Monday, February 9, 2026

Tag: Steven Mnuchin

Trump’s treasury pick excelled at kicking elderly people out of their...

When Steven Mnuchin ran OneWest, the bank aggressively and in some cases, wrongly, foreclosed on elderly homeowners with reverse mortgages. The bank had a disproportionate share of such foreclosures.

Trump’s treasury pick is a Goldman Sachs banker who foreclosed on...

Steven Mnuchin, Trump’s choice to head the US Treasury, has a dark past working with Goldman Sachs and later heading OneWest Bank, which foreclosed the homes of thousands of Americans after 2008.

All the Presumptive Nominee’s Men

For a guy who yells about Washington and Wall Street money in politics, Donald Trump sure has a lot on insiders on his team.

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Thousands protest Olympics’ social and environmental harms as ICE presence sparks unrest in Milan

Demonstrators denounce public spending, ecological damage, police repression, Israel’s participation, and the deployment of US immigration agents during the Milano-Cortina Winter Games.

$380 million in funding cuts to one of the most successful public education programs

“Every day, there’s yet another abuse.” The wanton attack on public schools is one of America’s biggest tragedies.

The materialist mind is trying to resolve an existential crisis

“Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.” — John Lennon

EPA reapproves drift-prone pesticide dicamba

This decision will allow farmers in 34 states to use the herbicide on dicamba-tolerant soybeans and cotton, following a 2024 court ruling that had previously vacated its use.

DHS warehouse jail plan signals historic expansion of immigration detention

Documents and reporting reveal a sweeping plan to convert warehouses and deploy military contracting to rapidly expand immigration jails across the United States.