(Photo Credit: White House, Public Domain) Justice Brett Kavanaugh is expected to vote to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Board’s single-director structure in Seila Law. v. CFPB, in a major test of executive power the High Court agreed last week to tackle this term. The Court announced on Wednesday it invited former Solicitor General … [Read more...]
Mark Zuckerberg Defends Facebook to House Financial Committee
Yesterday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was asked to defend the media giant again in congressional testimony. According to Business Insider, many in congress did not go easy on him, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Zuckerberg struggled to answer her questions regarding fact-checking political advertisements, his personal ties to … [Read more...]
Donald Trump’s Long History of Walking Out on the Check
President Donald J. Trump, joined by Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Hall of Fame professional golfer Isao Aoki. (Photo Credit: White House, Public Domain) Starting in the 80's and extending to his stint as host of a successful reality show in the Aughts, Donald Trump successfully branded himself as the personification of wealth. “Trump” … [Read more...]
Republican Congressman Chris Collins Pleads Guilty To All Charges
Republican congressman Chris Collins plead guilty in an insider-trading case today. The House Representative for New York's 27th District first pled not guilty after being arrested in 2018. His son, Cameron Collins, and the father of Cameron's fiancee, Stephen Zarsky, were also arrested and charged. Collins submitted his resignation … [Read more...]
Will Trump’s Stonewalling Backfire in 2020?
Around 2500 people met at the Minnesota capitol grounds to call on Republican President Donald Trump to release his returns, divest his holdings, and disclose his conflicts of interest. (Photo Credit: Fibonacci Blue, CC 2.0) Every week seems to bring a new story of corruption and avarice from the Trump Administration, driven in large part by … [Read more...]
Kamala Harris Takes Off the Gloves with JPMorgan/Chase CEO, Jamie Dimon
U.S. Senator Kamala Harris speaking with attendees at the 2019 National Forum on Wages and Working People (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) This is not the first time California Senator and Presidential contender, Kamala Harris, has taken off the gloves with JPMorgan Chase CEO, Jamie Dimon. In her January, 2019 book, “The Truths We Hold: … [Read more...]
Maryanne Trump Barry Resigns in Face of Ethics Investigation
Maryanne Trump Barry, former Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Pubic Domain) Few people realize that President Trump has an older sister, but you will likely be hearing her name quite a bit over the coming weeks. Maryanne Trump Barry was a federal appellate judge, but she resigned … [Read more...]
Paul Manafort’s February Sentencing Cancelled
A federal judge on Monday canceled Paul Manafort’s Feb. 8 sentencing date. U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III said he was postponing Manafort’s sentencing on charges of bank and tax fraud, Politico reports. He said the sentencing will be postponed until Manafort resolves a dispute with Robert Mueller’s prosecutors over charges he lied in … [Read more...]
Senate Intel Panel Subpoenas Michael Cohen, Trump’s Former Lawyer
The Senate intelligence committee has subpoenaed President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen to testify before the panel in mid-February, according to Reuters. The subpoena comes a day after Cohen said he planned to postpone an appearance next week before Congress, saying Trump and lawyer Giuliani had threatened his family. News of … [Read more...]
Severe Budget Cuts, Demonization Dramatically Weaken IRS
In 2001, the conservative anti-tax activist Grover Norquist said, “I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it to the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.” It wasn't an idle boast. Conservative Republicans – and these days, there are very few Republicans who aren't conservative – have spent … [Read more...]
