Matt Taibbi: Trump Excels in 1% Bail-Out, Blowing the 99% Bail-Out — Main Street Being Screwed While Wall Street Loots Away?

The Trickle-Up Bailout It’s early days, but the Federal Reserve “bazooka” has mostly impacted the 1% As we head into the second month of pandemic lockdown, two parallel narratives are developing about the financial rescue. In one, ordinary people receive aid through programs that are piecemeal, complex, and riddled with conditions. Meanwhile, “relief” programs aimed …

Mongoose: 1% Donor Class Trying to Rig Democratic Nomination?

UNZ: The Democrats’ Quandary: In a struggle between oligarchy and democracy, something must give Until Nevada, all the presidential candidates except for Bernie Sanders were playing for a brokered convention. The party’s candidates seemed likely to be chosen by the Donor Class, the One Percent and its proxies, not the voting class (the 99 Percent). …

Robert Steele: Columbia Journalism Review Guide to OSINT (1% of It)

A Guide to Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Michael Edison Hayden Columbia Journalism Review Introduction | One: The Difference between Open and Closed Networks | Two: Searching the Open Web | Three: Verifying the Authenticity of Social Media Accounts | Four: Verifying Images and Videos | Five: Exploring Fringe Websites | Six: Using Archives, Saving Your …

Mongoose: The Government Regulatory-Industrial Complex — “Pay to Play” Rules for the 1% against the 99% for Wall Street Against Main Street

The Regulatory-Industrial Complex Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. Mises Institute …being on Capitol Hill showed me that, unlike the republic of the Founding Fathers’ vision, our DC Leviathan exists only to extract money and power from the people for itself and the special interests. Ludwig von Mises called this an inevitable “caste conflict.” There can be …