If Trump indeed tanks your 401(k) to make himself and his friends even richer, the opposition party should make that the centerpiece of their attack heading into next year’s election.
Matt Taibbi
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Act Out! [36] - Big Banks, America’s biggest cash crop isn’t American & white privilege is a thing
First up this week: race issues. What race issues? A brief but important segment specifically designed for my fellow white people. Next, Uncle Sam hates immigrants, but he doesn't mind making money off of 'em.
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The Police in America Are Becoming Illegitimate
The crooked math that's going to crash American law enforcement if policies aren't changed.
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The $9 Billion Witness: Meet JPMorgan Chase's Worst Nightmare
One of the world's biggest banks paid one of the largest fines in history to keep Alayne Fleischmann from talking.
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Wrestling the Vampire Squid: Why Goldman Sachs Still Rules the World
Goldman is part of the political elite, protected by the political system and media.
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Saving Our Economy With Public Banking
Public banking could be the antidote to free us from our dependency on Wall Street and put monetary power in the people's hands.
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Naming and Shaming: Dan Loeb, Pension Fund Solicitor — and Betrayor
Dan Loeb, who speaks Thursday before the $3 trillion Council of Institutional Investors, is guilty of soliciting retirement money of public workers then turning right around and lobbying for those same workers to lose their benefits.
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Fallout from "Untouchables": Another Wall Street Whistleblower Gets Reamed
Two very interesting and upsetting footnotes to the groundbreaking PBS documentary have emerged in the last weeks.
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Gangster Bankers: Too Big to Jail
How HSBC hooked up with drug traffickers and terrorists and got away with it.
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Rationalizing Drone Attacks Hits New Low
Should we replace E Pluribus Unum with We Don't Kill as Many Children as Measles?
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Obama's Pick for SEC Head Puts Fox in Charge of the Hen House
Mary Jo White is a perfect symbol of the revolving-door culture: where regulators go soft on suspected Wall Street criminals, knowing they have million-dollar jobs waiting for them at hotshot defense firms as long as they play nice in office.
