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Obama’s Friends in Low Places

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Sep 24, 2013 If you still require to be disabused of Obama’s pretend populism, consider his close ties to Wall Street's more rotten executives. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Recurring Nightmares? Wake Up and Take Action

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers May 17, 2013 The weekly news is like a recurring bad dream that is becoming an even worse nightmare. While the investor class cheers a rising stock market, the rest of us sink. The headline that jumped out at us this week came from Bloomberg News: "CEO Pay 1,795-to-1 Multiple of Wages Skirts U.S. Law." Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Bachmann Accused of FEC Violations, Fox News Hires Kucinich, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jan 17, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including Jamie Dimon's "punishment" for a massive trading loss and Jimmy Kimmel spoofs the gun control debate. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What Capitalists Want for Christmas

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 23, 2012 A group of CEOs led by Macy's Terry Lundgren calling itself the Fix the Debt coalition is hoping for a deficit-busting austerity budget this holiday season -- not a program to create American jobs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Ex-TARP Investigator Neil Barofsky

Staff / Truthdig Aug 5, 2012 In late 2008, Neil Barofsky was appointed the Treasury Department’s investigator of the bank bailouts. In the time since, he has suffered dismissal and deprecation from his colleagues and the corporations they're supposed to regulate.Since he was appointed to investigate the bank bailouts in 2008, Neil Barofsky has suffered dismissal and deprecation from his colleagues and the banks they're supposed to regulate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

To Catch a Bankster

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 21, 2012 Traditional investigations by regulators of all the suspect hanky-panky in the banking industry have produced nothing in the way of fundamental reform and protected the worst repeat offenders. So why not bribe big bankers to turn one another in? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: JPMorgan’s $7 Billion Surprise

Staff / Truthdig Jul 14, 2012 JPMorgan Chase's losses from its hedge-managers-gone-wild in London could go as high as $7 billion. Too big to manage? And Bain becomes Mitt Romney's bane once again. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Petition Demands Dimon Be Fired From Fed Board

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 26, 2012 On Monday, economist Simon Johnson presented officials at the Federal Reserve with a petition containing 38,000 signatures appealing for the removal of JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Big Banks Victimize Our Democracy

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 26, 2012 Yves Smith, creator and editor of the finance blog Naked Capitalism, and Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone spoke with Bill Moyers about the continuing fallout of the economic crisis and the corruption, ignorance and collusion that guarantee the situation will not improve for most Americans. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )