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Trump's Millionaire Treasury Secretary Uses Debunked GOP Talking Point to Justify Slashing $600 Unemployment Boost
"Inflicting suffering on tens of millions of Americans by cutting unemployment benefits because of an anecdotal 'some cases' argument that has been refuted again and again is a stupid way to make policy."
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With GOP Refusing Urgent Relief for Main Street, Tens of Thousands of Shuttered US Businesses Now Closing... Permanently
Permanent closures now account for 55% of all closed businesses since March 1.
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Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin arrives to speak in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on October 11, 2019. ( News
'Speaking of Looting...': Trump Admin. Refuses to Disclose Corporate Recipients of $500 Billion in Coronavirus Bailout Funds
"This is outrageous AND exactly what was obviously going to happen AND exactly why many of us opposed CARES as written."
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Mnuchin and DeVos Sued for Unlawful Seizure of Student Loan Borrowers' Tax Refunds During Pandemic
"Secretaries DeVos and Mnuchin have inflicted needless financial pain on student borrowers and their families."
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Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin speaks while President Donald Trump listens during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 2, 2020, in Washington, D.C. Views
Corporate Looting as ‘Rescue Plan,’ Robber Barons as ‘Saviors’
It’s quite telling who counts as “the economy” and what measures are considered “necessary” or “adequate.”
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'Lining Up at the Trough': Federal Reserve to Offer Corporations $500 Billion No-Strings-Attached Bailout Loophole
"Big corporations have shown time and again that they will put their shareholders and executives ahead of their workers if given the choice."
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Flares burning off gas at Belridge Oil Field and hydraulic fracking site, which is the fourth largest oil field in California. News
'The Opposite of #PeopleBeforeProfit': Trump Orders Big Oil Bailout Just a Day After Historic Price Collapse
Calling for Democrats to fight back with plans to transition to clean energy, Naomi Klein declared it is "time to wind down this abusive industry that has always relied on massive public subsidies."
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A closed sign is displayed in the window of a business in a nearly deserted lower Manhattan on April 17, 2020. News
As Mnuchin Claims Business Relief Deal 'Very Close,' Progressives Demand More of Democratic Leaders
Healthcare advocate Ady Barkan sent a public message to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: "This is not nearly good enough."
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Amid Calls for a People's Bailout, Fed's Corporate Debt-Buying Could Mean Billion-Dollar Big Oil Bailout
A new Friends of the Earth analysis warns that ExxonMobil, Chevron, and Conoco "are together eligible for a maximum $19.4 billion in benefits."
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Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin speaks while President Donald Trump listens during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 2, 2020, in Washington, D.C. News
With Economy 'Overlord' Mnuchin Controlling Bailout Funds, Green Group Demands to Know What 'Climate-Killing Companies' Are Seeking Government Cash
Mnuchin "can pick winners and losers as he sees fit, even if it destroys our climate. That's terrifying."
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