Wall Street Banks on Buying the Democrats’ Love

Wall Street Banks on Buying the Democrats’ Love

| Apr 29, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyWall Street arrogance seems to be accelerating even faster than our infinite cosmos is expanding. It’s not enough that the greed and illegal acts of giant financial conglomerates crashed our economy, nor that they demanded and got a full taxpayer bailout....
Shining a Light on Corporate ‘Dark Money’

Shining a Light on Corporate ‘Dark Money’

| Mar 25, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyIf 2014 was the “Year of Dark Money” in elections, then 2016 is likely to be the “Year of Way, Way More Dark Money” — that is, unless something big changes soon. One of the most troubling aspects of the explosion of big money in politics in...
Kissing the Koch Ring

Kissing the Koch Ring

| Mar 4, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyAfter the Supreme Court’s democracy-mugging decree that let corporations dump unlimited amounts of money into our elections, a guy named Larry sent me an email that perfectly summed it all up: “Big money has plucked our eagle!” Thanks to the...
A Flat-footed Backflip for Wall Street

A Flat-footed Backflip for Wall Street

| Dec 30, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyCongress, which had been so tied up in a partisan knot by right-wing extremists that it became unable to move, suddenly sprang loose at the end of the year. Before heading home for the holidays, it put on a phenomenal show of acrobatic lawmaking. In one big,...