Wall Street Strikes Back
This election season, the financial industry is proudly funneling cash and running misleading ads to boost its favorite political lackeys.
National Politics
The Fed Chair’s November Surprise
Jerome Powell is preparing to crash the economy days before the midterm elections, hurting workers and ushering his fellow Republicans into power.
The GOP Fights To Preserve Predatory "Junk Fees"
As Biden takes aim at overdraft fees and other “junk fees” that prey on the country’s most vulnerable, big banks’ GOP lackeys are going on the offensive.
The “Shoot Now Pay Later” Gun Financier Backing Nevada’s Adam Laxalt
The GOP Senate candidate, Adam Laxalt, received maxed-out contributions from executives of a firm that runs controversial financing schemes with the gun manufacturer behind the Las Vegas and Uvalde, Texas, shootings.
Budd Got Loans And Cash And Boosted Bank Merger — Before Mass Layoffs
The North Carolina GOP Senate nominee, Ted Budd, helped clear the way for a controversial 2019 bank merger, then took hefty campaign cash and loans from the resulting financial behemoth.
Deferring To Donors, Dems Ignore Their Cautionary Tale
In 2014, the party learned pro-choice messaging can’t replace economic populism. That lesson is being ignored in deference to big money.
Ted Budd Aided Donors Trying To Bypass Predatory Lending Laws
Documents show Ted Budd, the North Carolina GOP Senate candidate, pressed regulators to let his Wall Street donors get around predatory lending laws.
Dems Barely Messaging On Economic Issues
Republicans are spending Democrats into the ground on economic issues and inflation.
GOP Govs Reject Cannabis Pardons After Getting Private Prison Cash
Republicans brush off Biden’s request for leniency as private prison donors dump big money into GOP coffers.
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