NSA Whistleblower: Not So Fast On Claims Russia Behind DNC Email Hack
Why you should be skeptical of the party line that the DNC was victimized by Russians.
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California Treasurer John Chiang’s Peculiar Letter to the New York Times on His Sham Private Equity Transparency Bill
Treasurer John Chiang tries to defend his bill, AB 2833, against an article by Gretchen Morgenson, but only digs his hole deeper.
Read more...TaxCast on Panama Papers and Brexit
The latest Tax Justice network podcast covers some hot topics, including key journalist accounts on the Panama Papers.
Read more...Did the New York Times Really Need to Let Jamie Dimon Crow About the Measly Raise He Is Granting Employees?
Jamie Dimon throws JP Morgan workers some crumbs.
Read more...Private Equity Industry Offers Intelligence-Insulting Defenses for Long-Standing Grifting Due to Refusal to Register as Broker-Dealers
Private equity firms insist that they continue to violate broker-dealer requirements. Why? So they can carry on looting.
Read more...Financial Times Picks Up on Irish Growth Blarney Story…. That We Reported Months Ago
Irish growth is even phonier than the media would have you believe.
Read more...New York Times Series on Private Equity Misses the Mark
A New York Times series lets private equity investors off the hook.
Read more...Bill Black: When Is Crime Not a Crime? When It Is White-Collar Crime
Yet another demonstration of how the media airbrushes out the very concept of white-collar crime.
Read more...The Clinton Campaign Continues to Help Trump Ensure That Policy Won’t Matter in This Election
Is the Clinton campaign playing straight into Trump’s lead?
Read more...Clinton Loyalist Authoritarianism: Brad DeLong Threatens a Journalist and Economists. Who is Next?
Brad DeLong’s self-assigned role as Team Clinton enforcer reflects poorly on him and the Clinton campaign.
Read more...Gaius Publius: “Networks are Colluding” to Declare Clinton the Overall Winner Before California Polls Close
The smell of corruption, Clinton-style.
Read more...Neoliberalism’s Press Gangs: How Markets Raise Costs
Neliberalim’s press gangs – forcing citizens to participate in capitalism when even it produces worse outcomes than public ownership would.
Read more...The New York Times Bestirs Itself to Report on ObamaCare Problems Naked Capitalism Readers Have Known About for Years
Naturally, the Times suppresses any mention of single payer Medicare for All.
Read more...“John Doe’s Manifesto”: Panama Papers Source Blasts Lack of Media Interest, Calls for Prosecutions, Whistleblower Protection
Martha r flagged a new story at Suddeusche Zeitung from “John Doe,” the source for the Mossack Fonseca revelations, on what he intended to accomplish and what he feels needs to be done. I’m posting on his manifesto to encourage you to read it in full and circulate it. The whistleblower, John Doe, states his […]
Read more...American Police State: Secret Service Controlling Journalist Access to Conventions by Arbitrary, Secretive, No Appeal Screening Process
Welcome to a press gag Secret Service style.
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