Renewable Revolution

Agelbert NOTE: The only quibble I have with this reasonably, though rather sparse, good news is that I do not think it is possible to embarrass big bank CEOs about the unethical behavior that they methodically and persistently engage in. THAT is who they ARE. They belong in prison for grand larceny, fraud and serial cruel exploitation.


THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2019


ALEXIS GOLDSTEIN, TRUTHOUT

The CEOs of the largest Wall Street banks are sworn in before they testify before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on April 10, 2019. MANDEL NGAN / AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES


After a new Democratic Party majority in the House came to office, 2019 saw significant congressional oversight of both the Trump administration and powerful corporations. The top five oversight actions included holding Betsy DeVos accountable for harmful student debt policies, embarrassing the CEOs of big banks for paying low wages, pressuring financial institutions to withdraw support for private prisons, Rep. Ilhan Omar's grilling of war criminal Elliott Abrams, and the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

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