Tag: Goldman Sachs
The Mooch, the Donald, and the Goldmanization of government
By turning to Goldman Sachs to staff his administration, Trump has surrendered the nation’s economic policy to the Goldman agenda.
Goldman Sachs-backed firm invests big in shipping tar sands by train...
The tar sands have a larger carbon footprint than other oil products when accounting for the product's entire life cycle – making it bad news for the climate.
Trump’s Goldman Sachs vampire squid presidency
Headline after headline explains that Trump has hired “yet another” veteran of the firm.
Trump stands up for bad bankers
Trump has let the American people know whose side he’s on, and it’s not theirs.
‘Populist’ Trump punks his fans
In Trump's economy, there will be winners and – as he would say – losers. Can you guess which the bankers will be?
Trump: The Dress Rehearsal for Fascism
Our system of inverted totalitarianism has within it the seeds of an overt or classical fascism.
Ding-Dong! Goldman Sachs Just Ate Denmark For Breakfast
A battle has been lost for democracy and accountability, while the pockets of the rich and powerful have grown further.
Who Says Crime Doesn’t Pay?
One more reason Wall Street bankers privately wink and grin at these seemingly huge punishments is that even paying the full $5 billion would only be relatively painful.
Crime Can Pay if It’s Big Enough
For banksters like Goldman Sachs, federal criminal settlements are just a cost of doing business.
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Trump attacked Ilhan Omar hours before she was assaulted at Minnesota town hall
The attack followed days of escalating rhetoric and public targeting by the president and his allies.
Why won’t Newsom tax billionaires?
Not only are Californians struggling to make ends meet, they also have to contend with a governor who cares more about billionaires and his own presidential aspirations.
Faith activists are praying with their feet in Minneapolis
I have no doubt that the disciplined, caring and prayerful response of the people to ICE will win.
Senator Cory Booker is wrong—ICE doesn’t need ‘better training,’ ICE needs to be abolished
That being said, it’s the wholesale cowardice of the democratic party that is the cause of this disease—fascism.
The United States of consumption
Our trash and our lives, here and abroad.