Earlier today, with American COVID-19 deaths passing the 100-mark, and our trajectory looking like that of Italy, Donald Trump tried to make the case that he’s been taking this very real public health crisis seriously from the outset. Asked by a reporter why his tone was markedly different today than yesterday, and noticeably more serious, […]
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“I’ve always known this is a real — this is a pandemic,” says Donald Trump, unaware, apparently, that we can look up his past statements
Posted in Health, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Alex Azar, Anthony Fauci, China, coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, H1N1, individual responsibility, International Health Regulations Emergency Committee, miracles, never forget, pandemic, PHE, PHEIC, pneumonia, post-truth, public health, public health emergency, Public Health Emergency of International Concern, rewriting history, World Heath Organization, Wuhan 110 Comments
NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on holding bankers accountable, and the need for a second New Deal
In a Netroots Nation session earlier this week, a panel of activists shared stories about the various grassroots campaigns that they’ve waged against the big banks in their communities. One of the panelists… I believe it was Max Berger, an organizer associated with Occupy Wall Street… mentioned how, when it had first been announced that […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged accountability, Alexis Goldstein, Bank of America, banking, banking reform, derivatives, Eric Schneiderman, FDR, Financial Fraud Task Force, Max Berger, Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group, Netroots Nation, New Deal, Occupy, Occupy the SEC, Occupy Wall Street, savings and loan scandal, transformational politics 7 Comments
James Carville says “fire, indict, fight”
In an op-ed posted on the CNN website yesterday, Democratic strategist James Carville warned Barack Obama that, unless he makes drastic changes now, he’ll likely lose the White House in 2012. Boiled down to three words, his advice to the President is this – fire, indict, fight. I wasn’t a huge fan of Clinton administration, […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Other, Politics Also tagged austerity, banking reform, Bill Clinton, crazy people, Donald Rumsfeld, Douglas Elmendorf, economic collapse, economic crash, Eric Holder, getting fired, investment banking, James Carville, Newt Gingrich, political strategy, Stalingrad, Wall Street 37 Comments