Corporate Crimes
For decades, Wall Street and their servant, BigLaw, have owned the SEC. When banks and traders were charged with crimes, their BigLaw fat cat lawyers would sit down to "negotiate penalties" (how many average Americans get to negotiate penalties when they break the law?) with BigLaw fat cat
Criminal Justice
The debate about whether or not the United States is systemically racist or not is a defining issue of the post Trump era. The evidence for systemic racism in the United States is abundant and easily found. However, many Americans are unable to even consider the evidence as it contradicts
Corporate Crimes
The nauseating saga of the Boeing 737 Max two deadly crashes in October 2018 and March 2019 is a perfect example of how American corporations are barely regulated and even when their products cause hundreds of deaths, there is essentially zero punishment. There are thousands of young Black men in
Criminal Justice
There's so much death and suffering in the world these days (unless you're a 5' billionaire with a rocket ship and a cowboy hat), we are struggling to process news about other disasters, other suffering, other crimes. One such crime is the murder of more
Big Tech
Below are excerpts from another great Matt Stoller piece, this one about how $2,000/hour Big Law attorneys help their clients, corporations and private equity funds, get illegal mergers approved by a formerly toothless FTC. Now, with Lina Khan at the helm of the FTC, sleazy fat cat lawyers,
Criminal Justice
By a 9-0 margin, the Supreme Court Inflicts Mortal Wounds to the NCAA Yesterday, the Supreme Court, by a gob-smacking 9-0 margin, ruled that the NCAA’s limits on education-related expense reimbursements to “student-athletes” violates anti-trust law. The justices ruled that the NCAA is
Criminal Justice
The following opinion piece was written by Liz Cheney in the Washington Post: The GOP is at a turning point. History is watching us. The Washington Post · by Liz Cheney May 5, 2021 In public statements again this week, former president Donald Trump has repeated his claims that the 2020
Criminal Justice
Violent Insurrection Still Okay (Unless People of Color Are Present) Bill Urgently Needed to Stop Violent Protests that Didn't Happen in Florida (But Might!) DeSantis Bids to Be "New and Improved" Trump: Same Great Racism With Better Execution! Silent Majority Cheers, White Sheets Sales Soar Key
Criminal Justice
I never spent much time dealing with or even thinking about BlackRock. As an endowment CIO, Godzilla-sized index managers are the opposite of the type we would ever consider. Sure, we used some of their ETFs but I never got to know any of their people or take a
Criminal Justice
Anti-Asian hate crimes have risen sharply over the last year, thanks in large part to Trump and the MAGA Neanderthals (their permanent new name). Trump and the Republican chumps who ape him have implied, over and over again, the disgusting slander that the coronavirus didn't just originate
Criminal Justice
Apollo -- not the Greek god of music and poetry who resides on Mount Olympus, the other one, the one who is a Wall Street god of greed and decadence -- is busy attempting to clean up it's permanently stained beyond any hope of repair reputation. Apollo is a massively
Criminal Justice
Currently, in many cities, police officers are called to respond to mental health emergencies. As seems obvious, beefy guys with guns plus mental health emergency often equals tragedy. Some cities are beginning to change this including, now, NYC. This is a good start but real accountability for police officers continues