AFL-CIO Bashes The Big Banks, Makes $28M A Year From Credit Cards

With the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and AFL-CIO spending tens of millions on political activism, including the recall election of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, union members might do well to see where the money is coming from. Peter Schweizer reveals the eye-opening research the Government Accountability Institute uncovered…     To Read the Full

Why Obama Lacks Political Will To Crackdown On Wall Street

The presidential election is well under way but as President Barack Obama tries to position himself as the defender of the middle-class who will protect the 99% against corporate malfeasance and too big to fail banks, he may find himself in a precarious position. His record does not necessarily reflect his rhetoric and at the

‘Real News from the Blaze’: Need for Government Benefits on the Rise, What can be Done?

The Wall Street Journal released a troubling report this week finding that 49.1 percent of Americans live in a household where at least one member received some type of government benefit in the first quater of 2011. That’s up nearly 5 precent from 2008 and nearly 20 percent from the early 1980s. With the rise

FBI Probe of JP Morgan Chase Won’t Matter; Firm Donated $808,799 to Barack Obama

In their latest Daily Beast article, Newsweek reporter Peter Boyer and contributing Breitbart News editor Peter Schweizer argue that JP Morgan Chase and Jamie Dimon have little to fear from the FBI’s probe into the financial giant’s nearly $3 billion bad bet.    

The Chicago Way: Justice for Sale at Holder’s DOJ

In an explosive Newsweek article set to rock official Washington,reporter Peter Boyer and Breitbart contributing editor and Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer reveal how Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice are operating under a “justice for sale” strategy by forgoing criminal prosecution of Wall Street executives at big financial institutions who

Why JPMorgan Chase Should Not Fear FBI Probe

President Obama’s passive-aggressive relationship with Big Finance, in which the president and his team alternately woo and excoriate Wall Street, may have reached a new level of audacity this week. On Tuesday, a “law enforcement” source leaked that the Department of Justice had launched a criminal investigation into the trading loss by JPMorgan Chase that