Robert Weissman
Robert Weissman is the president of Public Citizen. Weissman was formerly director of Essential Action, editor of Multinational Monitor, a magazine that tracks corporate actions worldwide, and a public interest attorney at the Center for Study of Responsive Law. He was a leader in organizing the 2000 IMF and World Bank protests in D.C. and helped make HIV drugs available to the developing world.
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Views Tuesday, May 01, 2018 An Open Letter to Jeff Sessions on Corporate Crime May 1, 2018 The Honorable Jeff Sessions Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice Robert F. Kennedy Building 950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Re: Corporate Crime Database and Annual Report Dear Attorney General Sessions: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has been clear about... Read more |
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Views Thursday, March 08, 2018 Wall Street Deregulation Is All About the Money The U.S. Senate likely will pass a major Wall Street deregulation bill this week with Democratic support. It’s a package that reduces safeguards for two dozen of the three dozen largest banks, enables smaller banks to speculate with deposits, severs important consumer safeguards and more. "Creating... Read more |
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Views Sunday, January 28, 2018 The Trumpy Awards, Round Six: Worst Cabinet Member Today’s Trumpys are the second set of nominees for Worst Cabinet Member, following yesterday’s consideration of Mick Mulvaney, Ryan Zinke, Gary Cohn and Jeff Sessions. The judges wish to acknowledge the many atrocious candidates not receiving nominations, including Secretary of Housing and Urban... Read more |
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Views Saturday, January 27, 2018 The Trumpy Awards, Round Five: Worst Cabinet Member In the early phases of the Trump administration, it was a macabrely amusing, if horribly depressing, parlor game to predict who would be the worst Cabinet nominee. One year into the administration, considering the same question, it’s just plain depressing. With a president who has minimal and only... Read more |
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Views Thursday, January 25, 2018 The Trumpy Awards, Round Four: Worst Corporate Giveaway Donald Trump has handed control of our government to giant corporations. The CEO class may find him to be a “buffoon,” but they’re happy with the favors he’s raining down on Big Business and quite happy to normalize his corporate extremist policies. Trump has appointed a Cabinet stuffed with... Read more |
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Views Thursday, January 25, 2018 The Trumpy Awards, Round Three: Cruelest Action This is a mean-spirited administration. It combines a callous indifference to the poor, a contempt for the sick and vulnerable, a disregard for the truth and fairness, naked self-interest, ideological extremism and the most virulent racism, sexism and anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant sentiment in a... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, January 23, 2018 The Trumpy Awards, Round Two: Worst Anti-Democratic Action It’s not just the Academy Awards out with its nominations today. Here comes the second installment of Trumpy nominations – highlighting the worst of the worst of the Trump administration. Today’s category: Worst Anti-Democratic Action. Vote for your pick here . Trump’s assault on democracy is no... Read more |
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Views Monday, January 22, 2018 Announcing the Trumpys! The Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards have been bestowed and Academy Award nominations will be announced tomorrow . And, of course, President Donald Trump last week conferred his Fake News Awards . Now it’s our turn to weigh in, with the Trumpys, recognizing the worst elements of what is... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, January 16, 2018 One Year of America’s First White President It matters when the president of the United States says hateful and racist and bigoted things. Donald Trump deserves all the condemnation he is receiving for his “shithole” comment, and more. But it matters even more when the president takes hateful and racist and bigoted actions. He deserves even... Read more |
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Views Monday, December 04, 2017 The GOP Tax Scam: Naming the Culprits It took quite a conspiracy of lies and mendacity to drive tax cuts for the superrich and giant corporations through both houses of Congress. The tax scam is no done deal – House and Senate negotiators must still agree on a single package, and that package must win approval in both houses. Given the... Read more |