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'Big Banks Couldn't Be Happier': Stocks Surge as Trump Regulators Gut Restrictions on Risky Wall St Gambling

A view of the Wall Street street sign with the New York Stock Exchange during the coronavirus pandemic on May 25, 2020 in New York City. (Photo: Noam Galai/Getty Images)

'Money Couldn't Buy a Movement': AOC Trounces Wall Street-Backed Opponent

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Tonight we are proving that the people's movement in New York isn't an accident. It's a mandate."

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Experts Say $17.5 Billion Writedown by BP Prove Oil Giant Knows 'Reserves of Oil and Gas Increasingly Worthless'

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

"Big Oil is finally admitting what we've been saying for the last ten years:...

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Climate Protesters Call Out 'Hot Air' of Financial Giant During BlackRock Annual Meeting

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Activists gathered in San Francisco Thursday for a socially distanced protest targeting asset manager BlackRock.

"The time for rhetoric and baby steps is long gone. BlackRock has to make...

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In Tense Exchange Over Bailouts, Warren Accuses Mnuchin of Putting 'Wall Street Buddies' Before US Workers

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Whistleblower: Wall Street Has Engaged in Widespread Manipulation of Mortgage Funds

Senior Advisor to President Donald Trump Jared Kushner speaks at a meeting in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 8, 2020.

'150,000 Americans Sacrificed for the Stock Market': Kushner Reportedly Advised Less Covid-19 Testing to Calm Wall Street

'What a Rigged Economy Looks Like,' Says Sanders, as Stock Market Enjoys Best Month in 33 Years Despite 20%+ Unemployment

AOC Offers Hint on Why Wall Street Surges as Workers Suffer and Die From Covid-19: 'It Starts With a C and Ends With -apitalism'

Lee Raymond, then-chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil Corporation, testifies before a joint hearing of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee on energy pricing and profits on Capitol Hill November 9, 2005 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

'Milestone Moment' as JPMorgan Chase Announces Former Exxon CEO to No Longer Be Lead Director of Bank's Board

Big Banks Sued for Putting Large Corporations Ahead of Main Street Small Business Owners for Covid-19 Rescue Loans

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has yet to exercise his authority to exempt the coronavirus relief payments from debt collection despite pressure from Democrats in Congress and state attorneys general.

'Victory': After Outrage Over Seizure of Coronavirus Relief Payments From Veterans, USAA Reverses Course

President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the coronavirus pandemic at the White House on April 15, 2020.

'An Utter Sh*t Show': Trump Effort to Enlist Private Companies to Reopen Economy Derided As a Disaster

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Amid Calls for a People's Bailout, Fed's Corporate Debt-Buying Could Mean Billion-Dollar Big Oil Bailout

'Beyond Predatory': Trump Treasury Gives Banks Green Light to Seize $1,200 Stimulus Checks to Pay Off Debts

$"We should be phasing out carbon as quickly as possible, and fracking is an excellent place to start."$

Critics Decry 'Massive Step in Wrong Direction' as Big Banks Move to Buy Up Fracking Industry Assets With Coronavirus Bailout Funds

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On Hillary, Lloyd, Us and Them

For those puzzled by the rancor and mistrust so many feel for Hillary Clinton, a lucid Matt Taibbi looks at Clinton's $675,000 speeches to Goldman Sachs to reveal they're about not just money but allegiance. Turns out Clinton declared that "banker-bashing (was) foolish," it takes a village to get out of a financial crisis (in fact caused by a few greedy oligarchs), and public anger is something "we" - oligarchs and Clintons - need to wait out.

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Public Citizen

Virtual Town Hall: End the Open Secret of Insider Trading in Congress

American Economic Liberties Project

25+ National & State Orgs Urge Congress to Pass the Pandemic Anti-Monopoly Act

Institute for Policy Studies

New Report Finds Billionaire Wealth Still Surging Compared to Median Wealth

Stop the Money Pipeline

Environmentalists Blast Oil Industry Attempts to Hijack the Fed’s Main Street Lending Program

Indigenous Environmental Network

Private Banks Move to Take Over Oil and Gas Industry Directly Funding Indigenous Human Rights Violations

Oil Change International

Stop the Money Pipeline: Private Banks Owning Oil Companies Is a Recipe for Disaster

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Alec Connon

What Do the Racial Wealth Gap, Police Brutality, and the Climate Crisis Have in Common? Wall Street

Robert Reich

Beware the 21st Century Robber Barons

Linda McQuaig

How Ottawa is Driving Up the Cost of Infrastructure by Listening to Wall Street

Gary Olson

Was It Only "Fear Itself?": FDR and Today

Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.

All We're Asking Is to Let Us Live: Stop the Money Pipeline Now

Richard Heinberg

United States: An Obituary

Richard Eskow

Big Bank CEOs Want to ‘Listen’ to Black Communities. They Should Return Their Stolen Wealth Instead.

Ralph Nader

Governor Cuomo: Avoid Budget Cuts by Not Rebating Stock Sales Tax to Wall Street

Shailly Gupta Barnes

Even Now, Our Leaders Are Still Putting Their Faith in the Rich

Thom Hartmann

Yes, the Looting Must Stop