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Press Release // July 14, 2020

Big Oil Cashes In While Renewable Energy Given Paltry Support

Trump Admin’s Obsession With Fossil Fuel Industry Exemplified In New PPP Data Helena, MT – Today, after reporting last week in The Guardian revealed that some 5,600 Big Oil and fossil fuel industry companies had reeled in between $3 and $6.7… Read More

Press Release // July 13, 2020

New Bloomberg Analysis Shows PPP Data Riddled with Errors, Casting Doubt on Program’s Efficacy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new Bloomberg analysis shows that the recently released data for more than $521 billion in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans are filled with errors — including loan amounts and number of jobs retained — raising more questions than answers on how the program… Read More

Press Release // July 10, 2020

Four days later, who we know got PPP funds…

WASHINGTON, DC — After much stalling and handwringing, the Trump administration this week finally released limited information on recipients of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). While the released data only represents 14% of the federal relief fund recipients and 75 percent of the money doled… Read More

Press Release // July 9, 2020

“100 Days Since…” We Were Warned Up to a Quarter Million Americans Could Die from COVID-19

WASHINGTON, D.C. – One hundred days ago today, U.S. experts confirmed that 100,000 Americans could die from the COVID-19 pandemic. What at the time felt like a terrible, far-off nightmare has become all too real — as the U.S. climbs past 132,000 deaths from COVID-19 and 3… Read More

Press Release // July 9, 2020

Only 143 Out Of Over 650,000 Large PPP Loans Go To Black-Owned Firms As Communities Of Color Continue To Call For Help From Trump Administration

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thursday’s House Financial Services Subcommittee hearing revealed that only 143 Black-owned firms received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan over 150 thousand dollars, showing just how badly the Trump administration has failed to provide adequate financial assistance to businesses in communities… Read More

Press Release // July 9, 2020

REPORT: Admin’s Ongoing Failure to Supply States with Tests, PPE, Ventilators

WASHINGTON, D.C. –This week, a wealth of new reports by the Washington Post, New York Times, POLITICO, PBS, and more detailed the Trump administration’s ongoing failure to make supplies and tests widely accessible to the American public and health professionals. The reports discuss supply shortages, testing… Read More

Press Release // July 9, 2020

PPP Data Raise More Questions Than Answers

Trump Administration’s Partial Release of PPP Details Leads to Questions on Program’s Integrity WASHINGTON, D.C. – After weeks of stonewalling, the Trump administration acquiesced this week and released partial information on certain recipients under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), accounting for just 14% of recipients. Unfortunately, the error-riddled… Read More

Press Release // July 9, 2020

NEW ANALYSIS: Gilead Hands Shareholders Over $2 Billion While Shamelessly Profiteering From Taxpayer-Funded COVID-19 Drug

Gilead announced price of remdesivir at 400X what analysts say is necessary for them to profit from drug REMINDER: Gilead sued by government last year for price gouging on HIV drug developed with taxpayer funds…charging up to $20,000/year… Read More

Press Release // July 9, 2020

Trump Recession Continues As 1.3 Million More Americans Lose Jobs, Small Businesses Abandoned By PPP

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. economy moved further into recession as 1.3 million more Americans joined the jobless ranks this week, with a 12.4% unemployment rate nationally. As over 18 million workers continue to collect unemployment benefits, numerous members of Congress clashed over extending expanded… Read More

Press Release // July 8, 2020

Trump Targets School Funding as PPP Funds Flow to Private and Charter Schools

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Trump administration announced that it might cut federal funding for K-12 schools nationwide that refuse to reopen amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, millions from Trump’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) went to support private and charter schools, many of which … Read More