Corporate Crackdown

Matt Yglesias’ fight to protect “normal” Americans by crusading for more corporate influence 

The latest proposal from the cryptocurrency-backed Republican Party? A handout for Bitcoin investors in the guise of public policy.

Democrats already tried cozying up to capital. It didn’t work.

President Biden’s proposal to cap rents brought the neoliberal hacks and Big Real Estate propagandists out of the woodwork, but that shouldn’t stop Harris from adopting—and expanding—upon what tenants desperately need.

The past 48 hours have ushered in a historic shift in a presidential race with undeniable consequence for the world. The Democrats suddenly appear as if they will have a nominee capable of waging a vigorous campaign.

President Biden’s Justice Department has been offered two opportunities to act on holding oil and gas companies responsible for their deceit. It can protect state efforts to pursue accountability, and it can join them.

What would it take for them to consistently name and shame the corporate villains responsible for catastrophic climate change?

Trump now holds the unique honor of being the first United States president convicted of a felony. This is a golden opportunity for the Biden campaign to highlight the glaring distinction between the candidates: Trump is a corporate criminal hellbent on using the presidency to further the interests of himself and other corporate criminals. President Biden has leveraged executive branch power to dismantle criminal practices that pad the pockets of corporations. After some initial hesitancy to touch on Trump’s conviction, Biden rightly appears poised to make this a forefront issue in the campaign.

Our review of campaign finance data shows that Sheffield has personally spent more than $750,000 to shape energy policy in his favor at the federal and state levels.