Richard Pollock Federal Reserve Board Chairwoman Janet Yellen overseas the country’s $16.7 trillion economy, but she appears clueless about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a small $620 million financial regulatory agency that operates within her organization. Yellen was asked Feb. 10, 2016, during her semi-annual presentation before House Financial Services Committee, if the Federal…
Jacob Bojesson The hacker that dropped personal data on almost 30,000 employees from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), obtained the information by simply calling the agencies’ support desks. Federal agencies such as DHS and the Department of Justice (DoJ) have implemented two-factor authentication systems to make…
Blake Neff Chicago’s public schools, already deep in the red, are poised to descend even further after the district solved its immediate financial woes by borrowing over $700 million at ruinously high interest rates. The fiscal calamity is so vast that Chicago’s public schools (CPS) are even more distressed than Puerto Rico’s failing government….
Richard Pollock A new initiative has been launched to uncover what really went on behind-the-scenes during the government’s high profile prosecution of Thomas Drake, a decorated National Security Agency whistleblower who disclosed details about a government domestic surveillance program. The James Madison Project filed a Freedom of Information Act suit before the U.S. District…
Chris White The scientist who helped expose the Flint water scandal told a congressional hearing Wednesday the city’s “residents have been living a surreal experience” resembling George Orwell’s dystopia “1984.” Marc Edwards, a professor of civil engineering at Virginia Tech, made the comments during a congressional hearing on the debacle, adding also that government…
Legal marijuana businesses make a lot of money, as you can imagine. But thanks to federal law there is tons of legal cannabis cash out there at risk of enticing robbery attempts or worse. Because cannabis is illegal under The Federal Controlled Substances Act, most banks and credit unions are shying away from taking money…
Micah J. Fleck As if we didn’t have any more reason to become more and more anti-government, Washington D.C. has now committed a horrible offense toward the good will of its citizens in the wake of the horrific blizzard the entire east coast just suffered through. By towing nearly 700 cars that were lost in…
Those dastardly corporations built on greed and profit have stepped up to save the day after government poisoned residents’ water supply in Flint, Michigan. Of course, lovers of all things emanating from the State will tell you this all stems from evil austerity, ignoring the irresponsible government spending and mismanagement that led them to such…
Connor D. Wolf Federal investigators regularly uncover instances of unions abusing their funds, from thousands of dollars worth of small purchases to dog walking. The Department of Labor is tasked with investigating instances of questionable spending from labor organizations. The Office of Labor-Management Standards is the agency within the department which conducts the audits and investigations….
Last November we ran a story on Robert Battle, a man who was reelected to city council seat one month after being charged with murder. On Friday, Battle was sworn in while behind bars at a local jail. The Chicago Tribune reports: Sheriff David Reynolds confirmed Saturday that an unnamed official was brought in to…