- Ohio voters repeal law limiting union rights, CNN projects--A stunning rebuke to Gov. Kasich, and it's nice to know Citizens United wasted six figures supporting this bill.
- Mississippi rejects Personhood Amendment--Another religious right tactic to outlaw abortion (NYT).
- 'Peoples Veto:' Maine keeps same-day registration--"The state Republican Party, in a widely circulated pre-election ad, even claimed that same-day voter registration works in favor of gay and lesbian political goals."
- Chicago Trader Dumps McDonald’s Applications on The 99%
- Goldman Sachs Threatens Small Community Bank For Banking With OWS Protestors
- Mike Bloomberg's Marie Antoinette Moment--And One Last Note on Michael Bloomberg
- Occupy Wall Street Gets Its Generators Back
- Dylan Ratigan On Occupy Wall Street And Tim Geithner: "Everybody Knows That Our Government Is Bought! Democrats & Republicans Are Owned By The Banks!"
- Army veteran injured in Oakland clashes with police
- Protester shot by cops at Occupy Oakland General Strike
- 100,000+ Occupy Oakland, NOT 7,000 as Government Reports--Or was it?
- At least 2 of the "Black dressed masked protesters" were COPS
- ACLU to OPD: No Seriously, Hand Over the Info--"The ACLU of Northern California and the National Lawyers' Guild sent a public records request about OPD's use of force on the night of October 25, 2011 on demonstrators supporting Occupy Oakland" but the "OPD was refusing to provide almost all the information that we had requested."
- The Corporatocracy is the 1%
- We May Be Witnessing the First Large Global Conflict Where People Are Aligned by Consciousness and Not Nation State or Religion--"They're fighting a 'corporatocracy' that has bought governments, created armed enforcers, engaged in systemic economic fraud, and plundered treasuries and ecosystems."
- Supreme Court To Hear The Mother of All Corporate Immunity Cases
- Senators Introduce Constitutional Amendment To Overturn Citizens United
- 30 Major Corporations Paid No Income Taxes In The Last Three Years, While Making $160 Billion
- Study: Big corporations use loopholes, dodge taxes--"Many of this country’s biggest companies paid no federal taxes — or even made money through credits and refunds from the government — over the past three years by using an array of loopholes and tax breaks...."
- From Top to Bottom--Trickle down economics at work.
- Too Big to Jail
- Gingrich Admits Deregulation Of Wall Street In The '90s Was 'Probably A Mistake'
- Wall Street's resurgent prosperity frustrates its claims, and Obama's--"They earned more in the first 2½ years of the Obama administration than they did during the eight years of the George W. Bush administration...."
- Bailed out Fannie/Freddie issue 7 figure bonuses to executives
- US Bank President Richard Davis to disillusioned country: "Get over it"
- Bank of America dropping planned $5 debit card fee
- Wells Fargo 125% Fee Hike
- The Credit-Union Stampede--"The Credit Union National Association reports that more than 650,000 customers have transferred some $4.5 billion from big banks to credit unions in the last four weeks."
- Billions of dollars moved in bank transfer demonstrations
- National Bank Transfer Day: Does it make sense to transfer your money to a credit union?--"The feel-good movement to punish corporate banks, and why it will probably increase bank profits."
- Goodbye, Wells Fargo; Hello, Credit Union
- 650,000 Americans Joined Credit Unions Last Month -- More Than In All Of 2010 Combined
- 14,000 Coloradans move $100 Million into credit unions
- Tens of Thousands Flow Into Texas Credit Unions
- Another Weapon for OWS: Pull Your Money Out of BofA
- People Are Ditching Their Banks and Shredding Their Cards
- 4 Simple Steps for Taking Your Money Out of the Vampire Banks
