From the very beginning, Amazon (aka the Bezos) was focused and determined on turning a weird computer-based bookseller into a…
Dept. of Labor Proposal Allows Employers to Keep Workers’ Tips
Jimi Filipovski EPI has a great explanation of the Trump plan to allow restaurant and service business owners keep tips…
Modern Monetary Theory Explained on Majority Report Podcast
Economics professor Stephanie Kelton discusses Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) on this episode of the Majority Report. Kelton explains why the world didn’t explode…
Stephen Mnuchin Confirmed for Treasury
Herr Trump’s nomination of Stephen Mnuchin, the godfather of the foreclosure crisis, may have come as something of a shock to some, way way back six weeks ago when people were still talking about #draintheswamp. Remember that bullshit?
Coal v. Free Market
For all the GOP bluster about how great the so-called “free market” is, they may be somewhat disappointed to learn…
Puzder’s America
JoAnn Wise worked for Andrew Puzder’s Hardee’s restaurant for 20 years. She explains her position in the Washington Post on his…
ProPublica Explains Deutsche Bank
ProPublica.org explains the relationship between the maligned German bank and so-called President Trump. Not only does he owe the bank hundreds of millions of dollars but he is now in charge of the regulators tasked with investigating Deutsche Bank.
Sanders/Cruz Healthcare Debate
“Old man seeking healthcare for millions disrupts attorney Eddie Munster’s Sermon.”
Economic Policy Institute Petition
EPI has a petition up to demand that Trump & Co. not revoke a series of Obama-era worker protections
NYT on #NetNeutrality
Here’s another story from the New York Times on the new FCC chairman making moves to dismantle net neutrality. It…
