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A Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video: “The Last Campaign Ad Ever”
By Elaine Magliaro Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Mark Fiore said last week that “we had all lost” even before the Democratic Party suffered a big loss at the polls on election day. Fiore added that “money pouring into politics from Super PACs and … Continue reading
Will Climate Change Denier James Inhofe Become Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee When Republicans Take Over the Senate in January? (With a Colbert Report “I’m Not a Scientist” Climate-Change Deniers Video)
By Elaine Magliaro Back in March of 2012, Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) appeared on Voice of Christian Youth America’s radio program Crosstalk with Vic Eliason. Inhofe was there to promote his new book The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens … Continue reading
At a Senate Banking Committee Hearing Sen. Elizabeth Warren Asks Financial Regulators How Many Wall Street Bankers Have Been Prosecuted
By Elaine Magliaro At a Senate Banking Committee hearing this past September, Elizabeth Warren–the senior senator from my state of Massachusetts–asked financial regulators why they have not criminally prosecuted senior executives at Wall Street banks that have broken the law. … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Politics, United States
Tagged Big Banks, Financial Crime, Financial Fraud, Financial Regulators, Jamie Dimon, Sen. Elizabeth Warren
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JPMorgan Chase Whistleblower Alayne Fleischmann and Matt Taibbi Talk with Michael Eric Dyson on The Ed Show
By Elaine Magliaro Last week, Michael Eric Dyson–an author, radio host, and professor of sociology at Georgetown University–talked with Matt Taibbi and Alayne Fleiscmann, the former deal manager at JPMorgan Chase who witnessed securities fraud while she worked at the mega-bank. Taibbi called … Continue reading
Senator Bernie Sanders Interviewed on Democracy Now!…Said He Fears That the United States Is on the Verge of Becoming an Oligarchy
By Elaine Magliaro Last Wednesday, Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez of Democracy Now! interviewed Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent, Vermont) via telephone. At the end of the interview, Sanders said, “I fear that we may be on the verge of becoming an … Continue reading
From the ABC’s of Privatizing Public Education: A Is for ALEC, I is for iPad…and P Is for Profits
By Elaine Magliaro (NOTE: This article was originally posted at Res Ipsa Loquitor on July 28, 2013.) According to Cashing in on Kids: 139 ALEC Bills in 2013 Promote a Private, For-Profit Education Model, a special report published by the … Continue reading
Matt Taibbi Returns to Rolling Stone…Publishes New Article about the “$9 Billion Witness” Who Is JPMorgan Chase’s Worst Nightmare
By Elaine Magliaro The honeymoon didn’t last long for Matt Taibbi at First Look Media. News broke last week that the investigative journalist had left the news organization and had returned to Rolling Stone, the magazine where he had previously worked … Continue reading
Posted in Government, United States
Tagged Alayne Fleischmann, Banksters, First Look Media, Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan Chase, Matt Taibbi, Wall Street
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John Oliver’s Hilarious and Informative Segment about State Legislatures and ALEC on “Last Week Tonight” (VIDEO)
By Elaine Magliaro Last night, John Oliver did another “must see” news segment on state legislators and what’s going on in state legislatures across the country. In my opinion, Last Week Tonight is one of the best shows on television.
UPDATE—In the Case of Carmen Segarra and the Secret NY Fed Recordings: A Senate Hearing Is Set to Explore the Case of the Fired Bank Examiner and Investigate Whether Regulators May Be “Too Cozy Toward the Industry They Are Meant to Police”
By Elaine Magliaro I have already written two posts about Carmen Segarra (The Case of the Secret Recordings: A Tale about Bank Examiner Carmen Segarra, the New York Fed, and Goldman Sachs and My Second Post about Former Bank Examiner Carmen … Continue reading
Posted in Financial, Government, United States, Wall Street
Tagged Carmen Segarra, Goldman Sachs, NY Fed, Sen. Sherrod Brown, Sen. Tim Johnson
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My Second Post about Former Bank Examiner Carmen Segarra Who Was Fired by the New York Fed for Doing Her Job
By Elaine Magliaro On October fifth, I published a post titled The Case of the Secret Recordings: A Tale about Bank Examiner Carmen Segarra, the New York Fed, and Goldman Sachs. Segarra is a former bank examiner who once worked for … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Courts, Crime, Financial, Government, United States, Wall Street
Tagged Bank Examiners, Banksters, Big Banks, Carmen Segarra, Goldman Sachs, New York Fed
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