by Common Dreams | Sep 21, 2021 | Politics, Corruption & Criminality
Republished with permission from Common Dreams, by Jake Johnson Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and progressive healthcare campaigners from across the U.S. rallied at the headquarters of Big Pharma’s top lobbying group on Tuesday to denounce the industry’s...
by Marty Kassowitz | Sep 14, 2021 | Politics, Corruption & Criminality
Joe Manchin has moved into the position of doing Mitch McConnell’s job by obstructing forward motion on the long overdue social investment needed to move the country back from the abyss of the effects of the “trickle down economics.” (As a quick...
by Marty Kassowitz | Jun 7, 2021 | Politics, Corruption & Criminality, Climate & Environment
When we see some of the tectonic changes forced on the world’s largest oil companies, it is easy to start to feel optimistic. At shareholder meetings for Exxon and Chevron, astute activist investors forced climate activists on to the boards of directors of these...
by Fact Keepers | May 26, 2021 | Politics, Corruption & Criminality, Quick Facts
Former casino mogul, failed plastic surgery experiment and former finance chair of the Republican National Committee, Steve Wynn, is about to be sued by the DOJ to force him to register as a foreign lobbyist. The allegations against him include attempts to lobby Trump...
by Marty Kassowitz | Mar 5, 2021 | Politics, Corruption & Criminality
People needing to buy prescription drugs in the US are being robbed to a degree that can scarcely be imagined. To put it in a nutshell, in some cases we pay 10X what is charged in other countries for the same drugs, and by the same companies. Let’s take a look...