by Dave Johnson | Feb 15, 2017 | Blog
Donald Trump didn't really appoint Walter White, the guy from Breaking Bad, to run the DEA, but his nomination of fast-food CEO Andrew "women are meat" Puzder to be Labor Secretary sure comes close. Update: Amid reports that as many as 12 Republicans were ready to...
by Miles Mogulescu | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog
If Michael T. Flynn informed Donald Trump about his multiple conversations with the Russian ambassador about rolling back President Barack Obama’s sanctions to punish Russia for interfering in the U.S. presidential election, it’s an impeachable offense for President...
by Leo Gerard | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog
Whirlpool, the big appliance manufacturer, stressed in recent years its preference to make it in America. In 2013, it actually moved dishwasher manufacturing jobs back to the United States from Mexico. The next year, it announced a $40 million investment in its...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog
President Donald Trump and his Republican-controlled Congress are getting ready to kill off our public "Dodd-Frank" protections passed after the financial crash, including killing or maiming the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Our lawmakers need to hear...
by Robert Reich | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog
Don’t be fooled by Trump’s and Republican promises to “repeal and replace” Obamacare. They could repeal it, but they can’t and won’t replace it. They’ve tried for years to come up with a replacement that keeps at least as many people covered. Their “replacement” never...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog
There are plenty of signs that Steve Mnuchin is not a good guy, even by the lax standards of today’s banking industry. OneWest, a bank he established with partners and ran from 2009 to 2015, mounted a record of ruthless foreclosures (in one case over a 27-cent error)....
