CalPERS has managed to descend to a new low. Its strategy of trying to sweep fundamental problems under the rug has reached the point that the rug is not just lumpy but also starting to move. The latest shocker (and it is shocking) is that the board has launched a plan to strip JJ Jelincic, […]
Read more...Bill Black describes how an attack against a CalPERS trustee violates the board’s and the general counsel’s fiduciary duty.
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Read more...Immigration, free trade, and automation have made Flyover Country people redundant but they’re not going away fast enough for urban elites.
Read more...Just because Trump gets on with Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage does not mean that a trade pact with the US will be a salvation for the UK.
Read more...The Western media goes after Putin on shaky grounds. Evidently, getting him on identity politics sins is more important than real dirt.
Read more...Why the corporate and finance funded, labor-loathing New Democrats have been a disaster for the party and America and need to go.
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