Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse and Dick Durbin demanded details from “court fixer” Leonard Leo and two billionaires who were featured in recent reporting on Justice Samuel Alito. A pair of Senate Democrats on Wednesday pressed Federalist Society co-chair Leonard Leo and two right-wing billionaires to provide a detailed accounting of all gifts and hospitality they’ve provided […]
Thomas has “received benefits—many of them previously unreported—from a broader cohort of wealthy and powerful friends” than was previously known, according to The New York Times. An in-depth New York Times story examining Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas‘ membership in an exclusive club of wealthy and powerful Americans—and the benefits he has reaped from the association—sparked fresh calls […]
“Big business is gaslighting us all—they’re hiking prices to make monster profits, plundering people under the cover of a polycrisis.” An analysis released Thursday shows that 722 of the world’s top corporations made combined windfall profits of $1 trillion per year in 2021 and 2022 as people across the planet struggled to meet basic needs due to […]
“The Pentagon and the military-industrial complex have been plagued by a massive amount of waste, fraud, and financial mismanagement for decades. That is absolutely unacceptable.” A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced legislation Wednesday that would require the Pentagon to return a portion of its enormous and ever-growing budget to the Treasury Department […]