by Richard Eskow | Feb 22, 2012 | Blog
Anybody who doesn't believe that energy speculators can change election results might want to ask Gray Davis, the former Governor of California who was removed in a recall drive partly prompted by voter frustration over California's ongoing energy crisis. Only...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 21, 2012 | Blog
Close your eyes and imagine: The year is 2027. President Peace N. Love lost his re-election bid three years ago,after the disaster created by his military and intelligence cuts turned millions of Americans into homeless refugees. His successor quickly appointed...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 21, 2012 | Blog
Once again we're hearing that a foreclosure fraud deal is about to be announced between major banks, the US government, and most or all of the states. We've heard that before, only to have the deadline pushed back so that holdout Attorneys General can be brought on...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 21, 2012 | Blog
If the President thought his mortgage investigation announcement would be an easy sell to progressive critics, he was only half right at best. The announcement—especially the appointment of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman— did win praise from a number of...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 21, 2012 | Blog
Above is a video of a conversation I had the other night with Thom Hartmann on his television show, The Big Picture, about the latest - and one of the most shocking - revelations about the government-sponsored housing finance agency Freddie Mac: That it created...
