I’d like to preface this post by saying that, as a result of economic insecurity, climate change, authoritarianism, and any number of other factors, the United States will almost certainly see more immigration over the coming decades, as an increasing number of people, quite understandably, begin gravitating toward more stabile, less dangerous countries. And, as […]
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You can’t argue that Obama imprisoned child immigrants while also arguing that he had an open border policy
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged ACLU, Amy Kremer, anti-Muslim, authoritarianism, bone spurs, border wall, cages, child abuse, child cruelty, civility, Climate Change, CNN, complexity, conspiracy theorists, cult of victimhood, Diane Feinstein, Donald Trump, due process, economic insecurity, Einstein visa, fact check, family separation, fascism, fear, fifth amendment, fourteenth amendment, FOX News, gerrymandering, harassment, human rights, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, ICE, illegal immigration, immigration, immigration refom, Ivanka Trump, Jeh Johnson, Judicial Branch, Latin America, Maxine Waters, Melania Trump, Mike Huckabee, MS-13, Nazi analogies, Neil Gorsuch, open borders, Paul Ryan, post-fact, professional victims, racism, reality television, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, shithole, Steve King, Supreme Court, The Red Hen, threats to Democracy, travel ban, Trumpism, unaccompanied minors, unconstitutional, undocumented workers, white victimhood, Women for Trump, zero tolerance 58 Comments
The unrepentant sons-of-bitches who are fighting banking reform
It’s been one year since the investment bank Lehman Brothers went belly up, putting into motion a chain of events that would culminate in some $600 billion in American taxpayer money being given away to corporations like AIG, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs. To commemorate the day, and breath new life into his stalled […]
Posted in Economics, Other, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged AIG, Andrew Cuomo, bailout, Bank of America, banking reform, Capitalism, Capitalism: A Love Story, Corporate Crime, credit, derivitives, financial reform, gambling, Glass-Steagall Act, Goldman Sachs, investment banking, Lehman Brothers, lending, loans, lobbyists, Michael Moore, Obama, other people's money, reckless behavior, Robert Reich, unrepentant sons of bitches, Wall Street 9 Comments