Twitch streamer and strident socialist Hasan Piker has reportedly made nearly $3 million from the Amazon-owned streaming platform since 2019 — placing him comfortably in the top one percent of earners in the United States — according to a massive leak of internal documents which disclosed streamers’ earnings.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is pushing for a repeal of the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap in the next round of coronavirus relief — giving a tax cut to the wealthiest 1% of taxpayers, especially in “blue” states.
Senator Bernie Sanders, the former 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate, just bought his third home, which will serve as a summer home in the Champlain Islands in Vermont. The property which is situated only 500 feet from Lake Champlain facing the Vermont side, cost a cool $600,000.
Fresno police arrested an “aggressive panhandler” in West Fresno, and found he was quite successful at his job: he had $1,800 on his person.
Although Democrats like to talk about unfair wealth inequality in America, six of the ten richest members of Congress are Democrats and the poorest member is a Republican.
An honest man from Berkeley, California, won a year’s worth of Domino’s pizza after he returned $1,300 in cash mistakenly delivered with his order.
Eighty Mormon teenagers are paying tribute to their ancestors, imitating the pioneers’ 1,300-mile trek across the United States by donning pioneer clothes, pulling handcarts, and trudging 16 miles of fire trails from Big Basin Redwoods State Park to Davenport.
The hypocrisy of Elizabeth Warren is becoming more and more a matter of record. The same woman who said of the hate-the-rich Occupy Wall Street movement, “I created much of the intellectual foundation for what they do. I support what they do,” is not only wealthy beyond the dreams of most Americans but is part of the very 1% that the Occupy Movement venomously vilifies.
