Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
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The Battleline: Their Coal Exports Or Our Future
The public commenting period to block the latest massive coal export facility from being built at Cherry Point in Washington state ends tomorrow. The future belongs to Peabody Coal and Goldman Sachs, or it belongs to us.
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AIG Investors Break the World Record for Arrogance
The shareholders of AIG, the giant insurance company the Federal Reserve bailed out with $180 billion, are considering suing the federal government for rescuing their company from collapse.
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Secret Goldman Team Sidesteps Volcker Despite Blankfein Vow
A secret unit within Goldman Sachs that has no clients exists solely to circumvent regulations curbing proprietary bets at banks.
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Eight Huge Corporate Handouts in the Fiscal Cliff Bill
From NASCAR to Disney, and from railroads to offshore banks to mining companies, the corporate sector walked away with billions in tax credits.
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Goldman Sachs' Global Coup D'etat
The thief of thieves on Wall Street is executing a global coup d'etat - with no one there to stop it.
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Occupy's Kind Second Act
For its second act, the Occupy Movement has turned its attention to debt abolition and the Hurricane Sandy relief effort.
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Snapped in Two: The Human Costs of Deregulation
Conservatives believe that enriching individuals will eventually enrich society, and that government should not get in the way of the process. We're now at the mercy of those deregulators. And these five big downward trends happen as a result.
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Biting the Hand That Fed Them, Wall Street Banks Abandon Obama
In contrast to 2008, when Wall Street's biggest financial firms donated heavily to elect Barack Obama, this year just one Wall Street bank, Wells Fargo, is listed among Obama’s top 20 largest donors.
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Advertising Evil: The Corporate Makeover
The same financial institutions that took down our economy are back, in most blatant advertising sense, telling us how wonderful they are and why we should like them again. By voting with their dollars, Americans may just say no.
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"Quantitative Easing": A Bank Bailout by a Different Name
The Federal Reserve's plan to create money out of nothing for the purpose of buying mortgage-backed securities will increase the already historic level of inequality that exists in the U.S.