Surprise! Jeb Bush’s Top Donors For 2016 Are Goldman Sachs Execs

Hillary Clinton—another establishment favorite for 2016—is also benefiting greatly from the Big Banks with top donors including JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley.

Nick Bernabe
بواسطة Nick Bernabe
Jeb Bush

(ANTIMEDIA) Ahh … Oligarchy tastes so good, doesn’t it, America? It seems like only yesterday (because it was) that we reported that Hillary Clinton was bankrolled by Wall Street—and now we get the unsurprising news that Bush III is also financed by everyone’s favorite buyer of elections (sarcasm intended). Yes, Jeb Bush is currently bank-rolled by

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Bush Vs. Clinton 2016: The Oligarchical Dynasties No One Asked For

As democracy crumbles in America in favor of corporate power, will voters be left with two near-identical choices in every presidential election?

Kit O'Connell
بواسطة Kit O'Connell

WASHINGTON --- It’s harder than ever to argue that voting matters when according to leading polls, the 2016 election is shaping up to look a lot like every other election in recent years, and this time even the candidate’s names are a repeat of past elections. It’s that “silly season” again when journalists scramble to find ways to cover a

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Right Scrambles Over Red-Hot Indictment Of Inequality And Capitalism

Krugman: ‘The right seems unable to mount any kind of substantive counterattack’ to Thomas Piketty’s new book.

Jon Queally
بواسطة Jon Queally
Banner at the 2012 Republican National Convention depicts Martin Luther King, Jr., and the quotation: "Today Capitalism has outlived its usefulness," in this August 28, 2012 photo. (Photo/Liz MC via Wikimedia Commons)

As a book by French economist Thomas Piketty has soared to the top of U.S. best seller lists and the public discourse surrounding inequality has popularized the once rare term "oligarchy" in recent weeks, the American rightwing appears flabbergasted about how to respond to the seemingly red-hot rise of the idea that modern capitalism has become a

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