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Farmers Reject Biden’s Pro-Corporate Rural Advisers
Heidi Heitkamp and Tom Vilsack are promoting a failed strategy for rural America. Biden would win support if he broke from that and took on Big Ag.
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Unsanitized: A Modest Proposal: It’s Time to Sue Every Corporation to Prevent a Depression
Plus, how Big Media rips off its competitors. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for August 12, 2020.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Which Side Are ‘Liberal’ Lawyers On?
Many public-interest attorneys also represent corporations against their workers.
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Democratic Party’s Corporate Contingent Votes to Preserve Their Power
Several corporate lobbyists on the DNC Rules Committee thwarted a measure to bar corporate lobbyists from serving on the DNC.
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Wall Street’s Newest Way to Part Investors From Their Money
SPACs, or special purpose acquisition companies, have become a hot product. As usual, that’s good news for the big guys and bad news for the little guys.
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Washington Is Failing Rural America: We Need a Change
An Iowa Democrat is running for Congress on fighting the corporations keeping rural Americans down.
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Big Tech Earnings Confirm Allegations of Excessive Market Power
The Big Four companies took in $206 billion in revenue in the same quarter the economy fell off a cliff.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: The Fed’s Emergency Lending Programs Are Killing the Planet
Also still no deal on a relief bill. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for July 31, 2020.
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The Triumphant Return of Congress
At Wednesday’s Big Tech hearings, the House Antitrust Subcommittee showed what informed politicians and a real investigation can do.