pm on Thurs. November 20, I'll be at @odysseybks in South Hadley, MA! Less than a month until
#BurnedByBillionaires
hits bookshelves:
thenewpress.org/books/burned-by-billionaires
It's a free event but spots will fill up, so make sure to reserve yours ASAP!
www.odysseybks.com/event/chuck-...
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Burlington friends! The New Press releases my book "Burned by Billionaires" on Oct. 7:
thenewpress.org/books/burned...
That gives you almost a month to read it before my evening chat at Phoenix Books Burlington on Nov. 5. Get your tickets now!
phoenixbooks.biz/event/2025-1...
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