Letitia James is the Attorney General for the state of New York, and that makes her one of the most powerful prosecutors in the country, especially since she’s making it clear that she intends to “use every area of the law” as she investigates the president, his family, and his business, as NBC News reported […]
As it turns out, Ivanka Trump is more like her daddy when it comes to business than we could have ever imagined. An audit of a factory in China–owned by the G-III Apparel Group–which holds the exclusive license to manufacture and distribute Ivanka’s fashion line–shows that workers in the plant are forced to work at least 57 […]
When it comes to hypocrisy, no one does it quite like the Trumps. Case in point: As Donald Trump was making the speech at his inauguration in January, one of things he said was that he would create jobs by following: “Two simple rules: Buy American and hire American.” But as those words were leaving […]
If there’s one thing we know with absolutely certainty about Donald Trump, it’s this: He’s a bottom line kinda guy. Instead of wondering how the decisions he makes will impact others, it’s all about what’s in it for Don the Con. If there’s no profit to be made, Trump isn’t even mildly interested. Which brings […]
Looks like that whole Donald Trump as President thing is gonna wind up costing his family a boatload of money, which may well wind up being the ultimate irony. Online retailer Shoes.com has dropped all products carrying the name of Ivanka Trump, the President-elect’s daughter. They are publicly saying they did so because the products “were […]
If we’ve heard anything from Donald Trump over the past year and a half, it’s what a great businessman he is, what a great company he’s built, and how he’s a genius of finance and leverage. So it seems completely antithetical to this self-created myth when you realize that in one single year–1995–this same master […]
Wells Fargo bank was recently fined $185 million by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for setting up sham credit card and checking accounts so they could charges fees they were not entitled to and raise the value of their stock. As a result, Wells Fargo fired 5,300 employees they said were responsible for creating the […]
Earlier this week, as part of an interview he gave to Fox News, Donald Trump announced he had just learned that Ford Motor Company was about to “fire all their employees in the United States and…move to Mexico.” Trump went on to add that when he becomes President, Ford would have to pay a 35 percent […]
An administrative law judge with the Labor Relations Board has ordered Walmart to reinstate 16 workers the judge says were unlawfully fired for going on strike against the retailer. Walmart was also ordered to pay those who were fired back pay and expunge the disciplinary records of 38 other workers who were punished for being […]
Some 100 Walmart employees have joined a movement to fast for the 15 days leading up to Thanksgiving. They saythis is a protest for an increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour. And they may also be joined by up to 1000 more low-wage earners around the country who are taking this measure […]