Hillary Clinton Claims Money Has No Influence, Then Calls For Overturning Citizens United
Either money in politics is corrupting and Citizens United needs to be overturned, or a candidate can take all the money they want from special interests.
Too Big To Fail Banks Still Failing ‘Living Will’ Tests
Federal regulators have now rejected living wills from JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Bank of New York Mellon, and State Street.
Report: Pentagon Not Enforcing Revolving Door Corruption Regulations
A recent report reveals the Pentagon is not keeping track of whether former employees are complying with revolving door laws designed to prevent corruption.
Paul Krugman Doesn’t Understand The 2008 Financial Crisis
That an economist could be so misinformed (if not disingenuous) on such a vital economic issue is extremely disappointing.
Was Corporate Media Too Dumb To Understand Sanders Bank Breakup Plan?
The usual suspects in infotainment claim Sanders somehow blew an interview with The New York Daily News and does not understand how to breakup the banks.
Commerce Secretary Pritzker Defends Corporate Tribunals In TPP
Commerce Sec. Pritzker told the Council on Foreign Relations a controversial provision in the TPP was good because the US has prevailed every time.
Panama Papers: Document Leak Reveals Details Of Offshore Financial System
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists produced another substantial report on troubling offshore financial activities.
Hillary Clinton Lies About Being Lied About On Fossil Fuel Connections
Clinton lashed out at a Greenpeace organizer, saying “I am so sick of the Sanders campaign lying about me.”
#BernieOrBust Dynamic Somehow A Revelation For Corporate Media
If the Democratic Party puts up former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as its nominee for president in 2016, many Democrats will not vote for her.
Establishment Slowly Conceding US Capitalism Is Broken
In perhaps the most embarrassing defection from neoliberalism yet, The Economist has admitted US capitalism is in desperate need of government intervention.