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I was a poll worker yesterday in West Boca Raton, Florida, and I issued the ballots when voters gave me their driver’s license. I looked them in the face, saw their birthdays, addresses, and when that information was entered, the system printed out their party affiliation. I was there about 14 hours, and by noon,…
List of progressive organizations in the U.S. Many people are surprised to discover that the first progressive in the U.S. to hold a major office was Teddy Roosevelt, a Republican. Roosevelt became a progressive in an era when huge monopolies were taking over the nation’s railroad, banking, mining, and steel industries. They were buying entire…
Unfortunately, broadcast journalism is not as critical of on-air interviewees as it should be. Too often guests fail to answer questions or else just rattle off their talking points to avoid answering any questions. Worse, broadcasters allow them to get away with this evasion. See how this plays out in this live, on-air confrontation on…
Sheldon Adelson, age 87, is a professional gambler, or at least he has made billions from gambling. It’s a business where the money is loose, and more people are always coming through the doors to play the odds. This may explain Adelson’s attraction to placing money on political candidates he thinks can win. If…
For Immediate Release Nov. 6, 2020 New York, NY–To celebrate the defeat of Donald Trump, Deutsche Bank USA has announced it will forgive all borrowers who owe over $100 million to any of its various lending arms in commercial real estate, aviation, infrastructure, agriculture, and high technology. The new loan forgiveness…
When Trump held the Republican Party Convention in August 2020, the media and political pundits said the convention did not produce a party platform. They were wrong. The convention had an old, dusted off the political platform. It was the one the Republicans resurrected from the John Birch Society, the ultra-right-wing group that has morphed…
Banks in the United States, Australia, and Israel were the largest fined banks in any nation from their local regulatory authorities, according to a new study issued by the Finbold Bank Fines Report 2020. The report found that banks in these nations accounted for 97.32% of all $13.62 billion (or €11.61 billion) in bank fines…
Conservative political commentators today like to compare the cultural and political grassroots movement of the late-1960s to what is happening today, but they are not even close to describing the intensity and scope of what happened about 50 years ago. The cultural and political upheavals of the late-1960s relied on the mass anti-Viet Nam war,…
Financial executives are stealing more money at all levels in the banking, brokerage, and insurance industries than ever before. These thefts are happening publicly in the U.S. and worldwide as brazen politicians, bankers, and other complicit white-collar criminals abuse a weakened legal and financial regulatory systems to steal money from shareholders and all levels of…
Trump said this about the COVID virus: “I wanted to always play it down,” Trump told Woodward in mid-March 2020, CNN reported. “I still like playing it down, because I don’t want to create a panic.” So far, 191,00 Americans have died from the COVID virus. In the Pearl Harbor attack, 2,403 Americans died. Americans better become…
As you’d expect, it is hot and humid here. Some complain it is scorching heat, but frankly, I like it. Sitting around for eternity in the heat has its benefits. You don’t get many visitors. People here, many who you’d know by name, spend most of their time alone, soaking up the sulfur fumes, pulling…
Truth in broadcasting used to be an accepted practice, but in today’s Trump-dominated world, it is regarded as an antiquated concept. But it wasn’t always that way. There was a time when broadcast networks, movie studios and other major media outlets valued public opinion. As a result, major media outlets, ranging from movie studios to…
By definition, reputation and history, trading firms are predatory. Some trading firms seek to get the advantage over other traders, while others seek to get the edge over business competitors and in some cases, even their own customers. So, when a trading firm offers free commissions to retail traders for their options and securities trades,…
In case you missed it, here was a very revealing interview with Trump’s economic advisor on CNN in which he fumbled about explaining Trump’s incoherent eviction safeguards, as well as how much-unemployed people will be receiving from the Trump administration. Kudlow’s answers are a great example of mumbo-jumbo, lying, and evasion. This short interview…
Looks like the rats may be ready to desert the ship. Donald Trump reportedly had a “contentious” phone call with one of his largest financial donors–Sheldon Adelson–and the call has upset some top Republicans. The reason is that Adelson’s money talks. Worse, the Trump campaign needs Adelson’s big money for the upcoming presidential campaign. Adelson,…
People who want to reform predatory capitalism should learn two words: carried interest. Carried interest is much more than a nerdy accounting term. It is the reason why three of the most lecherous forms of modern financial businesses—private equity firms, hedge funds, and real estate developers—have skirted paying their full amount of federal taxes, destroyed…
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One of the biggest Republican myths, and one that is even being pushed by naive or uninformed Democrats, is that Black Lives Matter and some “leftist” Democrats are perpetuating antiSemitism. This topic is too big to be discussed here, but if we measure violent anti-Semitic attacks, the data shows that were entirely being committed by…
The right-wing has dominated the media since Reagan and the Democrats have failed to counter this onslaught. The result is that over the past 40 years, right-wing media has propelled the right to take over the Republican Party and enabled alt-right groups to flourish. Why are the Dems so wimpy?.
If you haven’t been to a mall recently, you are missing out on witnessing a fundamental change in the retail industry. Stores are closed, and their inventory is off the shelves, especially for more expensive items, or locked behind gates. For stores that remain open, access is limited, and employees are stationed outside to admit…
