Gaius Publius: Setting a Perjury Trap for Trump
Is Mueller engaging in prosecutorial overreach in the form of trying to set a perjury trap for Trump?
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Gaius Publius: Our Communities Are Scaled and Built for a Climate That No Longer Exists
Why combatting climate change will require the use of force.
Read more...Natural Gas Is Leading West Virginia Down the Same Dark Path As Coal
Elected officials have sided with natural gas companies on tax proposals and property rights legislation. Industry lobbyists have convinced regulators to soften new rules aimed at protecting residents and their communities from drilling damage.
Read more...How Sacramento Bee Reporter Adam Ashton’s Hit Piece on CalPERS Board Member Shows He’s in the Business of Flacking, Not Reporting
Why you should not trust Adam Ashton’s “reporting” on CalPERS.
Read more...Why Board Member and Vocal Critic of CalPERS Margaret Brown Needs to Stay The Course
A successful public pension fund reformer explains how determined foes of transparency and accountability play dirty.
Read more...The U.S. Border as a Zone of Profit and Sacrifice
Despite Trump’s braying about it, the militarization of the US border has been an ongoing project.
Read more...Gaius Publius: How the Democrats Could, and Probably Will, Blow 2020
How the Democrats are conspiring to snatch defeat from the jaws of a 2020 victory.
Read more...Bank Watch: Wells Fargo Fined $1 Billion
The OCC and CFPB imposed $1 billion in fines on Wells Fargo Friday, continuing the kind and gentle treatment of bank transgressions pioneered by the previous administration.
Read more...CalPERS to Investigate CFO Charles Asubonten, But Will It Look into Misrepresentations on His Employment Application?
CalPERS has finally accepted that it needs investigate the apparent misrepresentations in recently-hired CFO Charles Asubonten’s resume and Form 700, but will the probe go far enough?
Read more...When Criminal Justice and Environmental Justice Collide
Environmental protestors,like other protestors, run the risk of facing jail time. That exposure is heightened by the fact that “out” groups have more reason to be demanding change.
Read more...China Warns Australia Against Being a Democracy
China throws its weight around even more casually than the US does, achieving the difficult task of making Trump look not so bad.
Read more...Through the Revolving Door, with a Few Stumbles – Health Care Corporate Executives and Consultants Continue to Become Leaders of Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services
As hard as it may be to believe, health care industry corruption is increasing, as measured by revolving door appointments.
Read more...CalPERS Board Member Margaret Brown Still Illegally Locked Out, Given Only Highly Restricted Access to Transcripts
CalPERS doubles down on its campaign against reform-minded board member Margaret Brown.
Read more...Los Angeles Times Confirms Our Reporting on CalPERS CFO Charles Asubonten’s Resume Misrepresentations; CalPERS Admits to Fabrications and Gets Defensive
The Los Angeles Times verifies and amplifies our reporting on the misrepresentations and inaccuracies in the resume that recently-hired CFO Charles Asubonten presented to CalPERS.
Read more...CalPERS’ Priya Mathur Opens, Reads, Even Answers Mail of Board Member Margaret Brown, Denies Her Access to Transcripts of Past Meetings.
Yet more lawless behavior at CalPERS.
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