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Littwin: We walk away from Paris to take our place in...
The dirty little secret behind Donald Trump's disastrous decision to walk away from the Paris climate accord is, in fact, no secret at all.
If...
Littwin: DNC Day 2 – Billary, the love letter
To begin with, let's agree that Bill Clinton did not give the speech of his life.
For once, he gave the speech of Hillary's life....
Littwin: Bernie Sanders is losing. Did all that yelling help?
It was the ninth Democratic debate, and even though Bernie Sanders seems to be winning of late, he's actually losing in the popular vote,...
Wiretap: What did Hillary Clinton say to Goldman Sachs?
Goldman Sachs
It's 2016 and Clinton still doesn't know how to answer the question about the big-money speeches she gave to Goldman Sachs. Via Politico.
Words count
Ralph Nader...
John Paulson, central to Goldman deal, buys Aspen home
Prominent – some say infamous - hedge fund manager John Paulson has found a great place to invest some of the reported $1 billion...
Realaspen.com: Paulson plops down $24.5 million for Aspen pad
Editor's note: Realaspen.com late Monday posted an update to its original story, saying Paulson's daughter, Amanda, contacted the website to deny her father purchased...
Washington versus Wall Street: A citizens’ guide to the regulation debate
WASHINGTON-- Monday evening, Republicans in the U.S. Senate voted against Sen. Chris Dodd's American Financial Stability Act, which seeks to reform regulation of the financial sector. It was only one round. There are many to come. Democrats only need one crossover to move the bill forward and the GOP line on the bill has already evolved, as Republican spin artist Frank Luntz's "bank bailout" false talking point has failed to winover Americans, who overwhelmingly back reform. Bonus-loving Goldman Sachs has run out of sympathy on struggling Main Street.
Yes Men take climate-change mockery of Chamber of Commerce into court
Last October, popular corporate and government pranktivists the Yes Men staged a phony press conference in which they posed as representatives of the climate-change-denying...
Government Sachs: Democracy brought to you by Goldman-trained bureaucrats
What do people do at Goldman Sachs all day? They prepare to work at the White House and at the U.S. Treasury Department,...
Obama misses mark, scolds heedless bankers instead of New Dems
President Obama’s attempt to shame top bankers on Monday convinced no serious observers that lending will suddenly flow freely and financial institutions will quit...