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Comptroller of the Currency rejection

vendredi 10 décembre 2021 à 23:37

Right-wing Democrats joined with Republicans to reject Biden's nominee for head of the Comptroller of the Currency. Perhaps she was inclined to do the part of her job which includes investigating misconduct by banks.

Greenpeace activists and the Royal Bank of Canada

vendredi 10 décembre 2021 à 23:37

Greenpeace activists blocked doors of the Royal Bank of Canada, demanding that it stop funding climate disaster.

Activists also offer the bank's executives charred wood from houses burned by wildfires in Canada.

Sinema's tax loopholes

vendredi 10 décembre 2021 à 23:37

The Patriotic Millionaires rebuked Senator Sinema for defending the carried interest loopole, which cuts taxes for private equity funds.

I think those are the same funds that have destroyed many US companies by selling off their valuable assets and leaving them with debts that will force them to shut down.

Australia appealing to Christianity against climate change

vendredi 10 décembre 2021 à 23:37

In Australia, Labor (much like US Democrats, mostly plutocratist) is appealing to Christianity to mobilize people for climate defense.

I wonder if that would work in the US.

Kellogg's workers reject two-teir contract

vendredi 10 décembre 2021 à 23:37

Kellogg's workers voted to reject a "two-tier" contract that would pay all new workers less than the old ones.